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EXPERT ALERTS
- 4 Steps to Mental and Emotional Equanimity
- A Simple Trick to Disarm Panic
- 3 Coping Strategies for Challenging Circumstances
- Live Fully by Overcoming Fear
- Continuing the Fight Against Conversion Therapy
- The Most Important Organizing Project You'll Ever Finish
- Uplift Individuals and Communities With Service
- [Business Extremes] 3 Food Supply Chain Tips From a Beef and
Rice CEO
- 5 Ways to Up Your Digital Credibility Game in the Age of
COVID-19
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4 Steps to Mental and Emotional Equanimity
Anne Ockene Boudreau
Author
"You can nourish and strengthen your short- and long-term health
with personal care and preventative health measures that are easily
applicable to your daily life. These include: 1) Make Time for
Self-Care: Establish a routine and schedule time for self-care
throughout the day, whether it's going for a walk outdoors,
exercise, recreation, mediation, or any activity that brings you
joy. 2) Set Boundaries: Learn to say no and stay true to your
personal schedule for self-care. 3) Create a Personal Mantra for
yourself that will serve as a reminder of your investment to care
for yourself and help shift your frame of mind. This could be a
phrase you love or a word that brings you joy and tranquility, such
as sunshine, breeze, rainbow, peace, love. 4) Reset Your Mood: Be
aware of your mindset throughout the day by checking in with
yourself. When you feel anxiety rising, pause, breathe deeply, and
reframe your thoughts to reduce tension and frustration."
Anne Ockene Boudreau is an
inspirational author, coach, and executive who is devoted to
helping others develop healthy self-worth. In her new book, "A
Human Mosaic: Heal, Renew & Develop Self-Worth," she reveals
how self-worth is a critical element for sustainable personal
change.
Anne's desire to focus on the topic of self-worth is derived from
her lifelong passion to address the array of mental, emotional,
physical, and spiritual issues that impede a person's ability to
feel fulfilled and enjoy inner peace. As she learned during her own
challenging early years, low self-worth is a root cause of
negativity, fear, anger, hatred, violence, bullying, and
bigotry.
After years of research and study, Anne developed a unique niche in
coaching others to build self-worth that is predicated on
neuroplasticity — changing one's brain through learning new
thoughts and behavior. Her comprehensive knowledge of the science
of neuroplasticity has been instrumental to mentoring and teaching
sustainable self-change. Through creating new neural pathways in
the brain, anyone at any age or stage of life can transform
themselves to live with healthy self-worth and live the life they
have dreamed.
Prior to her career as a writer, Anne served as director of
marketing and communications for numerous global corporations.
During her 22 years as a business executive, she created programs
to enhance staff morale, increase internal communications, and
train staff on winning client service practices.
Born in Santiago, Chile, Anne has
lived in South America and
Europe, traveled extensively and
is multilingual. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in English and writing.
Through broad exposure to many cultures, she has gained a profound
understanding of the importance of spreading acceptance,
compassion, respect, peace, and love.
"A Human Mosaic: Heal, Renew & Develop Self-Worth," is
foundational to the genre of self-improvement. The capacity to lean
inwardly for strength, courage, and compassion has never mattered
more than in our current volatile world.
Anne lives in Atlanta with her
husband, three spirited children, and three attention-hungry
canines who rarely leave her side. Learn more at
www.LanguageOfSelfWorth.com.
Online Press Kit: www.anneoboudreau.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.LanguageOfSelfWorth.com
Contact: Anita Jakab Kovacs,
ibookinterviews2@gmail.com
A Simple Trick to Disarm Panic
Josselyne Herman-Saccio
Communication expert, forum leader
Landmark
"Your cycle of upset thinking might look something like this: 'I
don't want to get sick, but I need groceries. I need money for my
bills, but my workplace shut down. I want to spend time with my
friends and loved ones, but it feels too risky.' And beyond this
national crisis, think about other nagging issues in life that you
wish were different. For example: 'I want a relationship, but I
can't find anyone great to date. I want to get in shape, but I
don't ever feel like working out. I want to make a lot of money,
but I can't get a raise.'
Each of these statements seem pretty straightforward, but there's a
hidden lie. While it seems natural, using the word 'but'
establishes a lie that is difficult to overcome. The lie is that
your goal is dependent on everything after the 'but.' The lie is
that everything after the 'but' has the power to derail or
terminate your goal when, in fact, there are many different ways to
achieve it.
When you use 'but,' you create a story about why you can't reach
your goal. Changing 'but' to 'and' can help you begin dealing with
facts instead of creating stories about limitations.
Notice that you're more passionate about what's important to you
when you replace 'but' with 'and.' Notice a shift taking place that
opens up new possibilities for taking action. 'But' is the little
lie that robs you of your power. 'And' gives you a chance to see
that even though both things are true — like, you need money for
bills and your workplace is shut down — the one fact is not
dependent on the other. They exist together, but there are more
possibilities to consider."
