Volunteer Vacation To Help Children In Nepal Recovering From Disaster
Family Overcomes Adversity By Creating Post-Disaster Volunteer Vacation Program. A young entrepreneur who selflessly uses his many talents to help others is Sujan Pariyar, a civil engineering student from Nepal. But to get where he’s at today, Pariyar had to overcome a mountain of challenges, including a civil war in his own country, as ...
How Can We Stop Bullying In Schools? A Mother’s Loss Of Her Son Leads To Acts Of Kindness
Anti- Bullying Program Started By Mother After Losing Her Son To Bullying Makes A Difference It is often said that the loss of a child is the greatest loss we can experience in our lifetime. For Jacki James, the tragic loss of her son Peyton, led her to establish an organization, Kindness Matters, that ...
Overcoming Reiter’s Syndrome, An Autoimmune Disease; One Man’s Story
Kyle Hunter is CEO of the music licensing firm, Rhythm Couture. Though he experienced many setbacks, including being affected by autoimmune disease, he didn't let growing up in an impoverished drug infested community, and health-related adversity stop him from becoming successful in the music industry. We wanted to pick his brain on how he was ...
Risking Their Lives For A Life Worth Living: A Survival Story
By Dana Hall *Parts of this interview have been edited and names have been changed. Special thanks to Devin Wilcox-McCombs for providing information on some of the elements of Kaddyjatou’s story. To call the past few years challenging would be an understatement for Kaddyjatou Fatty. Born and raised in the Gambia, the former hairdresser ...
Overcoming Health Challenges Through Art
Carina's story below is one of overcoming numerous health challenges to find her calling in life, and to achieve success as an artist. Through her many setbacks, she learned more and more about herself and what she really wanted out of life. This is why we always say that adversity turns you into ...
How To Not See Yourself As A Victim, Despite Setbacks
We just received an email today from someone who has a story to tell. It's a story on not seeing yourself as a victim despite whatever setbacks you may have experienced in life. This comes from a young person who has experienced more than she should have at this point in life, but has become ...
