Hotel SA September 2023
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W O M E N I N H O T E L S<br />
PENGUIN BLOOM:<br />
LESSONS FOR ADVERSITY<br />
Photo courtesy Cameron Bloom<br />
Keynote speaker Samantha Bloom – the inspiration<br />
for the movie Penguin Bloom – delivered so many<br />
messages of inspiration it’s hard to know where<br />
to start.<br />
Living a dream existence, Sam’s life was turned<br />
upside down when she fell six metres onto concrete.<br />
Her devastating injuries included severe damage<br />
to her spinal cord, leaving her paralysed from the<br />
chest down.<br />
Struggling with suicidal depression, Sam tapped into<br />
the spirit of an injured magpie, “Penguin” , to piece<br />
together a new life and become a world-class athlete,<br />
author and household name.<br />
Encapsulated into a single sentence, her recovery<br />
almost sounds like a fairytale.<br />
Far from it… and Sam tells her story raw.<br />
Her style has been described as “unflinching”, and it is.<br />
It is a powerful insight into the “how” and “why” of an<br />
individual, who was broken physically and mentally,<br />
triumphing against devastating odds.<br />
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