to my house >> since it burned down. >> Oh my god. >> One of the first things you learn when your house burns down is that it is not just a building with millions of things inside it.It is a place where love happened. So, I wanted to write letters to my house to say thank you, to acknowledge all that love, and to honor all of that love. I've learned that letters can be a healing tool, knitting together our broken hearts.This is one of the letters I wrote to my house. Dear house, you never met my dad, but yo ...

Core Message - Grief is not a problem to be solved but an experience to be acknowledged and integrated [3] - Grief is not linear but layered, shapeshifting, and embodied, moving through our bodies [4] - Grief is a universal human experience, not an exception [5] Reframing Grief - Instead of resisting grief, the industry suggests welcoming it as a teacher about love [2][3] - The industry proposes giving grief a name, voice, and purpose, particularly through creative expression like poetry [8][9] - Poetry, with its fragmented and rhythmic nature, provides a language for grief when ordinary words fail [10][11][12] Practical Applications - The industry recommends naming grief, imaging it, and sharing it to create community and lessen loneliness [14][15][16] - The industry encourages a shift in language, replacing "I'm fine" with more honest expressions of grief's weight [17] - Grief is not the opposite of love but another face of love, emphasizing the importance of sitting with grief [18][19]

[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 ...

Grief & Healing Process - The speech emphasizes the universality of grief and highlights that the grief journey is unique for everyone [14] - It outlines a five-step process for navigating grief: communicating with oneself, communicating externally, building a community, releasing grief physically, and becoming a grief cycle breaker [15][16][17][18][20] - The speech suggests various methods for physical release of grief, including yoga, meditation, Reiki, somatic work, acupuncture, running, walking, and dancing [20] - The speaker advocates for breaking generational grief cycles by identifying and accepting the root cause of trauma [15] Personal Journey & Identity - The speaker shares their personal experience as a transracial adoptee, detailing the compounded grief of losing their birth mother and being separated from their Korean heritage [2] - The speaker's journey includes reconnecting with their Korean identity through travel, research, and eventually searching for their birth mother [24][25][26][28][29] - The speaker highlights the importance of writing as a tool for processing grief and connecting with both their deceased mother and their son [4][5][10][11][36][37] Family & Legacy - The speech underscores the potential negative impact of unhealed parental grief on children and the importance of addressing it [15] - The speaker expresses gratitude for their adoptive mother's love and support, while also acknowledging the complexities of their adoption story [13][14][27][35] - The speaker aims to create a loving and supportive environment for their son, breaking the cycle of generational grief and honoring their Korean heritage [33][34][35][36][37][38]

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]