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Taking a Stance Against Bullyism and CyberBullyism

07 Saturday Jan 2012

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Jamie Isaacs at OKIA Youth Conference on 12/2/2011 Source: Photo from OKIA Facebook Page
Jamie Isaacs at OKIA Youth Conference on 12/2/2011
Source: Photo from OKIA Facebook Page

Jamie Isaacs, Long Island teenager, and NYS Senator Klein spoke about Cyber-Bullying and Jamie’s new book, In Jaime’s Words on WPIX News Channel 11 on this past Thurs, January 5th, 2012. Check out the news clip right here.

Jamie Isaacs – NYS Senator Klein speak about Cyber-Bullyism

Actually last month on Fri, December 2nd, 2011, I had the privilege and honor as a volunteer of the 11th Annual Our Kids in Action (OKIA) Youth Conference to meet the keynote speaker, Jamie Isaacs. Jamie is a 15 year old, 10th grade student, who shared her story about being personally tormented with bullyism since 8 years old through middle school. My sister, Amanda, also joined me as a volunteer for this extraordinary event held at Farmingdale College, NY where 2,200 Middle School students attended to rally together against [Continue Reading...]

Focus, Strength, Determination and Action . . . And then you’re off to recognizing and embracing your Courageous & Remarkable Self!

24 Monday Oct 2011

Posted by in Determination, Life Lessons, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Students, Travel

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Le Chateau in Nice, France – Europe Trip 7/2011
Le Chateau in Nice, France – Europe Trip 7/2011

Where we left off … I recognize it’s been quite some time since my last blog post. I’ve traveled to Europe and back during this past summer, and I’ve trained and completed my first Half Marathon in East Hampton NY despite some setbacks. I met someone on the Europe trip who I dated for a few months and this relationship has since ended. More recently, I signed up for another NYU School of Continuing Education class, Finding Your Voice on the Page, which begins early November. It’s exactly the type of class I need to take me where I want to go with my writing. I’m focused on facing my fears one at a time, developing myself, and experiencing life.

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Travel Across the World – Allow Yourself to Seize Life Opportunities!

05 Tuesday Jul 2011

Posted by in College, Life Lessons, Self-limiting beliefs, Travel

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Travel Across the World – Allow Yourself to Seize Life Opportunities!

It’s about two weeks before I will travel to Europe for the first time, and I had the strangest dream last night. I dreamt that I was away on my trip in Europe and instead of taking a tour bus – we were parachuting out of planes, and swimming through muddy rivers to get to our next location. But no one, including the Contiki Tour guides told us about these adventures ahead of time.

What does this all mean? Well, certainly I was letting my anxiety and the feeling of unpreparedness get the best of me. So I figured I better get packing and tie up any loose ends before leaving for my trip.

Looking back, I don’t know why I didn’t study abroad for a semester. And I’m not quite [Continue Reading...]

How being Resilient can make all the Difference with Peer Pressure, Stress, School, Family, and Relationships.

26 Sunday Jun 2011

Posted by in College, Determination, Friendships, High School Students, Life Lessons, Peer Pressure, Relationships, Resilience, Self-determined, Stress Strategies, Students, TeenNewsNet

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Let’s start with the definition of resilience before we speak about it further. Wikipedia defines resilience as the ability to positively cope with stress and adversity or challenging negative situations. It’s seen as a process more so than a personality trait. So that means it can be developed by anyone at any time, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is important to know. Starting with today you can develop resilience and build on the resilience you have created so far.

This is how thinking ahead to a certain degree and knowing how you will deal with negative situations (peer pressure, family conflict, difficulties in school, stress) becomes very beneficial. It’s about staying true to yourself and not allowing yourself to become vulnerable to the extent that you compromise your own values [Continue Reading...]

Life Mission Statement

14 Tuesday Jun 2011

Posted by in Courageous Self, Determination, Life Lessons, Remarkable Self, Resilience, Students

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I have the Courage, the Strength, and the Motivation.
I will let the Judgment Fade away.
I will let the truth Empower and Liberate me.
I will allow myself to be Happy and Reach out for Support when I need it.
I have the Resilience and Self -Determination to make it happen!
And what I want for you, the students, is to recognize and embrace your Courageous & Remarkable Self!

So I dedicate this blog to you – Students of Middle School, High School, and College.

With that in mind, I’m ready to take a risk, not hold anything back, all with the intention of living out my destiny. I plan to accomplish this by sharing my stories, my lessons and mistakes, embarrassing moments, my challenges and successes, my secrets of resilience and determination, my knowledge/insight, and resources [Continue Reading...]