Deenah Patel - Overcoming the Worst of Humanity

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%;" align="center"><span lang="EN-CA" style= "font-family: 'Circular Std Book',sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-CA">"We, as a society, do not talk about childhood abuse, and worse, many children between the ages of 5 to 18 go through some abuse."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%;" align="center"><span lang="EN-CA" style= "font-family: 'Circular Std Book',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-CA">— Deenah Patel [00:33:41 → 00:33:52]</span></p> <p> </p> <p>Note: We don't share any details of the abuse; what Deenah shares is her path back.</p> <p>Deenah Patel has twice joined me on Chatter that Matters to offer advice to help small business owners. When the microphone was turned off, Deenah opened up about her story of being sexually abused as a child, decades of deeply buried trauma and how it surfaced later in her life as severe physical and mental health issues.</p> <p>I asked Deenah if she wanted to share her story and journey to reclaiming her life and identity, and she said yes in the hope it would help others. Deenah tells anyone seeking her advice, “You are worth finding the way to be better.”</p> <p>Deenah offers many powerful lessons in life for anyone struggling with their identity and self-worth. </p> <p>1)Everyone is going through something.</p> <p>2)Permit yourself to care for yourself; don't bury it.</p> <p>3)Express yourself because you are worth it, and you deserve to be the best </p> <p>4)Learn how to believe in yourself and believe in your beliefs.</p> <p>5)You are in control of your future. </p> <p>Thank you, Deenah, for sharing; I will be the first of many who listen to your story to give you a virtual standing ovation.</p> <p>Speaking of ovations, at the end of my show, Amy Deacon, the founder and CEO of <a class="ql-mention" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" data-entity-urn= "urn:li:fs_miniCompany:85816816" data-guid="5" data-object-urn= "urn:li:company:85816816" data-original-text=