Permission to Break is a memoir about finding the courage to stop holding everything together. With unflinching honesty, Rashida Saunders shares the lessons of a childhood shaped by silence, the unseen toll of policing, and the slow work of healing through motherhood and therapy. Her journey reveals that true strength is not about survival, but about daring to be seen, to speak, and to choose love over fear. Permission to Break reminds us all—you don’t have to carry it alone.