Original Air Date: June 30, 2021*

Hey everyone, so we are welcoming my friend, Meleah, back on the podcast.  Meleah was kind enough to help me navigate an emotional hangover I had last week when I share some personal experiences on social media.  I shared about the harassment and rape I experienced two years ago, how I handled it, and how on the outside it looked like I was ignoring people and outgrowing certain friendships when really I was just trying my best to keep my life together and not let those experience overshadow my whole life and well-being.  During this time, people burned bridges with me and assumed things about me that weren't true.  It was no fault of theirs.  It was partially because I didn't know how to communicate what I was going through and recently I've been speaking out about talking and asking questions with our friends and family members before writing them off because they aren't making time for you (or for me).  I've gotten some pushback around this and it's why I shared about this hard time in my life with the intention to cultivate some compassion and forgiveness for people because they may be going through a storm they don't know or don't want to talk about.  

I hope you enjoy part one of this episode.

You can find Meleah @visible.warrior on instagram and visiblewarrior.com