What Matters Is What It Left You With...
Tarana Burke, founder of the Me Too movement, was on Brene Brown’s podcast Unlocking Us last year. The episode was titled ‘on Being Heard and Seen.” They spoke, at length, about comparative suffering and how trauma leaves an imprint on your body. They spoke of how, too often, trauma and pain get ranked, sometimes leaving people to not respond. Sometimes the lack of response is because a person may be ashamed to take up too much empathy from those who have suffered more or lon
