478 Tim McDonald
Stories that Empower
Tim is a survivor of stage 4 colorectal cancer and he became a liver transparent recipient. He turned this experience into advocacy work, as he navigated his cancer journey. Today, he tries to inspire other patients to become advocates for others. Tim shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: we may not be in control of what happens to us, but we are in control of what we react to it if you get it, share it it's what we experience and who we impact in life that matters live in the moment tags: Tim McDonald, survivor of stage 4 colorectal cancer, writer, author, podcaster,...
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477 Shauna Britenham Reiter
Stories that Empower
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476 Tyler Kania
Stories that Empower
Tyler is a suicide survivor and has experienced the anomalous trauma of sequential ruptured patellar tendons. His first book, The Maniac with No Knees, is an exciting memoir that follows his journey with undiagnosed bipolar disorder through an eclectic series of mania-driven misadventures He is currently working on a second book, a composite novel called The Fables of Frog City. Tyler has pivoted his platform from standing up for people with mental illness to standing up for everyone who is oppressed. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: people with mental illness need community,...
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475 Marty Ross-Dolen
Stories that Empower
Marty shares her memoir, a story of being raised by a mother in protracted mourning from the loss of her parents in an airline disaster. It explores Marty’s journey, from personal ways of coping as a child to the evolution of a mother-daughter relationship that matured over time. It is also about her longing to know her maternal grandmother and Marty's own delivery from darkness into light. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: writing is a path to healing using creative techniques with words and with the writing process is a good way to break through, when you're overwhelmed...
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474 Kristine Jensen
Stories that Empower
Despite her ability of helping others with feelings of not being good enough, Kristine felt unable to help herself. She reflected back on her childhood and recognized that the feeling was shame, which often begins in childhood. During this interview, Kristine dives into shame and how we can move to a point of empowerment. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: once you can name something, you can understand it and you have power over it shame can come from what is missing shame is an adaption of survival we are not broken, we adapted stop repeating our shame talk learn self...
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473 Jennifer Todling
Stories that Empower
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472 JF Benoist
Stories that Empower
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471 Cerridwen Fallingstar
Stories that Empower
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470 Rossana DAntonio
Stories that Empower
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469 Miriam Jacobson
Stories that Empower
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When Irene was younger, she overate and had body image issues. She played with alternatives. Then, at the age of 62, Irene went on a wilderness journey, where she took risks. Those experiences provided her with tremendous healing. She realized that we have tremendous love for one another. Irene shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
- where we focus on creates the reality that we experience
- we are meant to risk
- we are meant to grow
- be present in the moment
- feel the breath
- we are meant to be here
- we can regain our balance
- let things flow through you
- physical activity is a powerful way of healing
- we are meant to move
- contribute and serve
- kindness is infinite
- spread joy
- it's within our power to inspire ourselves and others
- we get what we focus on
- it matters what we are watching, saying, thinking
- our thoughts create our experiences
- it's about how we focus our attention
- we make the choice where we put our attention
- we are practicing optimists
- know that your healthy self is right there with you
- habits can be changed
- movement
- experiment with getting into nutrition
- allow yourself to take steps towards the self that you physically want to create
- let your body begin to tell you what it wants
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