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More About Me

I'm passionate about

learning, engaging every human being to be more aware of themselves and perhaps influencing them into making changes towards a happier life. I believe wellness is the only way to view illness.

An idea worth spreading

When everything has been discovered. Every road travelled. Every word written. Every note played. Every voice spoken. How can we strive for more without experiencing the discoveries, walking the roads, reading the words, hearing the music, challenging the sentences. How can we know without trying everything.

Talk to me about

State of education, raising children, how people respond to illness; what motivates people, engages them. Living a balanced life, how the mind works, medicine, the state of the health in the US

People don't know that I'm good at

Sewing & DIY projects (ok maybe not good but I love tinkering)

My TED Story

I needed to expand my capacity to change, to produce change... i walked into the bookstore and what i saw were a million books by people who don't know what they are doing here but they knew if someone could read the lines between. someone could feel the reason to believe... we could come together [the universal language of the world speaks between the lines and under the fonts]

Comments

• TEDCred score: +13.00 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

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  A comment on Talk: Shane Koyczan: "To This Day" ... for the bullied and beautiful

  Mar 9 2013: this was beautiful- made my eyes water

• A reply on Conversation: What life lessons has being a parent afforded you? What have you learned from a child/children in your life?

  Feb 3 2013: I agree. . . a quote that verbalizes this truth so well
  
  Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me. [Eric Fromm]
• +2

  A reply on Conversation: Does it happen to you that things you were thinking of became a part of your daily lives?

  Feb 3 2013: When the reason you choose to do only this one 'intervention' (positive thinking to cure cancer) you have to be more aware of the reason you are making this decision.
  
  A keen sense of self and what fullfills you is really at the heart of 'the secret'. I do believe when you pursue your lifes passion/purpose your dreams are attainable and it can appear the universe conspires to help you achieve your goals.
  
  If this woman was truly in touch with her self and in tune with what I call her higher self, she may have realized her desire to believe in the secret resulted from fear of the other treatment options.
  
  Anything that is done from fear of something else will never breed the desired result.
• +6

  A comment on Conversation: If you could warn your past self about anything only using two words, what would you say?

  Feb 3 2013: you're worthy
• +3

  A reply on Talk: Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person

  Dec 16 2012: I have to disagree with you Kyle, because I believe there is nothing more limiting than a broken spirit . . .
  
  If this whole idea that life can be more meaningful after a profound loss strikes you as incomprehendable and you'd like to try and see the other side of the grass then I suggest reading Viktor Frankl's book "Man's Search for Meaning".
  
  I understand not being able to see things this way, because our worldview is limited by our own experiences and I have not lived your life- nor have you finished living yours.

• A reply on Talk: Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

  Nov 18 2012: to each his own. . . this has been a favorite of mine since it was first posted. Everyone see's the world through their own window.

• A comment on Conversation: Bacterial Resistance

  Oct 10 2012: Also necessary is prevention, setting up the persons own body to help guard against infection as best it can
  
  Think, gut health
  
  Think, nutrition
  
  More an opinion, but I feel strongly about this.

• A reply on Talk: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Oct 1 2012: good luck!!

• A reply on Talk: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Oct 1 2012: RE: I also suspect my body language may also affect mood specifically depression, are their any studies on how body language behavior affect depression?
  
  Tony Robbins talks a lot about how he believes it does and how just changing your body language will snap you out of a pattern and change your attitude
• +2

  A comment on Talk: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Oct 1 2012: This is how I got through nursing school : ) faked it till I became it . . . I kept the following quote by Corra Harris in the back of mind and it truly works whether it was starting my first IV or my latest adventures in skydiving
  
  When you are not brave, the bravest thing you can do is profess courage and act accordingly