What if I told you there were two words?
Two words that, if you fully received them, could deeply improve your life? Two words that, if you offered them bravely to another human being, could completely transform theirs.
Two words. What if that’s all it takes?
Cheryl founded a global movement with a simple card, containing just two words. Over the last 10 years, 3 million cards have connected strangers, neighbors, and quiet heroes through a single act.
Today, Cheryl and I discuss why human beings matter. Now in the age of AI, more than ever. Please help me welcome to Hell Yeah, You Will: Cheryl Rice.
“A society thrives when people feel valued.
Mattering isn’t just personal—it’s the foundation for a healthier world.”
—Cheryl Rice, Founder of You Matter Marathon
Hell Yeah You Will is excited to share this 30-min conversation on perseverance, the two words that change everything, and the upcoming global virtual Mattering Summit.
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About Cheryl Rice
Cheryl Rice is a recognized thought leader on mattering. She believes that if every individual knew, in their bones, that they mattered, and treated every other person they met as if they mattered, every one of us would truly thrive.
Since 1990, Cheryl has been coaching executives, teams, and women leaders at companies like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn Medicine, Campbells Soup, and the Wharton School.
She holds a BA in Psychology from Monmouth, an MS in Education from Penn, and an MS in Organization Development from Pepperdine. She is a certified professional coach, holds a certificate in applied positive psychology, and has taught organization change at the university level.
Cheryl is the author of the memoir, "Where Have I Been All My Life? A Journey Toward Love and Wholeness." Her essays have appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, and Maria Shriver's Architects of Change.
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Register for the Mattering Summit (May 12-14, Global Virtual)
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Primary Coaching Website: Cheryl Rice Leadership
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About My Upcoming Talk
Self-Acceptance to Self Love: The Spiritual Practice of Perseverance
Thursday, May 14th. 12N EST. (25 min)
What if mattering to yourself wasn’t a destination, but a daily practice?
Two years ago, Kristoffer Carter experienced a down-to-the-studs life renovation. Divorce after 25 mostly happy years of marriage. Full surrender into 12-step recovery. What emerged wasn’t a comeback story. It was something quieter and more durable: a pilot light. In this talk, drawing on conversations with world-class experts and the research behind his podcast Hell Yeah, You Will, Kris offers three practices for keeping that light burning when everything goes dark.
Takeaways:
Why self-acceptance must come before self-love, and closing the gap.
The Pilot Light practice: returning to purpose when you can’t feel it
How perseverance becomes a spiritual act (*not a grind)
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Two things get me fired-up as a coach right now.
1. Your X-factors as a human being matter more than ever.
Your clarity. Your presence. Your ability to lead people through chaos without losing yourself. No AI can replicate that. Not yet, not ever. But only if you REMEMBER it. Only if you believe it down to your core.
2. Which is what makes me nervous. In 15+ years of coaching Fortune 500 leaders, I have watched brilliant people forget their worth. Our lives and careers are cycles of forgetting, then remembering. The dip, then the hockey stick.
Our work together? In this time of chaos, change and disruption, we must shorten that dip. Grab 30 minutes with me to chat 1:1 coaching, or training for your team.
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