This week I am talking with my friend Nichole Mischke. For Nichole, sharing OTHER people's stories always came easy. She studied broadcast journalism and expected to have a lifelong career in the news business. However, in finally finding the courage to share her OWN story, a secret she had kept from everyone in her life for nearly a decade, she realized a vision for the stories she was meant to tell. In 2018, Nichole left her job in news to launch a media and storytelling platform called UNCOVERED.

UNCOVERED seeks to set people free through the power of owning and sharing your story. Nichole and her team produce short documentaries about people who have overcome toxic shame or some sort of struggle in their life with the intention to inspire hope, healing, and let people know that even amidst your greatest struggle or most shameful secret, you are not alone.

In this episode we discuss: 

• How owning your story can not only set you free but also inspire others to share theirs and help many more to feel less alone. 
• Nichole shares openly about the resistance she faced when making the decision to share her own story in public. 
• You may be surprised by how many people in your social circles, friend groups, and family have experienced something or are currently going through something similar to what you are keeping a secret. 
• We receive a lot of mixed messages about what it means to be "healthy", "successful" and "beautiful" in today's world which adds to the unnecessary shame and ultimately suffering many of us go through. 
• How sharing your story could potentially help you detach from identifying yourself with addiction, disorder, past experiences, or stigmas that aren't the truth of who you are.
• Our greatest desire is to be fully known and loved for everything we are. 

Connect with Nichole: 

Nichole@NicholeMischke.com
StoriesUncovered.com
TikTok: @StoriesUncovered
YouTube: Youtube.com/StoriesUncovered
IG: @UncoveredwithNicholeMischke
FB: Uncovered with Nichole Mischke

Connect with Heidi: 

IG: @theheidisawyer