Removing the Mask: Unlearn Faking It and Shift to Talking About It
In this episode, Halie Rose Bloom shares about the "Fake It Till You Make It” mindset. Explore how we can unlearn the idea of putting on a fake smile and pretending to be the perfect image society wants us to be. Instead, embrace vulnerability and go through experiences authentically with your friends. Don’t fake it; talk about it.
Community, Self-Love, Dedication
In an unfiltered interview with Bold Journey, Halie Rose Bloom shares her thoughts and lessons about resilience for anyone at any stage of their life or career.
“For as long as I can remember, people described me as the child who was “resilient.” It wasn’t a title I chose for myself, but something that became part of my identity, simply because of who I was.”
Navigating Young Adulthood & Life as a Therapist
Halie joined the Healing Corner With Nat Podcast to discuss life as a therapist and her experiences post grad school, the challenges within young adulthood, and working with young adult clients.
Los Angeles Times: Testing company ACT flagged students’ disabilities to colleges.
The lead plaintiff in the case, Halie Bloom, had a history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a reading disability similar to dyslexia. Bloom, who attended high school in Newport Beach, had an individualized education program, or IEP, and received ACT testing accommodations. The complaint alleges that the company acquired her disability status through her testing registration and documents provided by her school counselor and annotated all of the score reports it sent to colleges on her behalf with information about her disability. It further alleges that the company disclosed Bloom’s disability status without her permission to colleges, universities and scholarship organizations through its Educational Opportunity Service, listing her disability status as a searchable data element on which they could sort and exclude her.
College admissions testing company ACT Inc. has agreed to pay out $16 million to California students with disabilities who alleged their rights were violated when the company flagged their disability status to colleges and excluded them from a beneficial recruitment program.