What If the Part of Your Story You Tried to Hide Is the Part Someone Else Needs to Hear?
There was a time when saying from GED to PhD out loud felt very different than it does today.
My journey didn't follow the traditional path. There were stops. Starts. Hard decisions. And moments when the future I have today would have been difficult to imagine.
And yet, here I am.
This September, I'll have the honor of taking the stage as a keynote speaker at the Curate Conference, where I'll share more of that journey.
From GED to PhD, despite three brain surgeries.
But the degrees aren't the most important part of the story.
It's everything that happened between them.
The decisions. The people who showed up. The setbacks. And the moments when I had to decide whether where I'd been would determine where I was going.
Maybe your story doesn't look like mine.
But perhaps you've looked at your own life and wondered:
How did I get here?
Or maybe you're asking a different question right now:
How am I ever going to get there?
That's one reason I'm looking forward to Curate. This year’s theme, Completely Unconfused, feels especially fitting. My path from GED to PhD wasn’t always clear or predictable, but I learned that clarity doesn’t always mean knowing every step.
Sometimes, it means knowing who you are and continuing to move forward anyway.
Will I see you at Curate?
If you've been thinking about attending, come join us in the Crescent City on September 17–19.
Women will come together for three days of connection, learning, honest conversation and opportunities to hear from women with different experiences, perspectives and journeys.
Come for the conversations. Come for the connections. And maybe come because something waiting for you in that room is exactly what you need for your own next chapter.
If you're coming, leave a comment below and let me know. I'd love to know who I'll get to meet.
And whether you're attending or not, I'd love to hear this:
What part of your journey means more to you now than it did while you were living through it?
Let's keep the conversation going.
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