Episode #44 Jamie Tworkowski Permission to be Honest

Inefficiency Podcast

English - November 14, 2016 10:00 - 38.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
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Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of the non-profit To Write Love On Her Arms, an organization that presents hope and finds help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-harm and suicide. For 10 years, Jamie has given his time providing hope for those hurting all over the country. He speaks dynamic hope and help through college campus conversations, book tours, music concerts, writing and even fashion. The honesty that Jamie has about his own experience with depression and pain opens up spaces and gives permission for others to give value to their own experiences.

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@jamietworkowski (twitter and instagram)

Show Notes

:00 Mary Oliver poem, Wild Geese6:30 Start of JT interview6:45 Explanation of Inefficiency13:10 Permission as invitation14:55 Importance of counseling and mental health18:20 Dreams vs. Fears ( www.dreamsvsfears.com )21:22 Rehoping ( www.venture.org )23:45 We all break in this life26:35 Need for beauty and the arts32:30 Holding space for us33:45 Self-care36:23 Sense of purpose39:00 Story of Jamie's friend David47:20 Crisis Text Line ( www.crisistextline.org )48:50 Outrowww.lostgoldmedia.com