As a survivor of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in December of 2012, Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis has witnessed firsthand how dark this world can be. And while you can never outrun your pain or just “move on” from a tragedy of that magnitude, Kaitlin has learned that your tragedy doesn’t need to define you. While she had a tremendous amount of fear to work through after saving her entire first grade classroom from the shooter...
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Gillian Zoe Segal forged a path where there was no trail and wrote “Getting There,” a book of compiled career advice from some of the most successful voices in business, music, and fashion today. “Getting There” is a book of mentors that unveils the path towards success, and includes interviews with Anderson Cooper, Warren Buffett, Jillian Michaels, and Kathy Ireland just to name a few. Facing closed doors in your life? Gillian faced...
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When the odds are stacked against us, it rarely feels like an opportunity. And yet, it’s in the face of life’s biggest challenges when we have the opportunity to develop adaptability and resilience. That’s exactly what Kimberley Chambers discovered after she suffered an injury that would forever change the course of her life. Despite the setback of her injury, she became the first woman to ever successfully swim the 32 mile distance...
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Dr. Michaela Haas has written an important book, “Bouncing Forward.” Most of us are familiar with PTSD, but post traumatic growth may be a new concept altogether. The idea of post traumatic growth suggests that we’ll grow after a trauma…all you have to do is experience one for that to be questionable at least while it’s occurring. The fact is that research is proving that there is growth especially and even after...
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John Bradshaw is a best-selling author and esteemed therapist who tackles the complicated emotion of shame in his extensive work. He has written numerous NY Times best sellers and recently wrote a book called Post Romantic Stress Disorder. He has an impressive list of roles that include counselor, management consultant, theologian, philosopher, public speaker, and Senior Fellow with the Meadows Treatment Group. I believe that one of...
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