Metanoia: The Reality of Who We Are

Metanoia: The Reality of Who We Are

Date

3-18-2017

Author Bio(s)

Aimee Sanchez-Zadak, Ed.D., is an adjunct professor at NSU and dedicates her life to teaching through empathy, honoring the human need to be understood, and stressing the importance of understanding the way people perceive themselves. Sanchez-Zadak’s sensitivity to human behavior enables her to understand a person’s unique situation and empathize with her clients. She serves as a Behavioral Strategist and Life Editor™ and developed the Counting Down program to educate individuals in corporate and private environments. Through this approach, she breaks down one’s description of “feeling anxious and lost” to the core of the client’s life rules based on his or her belief system. This process helps her clients understand, predict, and resolve the triggers causing their life outcomes. Sanchez-Zadak also serves as chair of the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. She is an advocate for women’s right to choose their health outcomes and was named among 2012’s Hispanic Women of Distinction.

Talk Description

The process of understanding one’s own identity is the journey of life. The aim is to become, in the end, a conscious human. Understanding and accepting ourselves enables us to then be accepted in a world of many cultures. This process, and the internal and external acceptance that follow, requires a conscious effort and a shifting of our thoughts and beliefs. The Greeks call this shift of self metanoia, which means “to change one’s mind or perception.” Through this shift, we can discover parts of life with which we identify and feel at home. This talk will explore how to embrace this mental shift, take fragmented ideas and link them together, improve your persistence and perseverance, and communicate your clear vision of yourself. Sanchez-Zadak will discuss the process of letting go and embracing your identity and the unique role you play in the world. The speaker will share her experience of being labeled a Cuban immigrant by her American friends and a Cuban in Exile by her parents. These conflicting views brought confusion and frustration into the speaker’s childhood, when she simply wanted to belong. She later learned that a shift in her perception was necessary to move forward with her own identity.

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