Boston-area doctor and author encourages positivity in children and adults

>> EXPLORING SATURN AND INVESTIGATING METEORITES, HELPING HONEYBEES AND MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE, SUPER SURGEON DR. DYNAMO DOES IT ALL. SHE IS THE CREATION OF DR. WILLIAMS. >> ONE OF THE BEAT OF THINGS ABOUT HAVING HER BEING AN EXPRESSION OF WHO I AM IS THAT IT HELPS KIDS TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. >> WILLIAMS IS A METEOROLOGIST AND SURGEON IN CONCORD AND THE AUTHOR OF A HALF A DOZEN BOOKS. WHEN SHE IS SHARING DR. DYNAMO WITH KIDS, SHE WEARS ORANGE SCRUBS TO MATCH THE CHARACTER. >> SO MANY KIDS WILL TOUCH ME AND THEY LITERALLY HAD NEVER MET A BLACK WOMAN SURGEON, AN AUTHOR. >> VOLUNTEERING INSPIRED HER TO START WRITING. AT THE SAME TIME SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS WITH CHARACTERS THAT LOOKED LIKE HER AND HER FRIENDS. >> I COULD TELL STORIES THAT MODEL WHAT IS POSSIBLE BY CREATING A CHARACTER THAT GIRLS WOULD CONNECT TO, THAT KIDS OF COLOR WOULD SEE THEMSELVES IN. DR. DYNAMO IS ALWAYS READY TO USE HER SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS TO FIX ANYTHING. >> WILLIAMS CREATED A HOME FOR HER ON THE ISLAND OF POSITIVITY AND EMPOWERED THE CHARACTER WITH HABITS TO MAINTAIN THAT POSITIVE MINDSET. >> MANY PEOPLE SAY DO YOU HAVE THOSE FIVE HABITS OF POSITIVITY WRITTEN SOMEWHERE? >> THAT LED TO HER FIRST BOOK OF ADULTS. NOT TODAY NEGATIVITY. >> THE PROCESS OF POSITIVITY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXAMINE WHATEVER YOUR SITUATION IS, WHATEVER YOU ENCOUNTER IN LIFE, SUBJECT AND APPLY IT TO THAT PROCESS AND THEN BE ABLE TO EXTRACT FROM IT THE THINGS THAT WILL NURTURE YOU. >> WILLIAMS FINDS NURTURING FOR HERSELF AMONG NATURE, AT HOME AND IN HER OFFICE, SHE IS SURROUNDED BY PLANTS. >> IT HELPS ME TO BE IN THIS PLACE WHERE I SEE THE WONDER OF THINGS AROUND ME. THE HARDER THINGS GET, THE MORE WE REQUIRE THIS INTERNAL POSITIVE BELIEF SYSTEM THAT ENERGIZES US TO NOT GIVE UP. >> DR. WILLIAMS SAYS HER PARENTS WERE A MAJOR INFLUENCE IN HER LIFE HELPING HER TO BUILD THAT POSITIVE MINDSET. >> THEIR CAREERS, A JOURNALIST AND SCIENCE TEACHER WERE INFLUENTIAL AS TO HOW SHE APPROACHES MEDICINE. THAT IS CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US EVERYONE. >> HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

Boston-area doctor and author encourages positivity in children and adults

Dr. Oneeka Williams shares her five habits of positivity in books for kids and adults

Updated: 8:30 PM EDT Sep 16, 2022

Dr. Oneeka Williams is a urologist and surgeon at Emerson Health in Concord and the author of more than half a dozen books. Her children’s book series follows “Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo” as she uses her surgical skills to fix problems on Earth and in space. Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo is also guided by five habits of positivity. Williams has now written a book for adults about those habits called Not Today Negativity: 5 Habits of Positivity to Cope, Hope and Be Well in Tough Times.

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Dr. Oneeka Williams is a urologist and surgeon at Emerson Health in Concord and the author of more than half a dozen books. Her children’s book series follows “Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo” as she uses her surgical skills to fix problems on Earth and in space. Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo is also guided by five habits of positivity. Williams has now written a book for adults about those habits called Not Today Negativity: 5 Habits of Positivity to Cope, Hope and Be Well in Tough Times.