Yep, we're doing it. Everyone’s weighing in on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — the box office numbers, the armor discourse, the modern-English dialogue debates. So here are three insights from The Odyssey for advocates sharing their stories from lived experience to make a difference in the modern world.

This can’t be done. How do you hold space for someone’s story when there’s a screen between you?

In a guest post, advocate Jim Kuhn shares why it is so important for members of the rare disease community to share their lived experiences.

“By shifting my focus from anger to persuasion, I began to see more people engaging with the issue. Conversations became more productive. Skeptics weren’t just pushed away or ignored; they were invited to understand.”

“I think that people who go through the program are just more thoughtful about their advocacy. I can see the change in the advocates week to week as they're getting and hearing the feedback.”

Without taking the time to reflect and explore, I might have forgotten that memory and missed the connection it holds to one of my deep beliefs about the value of museums (or all encounters with art and artifact, for that matter).

Should you write out your story before you speak it? Yes and no.

“It was such a safe space LPA had created.”