I am a big pink elephant bit like the one here I like to make myself really
one here I like to make myself really
one here I like to make myself really really big and get into the faces of
really big and get into the faces of
really big and get into the faces of everybody who is around me and I like to
everybody who is around me and I like to
everybody who is around me and I like to talk about things that makes people
talk about things that makes people
talk about things that makes people really uncomfortable so mental health
really uncomfortable so mental health
really uncomfortable so mental health issues homelessness drug and alcohol
issues homelessness drug and alcohol
issues homelessness drug and alcohol addiction helping the poor helping the
addiction helping the poor helping the
addiction helping the poor helping the needy I like to get right in there and a
needy I like to get right in there and a
needy I like to get right in there and a lot of my work is around limiting the
lot of my work is around limiting the
lot of my work is around limiting the stigma attached to lots of these
stigma attached to lots of these
stigma attached to lots of these different issues so I’m going to start
different issues so I’m going to start
different issues so I’m going to start with a story of when I was a little girl
with a story of when I was a little girl
with a story of when I was a little girl my stepfather was an alcoholic and he
my stepfather was an alcoholic and he
my stepfather was an alcoholic and he suffered with paranoid schizophrenia and
suffered with paranoid schizophrenia and
suffered with paranoid schizophrenia and he was he was a nice guy he was okay and
he was he was a nice guy he was okay and
he was he was a nice guy he was okay and but everybody in the area thought he was
but everybody in the area thought he was
but everybody in the area thought he was crazy everyone thought he was a little
crazy everyone thought he was a little
crazy everyone thought he was a little bit mad he used to walk down the streets
bit mad he used to walk down the streets
bit mad he used to walk down the streets saying that he was God and that he could
saying that he was God and that he could
saying that he was God and that he could talk to the angels and he could fly and
talk to the angels and he could fly and
talk to the angels and he could fly and he could walk through walls things like
he could walk through walls things like
he could walk through walls things like that so growing up I was kind of made to
that so growing up I was kind of made to
that so growing up I was kind of made to be a bit of an outsider and you know I
be a bit of an outsider and you know I
be a bit of an outsider and you know I was the one with the crazy dad and my
was the one with the crazy dad and my
was the one with the crazy dad and my crazy dad wasn’t always a nice guy you
crazy dad wasn’t always a nice guy you
crazy dad wasn’t always a nice guy you know he’s he am self medicated with
know he’s he am self medicated with
know he’s he am self medicated with alcohol and he was very abusive and very
alcohol and he was very abusive and very
alcohol and he was very abusive and very violent so I kind of grew up thinking
violent so I kind of grew up thinking
violent so I kind of grew up thinking that people who drank alcohol were
that people who drank alcohol were
that people who drank alcohol were really dangerous
really dangerous
really dangerous and people who suffered with mental
and people who suffered with mental
and people who suffered with mental health issues were very very dangerous
health issues were very very dangerous
health issues were very very dangerous and it scared me people scared me
and it scared me people scared me
and it scared me people scared me I was quite an anxious child actually
I was quite an anxious child actually
I was quite an anxious child actually and I was well aware of this fear that I
and I was well aware of this fear that I
and I was well aware of this fear that I had I was very aware that people who
had I was very aware that people who
had I was very aware that people who smelt of alcohol people who weren’t
smelt of alcohol people who weren’t
smelt of alcohol people who weren’t walking in straight lines and people who
walking in straight lines and people who
walking in straight lines and people who would be in and out of mental institute
would be in and out of mental institute
would be in and out of mental institute and I saw a lot of them visiting my
and I saw a lot of them visiting my
and I saw a lot of them visiting my stepfather they all terrified me and
stepfather they all terrified me and
stepfather they all terrified me and from a very young age I knew that I
from a very young age I knew that I
from a very young age I knew that I wanted to kind of look that fear in the
wanted to kind of look that fear in the
wanted to kind of look that fear in the eye and do something about it I didn’t
eye and do something about it I didn’t
eye and do something about it I didn’t want to be scared of anything
want to be scared of anything
want to be scared of anything so I educated myself and I went to
so I educated myself and I went to
so I educated myself and I went to university studied in psychology and got
university studied in psychology and got
university studied in psychology and got to a place in my life where mental
to a place in my life where mental
to a place in my life where mental health issues and alcoholism drug
health issues and alcoholism drug
health issues and alcoholism drug addictions didn’t scare me anymore
addictions didn’t scare me anymore
addictions didn’t scare me anymore I could work with people who had
I could work with people who had
