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.

Maria Krangel

I stopped using my pain and started using it as power when I finally allowed myself to dream again. For nearly ten years, I put my own dreams aside to be present for my children and meet the needs of a neurodivergent household. Becoming that kind of mother changed me — it demanded strength, patience, and sacrifice, but it also quietly buried parts of me. Read more>>

Grisel Manzanares

After months of deep, body-based work through dance with my teacher, Irma Juana. This wasn’t choreographed dance, but rather an ongoing practice of listening to the body and moving from a place of deep internal connection. Through long sessions of physical exploration, I eventually learned to accept my pain. Once I did, my relationship to it began to shift. Read more>>

Matt Langford

When I started sharing what I went through in my creative work and also my readings I feel like I was finally releasing the pain on my own terms. Read more>>