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How To Create a Winning Approach to Adversity
One of the many things I have learned in life is that the most challenging of times have a way of teaching us valuable lessons. As much as we would love to deny this reality, it is true and plays a...
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We Rise
Life has a way of hitting us when we’re down. Or at least that’s often our perception. How often have you thought to yourself that a situation can’t possibly get any worse? And then it does. Several...
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5 Ways To Overcome Strong Adversity in Your Life: The Long Walk
I was thirteen years old when my Dad was diagnosed with Cancer. For some reason, I was in the Doctor’s green tile examination room with him. I didn’t really understand what was being said, but the air...
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Because You Can Win?
Over the years in Aikido, Mizukami Sensei said when training technique for the incoming punch, “Wait it out. Take a glancing blow if you have to. Then move in and finish.” I waited, moved into the...
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Beyond the Walls: Losing Liberty and Starting Over
The Gates Close Leaving the young offenders center behind at aged 19, I wasn’t aware of how my record would affect me when applying for a job. When I left school I had no formal education, but while...
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The Little Things: My Orthorexia Journey
My mom had an affinity for the little things in life. She spent the majority of her childhood and adult life struggling to get by. I can only imagine the sheer pain and strife she faced over the...
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Why Did It Take So Long To Learn a Relatively Simple Lesson?
When I was a teenager and first read about the Israelites’ desert journey documented in what most people know as the Torah or as the Old Testament of the Bible, I was so exasperated. In the reading,...
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The Gardening Club
Today, the cobalt-blue sky makes my heart sing and I notice a pair of Scarlet Macaws sitting in a tree at the end of our garden. They look as though they are talking to each other. I smile and then...
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This Is How You Bounce Back from Tragedy
How would you feel living a seemingly normal life and then in a matter of days it completely changes for the worse? Imagine losing the ability to do everyday things like comb your hair, climb stairs,...
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True Humility Explained
Today, I’m interviewing the author of the book True Humility (River Grove Books, October 2, 2021). Born in Singapore and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Gavin Seah is the founder and chief executive...
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Growing Up Dyslexic: A Journey Of How Entrepreneur Jeremy Foo Lived With It...
— TripCandy founder, Jeremy Foo, has it all going for him but rarely has anyone delved into the humble beginnings of the Singapore-based serial entrepreneur. Most of us might be aware of some of the...
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How to Live Tenaciously
Just when we thought that most of us are coming to terms with the grief, loss, social isolation, and financial uncertainty created by the pandemic, the current Russia-Ukraine conflict is further adding...
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Adapt and Overcome More Than Seems Possible
Today’s podcast is a welcome relief for the days and phases during which we feel defeated or taken down by personal challenges. Today’s guest, J.R. Martinez, has overcome immense pain and challenges....
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Three Secrets of Resilient People
We all have those moments in life where the path we thought we were following becomes the proverbial path less traveled. When the path veers off in some unthinkably horrible direction. When we think,...
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How Adversity’s Lessons Helped Me Provide a Career Liftoff for Others
My life at various points has been a mess. That I cleaned it up, found success and learned how to manage it shows what I try to teach people today – you’re not defined by your circumstances. You’re...
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“I Don’t Want You To Go.” Gay Soldier Dares to Love Amidst a Backdrop of War...
By I’m From Driftwood . . João Kiser was a United States soldier serving in the Middle East when the anti-gay military policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed. Suddenly, and for the first...
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How to Access Your Inner Strength and Overcome Anything
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. — Viktor Frankl Have you ever thought about how wonderful it is to witness people going from strength to...
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How Adversity’s Lessons Helped Me Provide a Career Liftoff for Others
My life at various points has been a mess. That I cleaned it up, found success and learned how to manage it shows what I try to teach people today – you’re not defined by your circumstances. You’re...
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Give Change a Chance: How to Grow From Life’s Challenges
When I was in the theater world, we used to perform this improv game where, in the middle of a scene, the director would shout from the side of the stage: “Make a new choice!” If I’d been a lumberjack...
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Pick Your Obstacles
Before I even entered the Thai massage place, I already saw a sign in the window: “This is a professional business.” Stuck to the front counter in bold letters, there were more reminders: “We do not...
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