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Regrets revealed

“Regrets shouldn’t run your life, you should.”

So said Kevin Hansen at the start of his speech on Tuesday. He talked about regret in Lang Auditorium. Hansen is the founder and manager of SecretRegrets.com and author of the book series, “Secret Regrets.” 

He spent the hour giving examples from his website of real life stories and accounts of people’s anonymous regrets posted daily. 

“It was really interesting to be able to hear other people’s regrets. It made me think about my regrets and how I can move on from them,” said Elise Christenson, freshman anthropology major.

Near the end, one of the more impactful moments occurred when he asked everyone to text him their secret regrets. He read them aloud at the end of the night.

“The best part about the entire presentation was when he read all of our secrets. It really made the whole thing make more sense, and seem more real. Other people are going through the same things, or worse things, than you,” said Rebecca Givens, sophomore elementary education major.

This event was hosted in the interest of student mental and emotional wellness. 

Hansen was featured on  “Dr. Phil” where he talked about his website and brought guests to share their stories and how Secretregrets.com helped them get through it and come out whole. 

Hansen talked about many people he has contacted to use their stories to show others the true power of his website. 

Hansen has a documentary coming up called “Regrets” feauring his website and everything he does to spread awareness. 

“I’m actually excited to hear about this, everyone has regrets in life and it is hard to get past them. I know I do. I always talk about wanting to move on, hopefully this will help. I will definitely be telling all my friends about this site,” said Bianca Calzada, sophomore family services major.

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