EP238 Why You Should Share Your Stories (Even the Small Ones)

Send us Fan MailYou've got a story you've been sitting on, the one that feels too small, too messy, or too “someone's already talked about this” to bother sharing. What if that's exactly the one worth telling?Sami and Angela get into why storytelling matters this week, and it's not the pep talk you'd expect. The story you tell about what happened to you shapes who you become more than the event itself does. Sharing your story helps you actually notice your own growth instead of only fixating on how far you still have to go. And hearing that somebody else survived something similar can be the exact thing that breaks someone else's sense of being alone in it. In this episode, we dig into:Permission to tell a story even if you think everyone's already heard some version of itWhy the story you tell about what happened to you matters more than the thing itselfA simple weekly practice for noticing your own growth before you forget it happenedLanguage for supporting a friend's hard day without turning it into a competitionWhy listening to your kid's tiny stories now is what earns you their big ones laterAngela and Sami debate Freudian versus Adlerian psychology by way of the book The Courage to Be Disliked, then unpack the “two-ounce cup, forty-four-ounce cup” metaphor for meeting people where their actual capacity is instead of turning pain into a contest. Somewhere in the middle of it all, Sami's four-year-old decides that lipstick means it's meeting time, and the logic somehow checks out.If you've ever held a story back because you assumed it wasn't dramatic enough to matter, this episode makes the case that sharing it isn't bragging or oversharing. It's connection. And recognizing your own growth, instead of only measuring the gap between here and your goal, is its own reward.Press play on this one, and then go tell somebody one of your stories. Even the small ones.Related EpisodesEP191 — Own Your Story, Build Your Brand (with Sara Losey): the episode Angela and Sami reference by name in this one, the deeper dive into storytelling as both a connection tool and a business skill.EP144 — Replacing Limiting Beliefs: for more on the idea that the story you tell yourself about what happened matters more than the event itself, this episode unpacks the mechanics behind it.EP64 — The Belonging Belief ("I Belong"): the flip side of this week's third reason for storytelling, why hearing that someone else survived something similar is often what breaks the feeling of being alone in it.You've done the work. The retreats, the books, the coaching. And the pattern is still there. The Invisible Edge Foundation 1:1 Coaching is where that changes. Six sessions, one-on-one, body-based belief work that gets underneath what nothing else has touched. bfreakingawesome.com/invisible-edge-foundationSupport the showSign up at bfreakingawesome.com to get the latest news, insights, and episodes straight to your inbox.Follow Be Freaking Awesome on Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, and Instagram.Let us know what questions you want to be answered and discussed by emailing us at [email protected].