Core Message - Life adversities, like cancer, are unwanted gifts that can be returned, exchanged, regifted, or shelved [5][6][9][11][21] - Integrating these unwanted gifts into one's identity can lead to personal growth and resilience [9][22][26] - The experience of adversity can foster compassion, consideration, sensitivity, and caring in individuals [21] Cancer Experience & Impact - A cancer diagnosis evokes terror and enters one into an unimaginable world [3] - The speaker experienced a sense of changing identity and beauty, shame, disfigurement, and devastation after being diagnosed with cancer at 37 [6][7] - The speaker had a breast cancer recurrence seven years after the initial diagnosis and developed skin cancer twice [14] - The speaker's children's conversations shifted from "boooos in her boobies" to life and death discussions during the second cancer experience [19] Coping & Growth - Taking care of oneself can aid in early detection and tolerance of treatments [17] - Resiliency is developed daily by showing up, rewiring neuropathways, and coping with adversity [23] - The speaker chooses not to return, exchange, or regift life, embracing it as a wondrous gift [24] - The speaker emphasizes the importance of grasping onto empowering coping techniques during challenging times [24][25]

Who here plays volleyball. Raise your hand. >> Okay, I see a few hands in the air.Do you want to play a game. Let's start. In a game of volleyball, there are three major hits.You have the bump, the set, and the spike. What are they. The bump, the set, and the >> spike.Did you know that life is like a game of volleyball. All of us will always encounter the bumps, the sets and the spikes of life. Let me take you through a journey of my life, my military career.Now, eventually at some point in time, we will al ...

Core Message - Adversity can be a transformative gift, offering opportunities for resilience, energy, and fulfillment [1] - Individuals have the power to choose their reaction to adversity and define their own standards [1][6] - Embracing personal stories of adversity can lead to finding identity, purpose, and strength [5][6] Mindset Shifts - Choose to see setbacks as opportunities for growth rather than letting them define you [3] - Be your own best friend by offering support, care, and acceptance [8][12] - Practice smiling meditation to reduce anxiety, stress, and improve mood [14][15][16] Practical Application - Reflect on past successes, failures, and risks to identify lessons and catalysts for personal transformation [7] - Recognize that adversity can reveal hidden courage and strength [21] - Use smiling meditation as a quick reset to adopt a more positive outlook [17][19]

Buenas noches. ¿Qué tal si yo les dijera que sin importar cuál haya sido su historia hasta ahora, nunca es tarde para cambiarla. ¿Me creerían.Buenas noches. Sé que algunos de ustedes ya me conocen, otros no. E incluso aquellos que ya me conocen no me conocen tanto a como probablemente lo harán al terminar esta charla.Así que con todo el gusto del mundo me presento. Mi nombre es Steven Muñoz, tengo 20 años, soy estudiante de Kaiser University de tercer año de la carrera de gestión de sistemas de la informaci ...