Social Entrepreneur and Photographer Amy Lee Hands talks about her transformation from a life of domestic violence to a nwe life of empowering people who suffer under such circumstances. She shares her story of growing inner strength and overcoming fear, her views about self-image, spirituality and materialism, and more... About Amy-Lee Hands. Amy Lee Hands is the heart and soul of Mission Beautiful Australia, and an accomplised portrature photoagrpher. Her work has inspired thousands through her commitment to shine this huge light upon the delicate and often taboo subject of domestic violence, which has has recently become more visible after the naming of domestic victim and activist Rosie Batty as Australian of The Year 2015.
Amy Lee is a long term survivor with 28 years of experience in family abuse and intimate partner abuse, now living on the other side of domestic violence AmyLee has made it her mission & life journey to change the hearts and minds of everyone she meets along the way about why and how people end up living and staying in these situations; how to prevent it, speak to your kids about it and empower with inspiration to make change in their own lives.
Amy-Lee is a vibrant, engaging and inspiring person, and I am proud to introduce her as our guest this month on the Teahouse Talks.
Amy's recommended reading: Book Dying To Be Me on Hayhouse http://www.hayhouse.com.au/dying-to-be-me-paperback
Book Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life on Amazon http://www.hayhouse.com/change-your-thoughts-change-your-life-3
Book Eat Pray Love http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/eat-pray-love/
Also mentioned is "Conversations With God" which began as a book and has spawned a series of global ventures and organisations by the author Neale Donald Walsch. Connect with Amy-Lee: Website: missionbeautifulaustralia.com
Facebook: MissionBeautifulAustralia Facebook Page
Twitter: @MishinBeautiful
Website: amyleephotography.com.au
Twitter: @AmyLeeFOTOGRAFY
Author, speaker and transport planner Rachel Smith talks about the future of urban traffic, about a plane ticket to Colombia that transformed her life, about buying nothing for new for a year, publishing books, trust, the sharing economy and more.
The Teahouse Talks is a series of interviews with entrepreneurs and business leaders, and people who are acomplishing extraordinary things in areas of social and human transformation. The setting of these conversations is in the tranquil and contemplative spaces of a “Chashitsu” – a traditinal japanese tea-house.
This episode introduces the vision for this series, the setting and what you can expect in in these episodes.
The running time for this introductory episode is 10 minutes. Future episodes may vary in length, generally between 30minutes to an hour.
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