Gifts from the Mountain

Simple Truths for Life's Complexities

Gifts from the Mountain is a full-length Star Thrower program that helps viewers better handle everyday challenges in life and at work.

Author Eileen McDargh discusses how her backpacking trips around the world forced her to slow down, consider her surroundings, and get away from the demands of an otherwise hectic life. The lessons she learned helped her become more productive, positive, and purposeful at home and in the workplace. This beautiful and insightful film discusses some fundamental truths to help us deal with life’s complexities by enjoying the journey.

Gifts is based off of the book Gifts from the Mountain, winner of the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award.

 

Concepts from the film include:

  • Look For Viewing Points
  • Every Ounce Counts
  • Don’t Cross The Creek Until You Come To It
  • Watch For Wild Onions
  • The Easy Trail Can Be The Most Dangerous
  • Celebrate How Far You’ve Come

 

Dear Eileen,
It has taken me a little while to let you know how the viewing of your inspirational DVD "Gifts from the Mountain" provided us with a wonderful way to share the many mountains the Kopanang women have climbed in their lives, the wild onions they happened upon, the sharing of a load too heavy for one to bear, the worry and anxiety of overwhelming problems that sometimes overtook them before they happened, the courage they elicited for their journey, the heartache that nearly crippled them, the deaths and losses along the way, yet the incredible joy that persists in the centre of it all, knowing others care enough to sustain them and break bread with them. {...}

So thank you. We will view it again. And again. And continue outpouring our stories.

—Sister Sheila Flynn, The Kopanang Universe Canticle project

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Support Materials

sample image Support materials will be provided on the DVD including: Training Guide, Firestarter Conversation Guides for All Users, Healthcare & Education, a PowerPoint™ Presentation and the Transcript from the film.

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About Eileen McDargh

sample image Eileen is a certified speaking professional (CSP) and her election into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame places her among the top 3% of speakers in the United States. She recently completed two three-year terms on the Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association and also currently sits on an advisory board for Take Back Your Time, a North American initiative for work/life integration practices.

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