🎉 Today, as I celebrate my birthday, I’m excited to share something meaningful that has grown from my personal experiences, professional journey, and commitment to helping others.
Over the years, I have faced challenges that many people experience but rarely talk about openly:
❤️ Growing up with a cleft lip and palate and learning to embrace being different.
💼 Rebuilding my life and career after being laid off.
📱 Managing the daily challenge of screen addiction in an increasingly digital world.
These experiences inspired me to write and publish three books:
📘 Embrace Different
A book about self-acceptance, resilience, confidence, and turning differences into strengths.
📘 How to Come Out of a Layoff
A practical guide for navigating career setbacks, rebuilding confidence, and creating new opportunities.
📘 How to Come Out of Screen Addiction
A guide to reducing digital distractions, improving focus, and creating healthier technology habits.
📚 Available Now
👉 Gumroad:
https://rishniperera.gumroad.com
👉 Payhip:
https://payhip.com/RishniPerera
👉 Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9GQT3NC
🌍 Beyond the books, I continue to build and grow Embrace Different, a platform dedicated to facial difference awareness, emotional wellbeing, inclusion, and digital empowerment.
🔗 Embrace Different:
https://embracedifferent.org
Professionally, I have also evolved my career into a new direction as a Product Experience & Adoption Strategist, helping organizations improve product onboarding, user adoption, engagement, and retention.
If your organization is looking to improve how users discover, learn, adopt, and gain value from digital products, I’d be happy to connect.
🔗 LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishniperera
🔗 Upwork:
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~012e6531560270098d?mp_source=share
Thank you to everyone who has supported my journey.
Every challenge became a lesson.
Every setback became an opportunity.
Every difference became part of my story.
Here’s to another year of learning, creating, and making a positive impact. ❤️
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