Three Reasons Why Our Stories Are Important

The reward is great.

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In my early twenties, my therapist broke the news to me:

“I think what you are describing to me is shame, Sarah.”

I sat on her couch, bound up in a physical knot and air barely able to enter my lungs.

I argued with her, because “shame” wasn’t compatible with the outward…