WEBVTT 00:00:06.800 --> 00:00:11.680 I am Bernadette Mutirende, and I am a certified life coach. 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.465 I have a master's degree in psychology from Divine Mercy University. 00:00:17.165 --> 00:00:19.105 Actually, I have this here. 00:00:20.765 --> 00:00:22.865 I live in West Orange and New Jersey. 00:00:23.325 --> 00:00:28.610 I am originally from Rwanda and I went through the nineteen ninety four genocide. 00:00:29.150 --> 00:00:36.850 And a few years later, I, fled the country with my kids and then we went to France as an asylum seeker. 00:00:37.790 --> 00:00:45.055 And again, in a few years later in 2010, my family and I migrated to this country. 00:00:46.075 --> 00:00:52.175 And, these were really tough decisions with, pain and the fear. 00:00:52.875 --> 00:00:57.375 So I wish I had someone to help me during those trying times. 00:00:57.700 --> 00:01:03.640 That's why I decided to help others who are going through those trying times. 00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:15.925 I was at that time wondering how can I get those skills, those needed skills in psychology to understand the human mind, to understand the, the people I will be helping? 00:01:16.385 --> 00:01:31.840 One day I was listening to EWTN, right, as I do every morning, and I heard that this ad about IPS, Institute for Psychological Science at that that time and being a a Catholic institute. 00:01:32.380 --> 00:01:33.440 I said, wow. 00:01:33.820 --> 00:01:41.455 So I contacted them and, they explained me everything about IPS model at the time. 00:01:41.675 --> 00:01:46.495 The Catholic, Christian met a model of the person. 00:01:46.875 --> 00:01:53.030 So this is a model that places the person, the human person, in the middle, in the center. 00:01:53.250 --> 00:02:01.670 A human being, a child of God created in the image of God and after the his likeness with the innate dignity. 00:02:02.045 --> 00:02:09.585 And this really actually blew my mind because I have never heard this from any type of education. 00:02:10.205 --> 00:02:18.600 During the twenty eighth month of, this program, it really helped me to heal all those wounds from from the past. 00:02:18.660 --> 00:02:22.920 Every class, every course we had had something special. 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:37.075 But really, the one that touched me the most is the Catholic Christian, vision of the human person and the Catholic Christian vision of flourishing. 00:02:37.535 --> 00:02:43.535 This professor, Ian Murphy, was actually teaching those two classes I just said. 00:02:43.535 --> 00:02:46.250 He really, really touched me a lot. 00:02:46.390 --> 00:02:52.810 And now I'm using it to help others to, to go through the difficult challenges they are going through. 00:02:52.950 --> 00:03:08.635 I would advise anyone who is considering or is contemplating, going to, to divine mercy university, especially to this program, MSP program, I would really encourage them to do so because they won't be disappointed.