I could work with people who had problems and I could try and make their
problems and I could try and make their
problems and I could try and make their lives better
lives better
lives better and I suppose a part of doing that was
and I suppose a part of doing that was
and I suppose a part of doing that was allowing me to overcome never being able
allowing me to overcome never being able
allowing me to overcome never being able to help my stepfather never being able
to help my stepfather never being able
to help my stepfather never being able to help myself as a child get out of
to help myself as a child get out of
to help myself as a child get out of that situation so I was doing really
that situation so I was doing really
that situation so I was doing really well for myself you know my CV looked
well for myself you know my CV looked
well for myself you know my CV looked amazing people looked up to me they came
amazing people looked up to me they came
amazing people looked up to me they came to me for help and I helped them I made
to me for help and I helped them I made
to me for help and I helped them I made people better
people better
people better I took people out of hospital out of
I took people out of hospital out of
I took people out of hospital out of Prisons I trained them got the
Prisons I trained them got the
Prisons I trained them got the medication got them hobbies help them
medication got them hobbies help them
medication got them hobbies help them make friends put them into accommodation
make friends put them into accommodation
make friends put them into accommodation some even managed to get jobs so life
some even managed to get jobs so life
some even managed to get jobs so life was going really well for me but I
was going really well for me but I
was going really well for me but I wasn’t happy something was still missing
wasn’t happy something was still missing
wasn’t happy something was still missing I was constantly chasing those areas
I was constantly chasing those areas
I was constantly chasing those areas that I needed to work on develop I was
that I needed to work on develop I was
that I needed to work on develop I was always setting new goals too far away
always setting new goals too far away
always setting new goals too far away never never achieving them I’m becoming
never never achieving them I’m becoming
never never achieving them I’m becoming more and more unhappy in who I was and
more and more unhappy in who I was and
more and more unhappy in who I was and what I was supposed to be doing with my
what I was supposed to be doing with my
what I was supposed to be doing with my life
life
life constant questioning is this it is this
constant questioning is this it is this
constant questioning is this it is this all I’m going to be doing forever and
all I’m going to be doing forever and
all I’m going to be doing forever and and I was really proud of what I was
and I was really proud of what I was
and I was really proud of what I was achieving I was the mental health
achieving I was the mental health
achieving I was the mental health advocate I was fighting for the weak
advocate I was fighting for the weak
advocate I was fighting for the weak standing up for what I thought was right
standing up for what I thought was right
standing up for what I thought was right and whilst battling with my own
and whilst battling with my own
and whilst battling with my own insecurities I kind of did it I did it
insecurities I kind of did it I did it
insecurities I kind of did it I did it quite well and but then something
quite well and but then something
quite well and but then something changed and it completely out of my life
changed and it completely out of my life
changed and it completely out of my life and I was made redundant because we
and I was made redundant because we
and I was made redundant because we couldn’t find funding anymore for my job
couldn’t find funding anymore for my job
couldn’t find funding anymore for my job and ironically we were told that there
and ironically we were told that there
and ironically we were told that there wasn’t in need for my work in the area
wasn’t in need for my work in the area
wasn’t in need for my work in the area anymore it was like I’d saved everybody
anymore it was like I’d saved everybody
anymore it was like I’d saved everybody already they were all fixed didn’t need
already they were all fixed didn’t need
already they were all fixed didn’t need me anymore
me anymore
me anymore and so within the space of a week I was
and so within the space of a week I was
and so within the space of a week I was having to make my staff redundant
having to make my staff redundant
having to make my staff redundant support them through that process whilst
support them through that process whilst
support them through that process whilst knowing that I would be left without a
knowing that I would be left without a
knowing that I would be left without a job myself and when that day came I
job myself and when that day came I
job myself and when that day came I completely lost all sense of who I was I
completely lost all sense of who I was I
completely lost all sense of who I was I wasn’t Sam the advocate anymore I wasn’t
wasn’t Sam the advocate anymore I wasn’t
wasn’t Sam the advocate anymore I wasn’t Sam the mental health worker
Sam the mental health worker
Sam the mental health worker I wasn’t Sam the miracle worker or Sam
I wasn’t Sam the miracle worker or Sam
I wasn’t Sam the miracle worker or Sam the person that can help anybody who
the person that can help anybody who
the person that can help anybody who needs it I was just Sam and my days were
needs it I was just Sam and my days were
needs it I was just Sam and my days were tidying the house cooking for my other
