I want you to picture this. You're 14, standing in front of your class for a simple presentation. Your heart is racing. Your hands are shaking. You try to speak, but your voice just doesn't come out. Suddenly, you freeze. All you can think is, "Why does my own brain turn against me. " That was my experience with feelings of anxiety a few years ago. Anxiety is a mental health condition characterized by feelings of fear in everyday situations. Sometimes my voice would come out uneven or too fast when facing a ...

Hello everyone. I am David Bernal and today I'm going to talk about the challenger's life. Life is more than joy, family, and friends.It's a long difficult journey of survival, growth, connection, and the search for meaning in the middle of chaos. Every one of those things is a challenge for you, for me, for everyone who has ever walked this earth. Since the beginning of humanity, we've been asked to face doubt, to adapt, to fall down, and to rise again.Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose, and sometimes we ...

Most people think resilience means being strong. I thought the same thing too. I thought resilience means holding on, persevering, enduring, hanging in there until everything comes back to normal.So what happens if normal never comes back. July 17, 2020, normal never came back. I was found in a place where I had no control over my environment.I didn't know what was going to happen in the next minute. I didn't know where to lean, how to lean, and when to lean. No wall I could lean on.At that moment, I starte ...

Hello everyone. Today I would like to share with you a story that birth two questions which changed how I understand Brazilians. There was a moment in my leadership journey when everything looked under control.But something was wrong. I was leading a team on an important project and for days tension had been rising and energy was low. So in one of those meetings, we were seated in a small glass conference room late one Saturday afternoon.The whiteboard was crowded with half erased timelines. Unusually coffe ...

Thank you so much. When you walk into a room, when you look outside the window, or when you walk outside and you see the color green, you're not just seeing a memorable color, you're also witnessing growth. See, green is everywhere.It it it it signals life and vitality and strength and forward movement and progress and go. But what happens when life doesn't feel so green. You know, life is kind of like doing push-ups.You're on your stride. You're on your journey. It's comfortable.Everything's going okay and ...