Lectures

“I never asked myself why, or why it happened to me of all people. I understood that perhaps I can’t determine what is going to happen to me in life, but I can choose how to respond to what has happened...”
Shay Reller- Developer

"To the abyss and back" - a lecture for companies and organizations

The bus I was traveling in during a trip to Nepal fell 25 meters into the abyss. This accident may have taken away from me the physical ability to walk, but it gave me the ability to influence tens of thousands of people and improve their lives.

In recent years, I have been visiting companies and organizations, including Philips, Migdal, HP, Natibi Israel, Eckerstein, and more, sharing with management and employees a fascinating, moving, and inspiring lecture called “To the Abyss and Back.” In this lecture, I recount how I was able to overcome life’s challenges.

I would also like to share with you, from my personal experience, how you can develop and maintain mental resilience, overcome challenges and obstacles in life, and grow from them.

The lecture allows employees to strengthen their belief in themselves, achieve goals, improve mental flexibility, and develop their performance capacity within and outside of the organization.

“To the abyss and back – all you need to know about relations between therapists and patients”

The lecture discusses the experiences I accumulated during the period I was hospitalized in Nepal and then in Israel, and the physical and emotional rehabilitation I underwent during this time. I talk about my interactions with the rehab team and the medical staff and the important role they played in the process I went through.

I expose my feelings and sensations as a patient undergoing treatment, in the hope of giving medical and rehab staff, present and future, insights that will help them carry out their work in the best possible way. The lecture is aimed at medical teams and rehabilitation staff: doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and students in these fields.

"Working without limitations" - promoting integration and inclusion in employment

Entering the job market is one of the best things that happened to me in my rehabilitation process. Suddenly, I felt that there was a purpose to my life, that I was significant, that I had the ability to lead processes! The road there was not easy at all…

In recent years, I have been visiting companies, organizations, and academic institutions to share my lecture, “Work without Limitation,” with management, employees, and students (future managers). The lecture combines my personal story with insights and practical advice from my life experience to promote the integration of people with disabilities in employment.

The lecture will enable you to:

Be inspired and optimistic
Raise awareness and change attitudes regarding the integration of people with disabilities in the organization
Understand the advantages for the organization in employing a person with a disability
Accommodate employees with disabilities in the best possible way

“Love without limits” – Everything you wanted to know about love, relationships, and disabilities

The lecture is all about love and relationships when disabilities become part of the equation.

All of us (or most of us) are looking (or have looked) for a romantic partner. For some of us, it’s easy, and for others a little more difficult… now add a disability to the mix and you get a real challenge.

In this lecture, together with my partner Idit, we share the story of how a young man in a wheelchair got to know a young lady without any disabilities. We talk about the challenges we had to deal with and take you on our journey to marriage. The goal of this lecture is to bring alive for the audience, out of our personal experiences, the importance of openness, of bringing down barriers and of faith in the process of finding a partner, and faith in a relationship itself.

The lecture accentuates to the audience the power of love and the importance of willpower, and shows how with them it is possible to overcome any difficulty and any challenge.

Testimonials

I'm still full of excitement and appreciation!

I have just now seen and heard you, and I'm still full of excitement and appreciation

Zila

Amazing evening we experienced together!

Thanks for the amazing evening we experienced together. we waited so much to hear your lecture

Sigi

inspiring lecture. Bless you!

Thank you for a fascinating and inspiring lecture. Bless you.

Rafi

Fascinating and exciting!

Your lecture was fascinating, exciting and inspiring. We continue to receive enthusiastic responses from participants

Osnat