Is Your Story Lifting You — or Limiting You?

Описание: People see your glory — but they don’t always know the story.
In this opening episode of Built Possible™, Anne Sempowski Ward and Taydra Mitchell Jackson ground the entire Built Possible Conversation Series in truth-telling about origin stories — where they come from, what shaped them, and how those early narratives still influence how women choose, lead, perform and rise.

Through deeply personal storytelling, Anne and Taydra unpack race, identity, expectation, performance culture, single motherhood, ambition, shame, and the tension between where you come from and who you choose to become.
Because your origin story shapes you, you must decide if it limits you — or lifts you.

What You’ll Walk Away With
A deeper awareness of how your origin story shapes your identity, leadership and ambition.
A renewed sense of agency — and knowing you are not limited by your beginning.
Encouragement and permission to examine the narratives you’ve been living inside — and determine how you use them moving forward.

Perspectives in Possibility
• Your origin story is fuel — you must decide HOW it fuels you
• Agency over assumption — take what you need from how you were raised and consciously author what’s next
• Performance culture and external validation — when validation is external, fulfillment remains conditional
• Your people matter - a true circle keeps you anchored in who you are
• Honor what helped you survive, but don't let it limit who you're becoming

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— Anne & Taydra

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