Braving the Wilderness

Where are you, Brené

I’m here to talk from my heart to their hearts. This is who I am

It’s okay if I’m alone on this. That’s not what I believe

If you can see your path5 laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path

What do you do when you’ve spent the majority of your life moving to try to fit in

code for Your emotion or opinion is making me uncomfortable

I learned how to say the right thing or show up in the right way. I became an expert fitter-in, a chameleon. And a very lonely stranger to myself.

We feel hope and we know struggle. We see beauty and we survive trauma

That’s because it has the power to break our heart, our spirit, and our sense of self-worth. It broke all three for me