Your Story Matters: Write Your Story, Reclaim Your Life

We all have one. The story of our lives, the story of how we came to be, the story of who we are. 

Not the version we polish for strangers or post online, but the real, raw narrative that lives under our skin—the moments that shaped us, the pain we tried to hide, the hope that refused to die.

This week, I want to bring us back to that story.

Because your story matters.

While learning how to recover our authentic selves, I don’t want us to forget, disregard, or try to hide our story.

It’s not an accident or a footnote. It’s the sacred thread that connects your past to your present—and your present to the person you are becoming.

Real People, Real Stories

I am constantly in awe of us as humans. All of the stories I have had the privilege to know, and even the stories that have yet to be shared, and all the ones I will never know.

I've spent years listening deeply to people. Their stories of unimaginable survival. Stories of lives created from the ashes of grief, trauma, and heartbreak. Stories of victory and wealth. Stories of ordinary everyday living. Stories that feel too heavy to carry.

And if you listen closely, you'll hear it: the whisper of authenticity beneath the noise. The ache to be seen. The hunger to belong.

Every story I’ve been privileged to hear has moved me. The messy ones. The triumphant ones. The ones still being written. Because there’s one truth I’ve learned: people are always trying to show you who they are, even when they don’t know it themselves.

Maybe your story feels like a burden. Maybe you’ve been trying to outrun it, deny it, minimize it. But what if your story is the very path that leads you back to yourself?

Because we must embrace all that we are to journey through and experience our Authentic Reveal.

Before the World Got to Us

We weren’t always like this. There was a time for some—maybe for you it was childhood, or young adulthood—where we were more ourselves. Before the world, family, friends, and life began to shape us, mold us, and chip away at who we were originally designed to be.

We are born with an authentic identity. A divine design. And over time, that gets buried. Filtered. Pressured into performance. And slowly, we started to trade our truth for survival.

Or maybe you have never known a time when you were just truly you. 

But what if the real you is still there, underneath the layers of roles, trauma, and conditioning? What if you haven’t lost yourself at all... 

If you ever lie awake at night wondering what it’s all for… If you feel restless in your own life, uncomfortable in your own skin… If you sense that something more is calling you, even if you don’t know what it is yet...

Then, you are in the right place.

The “One Day” Myth

We all say it: "One day..."
One day, I’ll be free.
One day, I’ll feel like myself again.
One day, I’ll live the life I know I was made for.

But “one day” doesn’t arrive unless we create it.

In this episode, I share a powerful story from my own life—an honest conversation with my son that reminded me of the danger of waiting.

Listen Here: Your Story Matters: Write Your Story, Reclaim Your Life

The future doesn’t just happen. We have to participate in our own becoming. We have to take the pen back and write the life that aligns with who we truly are.

So if you’ve been waiting, stuck in “someday” thinking, this is your invitation to begin today.

Reflection + Reveal Practice

I invite you to take a moment to slow down, dig deeper, and come back to yourself.

This week, I’m inviting you to be open to the truth that you are not your story; Your story is you. And every day, you can write what that is. From here forward.

Before you jump into this reflection, I want you to take a moment and settle into stillness. 

Find a quiet place. Let your body rest. Unclench your jaw. Soften your shoulders. Release the breath you didn’t know you were holding.

Now… inhale deeply. Breathe Out.

Again. In and Out.

This is a safe space to get honest, not harsh. The point isn’t to judge your story—it’s to reclaim it.

Reflection Practice:

Now answer the following questions:

Reflection Prompts:

1. What chapters of my story have I been trying to skip over, edit, or hide?
   
   

2. When I think of “my story,” what emotions rise up first—shame, pride, grief, gratitude, fear, hope?
   
   

3. What part of my story shaped me in a way I now value—but once resented?
   
   

4. If I could rewrite just one belief I’ve carried about myself because of my story, what would it be?
   
   

Reveal Practice:

Now the reveal..

Let’s shift from reflection to authorship.

I want you to take some time and Write a “Dear Me” Letter to your past self— This version of you has walked the long road of your life, seen and knows the truth, and has been a witness to your story.

• What do you want to remember and take with you?
  
  
• Where can you show kindness and forgiveness?
  
  
• How can looking back and owning your story change the way you live?
• Write whatever comes to you to share with your past self.

Then, write a statement of agency—your personal commitment to your next chapter. 

“I am the author of this life. I honor where I have been, and I choose how I move forward.” My story matters.

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Key Takeaways

• Your story is proof that you have lived, endured, and become.
• You were not born broken. You were born with a divine design
• Freedom doesn’t mean forgetting your past. It means reclaiming it.
• The real you has never been lost—only filtered.
• "One day" won’t come without you.
• You are the author of your next chapter 
• Owning your story is the beginning of your authentic reveal.
• You are the most qualified person to live, write, and tell the story of your life.

Final Thought

Your story is not something to escape—it’s something to embrace.
Because in it lives your strength. Your clarity. Your freedom.

No one else can carry your truth like you can. The story you carry—even if it's complicated or incomplete—is not the end. It's the beginning.

I see you. I believe in you.

This is where the Authentic Reveal begins—not with becoming someone new, but with remembering who you’ve always been.

I’m honored to walk this part of the journey with you.
And I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Please share your stories with me, I would love to hear from you!

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