In this opening chapter of Dear Younger Me, we sit with women as they reintroduce themselves — not just by name or age, but by the truths they wish the world knew.

This episode traces the tender beginnings of womanhood: the quiet shifts, the unspoken expectations, the moments of confusion, shame, wonder, and awakening. Through raw reflections, we uncover how culture, society, and silence shaped their early understanding of what it means to be a woman.

It’s an invitation into their earliest memories of identity — the start of unlearning, remembering, and becoming