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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.

Jenelle Brinneman

After losing my brothers, I was in banking &described myself as a robot. Just going through the motions with no passion. The day I saw my friend (who was battling Cancer) light up when she received a flower bouquet was the day I knew this was my calling. Flowers have healed my broken heart in so many ways. Read more>>

Devereaux Jennings

The power in story telling is forever magnificent. Music is another element of storytelling, and when I broke through the barrier of caring about what other people thought, my music became genuine, authentic, and allowed other people to connect with it. Read more>>

Mandy Red

I started learning how to cope with my pain and challenges in life and started to share what had helped me on my journey, even if it was uncomfortable, (I feel like we have been trained to make it look like everything is going great all the time in our lives) I wouldn’t go into much detail on specifics. Read more>>

 

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