tidying the house cooking for my other
tidying the house cooking for my other half playing with a cat looking for work
half playing with a cat looking for work
half playing with a cat looking for work becoming more and more depressed with
becoming more and more depressed with
becoming more and more depressed with the situation I found myself in
the situation I found myself in
the situation I found myself in and really not knowing how to get out
and really not knowing how to get out
and really not knowing how to get out going to job interviews and being told
going to job interviews and being told
going to job interviews and being told that I wasn’t good enough
that I wasn’t good enough
that I wasn’t good enough I wasn’t experienced enough I wasn’t
I wasn’t experienced enough I wasn’t
I wasn’t experienced enough I wasn’t qualified enough I wasn’t educated
qualified enough I wasn’t educated
qualified enough I wasn’t educated enough I wasn’t smart enough I wasn’t
enough I wasn’t smart enough I wasn’t
enough I wasn’t smart enough I wasn’t serious enough constantly feeling like I
serious enough constantly feeling like I
serious enough constantly feeling like I was worthless
was worthless
was worthless and he was never going to end
and he was never going to end
and he was never going to end I couldn’t provide for myself I ended up
I couldn’t provide for myself I ended up
I couldn’t provide for myself I ended up having to receive pocket money from my
having to receive pocket money from my
having to receive pocket money from my other half so that I could pay my bills
other half so that I could pay my bills
other half so that I could pay my bills and it all accumulated into me feeling
and it all accumulated into me feeling
and it all accumulated into me feeling very very sorry for myself and I turned
very very sorry for myself and I turned
very very sorry for myself and I turned to wine bottle of wine every now and
to wine bottle of wine every now and
to wine bottle of wine every now and again solves the trick but the problem
again solves the trick but the problem
again solves the trick but the problem is when I drank wine I became so abusive
is when I drank wine I became so abusive
is when I drank wine I became so abusive I became incapable of letting anybody
I became incapable of letting anybody
I became incapable of letting anybody close to me my other half lived with it
close to me my other half lived with it
close to me my other half lived with it and you know he’ll tell you I was a
and you know he’ll tell you I was a
and you know he’ll tell you I was a bitch I was a complete nightmare and I
bitch I was a complete nightmare and I
bitch I was a complete nightmare and I completely pushed that self-destruct
completely pushed that self-destruct
completely pushed that self-destruct button I wasn’t worthy of working
button I wasn’t worthy of working
button I wasn’t worthy of working therefore I wasn’t worthy of having love
therefore I wasn’t worthy of having love
therefore I wasn’t worthy of having love or living and it spiraled so quickly
or living and it spiraled so quickly
or living and it spiraled so quickly spiraled to the point where I just
spiraled to the point where I just
spiraled to the point where I just became a monster
became a monster
became a monster I remember my other half one one night
I remember my other half one one night
I remember my other half one one night standing next to me and he told me to
standing next to me and he told me to
standing next to me and he told me to look in the mirror and he said what do
look in the mirror and he said what do
look in the mirror and he said what do you see what do you see right now and I
you see what do you see right now and I
you see what do you see right now and I looked
and I didn’t recognize myself I didn’t
and I didn’t recognize myself I didn’t know who I was the very next day I took
know who I was the very next day I took
know who I was the very next day I took myself to the doctor and I explained
myself to the doctor and I explained
myself to the doctor and I explained that you know I used to be very busy and
that you know I used to be very busy and
that you know I used to be very busy and now I’m not I used to have a really good
now I’m not I used to have a really good
now I’m not I used to have a really good job and now I don’t
job and now I don’t
job and now I don’t and you know it’s stressing me out and
and you know it’s stressing me out and
and you know it’s stressing me out and then I broke down and that appointment
then I broke down and that appointment
then I broke down and that appointment probably lasted about 45 minutes of just
probably lasted about 45 minutes of just
probably lasted about 45 minutes of just me pouring everything out and I’d been
me pouring everything out and I’d been
me pouring everything out and I’d been told that I had suffered a nervous
told that I had suffered a nervous
told that I had suffered a nervous breakdown and that she needed to
breakdown and that she needed to
breakdown and that she needed to diagnose me as somebody suffering a
diagnose me as somebody suffering a
diagnose me as somebody suffering a clinical depression of course that was
clinical depression of course that was
clinical depression of course that was like was a huge relief for me you know I
like was a huge relief for me you know I
like was a huge relief for me you know I know what’s wrong with me now it all
know what’s wrong with me now it all
know what’s wrong with me now it all makes sense but I was so angry because I
makes sense but I was so angry because I
makes sense but I was so angry because I thought I’m the bloody professional how
thought I’m the bloody professional how
