Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I remember the first time I had to speak in front of a crowd. My hands were shaking.My heart was absolutely racing and my mind, well, let's just say that went completely blank. I felt frozen stiff, like I couldn't move or talk at all. In that very moment, I realized something that I believe many people today are already aware of.Stage fright is real and sometimes it may feel some almost impossible to overcome. For a long time, I thought me being afraid of speaking meant ...

How many of you check your phone within the first 5 minutes of waking up this morning. Some of you are pretending you didn't, but your screen time knows the truth. No, I'm just kidding.But if you really think about it, it's kind of scary because before we even say good morning to the world, before we even fully wake up, we're already scrolling. Which brings me to this question. Do you know which part of your body knows the most about other people's lives.It's not your brain. It's not your eyes. It's your th ...

Quando pronunciamo la parola cura tutti pensiamo a qualcosa di morbido. ovattato, un cuscino di piume, una tisana calda, un lettino dallo psicologo, un libro aperto. Certo, la cura può essere anche questo, la cura di se stessi, per esempio, ma ci arriveremo.Adesso voglio parlarvi di un atto di cura che ha l'odore di pannolini bagnati, il nome di farmaci antiepilettici e acronimi tipo PEG, gastrostomia endoscopica percutanea che indica un tubicino che entra e esce dalla pancia per somministrare cibo. Sto par ...

Guys, we are not truly aware of our breath and breath is such a powerful tool. I am a free diver and I do the breath hold on a daily basis right now. Imagine this breath hold that you did right now. You can close your eyes right now.Imagine you are sinking in a deep blue sea while holding this breath. This is what free diving is and this is what brought me peace. This is what I'm doing now.Okay. Let me tell you the story of a simple girl who decided to flow with the waves without resisting and it brought he ...

A very good afternoon. Hope you have fabulous lunch. And she is good.I'm Marinola. Um stuck by this polio when I was just 14 months old. It was severely affected down to my neck. Only my neck was functioning.Let's say everything was totally paralyzed. We hailed from a very small village near Kota uri that is Dakshina South Kra. We migrated to Bangalore for our livelihood and my father started with a small hotel business.We were suffering to have even one time meal also that time. I'm the youngest child of f ...

Life has come full circle. William Shakespeare, King Leard. Act five, scene three.Edmund says, "Life has come full circle. I'm here." Well, well, well. I'm not here to talk about William Shakespeare. I'm here to discuss the ark of accordance.Think of the circle of life and imagine the wheel of fortune. Life is indeed cyclical. Those at the top may hit the rock bottom and those who are ignored may become unforgettable.The circle of life, my friends, consists of two arcs. The first ark is the one that you do ...

Hello everyone. I'm Rita. I'm a doctor and I was born to a gynecologist mother and a surgeon father in Gaya Bihar.I grew up on top of a hospital literally like quite literally I used to live on top of one. And the thing about having doctor parents is that your lunchtime conversation is not like hey what happened at school. It's mostly hey a patient was struggling.There was a massive loss of blood and we had to push them to OT immediately. So medicine was all around me. Medicine was not just a career choice ...

From the day we are born, does being a woman come with a price that we never agreed to pay. As I grow up, everyone around me always told me, my parents, my family, that I can be anything I want to set my mind to, and that I shouldn't let the suppression that women face affect me. But society had different plans.Society had told me over and over again that being a woman was to be desirable enough to be chosen. My favorite color had to be pink. I was made for the purpose of carrying a child.That my future was ...

Music has always been an integral part of my life throughout the years. Growing up, I couldn't stop moving or singing, and dancing has always been a primary way of expressing my emotions to people. While I was limited to playing musical instruments like the ukulele or recorder in elementary school, in sixth grade, I had the opportunity to pursue something bigger and grander, musical theater.I remember prepping the night before in front of the mirror, stareyed and nervous as I recited lines and made sure I c ...

Boys will be boys. Time and time again, girls of all ages have had these words spoken to them. My first thought when I would hear this, why can't I just be a girl.Why when I do the same things as boys is it looked down upon. Is there a reason as to why it has become normalized in society for girls to be the rule followers. Why do I have to sit with my legs crossed making myself smaller.Why can't I freely walk in a big city without having a constant feeling pulsing through my body telling me that I'm not saf ...