Molly Bloom (Molly's Game): Constructive suffering, sobriety and tools for transformation

<p><strong>BIO: </strong></p><p><em>Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of</em></p><p><em>Molly’s Game. She is best known for her memoir, Molly’s Game, which was adapted</em></p><p><em>into an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom’s memoir</em></p><p><em>chronicles her journey from college student to LA waitress to building and operating the</em></p><p><em>largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. Her games featured</em></p><p><em>hundreds of millions of dollars and players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-</em></p><p><em>Rod, and Ben Affleck.</em></p><p><em>Bloom began her career as a world-class skier. While training as a pre-teen she was</em></p><p><em>diagnosed with severe scoliosis and had to undergo surgery that the doctors said would</em></p><p><em>end her athletic career. A year later, fully recovered, she was back on the slopes. She</em></p><p><em>later joined the U.S. Ski Team and at 21 years old was ranked No. 3 in North America in</em></p><p><em>moguls, but her Olympic dreams would go unrealized as she left the team to pursue</em></p><p><em>other projects. This led her to what she thought would be a year sabbatical in LA.</em></p><p><em>Bloom was finishing her degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado –</em></p><p><em>Boulder, and was in the process of applying to top tier Law Schools, when her assistant</em></p><p><em>job turned her into an accidental entrepreneur, running one of&nbsp;the most exclusive, high-</em></p><p><em>stakes underground poker games in the world, pulling in as much as $4 million per year.</em></p><p><em>What happened next is where her story truly begins.</em></p><p><em>The film Molly’s Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jessica Chastain (as</em></p><p><em>Molly), Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chris O’Dowd.</em></p><p><em>Bloom has appeared on numerous shows and in media outlets such as Ellen, Vice, The</em>