Prompts to consider when writing/narrating your story:

What is the message I want to send? Support? Validation? Solidarity? Encouragement?

What is the challenge you faced or the experience you want to share?

How did you feel while you were going through this challenge or experience?

What was helpful to you during that time? What was unhelpful?

What would you want providers to know about treating a patient who went through something similar?

What do you wish that you would have known or what do you wish you would have been told before/during going through your experience?

What was surprising to you about your experience?

What would you tell yourself if you could go back and give yourself some encouragement?