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Celebrities and other motivational icons who made it to the top, from real actors, athletes and authors who used to be just like you.
Arundhati Roy, Love in Action
I am deeply inspired by writer and activist Arundhati Roy. She seems to hold one of the keys to actually changing the world, the power to get to the heart of political issues and to the heart of our collective humanness at the same time. She writes about politics, environmental justice, Indigenous rights, nationalism, and social movements, while acknowledging the nuances and intricacies of our human experience, as emotional beings.
By Antonia Paquin6 years ago in Motivation
Suspend Disbelief
Suspend disbelief, always. I would be lying if I told you this was easy to write. It should be as it comes from a place rooted in Truth. But like most, real, raw and honest experiences, it makes me uncomfortable. And like most things that I know need to happen to "uplevel" a bit, I am experiencing a resistance. It’s a certain type of resistance - not the kind that invokes a visceral reaction - but the kind that gives temperature to that voice in the back of your head. A soft murmur that inevitably turns into a loud, clarifying scream, “Oh shit, this is what I need to do? Oh shit. Not this, anything but this. Yup, it’s THIS.”
By Amanda Van Kessel6 years ago in Motivation
Where Does the Present Live? Inside a Grateful Heart
As a facilitator, for workshops on creativity, I like to take the participants to the place where soul and imagination reside by giving them ideas of how to tap into their most creative selves. I often start the class out with the following exercise;
By Kathleen Thompson6 years ago in Motivation
Finding My Wings
Have you ever had someone that came into your life and changed it for the better? Well, I do. I was in a hospital bed three times during 2018. I was struggling with my own self worth and honestly tired of almost dying a few times from the attempts to numb the pain of feeling inadequate. With a boulder on top of my head filled with the massive amount of pressure to have my life figured out there I was alone in the cold hospital watching videos on my phone. I grew up thinking that by 18 years old I had to have my entire life mapped out to a tee. I also thought that if I wasn't making six figures out of college that I did not have what it took to figure it out.
By Jahbrae6 years ago in Motivation
Really Real
Reality tv, a place where good looks and poor moral judgement are rewarded. This dreamy world is usually filled with screaming matches, drama, love triangles, baby mama drama, cat fights, and more drama. Okay breath, I know that's a whole lot of drama. Everything everyone claims to hate but everything I proudly love in reality tv! Would people take me seriously if I said one of my biggest inspirations is a reality tv star? I started watching her at the age of 16. I know what most are thinking, bad influence on a developing teenager brain. My parents didn’t mind me watching it but they weren’t her biggest fan either. A lot of eye rolling, head shaking and teeth kissing from them when the program would come on. It wasn’t just my parents, most people didn’t approve of her demeanor, “How can you watch someone so brutal and rude?” they would ask, but that wouldn’t deter me from tuning in every night, “She’s so judgmental” they would add, “Yeah judging is what she’s supposed to do”, I’d reply in defense of the woman who taught me that “umm” is not an answer. The no-nonsense queen, Judge Judith Sheindlein is one of my biggest inspirations.
By Clara Bil6 years ago in Motivation
Sir Patrick Stewart Sparks Love Of Language With #ASonnetADay
#SirPatrickStewart might be best known for roles like Professor Charles Xavier in films like Logan and Days of Future Past, or to older generations as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation (and more recently, Picard), but for those of us following the talented thespian on social media, Stewart is the man behind #ASonnetADay.
By Christina St-Jean6 years ago in Motivation
Authentic Self
I personally haven't been the greatest in speaking my truth in the past. I would agree with other beliefs or values when it contradicted mine. I lived my way in others shadow and following the crowd. Honestly, it wasn't fulfilling. It was a trauma response, to be a people pleaser. -- During my time of reflecting and attending to wounds I found that some of my destructive behaviours were trauma responses. This gave me the compassion that I needed to heal and forgive for myself. We can't undo trauma or our past. Mistakes were made and some regrets. Although that is where lessons are embedded in. It is the individual's job to find the lesson. Sometimes it's not always in your face.
By Merichel Sanchez6 years ago in Motivation
She tried to end her life but now it couldn't be any better
It seemed a day like any other, sunny and warm but in the life of a young woman life could not be any worse. The cold hands of hopelesness gripped her neck choking out her will to live. Struggling to pay bills, facing dead end after dead end and battling to feel accepted by an unloving family, that day Anita made the fatal decision to end it all. Desperate to make all the pain go away she reached for her chosen means, a bottle of snipper. Quick, painless and effective. She eagerly waited for the poision to end her suffering. Then she blacked out. She did not know what happened next, did not see how her neighbour, who after finding her, raised an alarm. She did not noticed her limp body being rushed frantically through the streets in search of help. After several attempts to revive her the assembly of concerned neighbours came to a place with a very confident and unusual woman. " So she tried to kill herself?" She asked casually. "All these foolish girls" she murmured under her breath as she reached for the magic powder, also known as charcoal. Following this wise woman's instructions the party of rescuers put the charcoal in the dying woman's mouth and made her swallow. At first there was nothing, no response.
By Amanda Awobasivwe6 years ago in Motivation
12 Months of Inner Work with Angela Hryniuk - My Spiritual Teacher
My childhood was traumatic, and I would not even wish this trauma on my own worst enemy (if I had one). Without going too deep into the specifics, my father left me the moment I was born (he was involved in an extra-marital affair. That's how I came into the world via a c-section), and my mother was diagnosed with virtually every illness imaginable. This is no exaggeration, where I had a foster family looking after me one weekend a month from age 9, in which they fostered me on a permanent basis when my mother passed away when I was only 13 years of age. In Angela Hryniuk's Ultimate Prosperity Intensive program; you learn about the six stages of childhood development as it relates to money and your life experiences to date. Due to my tough upbringing (with illnesses of my own, while growing up in a poor family in housing commission homes); I was wounded in all six stages of childhood development. School was torture as well - naturally. I was suicidal. After 12 months of deep inner work with my spiritual teacher, Angela Hryniuk - I have transformed, and have moved mountains in every area of my life; from my finances to my relationships. Angela knows how to serve, and to give immense value, care and love to her students/program participants.
By Justine Crowley6 years ago in Motivation
