Rupinder Assi

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at home no one to talk to and nowhere to go this is the moment where the onslaught of ruminating thoughts would begin and not stop for nights and months on end my being shattered into unimaginable parts how did I allow this to happen why didn't I trust myself why didn't I speak up sooner how did I allow the abuse to go on for so long the ruminating thoughts took over my being jolting me into a mental health downturn it's in that moment where I understood what was happening the journey to thriving was going to be long and arduous turns out my ancestors were knocking on

my soul guiding me to receive this healing lesson for transformative generational change and ancestral calling I intrinsically accepted I thought to myself what would basketball legend Kobe Bryant do Kobe loved tackling complexity Kobe would evolve with an unshakable sense of self-belief to understand how to solve this puzzle in other words I needed to in evolve I needed to innovate and evolve myself out of anxiety depression and low self-worth to get myself spiraling back into happiness joy and appreciation during the height of my anxiety depression and low self-worth I came across an interview with Kobe's coach asking what were you doing when you were making some

of life's best decisions my Reflections to this question brought me to an experiential learning program titled transformative leaders of the future one of the primary lessons harvested during my time in the program was that of systems thinking that of pattern breaking into pattern making so like Kobe I made a non-negotiable plan with myself to understand about the details intricacies and Frameworks about the very systems activating my mental health and anxiety for new pattern making with purposeful intention I committed myself to 120 hours of self-directed learning for self-healing this is what Kobe would do Kobe would self-assess diagnose the weakness and turn those flaws into strengths

during this time I spent countless hours and hours of listening to unimaginable stories about suffering through listening to those lessons I was able to heal my wounded inside soul so that my authentic outside Soul could rise from the unimaginable Dark Shadows of depression today I stand before you here in this moment a spiraled up version of myself one that is Happy joyful appreciative and all that is my authentic best self life surprises aren't setbacks there are opportunities to explore New Horizons for growth transformation and expansion invitations to better ourselves through self-awareness because the lessons we learned yesterday are the lessons we bring in with us

today after all our ancestors are counting on us to lead personal transformation for generational change in the words of Kobe Bryant I reflect only in the sense that I learned to move forward I reflect with purpose in those moments when the journey seems hard it's those moments where you keep going that's where growth becomes Joy

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