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And now @juliaferraioli with "Building Compassion." She's just a wonderful person all around. Let's tune in! #monktoberfest
"I'm a pretty quiet person in real life. I take to Twitter and vent instead. This is the first time I'm talking publicly about what the last six years have taught me about being a better technologist, a better colleague, and a better me." #monktoberfest
"I do various things at @google, from engineering to advocacy. Right now I'm a TPM." --@juliaferraioli #monktoberfest
"Here's a picture of me in an air duct at the Spy Museum years ago. I'm bent over. I'm putting weight on my wrists." --@juliaferraioli #monktoberfest
Next slide: "This is me lying on the couch with an ice pack behind my head. I describe myself as a biological system that's experiencing cascading failures." --@juliaferraioli #monktoberfest
"I've spoken to a lot of doctors. I'm a legit medical mystery. I'm going to throw machine learning at it next." --@juliaferraioli#monktoberfest
"And most of it is due to this jackass." It's an MRI of her spine from the top down. There's an abnormal cyst there. "This can cause paralysis." #monktoberfest
"My body being itself means that I'm in constant pain, from my back to my head to my joints." --@juliaferraioli#monktoberfest
"I don't feel pain in some parts of my body, Unfortunately I can't pick which ones." #monktoberfest
"Raise your hand if you've been ghosted by a date. I've been ghosted by a medical team." SETTLE DOWN BAY AREA, this is not a "Tinder for Doctors" opportunity. #monktoberfest
When you're in constant pain, you want to hide it away from people. Our society tends to equate pain with weakness. --@juliaferraioli #monktoberfest
"Can I be in pain and it be okay?" --everyone with chronic pain#monktoberfest
"Self compassion is hard. It's basically being nice to yourself." #monktoberfest
Stage 1: Say what you want to say. Stage 2 is saying what you want to say in a way that makes your point. Stage 3 is 2 + "and that others can hear it." #monktoberfest
"Save the hot takes for Twitter or /dev/null." #monktoberfest
Talking about compassionate products now. @juliaferraioli highlights Braille LEGO, sliced fruit, a shoehorn. #monktoberfest
Now @juliaferraioli mentioning the Lex wearable chair. I saw them a few weeks ago; I called them "ass antlers." I feel ashamed; I was snarky about a compassionate product. #monktoberfest
"When you're forced to choose, I'd rather spend my time on enjoying my life than recovering from it." @juliaferraioli #monktoberfest
