About Me
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When I was at my most low, I was afraid to say things like
- 'I feel sad'
- 'I'm afraid'
- 'I feel lost'
- 'I don't know what I'm doing'
- 'I think I might need help'
and I didn't.
It took the right combination of professional support, tough conversations, meaningful work, and a reframing of my relationship to myself and struggle.
I discovered my own power to influence my thoughts, feelings, and life. I started accepting more responsibility for who I was and how my life was going. But not only that, I had the right circumstances so I felt capable to start down that path.
With the right support system of people, intellectual and social knowledge, and habits or practices, anyone has the capability to turn the corner on suffering.
I'm dedicated to spreading the word that anyone and every has that power. However, not everyone has the right circumstances in which to bring that power forth.
In fact, it's on us as a society to take it upon ourselves to create those circumstances for others, particularly young people, in schools, places of employment, and homes so that they can flourish.
My message is simple: it's ok to struggle, you are not expected to go on feeling this way alone or forever, there is a path to feeling good, let's take the first step, the first step often is telling the right person.
Life can be worth living. You can get there
- 'I feel sad'
- 'I'm afraid'
- 'I feel lost'
- 'I don't know what I'm doing'
- 'I think I might need help'
and I didn't.
It took the right combination of professional support, tough conversations, meaningful work, and a reframing of my relationship to myself and struggle.
I discovered my own power to influence my thoughts, feelings, and life. I started accepting more responsibility for who I was and how my life was going. But not only that, I had the right circumstances so I felt capable to start down that path.
With the right support system of people, intellectual and social knowledge, and habits or practices, anyone has the capability to turn the corner on suffering.
I'm dedicated to spreading the word that anyone and every has that power. However, not everyone has the right circumstances in which to bring that power forth.
In fact, it's on us as a society to take it upon ourselves to create those circumstances for others, particularly young people, in schools, places of employment, and homes so that they can flourish.
My message is simple: it's ok to struggle, you are not expected to go on feeling this way alone or forever, there is a path to feeling good, let's take the first step, the first step often is telling the right person.
Life can be worth living. You can get there
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Speaking EngagementsTEDxMathtomedi 2018
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