032: What’s the urge to share your story after being wronged?

When you feel wronged, cheated, mistreated - you often have a resulting desire for justice and for validation of your experience. However what’s behind those needs? Whether part of the cancel culture conversation or a family conflict, why do we need to have our stories validated by others – and why it is hard when they are not? Exploring this and concepts of “universal truth”… (00:00) Introduction (00:53) Human need to share our stories (02:11) Desire for social validation (04:51) Your feelings are valid(06:13) Challenge of community and personal truth (07:46) Need for justice and desire for equal pain (08:17) Concept of "rights and entitlement" (12:59) "Let it be" (14:22) Sharing as a tool for self-exploration (15:43) Your contribution to Universal truth Subscribe to learn more about what it takes to be a human being in this and upcoming conversations. You can watch this episode on Youtube. And I would be delighted to connect with you on ⁠Instagram⁠, too. Leave your comments, thoughts and feelings below. Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast.