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.
Madison Luetge
When I got to grad school, I made these really odd paintings from photos I bought on eBay. I was kind of stuck in this idea of traditional portraiture that was really starting to feel like a dead end. Read more>>
Ramesha Nicole
When I wrote my first book is when I finally stopped hiding the pain. It was during that time that I began to be comfortable with sharing my story of the things I experienced. Through marketing, I began to feel a boldness and freedom come over me as I shared snippets of what others would discover while reading the memoir. Read more>>
Ashley Hamm
As a counselor, I was taught in grad school about the importance of being a ‘blank slate’ for my clients. This meant I was encouraged to share very little about myself to allow my clients to not be distracted by me and focus on their own healing. Read more>>
David Lewis
When I got sober in AA I began to understand my life more and more. After 36 years of sobriety, I feel I am in charge of my life and that I am making a difference in the world I live in. People in metaphyics call someone like me ‘the wounded healer’. Read more>>
Sara Alavi
I was always a sensitive and empathic child growing up. But I was embarrassed that I could and would feel so much. I tried to hide this side of me, but muting myself, my abilities and my personality only made me feel much worse. As a performer in my college years, I learned more and more about myself and embraced my unique traits. Read more>>
Susan Thiele
I did not want to get up in the mornings after my dear parents passed and my children left home. I did not feel purpose in my life. I painted a fee things at home snd took them to be framed at a local framing shop here in Katy, Texas. The owner asked if she could sell my work. Read more>>
Hannah Lowe
For the first year after Austin’s diagnosis we didn’t share a lot about it nor ask for a lot of help. We were still figuring it out for ourselves. But once we launched the foundation, I wrote very raw and open emails to nearly everyone I knew, trying my best to communicate our devastation, hope and determination. Read more>>
