I talk openly about my abusive marriage bc I know on the surface my life looked perfect. I’m a 2x published author, cardiologist, have built a social media following for my art. I’ve given commencement speeches & appeared on Good Morning America. I had it “all together.” No one would’ve known what I was enduring; I didn’t really understand it myself. It wasn’t until the abuse escalated into a place where I feared for my safety that I recognized what was happening.