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Undeterred: From Devastating Diagnosis To Radiant Life

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What if you knew why you were here from the time you were six years old? Cara E. Yar Khan is a what I’d call a “purpose outlier.” Most people never discover a driving purpose in their lives, or even a collection of fierce interests. If they do, it most often happens later in life […]The post Undeterred: From Devastating Diagnosis To Radiant Life appeared first on Good LifeProject.

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0:00.0

You have to look at yourself and say, where is my real beauty?

0:07.6

It's not because I cannot walk straight anymore because I can't do a fancy turn in salsa.

0:14.2

Real beauty comes out of who I am inside and what I believe and how I treat others and

0:19.7

my relationships.

0:23.8

Tara Yarkhan, today's guest, has spent her entire life from the times who's pretty much

0:28.2

a kid in service of others.

0:30.5

As soon as she had the ability to, she began to travel the world, becoming involved with

0:34.8

organizations who would put her on the ground in some of the most challenging and sometimes

0:40.4

dangerous places in the world in service of others, not just becoming a voice for the

0:44.6

voiceless, but literally being on the ground, helping them in a stunning, compassionate and

0:51.8

largely selfless way.

0:53.9

So when she received the diagnosis at the age of 30 of incredibly rare and degenerative

1:00.3

disease, how she handled that and how she continues to dance with it, to move with it and

1:07.0

to integrate it into the way that she lives her life and continues with her quest to serve

1:12.3

is inspiring, stunning, shocking, eye-opening, motivating.

1:17.9

I'm so happy.

1:18.9

I'm so excited to share this conversation, her story and her gorgeous and inspiring

1:24.9

outlook, her lens on life and what she's here to do and what we're all here to do.

1:30.6

So I'm so inspired and excited to share that with you.

1:34.2

So let's dive into the conversation.

1:36.1

I'm Jonathan Fields.

1:37.6

This is Good Life Project.

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