In this special edition of My Story Is Not Unique, Marlenne and Latisha come together in the midst of unfolding tragedy in Minneapolis, not as experts, not with answers, but as two people trying to make sense of what it means to hold hope while the ground feels unsteady.

They talk about the strange emotional space of being both here and far at the same time, physically present, yet processing events through layers of distance, memory, community, and personal history. What does it mean to witness pain that feels both collective and deeply personal? How do you stay open, tender, and human when the world feels heavy?

This conversation is about the weight of shared grief, the pull of community, and the quiet resistance of hope. Not the loud, shiny kind but the kind that shows up in staying connected, checking on one another, and choosing not to turn away.

They don’t try to solve anything. They simply sit in the truth of the moment, honoring the ache, the questions, and the fragile but persistent thread of hope that runs through even the hardest days.

Because sometimes hope isn’t a feeling.
Sometimes it’s a decision to stay.

In this episode of My Story Is Not Unique, we sit with Yogi as we explore what it means to grow up between identities, navigating mixed-race identity, belonging, and the quiet question many carry: Where do I fit?

Yogi shares the layered experience of living between cultures, expectations, and perceptions, and the emotional work of understanding yourself when the world keeps trying to define you first. This conversation moves beyond identity as a label and into identity as a lived, evolving experience.

But this episode isn’t only about struggle. It’s about recovery the kind that happens not in isolation, but in community. Yogi talks about how healing deepens when we allow ourselves to be seen, supported, and held by others. How can the community be medicine? How can connection restore parts of us we didn’t even realize were hurting?

If you’ve ever felt in-between, unseen, or unsure where you fit, this conversation will feel familiar. Please join us.

This is the beginning.

On New Year’s Eve, between what was and what could be, My Story Is Not Unique came into being. In this first episode, Latisha and Marlenne talk about how this podcast found them and why they chose to say yes.

It’s a conversation about starting before you feel ready, creating a space that didn’t exist yet, and trusting that some stories are meant to be shared.