10/27/2025
“Shame dies in spaces where stories are shared out loud.”
I’ve heard many versions of that line over the years in church basements, community groups, and circles where people show up raw and real.
When you think you’re the only one, you start to believe you’re broken. Like you’re a problem that needs fixing.
But the moment you hear your own experience reflected back through someone else’s story, something inside you shifts. You exhale. You remember you’re not alone.
After teaching hundreds of classes on ADHD, autism, trauma, and healing, I’ve realized the most profound growth doesn’t come from information. It comes from connection. From those moments when someone shares something you’ve never said out loud, and you feel that wave of recognition and relief.
Those are the spaces that change us.
The ones where our hearts leave full.
Where the shame starts to dissolve.
And those spaces evolve as we do. Sometimes our focus is ADHD, sometimes it’s autism, anxiety, addiction, attachment, dyslexia, or trauma recovery. Whatever your season, one truth remains: we heal through community.
Never stop sharing your story.
You’re not too much.
You’re exactly what someone out there needs to hear.
Your story has power. Your story changes lives.
