When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?

Almost everything is multisided – including the occurrences that give us pain. So, we asked some of the most enlightened folks in the community to share how they have harnessed their pain to help rather than hurt them.

REEF

When I inverted their little MK ultra like mind control. Never pick up hitch hikers in Topanga Canyon. Read more>>

Makinley Donray

I stopped running from pain and sorrow when I realized that life will always have an uphill battle. Losing my mother at sixteen forced me to heal and move forward long before I was ready, and growing up through a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, and the rising costs of simply living has only tested that strength further. Read more>>

Kat Davis

I stopped hiding my pain back when I realized how much I was hurt. I couldn’t pretend anymore. I faced health issues, mental health challenges, and I realized how overwhelmed I felt with my emotions. That’s when I started going to therapy, meditating, and saw that it was okay to ask for help. Read more>>

Mary Gallagher

My pain transformed into my superpower when the foundation of my life crumbled. I was witnessing a cascading series of changes, and it became evident that surrendering to the flow was the only sensible course of action. All that remained was a state of witness consciousness. I realized that these changes were not happening to me; they were simply unfolding. Read more>>

Allie Leonard

For most of my life I have struggled with my mental health. I’m talking chronic deep depression, panic attacks, the works (yes, I’m bragging again). Unfortunately last year it got to a point where I needed more help and I entered a treatment facility. I felt like such a failure, I even felt like I was failing at treatment. Read more>>