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Volume 1 Story 5 – Entering the Age of Elegance – Chloe JonPaul, Author

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Chloe JonPaul, Author of "Entering the Age of Elegance"

Chloe JonPaul, M.Ed., is a retired educator and writer of several published articles and a previous book entitled “What Happens Next: A Family Guide to Nursing Home Visits”.

Her many achievements since the age of 55 include:
  • Title of Ms. Maryland Senior America 2003
  • Recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship Seminars Abroad award to South Africa, 1996
  • Volunteer internship during the 2005 Maryland legislative session as a Legacy Leadership Institute graduate
  • Lead facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project in prison and community workshops on conflict resolution for ten years
  • State representative for the National Family Caregivers Association’s caregiver community action network 2006-2008
  • Advisory board member: MD, Healthcare Commission and the Interagency Commission for Aging Services: Maryland Dept. of Aging
  • Hospice and homeless shelter volunteer
  • Coordinator for the Good Samaritan Project at her church
  • World traveler – all 7 continents

    • With her latest book, “ Entering the Age of Elegance: A Rite of Passage & Practical Guide for the Modern Maturing Woman”,  Chloe is on a mission to help midlife and Boomer women navigate the transition into Second adulthood with style and grace.   She challenges women to dispel those myths of aging fostered by the media, pharmaceutical companies and the cosmetics industry.

    To learn more about Chloe and her new book, go to http://enteringtheageofelegance.com/

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    CEO and Founder of Vivacity

    Creator and Producer of The Voices of Women Project

    (c) 2010

     
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    Volume 1 Story 4: Words To Live By…Denise J. Hart, Professor, Actress, Acting Coach, Director, Playwright and Founder of Words to Live By, LLC

    Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

    Words to Live By was founded by Motivation & Creativity Coach Denise J. Hart, MFA. Denise, a 5 year breast cancer survivor, founded WTLB after her mother lost her life to the same breast cancer Denise had survived just one year earlier. Moved to create something that reflects her mother’s zest for life, and Denise’s deep belief in positive thinking, Words to Live By was born.

    Among the many hats she wears, Denise is a tenured College Theatre Professor, a Life Coach specializing in Motivation, Creativity, and Success Strategies. She’s also an Actress (see her work on HBO’s drama THE WIRE), an award winning Playwright, Acting Coach, & Founder/Director of The Children’s Theatre Workshop, Inc. Through Words to Live By she provides coaching, workshops, and creates products that help women to live life with the kind of gusto that results in manifesting their dreams and lving the lives they truly desire..

    Denise is the face behind the popular blog, Solutions from The Motivation Mama! where she blogs about positively real solutions, tips and insights to help women maintain their motivation no matter what’s going on! And the blog Tips for Business Blogging Success providing tips for the newbie business blogger.

    She’s also the mother of one now-very-tall-17 year old son and she’s been a student of personal development for over 25 years. She’s trained at CoachVille, Alex Mandossian’s teleseminars, Group Mastery with Wendy Y. Bailey, & is a featured expert blogger at PeopleJam.com, Selfgrowth.com and a member of Teleseminar Nation.

    Hart is a graduate of the Sarah Lawrence College MFA program and she acknowledges that the schools unofficial philosophy (the Sarah Lawrence Way!) has significantly shaped her “Anything is possible attitude!” For 14 years she’s lived this philosophy by changing the lives of young people through her performing arts camp, The Children’s Theatre Workshop, Inc. “Many of the parents say the positive impact the camp has on their child far exceeds any camp they’ve ever attended. “Well, my mission was simple, to create a place where courage and creativity would go hand in hand!” says Hart.

    Visit Denise online at http://motivationmama.typepad.com/ or http://www.wordstolivebytees.com/

    For further information, Denise can be reached through email at: motivationmama@yahoo.com

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    Kate Sanner

    Creator and Producer of The Voices of Women Project: An Audio Anthology (c) 2009

     
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    Volume I Story 3: Watch Out For Little Vacations…They Can Sprout A World Learning Center!…Marcia Jaffe, President and Founder of the Bali Institute for Global Renewal

    Friday, May 8th, 2009

    Founder and President of the Bali Institute, Marcia Jaffe, took a short holiday to Bali in October 2003 to recuperate from producing a 2,000-person conference in California. She was certain that there were no more conferences in her future as she was tired and ready for something new. Bali felt like a “calling”. While traveling in Ubud, she found herself in deep dialogue with numerous Balinese, and was drawn to their commitment to spirituality, balance and community life.

    But it was the Balinese reaction to the terrorist attack on their beautiful island that was most astounding. The Balinese used their atrocity as an opportunity for deep inquiry into what their culture might have done to generate such bad karma, and what could they do to prevent this from happening again. Their answer has been to reclaim their culture, and to emphasize rituals and ceremonies in their community and with families and children. Bali was also in desperate need to have people come back to the island, since their economic structure had been based on tourism, and the entire island was economically suffering everywhere.

    Before Marcia left Bali, she began to envision a conference that would bring people together to learn from the Balinese — their culture had much to teach the rest of the world, and people everywhere needed to support them in this time of challenge. Marcia teamed up with two other deeply committed and well-seasoned professionals, Wilford Welch and Carole Angermier, and the first Quest for Global Healing conference was held almost a year later with more than 425 people from 22 countries. The second Quest for Global Healing and the first Global Youth in Action pre-program was held in 2006 with more than 650 people from over 30 countries. Both programs focused on how people can make a difference in the world.

    Global leaders attending have included three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Betty Williams and Jody Williams, Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell (the 6th man to walk on the moon), the former president of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid, Bhutan’s Minister of Culture, Afghanistan’s Red Crescent Society President, and numerous others.

    This gathering will be the first program as we launch the new Bali Institute for Global Renewal . Marcia’s new dream is to build a Balinese-designed world learning center based in Ubud. The facility will bring together world leaders and engage global citizens and activists from around the world on a regular basis for shared learning and training. Organizations, universities, think-tanks, learning institutes, consultants, trainers, and global citizens can become members of the Institute and offer or attend programs.

    To learn more about the Bali Institute’s schedule of upcoming workshops, go to: http://baliinstitute.org/workshops/index.html

     
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    Volume 1-Story 2 : She Rose Up from Her Wheelchair to Help Others Heal…Dr. Linda Berry

    Thursday, March 19th, 2009

    Dr. Linda Berry is a Chiropractor, Nutritionist, Trauma Healing Specialist and Author.  Dr. Linda has been helping people find their way back to when they really felt good for more than 26 years. She knows because at the age of 24, she was paralyzed from the waist down from an automobile accident. Before that, Linda was a dancer, choreographer, and a purple belt in Karate. Dr. Linda rose up from her wheelchair to help others heal with chiropractic, nutrition, and trauma healing. Her book Internal Cleansing has been in print for more than 20 years and is available through most booksellers.

    Dr. Linda teaches us how to turn our stress into a mighty fuel to power our lives through her free audio Smile Into Your Distress from her CD The Inner Smile.   She offers the free download of this wonderful audio to our listeners; to download, go to http://DrLindaBerry.com and fill in your name and primary email address in the box on the home page. There you will also be able to subscribe to her newsletter “About Your Health” and obtain valuable information and resources. Dr. Linda’s Breast Defense CD and The Inner Smile CD are also available for purchase on her site.

     
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