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When Mary’s sister was diagnosed with cancer, she took in her sister’s 3year daughter. What was meant to be a 3 week stay turned into Mary serving as a substitute parent to her niece, as her sister passed away, due to complications from the cancer treatment. Mary journaled about her journey. With her niece’s permission, she wrote the book “I know it in my heart”, the story of a grieving caretaker, trying to understand a grieving child. Mary shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
– children teach us how to get through the loss of someone that we love
– grief is about understanding the emptiness
– for those children that are struggling with the loss of a loved one, find the closest center for grieving children

Mary E Plouffe is a clinical psychologist with 35 years of experience as a clinician teacher and consultant. She served on the faculty of the Maine Medical Center psychiatry residency training program, the Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and the Collaborative School, and provides consultation to schools and courts. Her essays have been published by NPR, On the issues Magazine, Mothers Always Write,Brain/Child Magazine among others.

http://www.maryeplouffeauthor.com/

http://www.maryplouffe.com/

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After Bryan’s parents divorced, he turned to food to fill the emotional gap, became 100 lbs overweight and was consumed by anxiety. He struggled to make a change. His wife was at death’s bed, due to chronic illness. This forced Bryan to look at his role as a husband and father. He didn’t want his son to experience the same anxiety that he did as a child. Bryan learned that motivation for change is driven by deep rooted values. This enabled him to transform his life. Bryan shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
– even in the darkest moments, there is light
– you are empowered to make a change
– practice self love and self acceptance
– allow for the good in us to come through
– allow for ability to achieve better things
– you deserve to have those things
– spend time to discover and identify your deep rooted values
– those values will be the catalyst and sustainable force for change in your life

Bryan is a best-selling author, speaker and life coach. He has faced major adversities and learned how to overcome and achieve. From obesity to running marathons, from career struggles to success as a CXO, from watching illness threaten his family to finding lasting health, he has been through many lessons he used to develop his unique approach to inspiring others succeed.

Bryan’s work has been featured in several top publications like Inc. Magazine, The LA Times, Chicago Tribune and more. He has spoken at multiple TEDx events, and has been a featured guest on over 100 podcasts and radio shows.

While Bryan lives in the US, he has worked and lived in numerous countries and cultures across the world, giving him a truly global perspective.

http://www.bryanfalchuk.com
http://www.facebook.com/bryanfalchuk
http://twitter.com/bryanfalchuk 
http://instagram.com/bryanfalchuk 
http://www.bryanfalchuk.com/tedx 

https://www.doadaybook.com/

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Jeffrey struggled to provide high end portrait photography in a small country town. One day, a lady told him “I don’t have the luxury of worrying about my children’s memory. I’m struggling to pay for rent this month.” Jeffrey realized, that by providing a luxury product, he was speaking his language (or lingo) to the wrong audience and that you can’t convince someone to value something they don’t hold. He set about on a journey to study his target audience and reinvented himself. Jeffrey uses his intuition as a photographer in his current passion as a branding and marketing consultant. He shares these powerful nuggets of life and business wisdom:
– surround yourself with people that value who you are
– share time and experience with people that share your values
– have empathy and understanding of the people that you wish to serve
– put yourself in the shoes of those you wish to serve, without judgement
– as we head towards a world of higher technology, we are likely to crave more humanity and empathy
– we choose to connect with those who take the time to express empathy and understanding for who they are
– our clients need to know that we ‘get them’
– determine what emotionally triggers your clients to say yes and be loyal to a brand and how did the brand honor that loyalty and keep those customers
– businesses need to evolve quickly emotionally as the values of society change
– ask your clients “what drives you crazy”, this can become the catalyst for the work that you do

Having a keen eye isn’t just for what one sees, but also for what one senses. Having been one of the most sought after portrait photographers in the U.S. for more than three decades, Jeffrey Shaw, a.k.a. the Lingo Guy, uses this honed intuition to teach entrepreneurs how to attract their ideal customers by speaking their Secret Language. 
Jeffrey is host of the popular business podcast Creative Warriors, a nationally acclaimed keynote speaker, a TEDx speaker, a business coach for entrepreneurs, and author of the bestselling book, LINGO: Discover Your Ideal Customer’s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible.

https://www.jeffreyshaw.com/
http://lingoreview.com

http://lingomediakit.com 

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branding, marketing, consultant, author, photographer, coach, trainer, TEDx, speaker, podcaster, entrepreneur, storiesthatempower.com, stories that empower, empowering stories, empowerment stories, stories of empowerment, stories of empowering others, self empowerment stories, stories empower, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, uplift, uplifting, upliftment, hope, light, Sean

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