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Rising Star Ayelette Robinson: “It’s really common in this line of work to feel that you are the only one struggling with a certain issue; There are tons of people who have struggled with the same challenge as you, even if you don’t hear about it”
There are tons of people who have struggled with the same challenge as you, even if you don’t hear about it. It’s really common in this line of work to feel that you are the only one struggling with a certain issue, and that feeling of being alone can make the core challenge feel exponentially worse by exacerbating feelings of shame and sadness. I’m not immune to this–especially because I came from a corporate background, I feel a lot of shame for putting myself in a financially strained position by pursuing multiple creative and entrepreneurial avenues simultaneously. But every time I share this, it turns out that so many people around me are on…