thought I’m the bloody professional how could I not have seen that coming how
could I not have seen that coming how
could I not have seen that coming how could I not diagnose myself with
could I not diagnose myself with
could I not diagnose myself with depression you know it seemed so obvious
depression you know it seemed so obvious
depression you know it seemed so obvious and so basically that was a two-year
and so basically that was a two-year
and so basically that was a two-year battle then from that point to where I
battle then from that point to where I
battle then from that point to where I am now it was two years of trying
am now it was two years of trying
am now it was two years of trying different medications going through all
different medications going through all
different medications going through all of the side-effects and you know having
of the side-effects and you know having
of the side-effects and you know having to deal with the changes in my body
to deal with the changes in my body
to deal with the changes in my body because of every single medication that
because of every single medication that
because of every single medication that they put into my mouth and you know I
they put into my mouth and you know I
they put into my mouth and you know I tried it all some work some didn’t some
tried it all some work some didn’t some
tried it all some work some didn’t some made me far worse and one or two made me
made me far worse and one or two made me
made me far worse and one or two made me a bit better and but one of the biggest
a bit better and but one of the biggest
a bit better and but one of the biggest aspects of my recovery really came from
aspects of my recovery really came from
aspects of my recovery really came from sitting down one evening looking at
sitting down one evening looking at
sitting down one evening looking at myself and finally accepting that I was
myself and finally accepting that I was
myself and finally accepting that I was okay I was depressed I could barely get
okay I was depressed I could barely get
okay I was depressed I could barely get out of bed the idea of having a shower
out of bed the idea of having a shower
out of bed the idea of having a shower was overwhelming but I was all right
was overwhelming but I was all right
was overwhelming but I was all right there in that moment my partner loved me
there in that moment my partner loved me
there in that moment my partner loved me and I could start to love myself as
and I could start to love myself as
and I could start to love myself as was broken in that moment and that was
was broken in that moment and that was
was broken in that moment and that was really hard to fall back in love with
really hard to fall back in love with
really hard to fall back in love with yourself to take yourself as you are in
yourself to take yourself as you are in
yourself to take yourself as you are in that moment with all of your flaws and
that moment with all of your flaws and
that moment with all of your flaws and all of your difficulties and actually
all of your difficulties and actually
all of your difficulties and actually say I love me now not I’ll love me
say I love me now not I’ll love me
say I love me now not I’ll love me tomorrow once I’ve brushed my hair or I
tomorrow once I’ve brushed my hair or I
tomorrow once I’ve brushed my hair or I love me in six months time when I’m no
love me in six months time when I’m no
love me in six months time when I’m no longer on medication I’m going to start
longer on medication I’m going to start
longer on medication I’m going to start loving me right now
loving me right now
loving me right now that was a huge wake-up call for me and
that was a huge wake-up call for me and
that was a huge wake-up call for me and that really motivated me into getting
that really motivated me into getting
that really motivated me into getting myself better and it wasn’t easy I had
myself better and it wasn’t easy I had
myself better and it wasn’t easy I had huge slip-ups
huge slip-ups
huge slip-ups I remember once them taken an overdose
I remember once them taken an overdose
I remember once them taken an overdose of zopiclone and attempting to drive my
of zopiclone and attempting to drive my
of zopiclone and attempting to drive my car so I’m told I don’t remember it and
car so I’m told I don’t remember it and
car so I’m told I don’t remember it and but the very next day I’d convinced
but the very next day I’d convinced
but the very next day I’d convinced myself that none of that happened that
myself that none of that happened that
myself that none of that happened that was all a big game that my loved ones
was all a big game that my loved ones
was all a big game that my loved ones were playing to make me feel like I was
were playing to make me feel like I was
were playing to make me feel like I was crazy so I think there were some
crazy so I think there were some
crazy so I think there were some episodes of paranoia in there as well
episodes of paranoia in there as well
episodes of paranoia in there as well now that I look back but yeah the the
now that I look back but yeah the the
now that I look back but yeah the the journey to recovery started with looking
journey to recovery started with looking
journey to recovery started with looking at myself and realizing that it didn’t
at myself and realizing that it didn’t
at myself and realizing that it didn’t really matter where I was didn’t matter
really matter where I was didn’t matter
really matter where I was didn’t matter how I was feeling I just needed to start
how I was feeling I just needed to start
how I was feeling I just needed to start loving myself and after two years very
loving myself and after two years very
