Mathura Tells Stories

You’re listening to Mathura Tells Stories. I’m Mathura, your host, reading true life stories of healing and hope. I have survived childhood sexual abuse, tremendous weight gain and loss, an HIV diagnosis in my 20’s, and have held each parent when they passed. I have an ex-wife, an ex-husband, been on a thrilling and scary journey understanding my life as a gay man, had a sometimes crazy career in fashion, and most recently, have developed a dedication to the truth of who I am. This is for the overly sensitive who have been shamed for feeling it all, the kind hearted who are told they are weak, and the ones who spend a lifetime seeking love and sometimes apologizing for who they are. The ones who have been through it. My people. Welcome to Mathura Tells Stories. Ep 05: STAR/TOUCH When you’re a little gay kid growing up in a small town, movies, tv and music mean everything to you. Even if you don’t know you’re gay until a little later, you know - and in my case are told - that you are different and so you are drawn to actors becoming characters, songs of hidden love and loss, and often spent a lot of time with the artistic expressions of people you’ll never meet. You develop an intimacy that can protect or grow your inner world, which in my case had some abuse and sadness. So what is entertainment to some becomes important to you, and in the first story I stumbled onto a portal of connection that bridged my inner world with the celebrities themselves, long before they had social media accounts. In the second story, I am face to face with one of my idols, and the lead up proves overwhelming for my cute, chubby ambition and dreams. Each episode will have two of my stories and a third with a guest who wants to share theirs. New episodes will be posted weekly. You can find more at mathuratellsstories.com and follow me on TikTok and IG @mathuratellsstories or contact me at: mathuratellsstories@gmail.com

You’re listening to Mathura Tells Stories. I’m Mathura, your host, reading true life stories of healing and hope. I have survived childhood sexual abuse, tremendous weight gain and loss, an HIV diagnosis in my 20’s, and have held each parent when they passed. I have an ex-wife, an ex-husband, been on a thrilling and scary journey understanding my life as a gay man, had a sometimes crazy career in fashion, and most recently, have developed a dedication to the truth of who I am. This is for the overly sensitive who have been shamed for feeling it all, the kind hearted who are told they are weak, and the ones who spend a lifetime seeking love and sometimes apologizing for who they are. The ones who have been through it. My people. Welcome to Mathura Tells Stories. Ep 04: SCARS/RESCUE Which are the greater scars to bear: The ones that others can see or the secrets we hide inside? The first episode is about the beginning of the journey of coming to terms with that answer. The second is a moment of empathy that somehow, after everything, seems perfectly normal again. Each episode will have two of my stories and a third with a guest who wants to share theirs. New episodes will be posted weekly. You can find more at mathuratellsstories.com and follow me on TikTok and IG @mathuratellsstories or contact me at: mathuratellsstories@gmail.com

You’re listening to MathuraTellsStories. I’m Mathura, your host, reading true life stories of healing and hope. I have survived childhood sexual abuse, tremendous weight gain and loss, an HIV diagnosis in my 20’s, and have held each parent when they passed. I have an ex-wife, an ex-husband, been on a thrilling and scary journey understanding my life as a gay man, had a sometimes crazy career in fashion, and most recently, have developed a dedication to the truth of who I am. This is for the overly sensitive who have been shamed for feeling it all, the kind hearted who are told they are weak, and the ones who spend a lifetime seeking love and sometimes apologizing for who they are. The ones who have been through it. My people. Welcome to Mathura Tells Stories. Ep 03: CHILD/ASK Our love for animals is a deep connection. Their innocence can remind us of what we have lost or has been taken. These are stories about the two dogs of my adult life, Rudy and Luke. Each episode will have two of my stories and a third with a guest who wants to share theirs. New episodes will be posted weekly. You can find more at mathuratellsstories.com and follow me on TikTok and IG @mathuratellsstories or contact me at: mathuratellsstories@gmail.com

You’re listening to MathuraTellsStories. I’m Mathura, your host, reading true life stories of healing and hope. I have survived childhood sexual abuse, tremendous weight gain and loss, an HIV diagnosis in my 20’s, and have held each parent when they passed. I have an ex-wife, an ex-husband, been on a thrilling and scary journey understanding my life as a gay man, had a sometimes crazy career in fashion, and most recently, have developed a dedication to the truth of who I am. This is for the overly sensitive who have been shamed for feeling it all, the kind hearted who are told they are weak, and the ones who spend a lifetime seeking love and sometimes apologizing for who they are. The ones who have been through it. My people. Welcome to Mathura Tells Stories. Ep 02: IMAGINATION/APARTMENT Children of abuse find ways to cope, from withdrawing to escape, and my creative mind took me to some magical places. Each episode will have two of my stories and a third with a guest who wants to share theirs. New episodes will be posted weekly. You can find more at mathuratellsstories.com and follow me on TikTok and IG @mathuratellsstories or contact me at: mathuratellsstories@gmail.com

You’re listening to MathuraTellsStories. I’m Mathura, your host, reading true life stories of healing and hope. I have survived childhood sexual abuse, tremendous weight gain and loss, an HIV diagnosis in my 20’s, and have held each parent when they passed. I have an ex-wife, an ex-husband, been on a thrilling and scary journey understanding my life as a gay man, had a sometimes crazy career in fashion, and most recently, have developed a dedication to the truth of who I am. This is for the overly sensitive who have been shamed for feeling it all, the kind hearted who are told they are weak, and the ones who spend a lifetime seeking love and sometimes apologizing for who they are. The ones who have been through it. My people. Welcome to Mathura Tells Stories. Ep 01: THE REASON This first episode is a sort of overall life story that I wrote one day when I was face down in things.... and I thought “How did I end up here?” Each episode will have two of my stories and a third with a guest who wants to share theirs. New episodes will be posted weekly. You can find more at mathuratellsstories.com and follow me on TikTok and IG @mathuratellsstories or contact me at: mathuratellsstories@gmail.com