Get to Know Yourself Before Sharing Your Story with Your Audience

When you join a conversation to share your story, are you sharing to contribute your lessons learned or are you seeking validation for your emotions?

After I left my verbally abusive house where I spent a good part of my “growing pain” years, I couldn’t stop talking. It was as if all the years of pent-up anger just had to burst forth from me at once. But what I soon came to realize is that it wasn’t the right time for me to share my story.

I was still so emotionally attached to the situati...