How to conquer fear and find happiness | David Williams | TEDxAttica 2019
Throughout his long career in medicine, Dr. David Williams has witnessed much suffering, sickness, and death. Searching for answers about how to be happy when life can be so difficult led him to a Zen monastery and ultimately to inner peace. David Williams grew up in a small town in Michigan where he completed his B.A. degree in biology before entering Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and getting his M.D. degree. After finishing his family practice residency at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, MI, he worked for a federally funded rural health organization in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He later moved back to Detroit to work for the Henry Ford Health System in several primary care centers and in the infectious diseases department treating HIV/AIDS patients. In 1999, he moved to New York to work for the Bassett Healthcare System and to be closer to Zen Mountain Monastery where he has been a student since 1996. Since then, he has worked for the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Cayuga Medical Center, the Neighborhood Health Center in Buffalo before taking his present position at Attica as Director of Health Services.
Facing fear | Sean Wilson | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison 2014
As a kid, Sean Wilson had big dreams....but he gave up on those dreams because of fear. But he discovered the power of education while he was incarcerated, and now has a 4.0 GPA and lives free of fear. Sean Wilson was born in 1989 in Los Angeles into a loving family. Behind his guarded exterior, you‘ll know him by his playfulness, distinct laugh, and generous heart. He is the only athlete you‘ll meet that doesn‘t watch sports, so don‘t ask. Music is his sports, as he is a self-proclaimed rap enthusiast. One thing most people don‘t know about him is he can draw. With a 4.0 GPA, he will be graduating this June with an associate‘s in business management and plans to further his education in the arts. His free time is spent exercising, listening to music, and planning for the future. He wants to learn to produce creative sounds in music that people love.