by insidewink | Mar 30, 2022 | Everyday Hero, Videos
By Popular Demand – More with Anita This is from the desk of Anita Moorjani: To help you continue embodying love this week, I’ve come up with a little check-list for living a life of love. Love yourself UNCONDITIONALLY. Realize your own MAGNIFICENCE. Know...
by insidewink | Feb 14, 2022 | Everyday Hero
Empowering Students through Storytelling We at insidewink LOVE personal stories and we truly honor our storytellers. The courage, vulnerability and trust it takes to tell a story creates meaningful bonds between the speaker and the listener. So , when we learned of...
by Brad Koepenick | Jan 30, 2022 | Everyday Hero, Featured
Creating Change Tech and Passion Combined In short… Alysia Silberg is a spirited “theatre arts” kid who grew up in apartheid South Africa, lived in a pharmacy/makeup/costume shop and then honed the skills she learned to create global change. Wow. In...
by insidewink | Dec 14, 2021 | Everyday Hero
You probably know Cindy Drummond. She is an actor and has done really great work on lots of TV shows like “Mrs. America”, “The Unicorn” and “Grey’s Anatomy”. She was even a Jeopardy clue for her role in a Geico TV commercial!...
by Jean Trebek | Nov 30, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Expert Advice, Featured, Videos
First: Dying To Be Me Wayne Dyer was an amazing spiritual teacher and visionary. He loved to share the good. He was so taken with Anita Moorjani’s near death experience that he brought her to many of his events so that she could share her story. Anita had just...
by Jean Trebek | Nov 16, 2021 | Everyday Hero
It’s so wonderful when people support each other. The rippling effect that occurs is beneficial to all parties and beyond. In the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, my dear friend Ingrid Lazcano, sent me a very generous box of her nutritious and delicious...
by insidewink | Oct 27, 2021 | Affirmation, Everyday Hero, Interviews
Get involved in the You Matter Marathon Cheryl Rice had a simple idea when she began the You Matter Marathon (No Running Required). She wanted to increase human connection by having people pass out white cards that said “You Matter!” It was a huge success!...
by Jean Trebek | Sep 29, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Expert Advice, Featured, Videos
Have you ever heard of “tapping” as an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)? According to The Tapping Solution, “Tapping, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), is a powerful stress relief technique. Tapping is based on the combined...
by insidewink | Jul 28, 2021 | Everyday Hero
Making Connections Creating and Sustaining Relationships To fully understanding our hero, Sheryl O’Bryan, we have to understand the needs and challenges of a “Third Culture Kid”. A third culture kid is an individual who, having spent a significant...
by Jean Trebek | Jun 29, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Featured, homepage, Videos
Nurturing, Healing, Love Scarlett Lewis has created a movement. After her 6-year-old son Jesse was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Scarlett found her footing, wrote an amazing book and started a program to help teach compassion. This woman,...
by insidewink | May 30, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Featured
An everyday hero is someone who answers the call to help another. When we received Linda Van Kessler’s email about her husband Charles’ childhood, we were awestruck at his strength and courage. We were so moved that Charles’ past inspired him and...
by insidewink | Apr 15, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Featured, Interviews
The essential workers of the world are our heroes When the Practical Nursing Director at the Bay Path Practical Nursing Academy, Gretheline Bolandrina, contacted us about three of her students we emailed right back! As Gretheline puts it, the Bay Path Academy ...
by insidewink | Apr 1, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Featured, Guest Writers
“For people to connect and be compassionate, they need to know how to connect with people from various backgrounds.” —Genein Letford, M.ED Genein Letford is on a mission. With a Masters Degree in Education and the 2015 Charter School Teacher of the Year honor, Ms....
by Monique Griffith | Feb 28, 2021 | Everyday Hero, Guest Writers
Monique Griffith, about to begin her first triathlon after being diagnosed with a poor prognosis and stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer, has learned to always look for the blessings in life. (2010) I sat alone in the auditorium, trying hard not to cry, checking my...
by insidewink | Jan 31, 2021 | Everyday Hero
How a Committee of Students Spreads Kindness Co-vid has changed a lot for all of us, but it hasn’t changed the mission of the Climate and Culture Committee in Bothell High School located in Bothell, Washington. Led by Wendy Wands, this committee is comprised of almost...
by Alison Martin | Dec 30, 2020 | Everyday Hero
Teachers are always heroes. Their passion for educating future generations is such an important calling. But during this pandemic, teachers have had to pivot and begin teaching from a distance. Carol Kaplan Koepenick has been a teacher for over 30 years. She has...
by insidewink | Dec 19, 2020 | Everyday Hero, Featured
From One Mom and Her Daughter to a National Organization Lasagna Love is a pandemic compassion story – where one person helps another and it catches on. It all started small in Rhiannon Menn’s kitchen as she and her daughter made an extra few lasagnas for...
by Jean Trebek | Nov 30, 2020 | Charities, Everyday Hero, Featured, Interviews
We Can Save The Wolves! “With our passion and programs, it is our greatest intention to expose the truth, educate and eradicate the myths and misconceptions about this magnificent, essential, yet most cast aside creature, the Wolf.” donate It’s...
by insidewink | Nov 14, 2020 | Everyday Hero, Interviews
Tracey Larsen and LoveAmongUs.com is Making a Difference With November 26th fast approaching, the holiday season will inevitably be different this year. So many of us feel vulnerable and in need of some goodness, some kindness. A few months ago, Tracey Larsen emailed...
by Alison Martin | Nov 11, 2020 | Everyday Hero, Featured, Scuffed Stuff
Alex Trebek: Loving husband, father, friend and host of Jeopardy!. We hold his family, his best everlasting legacy, in our hearts. Photo courtesy of Jeopardy! Over the weekend, the world lost a one-of-a-kind personality who we invited into our homes for over 35 years....
