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     Jim’s story is one of extra-ordinary struggle, remarkable courage and the relentless quest for a better way of
fostering community. His story delivers insight, cultivates empathy, inspires hope and motivates change.
     His story takes you from a desperate childhood, fraught with violence and abuse, to a quest for acceptance, love and connection. He is the personification of quiet triumph. Jim is living evidence that profound personal change is possible. 
     Jim’s workshops sets the tone for open reflection about what we need to do to create more trusting, caring relationships. He inspires the courage to face our personal fears and move forward.
    His work encourages trust, empathy, growth, connection and community. His work is fundamental to understanding and moving beyond the aggression of disenfranchised youth to the creation of healthier and safer
families, schools and neighbourhoods.
    When Mahatmana Ghandi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” He was speaking to the fact that large scale change starts first with personal change. He was speaking to the importance of reflecting on what it is about ourselves that we must change if we are hoping for a better, more meaningful existence: What attitudes, beliefs and fears must we clear away to see the path towards a better world, not just for ourselves but for all of humanity. Jim has spent a lifetime moving towards a more compassionate relationship with himself, his family and his community.

'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein. 

'It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
' Henry David Thoreau.