Molly Bloom (Molly's Game): Constructive suffering, sobriety and tools for transformation

BIO: Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author ofMolly’s Game. She is best known for her memoir, Molly’s Game, which was adaptedinto an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom’s memoirchronicles her journey from college student to LA waitress to building and operating thelargest and most notorious private poker game in the world. Her games featuredhundreds of millions of dollars and players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-Rod, and Ben Affleck.Bloom began her career as a world-class skier. While training as a pre-teen she wasdiagnosed with severe scoliosis and had to undergo surgery that the doctors said wouldend her athletic career. A year later, fully recovered, she was back on the slopes. Shelater joined the U.S. Ski Team and at 21 years old was ranked No. 3 in North America inmoguls, but her Olympic dreams would go unrealized as she left the team to pursueother projects. This led her to what she thought would be a year sabbatical in LA.Bloom was finishing her degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado –Boulder, and was in the process of applying to top tier Law Schools, when her assistantjob turned her into an accidental entrepreneur, running one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world, pulling in as much as $4 million per year.What happened next is where her story truly begins.The film Molly’s Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jessica Chastain (asMolly), Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chris O’Dowd.Bloom has appeared on numerous shows and in media outlets such as Ellen, Vice, TheLos Angeles Times, NPR, Vulture, and has been asked to speak at Fortune’s MostPowerful Women, for companies like Blackrock Financial, SiriusXM Radio, anddelivered the 2018 commencement speech at Colorado State University.Purchase Book: https://amzn.to/3utYA2QIG: @immollybloomIf you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.htmlhttps://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills