Author: Sean

Steve experienced burnout, which he describes as a dark time in his life.  A bright light experience enabled him to seek balance and a shift in priorities.  Steve shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• spend quiet time
• slow down and feel our feelings
• recognize when/how we feel; such as fatigue and anger
• it’s important for us to understand our pasts
• choose to be around those that are well-balanced
• burnout can cause depression
• come back to the space of ‘pacing ourselves’
• be mindful of ‘energy vampires’
• write from the heart

https://sthaggerty.com

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Kelly, considered one of the nation’s top experts in diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I), feels that diversity is so much broader than our defaults.  She defines diversity as anyway that we can be different.  Kelly shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• try to work harder on being ourselves
• just speak about it
• trust comes from being ourselves
• innovation is everybody’s business
• ethics and integrity are not situational
• our imperfections make us relatable

https://www.mcdonaldmarketing.com

tags:  Kelly, McDonald, author, speaker, How, Work, With, Lead, People, Not, Like, You, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.wordpress.com

Growing up as an illegitimate child in the wake of WWII in Berlin, Nazi Germany to a single mother, Vivianne had low self-esteem and felt worthless.  She began a long path towards self-fulfillment.  Vivianne found a greater sense of spirituality and wants to share her story with the world.  She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:
– turning tragedy into triumph
– understand self-fulfillment
– anything is possible
– life is not static, it changes
– hardship can make us resilient
– find the good even in adverse situations
– there’s an emergent energy within us
– never lose hope
– have a purpose
– cling to a glimmer of hope
– there’s strength in unit

https://vivianneknebel.com

tags:  Vivianne, Knebel, Rubble, to, Champagne, Rising, ashes, war, torn, Berlin, life, grace, beauty, gratitude, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://atomic-temporary-127635324.wpcomstaging.com