A short speaker reel/transcript of Dr. Betsy Guerra, a licensed psychotherapist, author, and international speaker, who shares her personal grief story (the loss of her daughter) and teaches a faith-centered framework for rising above adversity. She presents 'FAITH' as an acronym (Feeling the fertilizer; Acceptance; Interpretation; Team; Habits), links pain to growth and healing, and urges listeners to use their stories to help others.
Chapters
Do you want to know how to rise above your adversities? I am fascinated by the opportunity of bringing hope into hopelessness. My purpose is to ignite faith, unlock greatness so that we may use our God given gifts to elevate humanity. I'm Dr. Betsighera and I am a licensed psychotherapist, an author and an international speaker. I take my audiences on an emotional journey that leaves them in inspired to take action. I am also the chosen mother of an angel, which is why you're listening to me today. 2013. God did not make my daughter's heart beat. Is it possible to be happy again? Can we be happy again? What allowed me to truly shift my belief of I'm never going to be happy again and I cannot live without her was my faith. Faith. Faith is the key to rising above adversity. Faith is what's going to help all of us because for me it was my daughter. But all of you have experienced pain because grief is when we lose our jobs, when we lose our financial security, when we lose our health. I am going to teach you how to cultivate your faith so that you also may go from whatever pain of adversity to rising above anything and unlocking your greatness. And if I could do it, so can you. Faith stands for F. Feeling the fertilizer. A Acceptance, I Interpretation, T Team and H Habits. Pain is only the path. Path to where? Where are we going? To healing and joy. When you go through it, you arrive at a better place. When we understand that pain doesn't hurt that much anymore, it becomes what it's supposed to be. Pain with hope. This can save lives. This work that we all do can save lives. She helped us realize that we don't have to dwell in this pain and suffering. There is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope after hurt. There's one problem with what you're doing and that is that the whole world doesn't know about it yet. You have a world class story, you have a world class message and you're a world class messenger. To be able to see someone's perspective of taking that pain to make you grow and to help others grow around you is phenomenal. You should be doing a mastery class in storytelling. I was on an emotional roller coaster the entire time. She gives so much of herself, so much access, so much love. I'm happy today because of thank you for being an amazing wife. Thank you for being an amazing mom. Let's put our hands together for my badass wife and published daughter. 1, 2, 3 are we going to define ourselves by our grief and our pain and what we lost? Or are we going to define ourselves by how we rise up and how we use that pain to earn wisdom that can help us guide others through their journey when they're going through something similar? If I was able to rise above my grief and my pain, so can all of us.
