In this episode, I want to share some questions to ask yourself before you share your vulnerable story in a book, collab or solo or a podcast? 

In this episode, we discuss: 

1)  Get clear on why you want to share it? For what purpose, who would you love to help, inspire or provide support with sharing your story?

2) Ask yourself if you’re still “in the story?”, if you’re still a victim or stuck in the story?  Learning to support your healing will help you to own and share your part of the story.  Sharing a story requires moving from victim to victor in your story.

3) Narrow down the lessons you have learned, what you are now the expert of and how you can support someone else who may be experiencing what you went through. These lessons can open up other doors, businesses and avenues that you might not even see yet and that’s ok too.

4) Can you be vulnerable with your part of the story?  Vulnerability takes courage and is the path to building connections and it is 100% about you, no one else. Can you share the story you want to share AND do it if the people involved in the story were in the same room?  Can you share and leave everyone in integrity? If not, maybe that part is not meant to be shared?

5)  What is the reader going to take away, learn and experience from reading or hearing your story?  It’s actually not about you. It’s about what the reader can take away from your story AND how they can see themselves in your story. Join the Coaching Certification Waitlisthttps://www.marshavanw.com/certificationwaitlist Subscribe on Youtubehttps://bit.ly/3wjsdb0

 

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker, and Life Coach

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.

Through her programs, coaching, and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support, and impact others.