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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.

Mini Wu 


This is a very powerful question. I don’t believe we can ever truly hide from our pain. The most powerful part is finally facing it – embracing our vulnerable side, the parts of ourselves we’ve been avoiding. When we avoid or hide our pain, eventually we hit a ceiling and become stuck. Without facing it, we cannot grow or move on to the next level. Read more >>>

Mark Mitchell

The past 15 years have been a kind of personal rennaissance for me, as I discovered my sense of purpose as an artist. I left a respectable full-time career as an advertising Creative Director in New York, relocated with my wife to St Petersburg, FL, and embarked on a second career as a fine artist. Read more >>>

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