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.
Nadya Lambreva
I don’t believe we ever completely heal our deepest wounds—rather, we learn to live with them, transform them, and use their lessons as fuel for growth. The most defining wound of my life was losing my mother at a young age, and with her, the sense of safety and guidance that every child longs for. Read more>>
Tal Navarro
One of my deepest wounds was losing my mother at a young age. I was with her during her last couple of months, and being by her side 24/7 through that time left an imprint on me that will never fade. Experiencing such profound loss so early reshaped me, grief has a way of stripping away illusions, leaving you raw and exposed. Read more>>
Nicole ‘NeeKKo’ Lindsey
The defining wounds of my life has been coming from a background of low income, single parent household, and homelessness. These factors had created a broke mentality for me to where no matter if I had money or not, I would live as if I was broke. Read more>>
Saba Moor-Doucette
The defining wounds of my life was becoming a widow, twice! Once when I was 22 with two children, and again when I was 58 with three more children. The first one devastated me for seven years. With the second one, it was a lot easier to heal because, by then, I had become a metaphysical practitioner. Read more>>
Hayley Antonian
There have been a few! If you had asked me this 12 years ago it would have been being diagnosed with a rare auto immune disease at age 10 and navigating the challenges and uncertainty of that illness. Answering it now, however – one of the defining wounds of my life has been navigating the journey of raising a child with special needs. Read more>>
BRANDO JAMES
I’m very regimented unless I’m getting whisked off to some set location. I love my routine. It involves savoring the simples parts of life. Coffee, sunlight, stretching and exercise. I wake up and put on an ambient tropical visualizer on the T.V. and try extremely hard not to go straight for my phone. Read more>>
