Start with the why

Putting your healing journey on social media means living in a constant contradiction between authenticity and performance. I don't think anyone ever told me that part.Late June and early July arrived all at once. The Soft Power Summit in New York had just happened, I hit the 20k mark on Instagram, and my family life was coming apart. I'm working on resetting my relationship with my parents. When you set boundaries, people who don't know this new version of you push back. I let the ugliness come out. Then I spent about a week and a half in bed.Then came the question of why I do this. I had started asking whether to work the hook better, reorder my own story so it lands harder. I'm not here to be an influencer. I'm here to take away the shame.I'm still figuring out the balance. It still bothers me when something doesn't perform. On the Soft Power Project I want more unpolished conversations, the ones that aren't success stories. Soft power here looks like telling the story instead of performing it.I'm here to find my people. If you're struggling with this, start with the why.TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - What Happened in June and July 0:51 - Resetting Things With My Parents 1:33 - A Week and a Half in Bed 2:13 - Authenticity Versus Performance 3:33 - I'm Not Here to Be an Influencer 5:04 - A Better Place With Social Media 6:42 - Why I Started, and What I Want Now 9:08 - What Do You Want to Know?#SoftPowerProject #SoftPower #MentalHealth #SelfDiscovery Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/commentsYoutube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~