[Music] Hi. So, I was living the picture perfect life and um I was hosting the top events across the world and I was traveling to the best of places. I had even bought my dream home and we had just moved into it. And I remember on the day of the graves how happy I was and I thought to myself finally after years of hard work I can put my feet up and I can enjoy and relax and I can watch my parents live their best life. But life never goes. It seldom goes as we plan. On that one fateful morning, I was having ...

[Music] Can you see that six-year-old Anu over there. That six-year-old, you can see her, right. She's holding that little bag in her hand.She's standing at the threshold of her nani house. You know what she's waiting for. She's waiting for her little sister to come into this world. Her mom has come to her mother's house to deliver the baby.A little baby, a little baby sister. Oh my god. Now look what's happening.The babies come there. It's so much of fun, isn't it. I have a baby sister now.I can play with ...

[Applause] Heather. I hear my dad's voice from the basement. I'll be up in a second.I scurry up the steps and leave a competitive game of mom madness with my sisters. I enter the living room and see my dad with a very somber look on his face. He tells me five words.Mom passed away last night. No, I shout as I collapse to the floor. Trembles creep up my body.Salty tear stream down my face. My dad meets me on the ground and hugs me tightly as I dig my fingernails into the carpet. Having my mother taken away f ...

Music Therapy & Neurodiversity - Music serves as a powerful medium to connect with disadvantaged communities, especially neurodiverse individuals including those with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and chromosomal abnormalities [2] - Music-based interventions are rooted in Indian classical music, leveraging its ancient wisdom [4][5] - Music stimulates multiple brain regions simultaneously, regardless of active or passive engagement [8] - Music is multi-sensory, engaging kinesthetic, auditory, visual, and tactile systems [12][13] - Individuals may have sensory sensitivities to elements of music like sound, pitch, or instruments [16] - Music perception involves sound, tone, emotion, and language [17][18] - Music can be broken down into elements to aid understanding for individuals with sensory sensitivities [15] Application & Benefits - Music therapy can help individuals discriminate between sound, music, and noise [20] - Music can be collaborated with disciplines of psychology and neuroscience [26] - Music can be used as a healing agent and a wholesome exercise to relieve stress [30] - Music therapy is about empathizing and gathering insight into someone else's mind to fix a problem [32][33]

Core Message - The speaker's mother, a Holocaust survivor, found a path to healing through forgiveness, despite enduring immense suffering and loss [1][17] - Forgiveness is presented as a powerful tool for personal empowerment and healing, not condoning evil deeds, but freeing the victim from pain and anger [8][15] - The act of forgiveness, though difficult and taking time, can lead to significant positive change in one's life and the lives of others [16][17][19] Key Events & Actions - The speaker's mother and aunt, both twins, survived medical experiments at Auschwitz [1] - The mother co-founded CANDLES, an organization for twins who survived Nazi experiments, and led a search for Dr Mengele [1] - The mother forgave Dr Mengele and other Nazis, a controversial act that became a defining aspect of her life [1] - The mother's journey included lecturing about her experiences, facing public criticism, and donating a kidney to her twin sister [1][2][17] - The mother's forgiveness extended to a Nazi doctor, Dr Munch, who testified about the gas chambers at Auschwitz [2][5][8] Impact & Legacy - The mother's story of forgiveness has had a profound impact on many individuals, including German students, a woman of German descent grappling with her heritage, and victims of abuse [9][11][15] - The speaker urges the audience to consider forgiveness as a means of personal transformation and positive change in the world [18][19]