I Love You: Words We Often Forget

Have you ever longed to hear “I love you” from someone who never said it? In this special episode, Rhonda offers her voice as a stand-in for all the words you needed and never received. Join her for a warm, healing practice in forgiving the past and gently setting yourself free.

Today, I invite you to receive words of love and healing you may never have heard from those you needed most. Whether it was a parent, grandparent, friend, or someone whose love was missing or withheld—today, I stand in for them. I speak the "I love you" you’ve been waiting for, offering apologies, understanding, and forgiveness where there was absence, fear, or pain.

Together, we explore why others couldn’t give us what we needed, and how their inability had nothing to do with our lovability. I remind you—again and again, that you have always been lovable. I encourage you to release blame, let compassion flood in, and allow yourself to be set free from the old story of not-enoughness. Even if you never hear these words from them, you can let love in now.

You don’t owe anyone a second chance, a call, or a letter. But you owe yourself freedom. Open your heart and let my words wash over you, you’re allowed to receive them, just as you are.

What You’ll Discover

1. How to recognize your longing for love and validation is deeply human
2. Why other people’s inability to love or apologize is about their own limitations, not your worthiness
3. The healing power of imagining someone speaking the truth you always needed to hear
4. How forgiveness doesn’t require reconnection, obligation, or even a conversation
5. A loving practice to help you finally release old wounds and walk forward free

Key Takeaway

You do not have to wait for anyone else to set you free—you can receive, forgive, and love yourself right now.

Key Quote

"Allow my voice to be the substitute—the fill-in—for all the times you didn’t hear ‘I love you.’ Imagine me as the person you wish you heard it from... and let yourself be set free."

—Rhonda, 00:26

Resources

1. Journal prompt: Who do you most wish would say, “I love you”? How would it feel to hear it now, even if only from yourself or a stand-in?
2. Daily reflection pages: Write down the loving truths you'd like to absorb in your own voice.
3. More support at fearlessliving.org

Invitation

Let yourself be the receiver of love today. Play this episode again anytime you need to hear those healing words and tell your heart, “I am lovable and I am loved.”

If this episode helped, share it with one friend who needs a loving stand-in today.

Reply and share! Who do you most wish you’d heard “I love you” from, and how did it feel to imagine those words spoken just for you?

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