Choosing Strength Over Insecurity: The Power 💪 of Self-Acceptance 🏋️‍♀️
Channel: John Delavera
Date: 2023-02-13

"I would be insecure. I would be afraid. I would act like I need your help, and the rest of humanity would be okay with that. But I choose something else. I choose to be strong. I choose to be a leader. I choose to have words to move this planet. I'll tell you why I was born and I hope it inspires you to find out why you were born.

I was born to rid this world of insecurity. Because when a human being is insecure, they do stupid stuff. When we feel like we're not enough, we chase external validation and external objects to try to tell us we're enough. Thank you.

You are enough. I'll tell you, I made a pledge as a therapist to love all human beings no matter what they've done."

Sean Stephenson

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Author, therapist, and motivational speaker Sean Stephenson (1979–2019). He was renowned for his motivational talks on achievement, overcoming obstacles, and self-improvement. Despite having brittle bone disease from birth due to a rare genetic ailment that rendered him wheelchair-bound, he pursued a successful career as a speaker and therapist and changed the lives of numerous individuals all over the world with his message of optimism and hope.

- Watch the full speech he gave to TED at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRO5-V1uK0
- Visit his channel at @Seanclinch