Meet Meghanne Storey

 

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Meghanne Storey. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Meghanne below.

Meghanne, so great to have you sharing your thoughts and wisdom with our readers and so let’s jump right into one of our favorite topics – empathy. We think a lack of empathy is at the heart of so many issues the world is struggling with and so our hope is to contribute to an environment that fosters the development of empathy. Along those lines, we’d love to hear your thoughts around where your empathy comes from?

This is an interesting question. I feel like my empathy developed as a result of the way I grew up and the way I saw the world around me.

I was homeless as a teenager and I quickly learned to accept people where they were at for who they were. It was the best way for me to find acceptance myself. As a musician and a homeless teenager, lets be honest here, I was kind of weird.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

The most exciting, and special, thing I get to do is sing songs that I wrote to all of you. The coolest thing about this is when I am able to touch a person’s heart and speak to their soul through music. There is nothing better. Growing up as a homeless person gives me a desire to talk about it. The people, the places, the experiences and I love breathing new life into my history as well as possibly giving a person the chance to view the next homeless person they encounter a little differently.

We actually have a really exciting show coming up on December 6th in Edgewood, Wa where we all get to play music and then spend a half an hour answering questions that our fans may have. I am really excited about this.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

I have a tremendous level of motivation. Ive been educated to the hilt and I have a disability that prevents me from working. So, I music. It keeps me busy, it keeps my heart full, it allows me to be social and it gives me something to hang onto. So with motivation comes perseverance and maintaining a positive attitude/outlook. This world can beat you up and leave you for dead. You have to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and dust yourself off and keep going. No matter what do not give up. And the days you feel like giving up the most are the days you need to work the hardest.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?

The Red Tent by Anita Diamonte.
Its historical fiction but it is riveting. The ideas presented, the strong women represented, the journey through Dinah’s life is one that inspires me. Whether or not its true, the story talks about and gives excellent examples of never giving up and how beautiful life can be when you don’t. Despite the broken hearts, promises, lives, relationships ect…never give up.

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Photo credit goes to Ian Phares (green highlighted head shot)

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