Embracing your authentic self: Jennifer Gillivan at TEDxMSVUWomen
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2013
- Jennifer Gillivan is President and CEO of the IWK Health Centre Foundation. The Foundation is the primary fundraising and outreach partner of the IWK Health Centre, which provides critical and specialized care to women, children, youth and families throughout the Maritime provinces.
Jennifer has an extensive background in philanthropy, partnerships, strategy, marketing and leadership. Jennifer brings passion and enthusiasm for the IWK to lead this charitable organization at a critical time of growth and change. Throughout her 30 year career, Jennifer has had the opportunity to build a strong affiliation with the IWK Foundation; she worked for the Foundation 15 years ago, and she has volunteered in various capacities over the years including as a past member of the IWK Foundation Board of Trustees.
Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland Jennifer immigrated to Canada in 1982. Prior to joining the IWK Foundation, Jennifer worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for 14 years most recently as Director of Partnerships, Communications, Marketing and Brand for the CBC across Canada. Jennifer is an active community volunteer; she is a board member for Churchill Academy, member of the Canadian Children's Paediatric Hospital Foundations Board , a past board member for NSCC Foundation Board, past board member of Symphony Nova Scotia, and past Chair of Atlantic Film Festival Board, to name a few. Jennifer has received two CBC English Television Awards for her pioneer work with the partnership practice, and has also received The Halifax Ambassador Award and a Progress Halifax Women of Excellence Award. Jennifer is an active member of the Rotman School of Business "Judy Project" Advisory Board and enjoys motivational speaking. Jennifer currently lives in Halifax with her husband Joe and their two daughters.
Jennifer believes when women can truly be their authentic self they can lead an extraordinary life!
For more information on the Foundation go to: www.iwkfoundation.org
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My word for 2019 is "Authentic". I want to get honest with myself and my life. It's hard to face the facts. I don't think I'm truly living unless I get real.
How did your year go?
Wish you all the best!
I love that you chose this word
She was so fortunate to have someone who saw her as she was and was so ready to defend her. I have never felt seen by my parents, now I struggle to know who I am
My mom attended a Catholic School in her formative years, (40's-early 50's), and she also experienced getting wacked across the hand by a ruler a few times by the nuns. Fortunately for my mom, their was a nun who treated her with fairness & compassion.
The nuns also used 'bully' tactics to get Native American males to cut their long hair; how ironic, since many 'near- death testimonies' often report seeing both Jesus and God with long hair. Opps!
In addition to this, the nuns often treated Native Americans as if they didn't have a clue about anything.
When, all along, it was the nuns who were lost and who were most afraid of 'living authentically.'
Not something God condones -that's forsure!
'The girl's grandma
'stepped up to the plate,' and quickly restored this young girl's sense of worth & identity. The grandma is a CHAMPION in every sense of the word!
Continued Blessings for this WHOLE & BEAUTIFULLY AUTHENTIC WOMAN.
Elise
Breath taking can't believe your story brought me to tears. From start to finish awesome!!!!! Thank you.
BRAVO!Every child needs a grandma like yours!And if not a granny,a mentor to support our children,against the horrible bullies in their lives,and that includes,even some of their teachers.
Wow 1) thank you so much for your courage, and tremendous respect for your mom! 2) message is spot on. People set up false expectations of who you should be, they are far weaker and thus don't allow them to shape you. You are yourself and don't allow anyone to take that from you. Always be true to yourself and let others sort themselves. Be genuine, that's how you find your true self. You own your life, which is finite, what do you want to do? That is the mission you need to follow....
Yes!!! I love this!
Great talk! Thanks! I love you!
Thank you. I really needed this.
Great talk. Thank you
That was so sweet what your grandmother did for you. I never used to want to do my homework in 4th grade and I was forced to stand in front of the class by a family member to apologize to the class and promise to do my homework. I was so embarrassed
Waoo. You are so true to life now a days. As women we are been taught to just follow. But as we grow older we learned that we are all alone and we have to be who we are. Not what they say we have to be. Thanks for sharing. Love it
Brilliant talk I'm going to pass this on to my family. Inspirational :)
Love this! Thank you 🙏
Thank You☀️
One of the best tedtalks I ever heard 💚
Such a great message, you explained this really well!
I love this.
I wept many times listening though the first time. Needed many pauses. I am on a mission to be myself.
I love being just my self no masks no lies just honesty and good hearted. I need a grand Ma like her's ASAP 😊😁😍👍👏
What a beautiful Soul♥️🙏🏼🧡
Awesome talk... Loved it...
Awesome! Thanks!
I know exactly what you mean and that was the blessing as I suffer from fibromyalgia and I'm trying to get my inner my inner strength...
t out thank you..
blessings I'm from malta
fibrio is hidden boreliosis
Yoru said" I can
Finally be me. " and i started crying. I want to be able to say that everyday. I am going to say that everyday.
How's it going?
Me too, I’m going to allow myself to align with my true self! 😪
Actually, most parent’s turn a blind eye and/or buy into the conformist systems of education. Parents trust the state to raise their children.
Amazing talk. Hello from Dublin too
congratulations Jennifer
Well done.
So true know thyself ! When you get there magical wonders are in for surprise? Believe in yourself and do what your inner gut makes do. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.
Bravo!
watching this for my uts class okioki
You are good
You sound like my favorite tarot reader
I'm moved by the effectiveness of this content. A book I read with like-minded material was transformative. "Adapting with Aging" by James Crescent
Reminds me, I've got stuff to do, bye YT
wonderful!
I was always so scared to go to Catholic School - same experience you had, it was horrible!!! I am turning 61 on February 13th - I have such low self-esteem.
Well said!
Wow! Jenny Burkin have you seen this?
Not a woman nor am I Canadian. That said, fabulous message Jennifer.
10:13 willing to be vulnerable
Drop mic 🎤
Hate that she dirrects her complete attention towards women even though men experience wounds just as deep. Other than that great talk
I thought the same thing in a way. Ted talks are usually a mixed crowd but she keeps talking as if women are the only ones with the issue of confidence and not following dreams
buddy, she mentioned men. its ok
Lol lol it’s women’s talk
Yeah; only in my opinion, it made a pretty inconsistent, incongruent talk even worse.
She only knows what it's like to be a woman. She's only speaking from what she knows and feels. It's obvious that she feels a strong connection with being a woman.
Lol
Wow; I'm sad to say this but this talk was *objectively pretty terrible*. I was really excited to listen when I read the promising title. Oh, and I have no reason to say this other than that it's the truth. Maybe the speaker *should* prepare / gather feedback. She spoke about how amazing, how impactful, how incredible this 'same talk' was received in the past right; immediately after she said this talk was completely "off the cuff". She then rambled about pretty incongruent things; the only congruency being she occasionally would slip her own narcissistic praises in stories. Then for some equally incongruent reason, she makes her already very poor story about gender somehow. Listen back to your talks, prepare a bit, you need congruency and some foundational structure.
Incongruent? It's all about being herself, nothing more congruent than that.
Your comment says more about your lack of understanding about her than an actual accurate critique of the talk. That's ok, you don't have to connect at all with this. But that doesn't mean it's incongruent.
elimarrin he’s just being himself, authentically
@@douglasbright8957 totally ok as I said.
Totally agree. It was very boring.
unexpected. I thought "different authenticity" but only some random feminine. Wasted time
I have to say this speech didn’t hold me at all the rocking didn’t help either. Sorry folks.