I went to Bali for a month and it was the most unexpected experience. I saw the juxtaposition of wealth and poverty as well as pollution. But I also saw a culture of respect, beauty, and it opened up conversations in ways I could never talk about here. It helped me finalize my plans for the new year.

Key Takeaways:

[2:22] Expats in Bali

[3:52] Seeing poverty next to wealth

[7:05] Doing Boundless Life, the good and the bad

[10:09] Indonesian history, culture of gratitude, and religion

[13:51] Respecting others choices

[16:48] Bali is so polluted, limited drinking water, and traffic

[19:47] The ocean, the gentrification, and seeing Jack experience it

[22:20] Getting terribly sick, Balinese coffee, and the culture of family in Bali

[27:12] Politics, open conversations, stereotypes, and the day of silence

[29:40] My thoughts on Bali

[30:51] Thoughts for the new year

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I watched a movie that went through how IVF was invented and it made me reflect on my IVF journey as well. But just because the science in the movie was real, does not mean anything else was. All the relationships, drama, and other mini storylines were made up to make - a good story.

Key Takeaways:

[2:15] My IVF journey

[7:50] Often in religion women are seen as less than if they can’t have kids naturally

[9:07] Stress does not cause infertility or cause cancer

[9:51] IVF increases your risk of having multiples

[11:53] Joy, the movie about the birth of IVF

[14:29] The movie is mainly about Jean, religion, and her relationships

[17:24] 1969, the first extraction attempt and people saying it as horrifying

[19:06] Jean’s thoughts on abortion - were they true?

[21:28] They kept trying, but had ectopic pregnancies, Jean’s mom died, and she leaves

[24:28] They came back together to finish the science

[30:10] Even after the success, they had to fight to get Jean’s name on the plaque

[32:03] All the relationship stuff in the movie was fake

Resources:

• Joy

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Wow, the amount of movies that take someone’s life and completely misrepresent it? Too many to count. It hurts the lives of the people who the movie was made about, but also anyone that is like them. Because if they believe the story, they get false ideas in their head.

Key Takeaways:

[3:05] The Pocahontas movie was a downright lie

[7:13] The I, Tonya movie was exaggerated

[11:33] A Beautiful Mind left out abuse and misportrayed mental illness

[12:58] Erin Brockovich was oversexualized

[14:47] None of the characters actually existed in Newsies

[16:04] Amadeus painted Mozart as a crazy man

[18:33] Sully was a real event, but it was overdramatized to get viewers

[20:45] The Greatest Showman - not so great himself, more like abusive

[23:32] Remember the Titans is not how desegregation went down at all

[26:58] The movie, Rudy, misrepresented the actual person

[28:39] The Blind side made Michael look dumb, when he really just needed some help

[31:53] Homeless to Harvard - spoiler alert she didn’t graduate from Harvard

[35:36] How we choose to tell a story and what we believe

Resources:

• Pocahontas

• I, Tonya

• A Beautiful Mind

• Erin Brockovich

• Newsies

• Amadeus

• Sully

• The Greatest Showman

• Remember the Titans

• Rudy

• The Blind Side

• Homeless to Harvard

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