’m very grateful to be able to share this episode with you all. I’m joined by my beautiful sister and best friend Katie Manning. Katie allows us to be with her in her vulnerability as she shares her journey. She is an entrepreneur who founded a social purpose company to help provide legal and emotional resources to sexual assault and abuse survivors. She inspires me and is always the one I can go to for advice.

Katie shares what high school was like for her and the bullying she faced. We talk about our relationship and what it was like being compared to one another, boundaries, and how confrontations can be positive. We share how we found belonging through traveling; how it enabled us to open our eyes and know there was so much goodness in this life. She shares about finding true sense of belonging through her first job and so much more. Katie was able to take such painful experiences and find her own self-worth. I hope this conversation can bring healing to anyone who can relate to Katie’s journey.

Takeaways:

If you feel alone or lost, it is temporary and there are better things ahead. I truly believe the universe has your back and there are better days ahead. Everything is temporary and you can get through anything

You are so much stronger than you think you are.

Don't listen to what anyone tells you in a broad sense. Focus on yourself and what makes you happy. You are the only person that is going to decide things for you and the only person that will continue to write your story and decide how that’s going to go.

Show Notes:

You can find Katie on Instagram @beachbum.katie and @beyondbelievedorg and on her website https://www.beyondbelieved.org and www.beachbumcreative.co

Follow along on Instagram - grow_into_you

Link to my website - mel-manning

Music by Kabbalistic Village - kabbalisticvillage.com/