![]() It doesn’t feel comfortable, but courage rarely does. It’s hard, but I’ve seen how it becomes part of a family and organizational cultures and unleashes innovation and creativity. We must own our failures and mistakes so that we can learn and grow.We can’t pretend our family histories of addiction and mental health issues don’t exist if our hope is to write a new story and pass that legacy of emotional honesty and health down to our children.It’s too easy for stockpiled hurt to turn into rage, resentment, and isolation. ![]() We can’t smooth over hurt feelings in our families.I’ve learned that writing a brave new ending in our personal lives means: When we push down hurt or pretend that struggle doesn’t exist, the hurt and struggle own us. I may have learned it as a researcher, but I live this truth as a daughter, a partner, a leader, a sister, a mother, and a friend. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending. When we deny our stories, they define us.
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