The Alchemy with MaryJo Burkhard

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Nov 19, 2024
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So much of my life, I felt like I lived on the edges of the conversation, the periphery of the group, letting my voice sound like the others, letting myself silence my identity.

I was a chameleon.

While I had recognized the chameleon in me for a while, I remember when I first named that to someone else.

Simple acknowledgement helped to break the grip of …

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