You Made A Difference: A Year-End Reflection On Impact – Dr. Tina Koopersmith

Your Healing Playground - Dr. Tina Koopersmith  As the year comes to a close, many of us rush ahead—already planning, fixing, optimizing, and preparing for January. But before we move forward… What if we paused to look back? Not just at goals achieved or missed—but at impact. In a world of nearly eight billion people, it’s easy to forget that every single human life matters. That there are no accidents in nature. No extra organs. No useless systems. Our bodies are designed with purpose, redundancy, and wisdom—always with backup pathways to ensure survival and function. So if our bodies are made without mistakes… Why would any human be born without purpose? In this year-end episode of Your Healing Playground, Dr. Tina invites you into a gentler, more meaningful reflection—one rooted in belonging, safety, and contribution rather than pressure or performance. We explore questions like: What does it really mean to “make an impact”? How do small, everyday actions ripple outward? How often do we recognize impact in others—but forget our own? What becomes possible when humans feel safe to belong? Can we forgive past generations who were focused on survival? Can we celebrate that we are here now—precisely because we’re needed?   Impact isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s a smile at the checkout line. A thank-you to the mail carrier. Showing up for your child. Living with discipline, kindness, or joy. Being a steady presence in a chaotic world. This episode is a reminder that you belong—to your family, your community, the human race, and this planet. And that being alive at this moment in history is not random. As we close 2025 and prepare for 2026, this is an invitation to reflect: What difference did you make this year? And how do you want to show up next? What Am I – Children’s Book   Author Dr. Tina Koopersmith   https://tinakoopersmith.com/what-am-i-childrens-book/   ~ More About Your Healing Playground with Dr. Tina Koopersmith ~  Dr. Tina Koopersmith has practiced Western medicine for over 30 years. But she is so much more than a physician. An integrative medicine and fertility specialist, she is a transformational healer and coach who not only brings life to her patients but reminds them that it is their responsibility and, in their power, to bring themselves back to vibrancy and vitality. Root cause healing starts with energy, emotions, communication—between your cells and your soul. As a speaker-coach-author as well as mother, nonconformist, and recovering perfectionist, she is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. She reminds us all that love, play, pleasure and purpose are the secret ingredients to wellness. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access safety and pleasure in a slightly different fashion; this diversity is to be praised and celebrated. When our body feels safe, we can move from our “childhood” survival stress mode to our “Wise Sage Self”. Healing, recovery and regeneration thrive only when we stop resisting what is and celebrate all of life with acceptance of the NOW. Health and Wellness is nourished with empathy, compassion innovation and connection—a total integration of the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic. ALL are worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more: https://drtinaplays.com/  or [e-mail]   To get more of Your Healing Playground with Dr Tina Koopersmith, be sure to visit the archives page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/your-healing-playground-dr-tina-koopersmith/