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Holly experienced low confidence, self esteem and self worth. Also, her business partner’s views were misaligned with her integrity, values and beliefs. Holly was in a dark/difficult place and felt out of touch with herself. She took inventory of her life, made some life changes and empowered herself to transition to a place that is aligned with her integrity and values. Holly shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:

– meditate by walking in nature
– disconnect from technology
– connecting with nature enables you to connect with yourself
– pay attention to the red flags
– don’t sweep problems under the rug
– respect your intuition and gut feelings
– take inventory of your life
– whatever you may be experiencing, it’s possible to turn it around
– you have the tools to change your beliefs and mindset
– if/when you’re ready to make a change, ask for help
– make decisions based on your highest values

Holly Worton is an author and podcaster. She writes books about mindset and about her outdoor adventures.  She is also an avid hiker, walker, and camper. Nature walks are her way of reconnecting with myself. Nature is sacred, healing, magical. Being out in nature is deeply nourishing to her.  You may know her as the Business Mindset Alchemist. Things are changing and so is her website. She’ll be focusing more on Nature and less on business. She’ll continue to talk about the transformational power of changing our mindset, but for a while she’ll be blogging and podcasting about a variety of things.

http://www.hollyworton.com/ 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQBB23F/ 

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Jake shares a lesson in gratitude. As a tax attorney in corporate America, he felt he wasn’t there for his kids. Jake decided that the quality of his time with his family was important to him. He took his kids out of school and his family spent the next year living in 12 countries. Through this journey, Jake learned that we tend to focus more on quantity (e.g. we collect a lot of stuff) than on quality. Visiting a WW2 concentration camp, a trip highlight, was a humbling experience. Jake shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
– when life kicks you, keep the perspective
– take inventory of what you already have
– be grateful for the blessings and the opportunities that you have
– be clear on what you want
– continue persevering through the challenges

https://jakeacarlson.com 

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Ed lost his dad, when he was 10yrs of age. His mom single handedly raised 3 children. Ed feels that he was the beneficiary of his mom’s story of empowerment and determination. He strives to model his mom, as a parent. Ed used this podcast interview as the opportunity to publicly thank his mom for her sacrifices and her love for her family. He shares these nuggets of life wisdom:
– it’s ok to make mistakes, as we are human
– let’s strive to forgive ourselves and learn from our mistakes
Ed Ahern often detours into literary fiction, but he’s best known as an innovative genre writer and poet. He’s tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for several of his published seventy-nine short stories, seventy-one poems and three books. The stories have appeared in ten countries and, counting reprints, a hundred sixty-three publications. His stories can be listened to through Audible and the New York Public Library. He started writing fiction at sixty-seven, and poetry at seventy.
His editorial skills are based on a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and extensive experience at the Providence Journal. Ed’s been honing the skills for several years at Bewildering Stories, where he serves on the review board and as review editor with a staff of five. (Bewildering Stories is widely known for the author-friendly quality of its critiques.)
Ed also serves as the newsletter editor for the Connecticut River Salmon Association. He’s a member of several writing groups, including the Fairfield Scribes, where he’s known for his tough-love comments.
He has his original wife, but advises that after almost fifty years together they are both out of warranty. Two children and five grandchildren serve as affection focus and money drain.
His work career after university has been an enjoyably demented hopscotch game. U.S. Navy officer (diver and bomb disarmer); reporter for the Providence Journal; intelligence officer living in Germany and Japan; international sales and marketing executive at a Canadian paper company (twenty- three years, seventy four countries visited, MBA from NYU); same job for the company that also owns the New England Patriots; and retirement into writing to make up for lost time.

https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Bane-Edward-Ahern/dp/162989253X 
https://www.amazon.com/Ed-Ahern/e/B07D1SHRBQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share 
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/bios/ahern_bio.html 
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5260562.Edward_Ahern 
https://www.pw.org/content/edward_ahern 
http://www.fairfieldscribes.com/edward-ahern.html

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