Josselyne Herman-Saccio is a
communication expert and seminar leader with Landmark — a personal and professional growth,
training, and development company that's had more than 2.5 million
people use its programs to cause breakthroughs in their personal
lives and their communities. In The Landmark Forum (Landmark's flagship program), people cause
breakthroughs in their performance, communication, relationships,
and overall satisfaction in life.
Josselyne has successfully led courses for Landmark for more than two decades. A former pop
singer and songwriter, Josselyne and her group recorded the hit
"That's What Love Can Do," which rose to become the #1 song in
America. She works as a personal manager for actors, writers,
directors, and recording artists and has also worked as a marketing
and branding expert, entertainment producer, and casting director.
Josselyne has produced several films including "Anne B. Real," which won dozens of film festival
awards and nominations.
Josselyne has raised nearly $15
million for various nonprofits. She also produced the first
annual live benefit gala for Families of Freedom, a scholarship
fund to benefit the children affected by 9/11. She is the founder
of United Global Shift, a nonprofit that is committed to shifting
what is possible for humanity by shifting away from fear, survival,
and scarcity towards possibility, partnership, and peace. Josselyne
is the author of several books, including "Peace Promises: 30 Days
to a More Peaceful Life" and "The Promise Effect: How to Create a
Life That Wasn't Going to Happen Anyway" (with Susan Woldman Elfer).
A native of New York City,
Josselyne lives in Manhattan with
her husband, three children, two dogs, and a bird. She serves as
the president of the Board of Directors for her Manhattan co-op, executive vice president of
The Sutton Area Community Board of Directors, Executive Board
Member of the PTA, as well as a Public Member of Community Board 6
Business Affairs and Street Activities Committee. For more
information, visit www.LandmarkWorldwide.com.
Online Press Kit: www.landmark.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.LandmarkWorldwide.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant,
michelle@wasabipublicity.com
3 Coping Strategies for Challenging Circumstances
Anne Grady
Founder, Author, Speaker
Anne Grady Group
"1) Mindset: Your brain views uncertainty as a threat and would
rather have an outcome it doesn't like than one it doesn't
understand. When you understand your brain and the neuroscience
behind anxiety, you can literally train your brain. 2) Skillset,
including intentionally fostering social connection. Social
distancing does not have to mean social isolation. 3) Reset. Train
yourself to focus on what's most important to you. It's looking
toward your lighthouse and reevaluating your priorities instead of
just reacting every day."
Resilience expert Anne Grady is not
your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author,
two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, inspirer, and
truth-bomb dropper. Anne has a master's degree in organizational
communication and has spent the last 20 years working with some of
the largest organizations around the globe. She has become known as
a leading expert on communication, leadership, emotional
intelligence, and resilience, contributing to Harvard Business
Review, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, FOX Business,
and many more. Audiences love her raw honesty, edgy humor,
authenticity, and insight. Anne shares inspiring personal stories,
cutting edge research-based content, and implementation tools to
transfer learning into real life to improve relationships, navigate
change, and triumph over adversity. And she'll make you laugh while
she does it. In her first book, "52 Strategies for Life, Love,
& Work," Anne provides practical strategies to improve
relationships, increase productivity, and reduce stress. In her
most recent book, "Strong Enough: Choosing Courage, Resilience, and
Triumph," Anne draws from her personal life experiences that touch
the hearts and minds of audiences helping them use adversity as a
catalyst to grow "strong enough." Learn more at
www.AnneGradyGroup.com.
Online Press Kit:
www.annegradygroup.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.AnneGradyGroup.com
Contact: Klaudia Simon,
ibookinterviews@gmail.com
Live Fully by Overcoming Fear
Robert DeLaurentis
"Peace Pilot," author, Navy Gulf War veteran, founder
Citizen of the World for the World
"The more you confront your fears, the easier it gets to overcome
them, and your confidence starts to build. Hey, maybe this fear
thing is manageable and your body is just tipping you off that you
have a little work to do with a lesson or two to learn!
Take action and embrace this new life that the citizens of the
world are currently presented. It's the Universe's way of shaking
things up and giving us new opportunities to grow. And to do this,
we must sometimes push past our own (or others') considerable
resistance."
"Peace Pilot" Robert DeLaurentis is
an aviation circumnavigator, author, speaker, pilot, real estate
entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Navy Gulf War veteran. He is the
founder of the "Citizen of the World for the World" global peace
movement to connect humanity through the wonder of flight and the
power of courageous action. His latest books include "Peace Pilot:
To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond" (coming 2021) and the
children's book "The Little Plane that Could." Learn more at Learn
more at www.PoleToPoleFlight.com.
Online Press Kit: www.robertdelaurentis.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.PoleToPoleFlight.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas,
jennifer.wasabi10@gmail.com
Continuing the Fight Against Conversion Therapy
Mathew Shurka
Cofounder, strategist
Born Perfect
"Conversion therapy is based on a flawed, unfounded, and
discredited notion that LGBTQ people are sick and in need of
treatment. It victimizes impressionable young people as they search
to define their identities. It's hard to think of anything that
could be more detrimental to developing
adolescents."
