Are you just being you? Being authentic gives you the freedom to live your life freely. You will be inspired listening as Rachel shares her experience on how taking the journey to her own, true self, opened the door for others to talk through their journey too. Creating a community, where being yourself, brings the light in, is a powerful and touching experience. Rachel has had a love of storytelling and radio dramatization for as long as she can remember. She records voiceovers, poetry recitations, audio blogs, hosted a live-online radio program (blogtalkradio.com) and co-hosted the Conversations at the Council Tree Podcast.
Rachel is also an avid outdoor enthusiast and most recently published her outdoor studio YouTube Channel called RDicksonOutdoors. Here you'll find hours of mountain river videos along with dozens and dozens of short videos depicting her admiration for the mountain streams and forest river sounds.
Following this passion for the outdoors and capturing its splendor on film, Rachel offers drone videography for hire where she can capture aerial photography and video for your home or business needs.
A Veteran, Rachel Dickson served in the US Army from 1993-1999 as a Postal Platoon Leader and she also served in the Tennessee Army National Guard. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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