So many people can pitch on the Internet...but no one knows your S-T-O-R-Y. This means literally- no one knows your current situation, no one knows your experience, no one knows your lessons... they will judge you when they see how do you look outside, they don´t see your INSIDE. Then you can feel "unseen unheard"... and that´s exactly how I feel and I´ve felt for a long time ago... And I´ve been aware of this TRUTH for a long period of time. They will judge you where you come from.. but what matters is WHO YOU ARE as a person, not the country itself. Not everyone are the same if they come from the specific country. I myself do NOT think "all americans are the same or all croatians are the same or all swedish people are the same" NO, we differentiate ourselves based on how we think, believe and act. I believe in who we are as people❤️ My message is: People have one PERCEPTION of you, not how you see yourself. But at the end of the day- One person knows him/herSELF the best. I´d love hearing your thoughts in this group kindly

Hey everyone! I'm back from my trip with a cold! BUT! My website it up and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! Check it out and let me know what you think! There are a few things that I'm working on fixing. But, I think it's coming together quite nicely! Do any of you have a website?! Storytellerspath.com

Hey there newbies! So happy that you've come to this writing community to give, receive support, and to be surrounded by other writers! Welcome! @Maya Nova @Rhiannon Bailey @Liz Delton Let's give them a warm welcome and if you'd like, share what you are working on! ❤️ Let's support one another!

When I was little, there was a period when so much attention in my family was going somewhere else. And somewhere inside that experience, I started feeling like I didn’t matter. 💔 😔 Like I wasn’t seen. 😔 Like I wasn’t heard. 😔 Like no matter what I did, it wouldn’t make enough of a difference for someone to notice. I understand that differently now than I did as a child. 👧 And I think it’s one of the reasons I care so much about stories. 📚 Because being heard matters to me. Being seen matters to me. Sitting with someone and actually hearing what s/he’s trying to say matters to me. That doesn’t mean I believe every writer has my childhood story. You don’t. Your experiences are yours. ❤️ But I do know what it feels like to want your existence, your experiences and your voice to matter. So, when someone comes to me with a story she has carried for years, I don’t want my first response to be: Okay, let’s shove this into a template. I want to understand it. Why this story? Why now? What are you actually trying to say? Who do you hope receives it? Because before we start deciding what the book should look like... I want to hear the person who is trying to write it. ✍️ What do you wish someone would ask you about your story? 🤔

For years, I thought I needed other people to see my value before I could fully believe in it myself. I experienced being judged, misunderstood, and affected by other people's expectations of who they thought I should be. Instead of need other people to see my value, I truly believed in myself. Example: other people did not believe that I will learn Swedish language. Not Swedish people, but Croatians. I don´t judge Croatians. But I´ve met good Swedish people they have me a positive motivation I felt. That´s why that country felt like a relief for me. After 2-3 years, I was able to communicate Swedish language- that was progress for me, no matter how I speak, no matter what other people say, no matter how do I sound in that foreign language- For me, that´s self confidence. There were periods when I had very little external evidence that I was “successful.” While living in Sweden, somewhere along the way, I started asking myself a different question: What if I choose to believe in myself before other people have a reason to applaud me? I started talking to myself differently. “I am good enough.” “I am capable.” “I love myself.” "I am confident" Not because everything around me had suddenly changed. But because I realized, that if I allowed other people's opinions to become the measure of my worth, they would be designing my life for me. My journey—from Croatia to Sweden, through uncertainty, difficult relationships, work, rebuilding my life, learning, investing in myself, entrepreneurship and eventually becoming an author—taught me that self-belief isn't about pretending everything is going to work. It's about continuing to take responsibility for your own life on own terms, even when the outcome isn't visible yet. And this is something I explore much more deeply in my real story. I wrote it from lived experience—not from a "perfect" life, but from the inner battles, decisions and lessons that shaped me. I'm curious: Have you ever had a period in your life when you had to believe in yourself before, anyone else could see what you were becoming?