066 – Esther Goodhart – Standing: Up and In Technicolor

Korean-Jewish comedienne Esther Goodhart discusses overcoming disability and challenging parents, changing religions in rebellion, living like tomorrow is the last day, not accepting the negative, why she’s not afraid to die, taking on comedy, seeing the world in Technicolor, responding to adversity with love, why Mr. Rogers was a genius, and an intuitive reading inspired discussion about her remarkable outlook on a very recent and sobering health diagnosis.

She joins Julie Chan in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode:
Rebelling against holy-roller Christian parents and converting to Judaism
Being born with a disability, how she needed a push
How Esther was in wheelchair all her life with disability, and her family felt humiliated that she was in a wheelchair, wondering why she couldn’t shake it off
Her whole life is to not burden others with her burden
Proud, embarrassed
Need to release and receive the love people want to give
How Esther’s kids inspired her to get out of her wheelchair
She needed to be available for kids, go where they needed to go
Wheelchair gets her places, electric scooter is btter
Suffering from familial dystonia, and how Esther can fall standing up
Parents didn’t think it was a miracle, but doctors couldn’t believe her fortitude
Walking is choreography to Esther, has to memorize the ground
Esther reveals how her parents were terrible to her, she channeled energy to do things great.
Esther believes she will die better than God put her on the planet, so she focuses on how can she work to leave the world better because she was here
Teaching kids, and when people are mean she kills them with love
Everyone’s story is biblical
Living life like tomorrow is the last day
Thinking outside the box, not accepting the negative, and how the Bible embodies that
An intuitivereaidng — it is about a book with beautiful images reflect the soul
Not photo realistic, abstract and which emote feeling, a shift in perspective and transformation
Like looking at a cure and absorbing it that was instead of ingesting
The superficial and small things to take over how Esther views the world
Everything can be a potential cure or trigger
Focus on the cure, shift by seeing
Image: each page large filled with abstract, vibrant images holding the power to transform, when Esther puts the page closer she feels transformed to another world connected but separate, transformation, mystery and discovery
Reflecting on life and focus
Love and lack of love is the cause of everything, why Mr. Rogers was a genius
The importance of seeing that nothing is superficial and mundane
Why Esther says she is not afraid to die
Why worst enemies are now her closest friends
A serious medical diagnosis and a remarkable attitude and perspective, cheerleaders and why any outcome is great
Seeing everything in technicolor

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