Our deepest wounds often shape us as much as our greatest joys. The pain we carry—and the ways we learn to move through it—can define who we become. We asked community members from a broad array of industries to reflect on their defining wounds and have shared the responses below.
Rhianna Marina
Sometimes I feel like I have been given so much grace in my life that if I tried my best to show up and give back to those around me I couldn’t even scratch the surface. Why me? If I have it all why is it still hard to move? Read more>>
Yung Bee
I’ve dealt with many different issues that have left scars on my life from heartbreak to addiction to mental health struggles to PTSD from violent trauma I’ve experienced. Through it all my spirituality has been a healing force. Read more>>
TaJae’ Carter
The defining wounds of my life was losing my grandmother to lung cancer in 2015. I was young, still making mistakes, still needing her guidance and love. I’m now an established woman, responsible and successful and it breaks my heart that I can’t return the favor and care for her the way she did for me. Read more>>
