Audience members share how Jesse Ferrell's talk on grief and connection moved them. Speakers mention losing loved ones to suicide, finding hope through his message, and feeling seen by someone who understands police work and loss.
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So this was definitely a huge moment of change in my life, and I'm so grateful for it.
I was inspired. No matter what. Me sitting there listening to it, I was enjoying it. I was all in.
There's 600 people in this room. I was captivated. Jesse's got an amazing way to connect with the audience. He makes everybody feel as if he's personally talking to them.
What would they want for us, the people that we've lost? They want the best for us. They want us to grow, they want us to evolve. They want us to move through that pain. They want us to get through that grief cycle.
I lost a daughter to suicide five years ago. Everything in this talk just was tailor made for me. And it gave me so much more hope and joy and zest for life than five years ago I would have ever thought possible.
I said, wow. I said, I feel it. He's got energy. He's humble and kind, confident at the same time. And that's very hard to pull off. He did it in a very sincere way. And I think everybody just kind of ate every word that he said.
I gotta tell you, one of the greatest motivational speakers I've ever seen. He truly believes and loves what he does. And as far as I'm concerned, the way he spoke about cops, and you can feel that, how he feels about police officers, as far as I'm concerned, he may never wear a badge. Gonna be my brother, and he's always gonna be one.