Meet Rachel!

Many of us develop social anxieties at a young age. For me these anxieties were crippling. A broken home with survival & safety as the most important, there wasn't much room for joy. 

By the age of 7 overcome with fear, anger, resentment, and it transpired on the outside to be shy, scared and unrelatable. With the love of one compassionate teacher, I learned skill sets that I still use in my adult life. By the age of 16 all that was joyous and full in my life was unraveling with an “overnight” illness that would consume the next 1.5 years with tests and medical procedures to determine I had less than 10% liver function. 

Surviving a living donor transplant by receiving 60% of my mother's liver, life is supposed to be great, right? I have another chance in this life. But with no future at the age of 18, everything that I had built was destroyed. Starting over with nothing. This is where the real challenges began.

Overcoming, regrouping and starting over has been the ongoing theme in my life. Choosing to “just be happy” and not have limitations to my thoughts I've been able to create a remarkable life filled with fun and joy. 

Sharing how I Allow Relief from the Daily Grief, Finding Forgiveness, Saying Yes to the Opportunity, Quieting the Criticism & Stopping the ReCap Real are my tools to grow the optimism skillset! 

My talk will inspire you to ask what else is possible time and time again.