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.
ALDINO SAMBAHO
I stopped hiding my pain and started using it as power when he hit rock bottom — specifically during the period I was homeless in Washington, D.C. I just didn’t wake up one day and suddenly feel strong. Read more>>
Kevin Douillez
I stopped hiding my pain the moment I realized there was a kind of magic in transforming my wounds into something beautiful. I believe we all need to learn to appreciate our scars instead of trying to erase them. For me, abandonment has always been my deepest wound, but painting taught me how to use it, how to turn it into creation instead of silence. Read more>>
Rhiannon Okoye
Alchemy is the only word that truly fits. I stopped hiding my pain the moment I realised it wasn’t something to bury it was something to use. When I learned that pain could be metabolised into wisdom, that it could be shaped, refined, and transformed into something that serves… everything changed. My wounds became teachers. My story became medicine. Read more>>
Kelsey Davis
I stopped hiding my pain and started using it as power the moment I accepted that some of the people who claimed to love me never had any intention of truly supporting me. Instead of community, it started feeling like competition — and that realization hurt. But it also opened my eyes. Read more>>
