Before She Said I Do: Jojy on Arranged Marriage, Divorce, and Calling In Real Love

What happens when a trained therapist walks down the aisle toward a marriage she already knows is wrong? She does it anyway. And she spends years unraveling why.

In this episode of Getting to the Heart: Life, Relationships and Divorce, Michèle sits down with Jojy Vaz, therapist turned career coach and co-host of The Deconstructed Woman podcast, for one of the most honest conversations this show has ever had. Jojy shares the real story behind her arranged marriage, her divorce as a single mother, the family estrangement that followed, and how she eventually found authentic love after walking away from a life built around everyone else's happiness.

By the time this conversation is over, you will have sat with questions that matter:

- Why do women stay in marriages they know are wrong, and what finally creates the shift?

- What is the real cost of building a life around other people's happiness?

- What are we actually modeling to our children when we stay in a loveless marriage?

- How does family pressure fracture relationships during divorce, and is repair possible over time?

- What does reinvention after divorce actually look like when you are starting from the ground up?

- If you are navigating divorce, questioning your marriage, rebuilding your identity after a long-term relationship, or wondering whether real love is still possible for you, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

Because sometimes the bravest thing a woman can do is stop performing and start living.