loving myself and after two years very long two years I got better and a big
long two years I got better and a big
long two years I got better and a big part of that journey was accepting how I
part of that journey was accepting how I
part of that journey was accepting how I felt or how I didn’t feel on a daily
felt or how I didn’t feel on a daily
felt or how I didn’t feel on a daily basis going for walks beautiful North
basis going for walks beautiful North
basis going for walks beautiful North Wales and not feeling joy was okay
Wales and not feeling joy was okay
Wales and not feeling joy was okay paddling in the lakes and the streams
paddling in the lakes and the streams
paddling in the lakes and the streams and being around animals but not
and being around animals but not
and being around animals but not necessarily feeling any great
necessarily feeling any great
necessarily feeling any great overwhelming happiness was okay I was
overwhelming happiness was okay I was
overwhelming happiness was okay I was still doing it I was still trying
still doing it I was still trying
still doing it I was still trying walking the walk they say and eventually
walking the walk they say and eventually
walking the walk they say and eventually one day I found
one day I found
one day I found was smiling cat ran past me and I smiled
was smiling cat ran past me and I smiled
was smiling cat ran past me and I smiled and it was okay and I realized that I
and it was okay and I realized that I
and it was okay and I realized that I was capable of being happy I slowly came
was capable of being happy I slowly came
was capable of being happy I slowly came off my medication and started to feel
off my medication and started to feel
off my medication and started to feel properly anyone that’s been on
properly anyone that’s been on
properly anyone that’s been on antidepressant medication will tell you
antidepressant medication will tell you
antidepressant medication will tell you that everything feels very very blurry
that everything feels very very blurry
that everything feels very very blurry you kind of feel like a ghost in your
you kind of feel like a ghost in your
you kind of feel like a ghost in your own world for a while so I started to
own world for a while so I started to
own world for a while so I started to feel again
feel again
feel again and I made the choice to never set
and I made the choice to never set
and I made the choice to never set myself up for failure again never expect
myself up for failure again never expect
myself up for failure again never expect too much of myself in the future so I’d
too much of myself in the future so I’d
too much of myself in the future so I’d always been in the habit of setting
always been in the habit of setting
always been in the habit of setting goals and making plans and making sure
goals and making plans and making sure
goals and making plans and making sure that I aimed for them and I was going to
that I aimed for them and I was going to
that I aimed for them and I was going to do well I was going to be a success
do well I was going to be a success
do well I was going to be a success scrapped it scrapped it all came off the
scrapped it scrapped it all came off the
scrapped it scrapped it all came off the medication I thought you know what I’m
medication I thought you know what I’m
medication I thought you know what I’m going to get through today and I’m going
going to get through today and I’m going
going to get through today and I’m going to look to maybe next week let’s see
to look to maybe next week let’s see
to look to maybe next week let’s see what I can do here and now and it made
what I can do here and now and it made
what I can do here and now and it made me better it made me be very realistic
me better it made me be very realistic
me better it made me be very realistic about what I can do I can’t do it
about what I can do I can’t do it
about what I can do I can’t do it allowed me to live in the moment and
allowed me to live in the moment and
allowed me to live in the moment and feel happiness that was real that was
feel happiness that was real that was
feel happiness that was real that was based on those immediate almost heart
based on those immediate almost heart
based on those immediate almost heart wrenching feelings to be kissed by the
wrenching feelings to be kissed by the
wrenching feelings to be kissed by the person I love and feel joy rather than
person I love and feel joy rather than
person I love and feel joy rather than to be kissed by the person I love and
to be kissed by the person I love and
to be kissed by the person I love and worry
worry
worry why don’t I love you back is there
why don’t I love you back is there
why don’t I love you back is there something wrong with me is this what
something wrong with me is this what
something wrong with me is this what love is and we meant to feel this way I
love is and we meant to feel this way I
love is and we meant to feel this way I feel really bad now because I don’t feel
feel really bad now because I don’t feel
feel really bad now because I don’t feel the same does that mean it’s going to be
the same does that mean it’s going to be
the same does that mean it’s going to be over does that mean that everything is
over does that mean that everything is
over does that mean that everything is just going to fall away at some point
just going to fall away at some point
just going to fall away at some point this obviously isn’t meant to be what
this obviously isn’t meant to be what
this obviously isn’t meant to be what should i do should I give up now or
should i do should I give up now or
should i do should I give up now or shall I wait am I going to break his
shall I wait am I going to break his
