In this uplifting and encouraging episode Tom Ballard “The Heart Rock Guy” shares:

• His incredible story beginning to help others by sharing “heart rocks”,
• The beautiful, uplifting ideas he shares with students in school assemblies,
• How heart rocks become an “artifact” that helps remind you that you matter and your life has value,
• How reaching outwards in kindness has helped him with his bipolar symptoms,
• The joy that spreads through sharing heart rocks, or finding your own unique form of kindness,
• The benefits of finding purpose in your life to your mental health.

Website: www.takeheart.rocks
Instagram: @takeheart.rocks

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Bio:

Tom Ballard is "The Heart Rock Guy." He is a kindness specialist, motivational speaker, and stone carver. His way of being kind? Making and distributing hundreds of thousands of heart rocks. He believes that people can use heart rocks to strengthen family ties, deepen friendships, and save lives. He's a dynamic storyteller and loves sharing experiences he's had making and distributing heart rocks. As someone living with mental illness, bipolar disorder, Tom believes that using creativity and kindness is how we lift ourselves and others out of the darkness and struggles that we all experience. His goal is to distribute one million heart rocks by 2029. Learn more about Tom's work and mission at takeheart.rocks.

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