Stories that Empower
Suzanne shares her life journey of challenges and setbacks. She considers herself a positive person. This along with her perseverance, focus and good fortune enabled Suzanne to overcome the challenges. One of her gifts is her ability to break down complex subjects into simple terms. Suzanne translated her gift into her passion … writing. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: knowledge empowers people break down complicated subjects into small pieces never give up there is a future concentrate on things you like to do share your energy with others tags: Suzanne...
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Linda works with people who have a dream to make an impact in the world. She believes that everyone was born with the ability to freely express themselves. After all, as little kids, we thrived on attention. The fear and stress we get when putting ourselves “out there” is not just some random emotion floating around in our heads. If we feel stress and anxiety, it’s because somewhere along the line, we got the message, we had experiences that told us it wasn’t ok to be as we were – that it wasn’t safe to be seen. That stuff happens. Happily, this can be overcome. Linda shares lots...
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Leah talks about her desire to travel, see how other cultures live and help others as a psychotherapist. She describes a year of traveling alone in her sixties and its impact on her husband, herself and on their marriage. Leah shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: be true to ourselves strive to fulfill our dreams, so that we don't have any regrets have integrity towards ourselves importance of marital friendship we are together by choice so many ways we can be of service tags: Leah Fisher, writer, author, psychotherapist, amateur photographer and enthusiastic...
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Serving in international disaster relief projects enabled Christian to see the value of effective leadership. He feels that organizations with effective leaders-those who care about the ones they serve-are able to grow and improve. Christian dedicates his life to helping others lead well. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: leadership impacts the quality of life of others effective leaders are those who don't quit humility is an important part of leaders leadership comes out of who we are seek personal growth and development while serving others tags: Christian Muntean,...
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Penny is an adult survivor of childhood abuse. She enabled herself to become whole and happy. Penny hopes that her memoir of escape, empowerment and triumph in hope may help others heal. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: strive to be whole and happy trauma and abuse come with a lot of shame, which causes us to hide choose to live the life we deserve baby steps can make us stronger get help and don't do it alone find a supportive community keep your eyes on the prize we have a choice tags: Penny Lane, writer, author, Redeemed, A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood,...
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Melissa experienced a big pivotal moment twelve years into her marriage, when she realized that she was no longer in love with her husband. She knew there was something off, but did not have clarity initially. Melissa used her skills as a crisis readiness strategist to assess her own relationship. She chose to follow her truth and divorced her husband. Melissa feels that she crisis managed her divorce to a place where they are not romantically linked anymore, but still have respect and admiration for each other. She was able to do it with grace, respect and love. Melissa shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
- understand the whys
- know your truth
- find strength in accepting your truth
- we deserve to live our best lives
- don't shy away from difficulties
- be kind to yourself
Author of Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World, Melissa Agnes is a leading authority on crisis preparedness, reputation management, and brand protection. Agnes is a coveted speaker, commentator, and advisor to some of today's leading organizations faced with the greatest risks.
As a strategic advisor and keynote speaker, Agnes has worked with NATO, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, financial firms, technology companies, healthcare organizations, cities and municipalities, law enforcement agencies, global non-profits, and many others, helping them understand risk and build invincible brands that can withstand even the most devastating of events. In 2015, she gave a TEDx talk in Los Angeles where she discussed the secret to successful crisis management in the 21st century.
Agnes is the editor of the Crisis Ready Blog, host of the Invincible Brand Podcast, a contributor to Forbes, and a go-to source for the press, with recent coverage including the Wall Street Journal, VIBE Magazine, USA Today, and many others.
Agnes's book and Crisis Ready Model continue to be adopted into undergraduate, graduate, and MBA programs around the world, and as a university guest lecturer, Agnes teaches crisis management in university courses around the world, including at NYU and McGill.
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