shall I wait am I going to break his heart
heart
heart should I just carry on for a bit longer
should I just carry on for a bit longer
should I just carry on for a bit longer and see if I change my mind constant
and see if I change my mind constant
and see if I change my mind constant constant constant battle of negative
constant constant battle of negative
constant constant battle of negative thoughts went out the window as soon as
thoughts went out the window as soon as
thoughts went out the window as soon as I realized I just needed to focus on now
I realized I just needed to focus on now
I realized I just needed to focus on now not ten minutes not in an hour now how
not ten minutes not in an hour now how
not ten minutes not in an hour now how do I feel now
what I do now is I teach people about
what I do now is I teach people about the stigma of mental health in a whole
the stigma of mental health in a whole
the stigma of mental health in a whole new way I don’t look at the labels I try
new way I don’t look at the labels I try
new way I don’t look at the labels I try and get rid of all of that and I teach
and get rid of all of that and I teach
and get rid of all of that and I teach people about the person that suffering I
people about the person that suffering I
people about the person that suffering I don’t care what they have I don’t care
don’t care what they have I don’t care
don’t care what they have I don’t care what medication they’re on let’s focus
what medication they’re on let’s focus
what medication they’re on let’s focus on what that person is right now today
on what that person is right now today
on what that person is right now today how are they feeling what’s happened to
how are they feeling what’s happened to
how are they feeling what’s happened to you today
you today
you today and that helps break down barriers
and that helps break down barriers
and that helps break down barriers because it means that each individual
because it means that each individual
because it means that each individual who is suffering feels more confident
who is suffering feels more confident
who is suffering feels more confident sharing their story and I urge people to
sharing their story and I urge people to
sharing their story and I urge people to share their story because I was the
share their story because I was the
share their story because I was the mental health professional who became
mental health professional who became
mental health professional who became very poorly who was segregated by other
very poorly who was segregated by other
very poorly who was segregated by other mental health professionals who stood up
mental health professionals who stood up
mental health professionals who stood up and fought for what she believed in and
and fought for what she believed in and
and fought for what she believed in and if every single person with a mental
if every single person with a mental
if every single person with a mental health issue or an addiction or a big
health issue or an addiction or a big
health issue or an addiction or a big elephant in the room if every single
elephant in the room if every single
elephant in the room if every single person can feel that it’s okay for them
person can feel that it’s okay for them
person can feel that it’s okay for them to stand up and tell people who they are
to stand up and tell people who they are
to stand up and tell people who they are and what they feel they’re not going to
and what they feel they’re not going to
and what they feel they’re not going to push stigma out of the way it’s going to
push stigma out of the way it’s going to
push stigma out of the way it’s going to push people’s preconceptions into an
push people’s preconceptions into an
push people’s preconceptions into an area of awareness that is actually scary
area of awareness that is actually scary
area of awareness that is actually scary but it will teach people to love one
but it will teach people to love one
but it will teach people to love one another based on the person they see in
another based on the person they see in
another based on the person they see in front of them rather than the label that
front of them rather than the label that
front of them rather than the label that a person’s been told to carry and that’s
a person’s been told to carry and that’s
a person’s been told to carry and that’s what I do now I blog very openly and
what I do now I blog very openly and
what I do now I blog very openly and honestly about my journey it’s hard to
honestly about my journey it’s hard to
honestly about my journey it’s hard to get it all into 15 minutes and but I
get it all into 15 minutes and but I
get it all into 15 minutes and but I teach people to share their journeys so
teach people to share their journeys so
teach people to share their journeys so write your story read it back to
write your story read it back to
write your story read it back to yourself see how far you’ve actually
yourself see how far you’ve actually
yourself see how far you’ve actually come because sometimes when we’re too
come because sometimes when we’re too
come because sometimes when we’re too focused on the future we lose track of
focused on the future we lose track of
focused on the future we lose track of not only where we are but where we’ve
not only where we are but where we’ve
not only where we are but where we’ve come from so be your own blogger
come from so be your own blogger
come from so be your own blogger start writing your life story and share
start writing your life story and share
start writing your life story and share it with people thank you
it with people thank you
it with people thank you you
you
you [Applause]
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