Dr. Tammy Manko

Professional development/body language/etiquette expert, positive-difference-maker, and public speaker inspiring others to lead their most MeaningfulLife.

[Dr. Tammy Manko @TPManko]

Throwback to one of the times I talked with FOUR Kindergarten classes at one time about body language and @IUPedu : https://t.co/Wv5hcTDrn8

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@ByronDonalds Amen!! 🙏🏼

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This is outstanding!!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

She ate lunch alone for 730 days straight. What this 16-year-old built from that pain now protects millions of kids worldwide.

Seventh grade. Natalie Hampton carried her tray through a packed cafeteria and felt it — that specific, suffocating dread of not knowing where to go.

She'd already learned what happened when you approached the wrong table. The silence. The turned backs. The whispered laughter that followed you all the way to the empty table by the wall.

The one everyone could see.

The one that said: nobody wants her.

For two full years — 730 consecutive lunches — that table was hers. Alone.

The bullying went further than whispers. She was shoved into lockers. Four physical attacks in two weeks. She came home with scratches and bruises. When she finally reported it, school administrators sent her to counseling — to find out what she was doing wrong.

The isolation grew so heavy she was hospitalized for anxiety.

Then ninth grade came. A new school. And almost overnight — everything changed. Students welcomed her. She made friends within weeks. She finally knew what safe felt like.

But she couldn't stop thinking about the kids still sitting at the wall table. Right now. Today.

She remembered what she'd needed most during all those lunches. Not a teacher. Not a pamphlet. Just one person saying: "You can sit with us."

So at 16 — with zero coding experience and "a lot of enthusiasm," as she put it — Natalie built exactly that.

She called it Sit With Us.

The idea was simple and genius: students sign up as "ambassadors," keeping their table open. Other kids privately browse available tables on their phones before ever walking into the cafeteria — and show up knowing they're already welcome.

No public rejection. No moment of judgment. Just a guaranteed seat.

Within 7 days of launching: 10,000 downloads.

Then the world found her. NPR. The Washington Post. CBS News. Messages from Morocco, Australia, the Philippines, France — kids who'd been eating alone for years, finally finding a place to belong.

Sit With Us now operates in 30 countries.

"Even if it helps one person," Natalie said quietly, "it was worth building."

She turned 730 lunches of loneliness into a lifeline for millions.

That's not just survival. That's transformation.

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@Monty2740 @danat2585 @VCUBaseball @CollegeBSBShow Way to go, Sean! Well done!

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@Milli0nairePath Upspiral

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@dpatrickaldrin CLEAR

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

A final piece of advice from Holly Butcher - written the day before she passed away from cancer at just 27:

“It’s a strange thing knowing you’re going to die young.

At 26, I thought I had time…
To fall in love.
Start a family.
Grow old.

But cancer doesn’t care about plans.

Now, I understand how fragile life really is. Every single day is a gift, not a guarantee.

I’m not writing this to scare you. I’m writing to remind you: really live.

Stop stressing over little things. Be kind to your body- move it, nourish it, stop criticizing it. One day you’ll wish you had appreciated it.

Go outside.
Look at the sky.
Feel the sun.
Just be.

Spend less time chasing “stuff” - more time making memories. Don’t skip moments with people you love.

Laugh more.
Write a note.
Tell someone you love them.

Complain less.
Give more.
Helping others brings more joy than anything you can buy.

Be present.
Put your phone down.
Show up - really show up.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need a perfect body, or a perfect life.

Just follow what makes your heart light up. Say no to what drains you. Make changes when you need to.

And please - donate blood. I wouldn’t have had that extra year without it. And that year gave me memories I’ll hold close… forever.

Thank you for reading this.
Live your life well.

And maybe… we’ll meet again someday.”

Holly 🩷

Repost & share Holly’s important advice. ❤️

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Today:

1. Look for the positives
2. Believe in yourself & others
3. Be thankful
4. Learn, improve, grow
5. Encourage someone
6. Replace HAVE TO with GET TO
7. Focus on Solutions
8. Trust in positive intentions
9. Let go of things you can’t control
10. Do your best!

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@KirkCameron Yep!! 👍🙏🏼

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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“When you discover God‘s purpose for your life, passion follows.” -Christine Caine

[IUP Career and Professional Development Center @IUPCPDC]

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Happy Memorial Day, Everyone. May we remember and honor its true meaning of the ultimate sacrifice these people made for our nation. “Say a prayer for their families, Lord give them strength.”

@CoffeyAnderson @medtechveterans

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