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When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?

Almost everything is multisided – including the occurrences that give us pain. So, we asked some of the most enlightened folks in the community to share how they have harnessed their pain to help rather than hurt them.

Danny Desil

A few years ago, after going through several meaningful experiences, I realized that everything I face always reflects back to me. I grew up with the familiar norms many of us know — being told to hold in emotions, that men don’t cry, that you don’t need to express what you’re going through. Read more>>

Jaymar Jackson

It was about embracing all the parts of me that society, and even people you know, tell you to lock away for the sake of their own comfort. I think people are so adverse to change because it’s unknown, it’s new, and it’s scary. Embracing your fears and facing them is the best way to grow. Read more>>

Jasmine (Slim gawd) King

When I spoke out bout wheat I experienced when I was nine I talk bout it openly all the time. & honestly thinking bout turning it into a book. Read more>>

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