Your Story Is Your Strength

Living Out Loud - The story behind the memoir

🎙️ Living Out Loud: A Memoir of Truth, Resilience & Purpose | Sarah Locke Podcast In this powerful episode, author and advocate Sarah Locke opens up about her deeply personal journey captured in her debut memoir, Living Out Loud, releasing October 28. From growing up on a New Hampshire farm between two competitive brothers, to coming out later in life at 35, to facing a life-changing diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis—Sarah shares the raw, honest truth behind her story. She talks about the emotional weight of living a life that looked perfect on the outside but felt incomplete within, and the courage it took to finally live as her authentic self. Sarah also discusses why she chose a memoir format, the mindset that carried her through adversity, and how she founded Locke’s Promise, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to supporting those living with MS in her home state. 💬 Topics Covered: * The inspiration behind Living Out Loud * Coming out and redefining the American dream * Living with MS and building resilience * Founding Locke’s Promise to advocate for others * Why living authentically is worth the fight 📘 Pre-order the book: www.lockespromise.com/living-out-loud [http://www.lockespromise.com/living-out-loud] 🔔 Subscribe for more stories of courage, advocacy, and living life out loud.

Episode 12: The next chapter

Welcome to Your Story is Your Strength Podcast! Join us for Episode 12: "The Next Chapter." I'm Sarah Locke, your host, sharing my journey with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and how it transformed my life. From hiking Mt. Washington to founding Locke’s Promise, Inc., we're building a community and driving change. Discover how we’re raising awareness, funds, and hope for those living with MS. Together, we climb, grow, and make a difference. 🧡 Tune in and own your story!

Episode 11: The Mission is to Educate & Advocate

This podcast is about how people's stories or journeys through their lives, events and activities are their strengths. Hosted by Sarah Locke, MS advocate and ambassador. She is joined by guest, Julie Stamm, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2007 and became a person on a mission to educate, advocate and support others with chronic illness. She is also a mom, an author and an MS warrior. We take the time to talk about Julie's experience with MS, the different kinds of MS, the challenges of living with a progressive condition, and the projects that Julie has been involved in to raise awareness and inclusion for people with diverse abilities and messaging it all toward explaining it to children. She takes the fear out of the topics and lets the conversation flow as children are amazing, thoughtful and insightful little humans with feelings and worries too. The overall message is that telling one's story is a way of showing strength, vulnerability and courage, and that spreading MS awareness is important because a cure is on the line. Take a listen!

Episode 10: MS Ambassadors Unite

Welcome to "Your Story, Your Strength," a podcast that delves into the journeys and experiences that shape us. In Episode 10, titled "MS Ambassadors Unite," host Sarah Locke is joined by the dynamic Kris Inman. Kris, a former emergency communications professional turned speaker and yoga instructor, brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to the conversation about Multiple Sclerosis. Their lively exchange is filled with enthusiasm and mutual respect as they are both MS Ambassadors for the National MS Society and ooze orange as they spread awareness about MS to their local communities. Chris commends Sarah's impactful Dragon Talks presentation on YouTube and acknowledges her remarkable story of resilience and achievement. The genuine connection between Sarah and Kris shines through, creating a warm and engaging atmosphere for listeners. Join us on this episode as Sarah and Kris explore the power of storytelling, finding strength in adversity, and the importance of making a positive impact. Thank you for tuning in to "Your Story, Your Strength" - where every story has the power to inspire and uplift.

Episode 9: Painful Stories Shared

I'd like to share a very recent story that most definitely has made me stronger, as the most painful ones typically do. I wasn't going to publish a podcast this week as it's coming off a holiday however I must share as it's weighing heavily on my mind. My partner was verbally assaulted in the grocery store on Thanksgiving day. She had run out to get us coffee and whip cream for our pie. we'd overlooked it and pie just isn't pie without whipped topping. She was proud of herself and excited to be going to the grocery store. A place she hasn't been in probably 4 years. She masked up as that's how she feels safest and entered the store.