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I am a keynote speaker, patient advocate, writer, storyteller, author, and podcaster. 💙 I am president and founder of the nonprofit Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association. ✍🏻 My bestselling book Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days is a medical memoir about raising my younger sister Adrienne from the age of eight until she died from liver cancer at age 15. AWARDS (partial) ❇️ JOURNEY Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand Prize Winner 2021 -- Overcoming Adversity Non-Fiction ❇️ Page Turner Award Winner 2021 -- Best Nonfiction Book ❇️ Writer's Digest Self-Published E-book Award Winner 2020 ❇️ Independent Press Award Winner 2020 ❇️ Living Now Book Awards Winner 2020 Learn more at https://betteroffbald.com The best words to describe me are RESOURCEFUL, PERSISTENT, and AUTHENTIC. I possess outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. I'm the most organized and detail-oriented person I know. The day I find someone more organized than me is the day I find my personal assistant for life! I have 20 years of experience in a variety of industries including academia, healthcare, nonprofit, private sector, and online environments. I've worked with and/or spoken at universities, hospitals, corporations, charities, and government organizations. Big or small, I 💓 to solve problems. SPEAKING TOPICS 🎤 Saying yes despite fear 🎤 Dying with dignity 🎤 Advocating for your health Note: I talk so much that I sound permanently hoarse! 🤪 MY PERSONALITY ♌ Myers-Briggs: ENFJ ♌ Predictive Index: The Captain ♌ Enneagram Type 8: Leader/Challenger with Wing 7: Enthusiast ♌ Kolbe A Result 6-5-7-3 ♌ Sparketype: Advisor/Advocate ♌ Clifton Strengths: Strategic, Relator, Learner, Self-Assurance, Communication ♌ DISC personality: High D w/ independence & self-confidence ♌ How to Fascinate: The Provocateur ♌ Four Tendencies: The Questioner MY CORE VALUES 👩‍ Courage 👩‍ Creativity 👩‍ Freedom 👩‍ Joy 👩‍ Service MORE ABOUT ME 😊 I love garlic but I hate onions. 😊 I finished six marathons and one half-marathon but I hate running. 😊 I am a 500-hour certified yoga teacher who doesn't teach yoga. 😊 I'm obsessed with this smiling face/smiling eye emoji. Ha! ❗️ 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞. ❗️ 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐋𝐌, 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.