I invite you to join me in a movement.
Recently I was invited to give a TEDx Talk; I shared a deeply personal story of redemption. Since that time I have received a ton of messages from people who either saw the talk live, on video, or had a friend or family member tell them about it.
From the high school guidance counselor who initiated a project among her 1500+ students to love the things about themselves they’ve previously hated, to the 66-year-old woman who finally has the courage to admit to her family that she is a lesbian, to the man who reconciled with his estranged son, I continue to receive one inspirational story after the next.
My biggest wish is to pay it forward. If you resonate with the message from my TEDx talk, I request that you share it with your communities because I humbly believe that this message has the power to set people free, empower them and heal them. I say this because after seventeen years of being a public speaker, this talk transcends anything I’ve ever spoken about before.
I’ll leave you with the words of a woman who reached out this morning after finding my talk online. “I had no idea what to expect. When I clicked ‘play,’ I was one person, and fifteen minutes later I was changed. Something deep within me has been healed. On behalf of my children, I thank you.”
Your courage to share your life is inspiring. Your mission to have it move and aid others is compassion personified. Your commitment to never give up is awesome. Congratulations, you did get your revenge of those two men, really the only revenge that matters … you thrived.
big love,
susie
Thank you, Susie. You nailed it right on the head when you wrote that the only revenge that matters is to thrive. Brilliant! So glad you’re here.
Hi Cheryl,
I enjoyed very much your presentation.
You never shared who you are when I set in your seminar.
You are just magnificent. You can make a huge difference in many lives.
I can say is that you did enroll me.
With kindness and love,
Rony
Cheryl,
This speech and story was so unexpected I have to actually take some time to process it all.
This speech has opened my eyes so wide I am not sure when they will shut.
This speech is a speech that must be passed on and watched by as many Human Beings as Possible.
This speech I will never ever forget where I was when I first watched and first realized how someone’s words
really can make you go OMG-WOW-YES-THANK YOU-and feel so much Better than you imagined!
Thank you, Dee. That’s the whole reason I decided to share the story: to make people feel great about themselves. So glad it’s doing the trick! Thanks for joining in on the conversation!
WOW Cheryl!!!
You just actually took my breath away!!!…The fact how you can share so powerfully and take humor to soften the blow of such a scary event is what makes YOU one of the great inspirations of our time!!!!
Im so impressed on what difference to make to people, including your #1 fan…ME!!!
Lost of love & light!!
Lisa Monette
Lisa,
Thank you. I’m thrilled the talk resonates with you!
As far as the humor goes, you’re absolutely right; it was necessary given the potential shock of the content. After all; if we can’t laugh about life, what can we laugh about? 🙂
Love and light right back!
Cheryl:
You healed something deep within me that I thought would take years, and you did it in less than fifteen minutes!
What a privilege to see you shine so bright and live your mission and commitment to others in the same experience. I am thrilled to have found the link to this on my Facebook wall, but even more thrilled to have known you.
You have elevated my experience of the human soul. Thank you for that!
Athena,
Thank you for sharing your heartfelt story, and for your generous acknowledgement!
I’m honored to have the opportunity to make a difference in your life; that can only happen because you were open to allowing it to happen.
I’m thrilled you’re here and that you’re receiving value1
Cheryl, I was a little traumatized by your story. To hear of that from a friend of your teen years is austere. I am sorry for what happened, but an ingratiated by your decisions to reallocate those events to affect others! You are a great communicator.
Hi Cheryl,
I want to acknowledge you for the courage it must have taken to give this talk. You are so inspiring the way you reclaimed your self-expression after going through such a traumatic event.
In all honesty I’m not quite sure how to be with what you shared about. I know that a person’s action is correlated to how situations occur to them, but I cannot even imagine having an occurring world that would have my actions result in committing senseless violence against someone. It makes it very difficult for me to understand.
Here’s the thing – I just love you so much that hearing the story about the men who abused you gets me really angry. I can never condone what they did to you but perhaps I can forgive them. I know we are all victims of culture and they are too.
Aaron
Aaron, thank you for your heartfelt comments. It is difficult to understand actions like that. What I really hoped to point out in that talk is that even though senseless things happen, and can happen to us all, something good can come out of them. They can, among other things, unite us profoundly if we allow them to.
What a beautiful story, masterfully told. It’s captivating from the first moment, and so memorable and inspiring!
I know you’re a writer, Cheryl. Are you making this available in written form, by any chance?
Hi Matt and thanks for asking! Yes, I am making the story available in written form; my book USE IT is slated for publish on Amazon on July 1st! Check it out!
This is magnificent. You are magnificent!
Cheryl,
That was extraordinary. I am literally blown away by your grace, honesty, and vision. Thank you for your story.
Bravo!
Alexa
I am a high school football coach always looking to better myself, my players and family. I found your name on another web site called myfootballmentor… I am really enjoying your presentations on you Tube , I am going to use your presentations as a teaching tool to our players and with my two kids…..Again Thanks. Really enjoyed. God Bless Wabi-Sabi……….Sincerely Mike Flannery
Thanks for checking us out. We love Cheryl, and are happy to hear that you’ve found her here, and are going to be use her videos as a teaching tool. hi5
Thank Cheryl for sharing your magnificence! I can think of no better video to happen upon this first day of the new year. As always you are inspiration.
You are love and light!
Your friend Dorothy
I here by claim my Wabi Sabi too…thank you so much Cheryl