The Weight of a White Dress: When Vows Become Chains

Dr. Cole Miller (Functional Dr. Cole) candidly recounts standing in a white dress at 19 while carrying the emotional burden of marriage, religion, and family expectations. She traces how silence and sacrifice contributed to chronic illness and cancer, and explains the connection between stored trauma and the body.

Episode 4, "The Weight of a White Dress," blends memoir and insight with reflection questions, urging survivors to set boundaries, love themselves first, and move from surviving to living a purposeful second front.