Suzi Taylor has spoken candidly about hitting rock bottom and finding a way forward in a raw new Instagram video shared on Sunday.
The former Block star, 53, told followers she had endured 'rejection, abandonment and some of the darkest moments of her life', but said she refused to let her past define her future.
'Hello. If you haven't heard my story, it's not a pretty one. I've been through a lot,' Taylor began, before revealing she had reached breaking point both mentally and emotionally.
'I hit the bottom mentally, emotionally. I faced rejection, abandonment, and some very dark moments in my own head, but I'm still here.'
Taylor said survival did not come from pretending everything was fine, but from learning to reset herself 'one day at a time, one breath at a time,' adding that personal responsibility and resilience had helped her fight back.
'I survived and I learned how to fight back, not by pretending everything was okay, but by learning how to reset myself one day at a time, one breath at a time,' she said.
The reality TV figure used the video to launch what she calls the 'seven minute reset,' a simple mindfulness-style pause she credits with helping her through the hardest period of her life.
'This is my own thing. It's what got me through the hardest times of my life. The seven minute reset,' she explained.
'It's not magic; it's not hype. It's a simple, powerful pause. Seven minutes to reset your mind and your nervous system.'
Taylor stressed the practice was accessible and did not require expensive programs or therapy.
'You don't need therapy language. You don't need expensive programs. You don't need hours a day. You just need seven minutes,' she said.
'It's right here at your fingertips. You can do it anywhere. Anytime life feels too heavy.'
She said the goal was not to fix everything at once, but to get through each day.
'This is not about fixing your whole life in one go. It's about getting through today and tomorrow, and then the next day,' she said.
Suzi added she was finally optimistic about the future: 'I am excited about what the day is going to bring! It's one day at a time and I am so thankful to be here'
'If it helped me, it can help you. And if you are hurting, you deserve the tools, not judgement, not shame, just support.'
Taylor ended the video on an upbeat note, telling viewers: 'I'm so glad you're here. Let's do this together. I got you.'
Suzi's happy post comes almost a year after she shared a candid confession in her last social media post of 2024.
Posting a selfie for her followers, she shared that the past few years, during which she had been mired in legal woes, had taught her a 'heartbreaking' lesson.
'The past few years have been filled with heartbreak. Losing loved ones, the absence of my children in my life,' she began her emotional post.
She claimed family members had cut ties with her due to exaggerated media reports without 'ever seeking to understand the truth'.
'This experience has been a heartbreaking lesson in the meaning of family and unconditional love,' she wrote.
The candid post continued with Suzi admitting the situation had forced her to redefine what family means.
'Even in the midst of such profound loss and isolation, I have found resilience. I have learned family isn't always defined by blood; it can be the unexpected souls who step in during our darkest moments,' she said.
Finishing the expansive post, Suzi said she was hopeful the new year would be more positive.
Last year, Suzi faced a Brisbane court over a bizarre 'honey trap' kidnapping, the details of which had the whole television industry aghast.
The former reality star and her co-accused Ali Ebrahimi were eventually cleared on all charges, including extortion, deprivation of liberty, fraud and assault, and Daily Mail does not suggest either of them had committed a crime.
That was in 2020, and her legal troubles continued for some years.
She is currently on bail facing drug-trafficking charges and only recently had another conviction for meth possession added to her rap sheet.
In March, she pleaded guilty to charges of trespassing, stealing and common assault, but escaped jail and only had to pay a fine.
She forced entry into a home last October, demanding property from someone who no longer lived there.
At the time, she had just been released from prison where she'd served 50 days for evading police.
The troubled former reality TV star has been in and out of the courts on various offences over the years.
In April 2021, Suzi stood trial on charges of extortion, deprivation of liberty, assault occasioning bodily harm, fraud and attempted fraud stemming from an alleged escort date gone wrong.
Police had alleged Suzi and another man, Ali Ebrahimi, tied up and assaulted a man who had contacted her via a dating app. The pair were found not guilty on all charges.
A month later, Suzi was convicted but not further punished on charges including possessing small amounts of cocaine and marijuana, drink driving, trespassing and multiple breaches of bail.
In May 2019, she pleaded guilty to fraud and theft charges after she was caught using a stolen credit card to buy alcohol.
The mother-of-three was filmed buying booze at a bottle shop on May 2 using a credit card she'd stolen from a patient recovering at Mater Hospital.