Posts in Personal Development
Transformation Is A Mindset

During her time in bariatrics, Dr. Hamilton discovered that surgery on the mind was more impactful than surgery on the stomach when it came to weight loss. Thus, the 4 Pillars of Transformation came to be. Through analysis of medical, environmental, behavioral, and mental root issues she realized this approach can be applied to many aspects of health problems and when put into practice on a large scale could revolutionize and improve the current healthcare crisis in America.

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88 More Ways Music Can Change Your Life

After listening to a tele seminar entitled “How Everyone Has a Book Inside Them,” James decided to publish a book along featuring inspirational music stories about how music changed people’s lives. Co-authored with his wife Joann, “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life” was first published in June 2015 and features stories and anecdotes from both regular and famous musicians.

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Everything Happens For A Reason

Art Di Nick is an engineer by profession. In 1977 he was in a horrific race car accident. The car rolled over 3 times and broke apart. The only thing saving him from decapitation was the flimsy roll bar. He thought he was going to die. He caught on fire and spent 6 months in the hospital. In those few moments between life and death his entire life flashed before him. His book As Fate Would Have It discusses the events that he relived in those few brief seconds and how he learned to live for the future, rather than the past.

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The Relationship Between Our Emotional and Physical Health

When I officially started my second career, as an energy healer, nearly forty years ago, I thought emotions were maybe 5-10% responsible for our health. Since then, I found out that emotions play a much more important role, sometimes being exclusively responsible for our state of health, like in the case of fibromyalgia.

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Protect Yourself Inside and Out

Protection is a learned skill. It takes practice and consistent training to be good at it and to stay good at it. But it’s not about living in fear. It’s about awareness and preparation. Living in fear of a physical intrusion or violation does not make us more aware. It does the opposite because we can’t see beyond the fear.

Even as a young woman, I thought the Secret Service was a team worth playing for, but I didn’t think I could ever earn a spot on the team because of my personal deficiencies. I wasn’t big enough, strong enough, experienced enough, and more. It wasn’t until I was given a chance to earn my spot on the team that I realized I did have the ability to do the job. It was a hard job to earn, but I was too stubborn to quit, and that attitude got me far. I had a lot of fight in me.

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How The Secret Service Changed My Life

Personal security is valued by everyone in one way or another. Whether we realize it or not, we are always trying to keep ourselves safe. We’ve been wearing masks and taking precautionary measures to protect ourselves during a global pandemic. We can’t turn on the news without media outlets giving us lists of ways to protect ourselves from cyber scams and other undesirable intrusions into our lives. The desire for safety is human nature.

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March Is Women's History Month

I never knew how strong my mother was until I realized what a beautiful life she had put together for my sister and me under not the easiest of circumstances at times. She had seen war as a child, went from no significant job into a marriage leading to a divorce 23 years later to becoming a successful personal banker at Germany’s largest bank. All while being the most loving and supportive mother anyone can imagine.

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