A Beautiful Detour with Amy Oestreicher

Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour. HIGHLIGHTSFinding hope when in our most difficult times Dealing with the fear of not being able to make our mark on the world Turning obstacles into opportunity How Amy turned her story into a beautiful detourWhy art and creativity can help us to heal The unexpected places that detours take usBringing a sense of wonder to our daily lives Using gratitude to build resilience Shifting our questions from “why me?” to “why not?”QuotesI wasn’t able to heal until I could start sharing my story. There’s life outside the plans we have for ourselves. I don’t think you can change people until they’re ready to change. When you find out what you’re grateful for, you realize what you’re about.If life does take a detour you’ve got to follow that detour and just be open to where it leads because you really don’t know what you’ll get along the way.SponsorsThis  episode is sponsored by Hostgator. Use the promo code CREATIVE  for 30% off all hosting package. This is episode is also sponsored by TrueCar. Visit their web site or  download the Truecar AppAmy Oestreicher is a  PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, speaker for RAINN, award-winning health advocate, actress and playwright.  Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour. HIGHLIGHTSFinding hope when in our most difficult times Dealing with the fear of not being able to make our mark on the world Turning obstacles into opportunity How Amy turned her story into a beautiful detourWhy art and creativity can help us to heal The unexpected places that detours take usBringing a sense of wonder to our daily lives Using gratitude to build resilience Shifting our questions from “why me?” to “why not?”QuotesI wasn’t able to heal until I could start sharing my story. There’s life outside the plans we have for ourselves. I don’t think you can change people until they’re ready to change. When you find out what you’re grateful for, you realize what you’re about.If life does take a detour you’ve got to follow that detour and just be open to where it leads because you really don’t know what you’ll get along the way.SponsorsThis  episode is sponsored by Hostgator. Use the promo code CREATIVE  for 30% off all hosting package. This is episode is also sponsored by TrueCar. Visit their web site or  download the Truecar AppAmy Oestreicher is a  PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, speaker for RAINN, award-winning health advocate, actress and... Subscribe for ad-free interviews and bonus episodes https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.