Cultivating Collective Courage

What does it actually cost to be honest — and how do you decide if it's worth it? In this episode of Conflict Decoded, I sit down with Michelle MiJung Kim — award-winning author of The Wake Up, globally recognized speaker, and host of the podcast I Feel That Way Too — for a conversation about courage, honesty, and the distance between our values and our choices. Michelle shares what happened when she spoke out publicly about the genocide in Gaza and lost almost all of her business. She reflects on the weight of friendships where silence felt like an answer, and what it took to stay true to herself when the stakes were high. Together we explore how to get honest with yourself about how much risk you can handle, how positionality shapes what courage looks like, and how we might create conditions where more of us can take courageous steps — together. What do you truly value? And what might you be willing to give up to honor it?