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Tracy Mansolillo's avatar

Danusia, I love this. You did an artful job of telling this story. Kudos to you for tackling the difficult and making it all look so easy.

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Danusia Malina-Derben's avatar

Thanks honey! Your words make my heart sing. I was feeling ever so awkward about it. XO

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kaylen alexandra's avatar

Balls! How amazing to have the gift of speaking both truth and humor in front of a crowd! What an inspiring story. Have you found yourself swimming in the deep since then?

I’ve never encountered this kind of opportunity- LOVE learning about it from you! 🥳

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Danusia Malina-Derben's avatar

Here’s the odd truth. I’ve thought about sharing this story but each time I’ve told myself to ‘get back in my box’. I wondered if I could tell it well enough. The risk that I wouldn’t faded just enough to allow me to write it without fanny-ing about.

I find myself leaning on her advice lots. My professional life relies on me to dare to swim deep. Speaking truth to power without a take down, I guess, is a magic art to hone.

Ps. Thank you so much for triggering a look at this beyond this testicles story.

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kaylen alexandra's avatar

Thank YOU so much for writing it! Why is telling the truth about life so damn HARD? & I don’t mean that in the phallic sense…🤣

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Danusia Malina-Derben's avatar

Stop. I’ll pee my pants otherwise.

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Olivia Lara Owen's avatar

I howled along with you. Yes, keep swimming deeper. This was brilliant. Thank you

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Danusia Malina-Derben's avatar

This was funny?! I was so busy trying not to soil myself I couldn’t let a smile slip.

Love that this hit the spot for you! Here’s to swimming out of our depth xo

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Alison Acheson's avatar

This was just so so good. Thank you.

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Danusia Malina-Derben's avatar

Your eight words make my day Alison. Thank you.

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