Summary: Interview with Amanda Harvey-she is a native of Australia, is currently based in Taiwan. Working as a teacher, trainer, speaker, and writer, sheas spent the last decade living in various countries throughout Europe and Asia. Through her work and life experiences, Amanda has developed a strong passion for encouraging others to embrace their differences and become empowered to choose their own paths. Finding love in an unexpected way, and overcoming the stigma of depression while learning to live a happy, healthy life, provided Amanda with enormous opportunity for personal growth. Making alternative life choices, including living abroad and becoming a mother-of-three through interracial adoption, has shaped Amanda’s sense of purpose in life. In all her work, the key message that Amanda endeavors to share is that there is always a choice, and that the only right way to choose life is your way. Amanda is the author of two books. One is a self-help book entitled Freedom from Shame; Overcoming the Stigma of Depression. This book is a personal account of Amanda’s experiences of coming to terms with suffering from depression. She shares the process she developed and used to overcome the stigma and shame she experienced, and how she is now enjoying a happy healthy life, even with depression. Amanda's other title is Not My Flesh and Blood, But My Heart and Soul. This book is a memoir telling of Amanda’s journey to motherhood through trans-racial adoption. Amanda shares her deep realization that family love can transcend all conventions and stereotypes, and that there are many ways to create a family. She declares that biology is only one way of being related. http://www.choosing-life-my-way.com