Mathew Shurka is cofounder and
strategist for Born Perfect, a survivor-led national movement
working with legal experts to pass legislation outlawing conversion
therapy and end the harm it does to LGBTQ youth and their
families.
A survivor of conversion therapy from age 16-21, Mathew posted his
personal story on YouTube in 2012. As a result, organizations
nationwide sought his support to protect LGBTQ youth. Mathew began
advocating to end conversion therapy with The National Center for
Lesbian Rights. Together they founded Born Perfect in 2014.
Mathew leads the Born Perfect campaign alongside a team of lawyers
and conversion therapy survivors seeking to protect LGBTQ+ people
through legislation, litigation, and public education. To date, 20
states and almost 70 municipalities in the US have passed laws to
protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy through the legal work
of Born Perfect.
Mathew's influence and personal advocacy has been vital for passing
legislation, creating new policy with medical and corporate
organizations, and bringing awareness to mainstream media to
further educate and help create inclusion for all people. Mathew
lives in New York City as a proud
out gay man. Learn more at www.bornperfect.org.
Online Press Kit: www.bornperfect.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.bornperfect.org
Contact: Klaudia Simon,
ibookinterviews@gmail.com
The Most Important Organizing Project You'll Ever Finish
Darla DeMorrow
Founder, certified professional organizer (CPO®)
HeartWork Organizing, LLC
"Do you know where your most recent digital files are most of the
time? Do you feel organized? Many people have time at home right
now that they may never have again, which is perfect for taking on
an organizing project. I can find a reason to organize anything,
whether home or office, but organizing your photos might just be
the most important organizing project you'll ever finish."
Darla DeMorrow is a certified
professional organizer (CPO®), decorator, speaker, and founder of
HeartWork Organizing, LLC, based in Wayne, PA. Her mission is to help people
achieve a sense of peace and purpose. She is the author of several
inspiring books on getting organized, including "The Pregnant
Entrepreneur," "Organizing Your Kitchen with SORT and Succeed," and
"Organizing Your Home with SORT and Succeed." Her newest book is
"The Upbeat, Organized Home Office" (January
2020).
Darla holds a master's degree in business administration from
Temple University. She is an active
member of NAPO (National Association of Productivity and Organizing
Professionals) at both the national level and locally within the
Greater Philadelphia chapter.
Darla is a certified photo organizer with the Association of
Personal Photo Organizers (APPO). She is a one-day staging
professional and a member of the Real Estate Staging Association
(RESA). She is a certified Color With No Regrets consultant, using
a client-centered approach to provide beautiful,
scientifically-based color selections. Darla is also a Certified
Evernote Consultant. She is constantly honing her skills to provide
her clients the best in organizing and design.
Darla is the host of Organizing Elephants, a local access
television show. She is a former member of the volunteer fire
department ambulance crew, an avid reader and podcast listener, and
the rescuer of a homeless Siamese cat. Darla speaks French and
enjoys traveling to France
whenever she can.
When not redesigning client spaces, you will often find Darla
working on her own home — which she shares with her husband and two
young daughters. To learn more, visit www.HeartWorkOrg.com.
Online Press Kit: www.darlademorrow.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.HeartWorkOrg.com
Contact: Anita Jakab Kovacs,
ibookinterviews2@gmail.com
Uplift Individuals and Communities With Service
Gurvinder Singh
International Humanitarian Aid Director
UNITED SIKHS
"[T]he development of enlightened and progressive societies can be
made possible by socially conscious groups of people who make a
commitment to develop and direct human potential. … There is no
greater endeavor than to serve, empower, and uplift fellow
beings."
Gurvinder Singh is International
Humanitarian Aid Director for UNITED SIKHS, a United
Nations-affiliated international non-profit and non-governmental
organization devoted to humanitarian relief, human development, and
advocacy. Their goal is to empower those in need, especially
disadvantaged and minority communities across the world.
UNITED SIKHS works to transform lives, alleviate suffering, and
protect the underprivileged and underserved. They engage directly
with those in the wake of disaster — whether natural or man-made —
to ease suffering from strife such as hunger, illiteracy, disease,
or violation of civil or human rights. Through their efforts, they
help people in need carve a path to becoming informed, vibrant
members of society. Their programs are available to anyone,
regardless of color, race, religion, or creed. Visit
UNITEDSIKHS.org.
Online Press Kit: www.UNITEDSIKHS.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.UNITEDSIKHS.org
Contact: Michelle Tennant,
michelle@wasabipublicity.com
[Business Extremes] 3 Food Supply Chain Tips From a Beef and
Rice CEO
Ken LaGrande
CEO
LaGrande Family Foods Group
"How you handle your business in extreme circumstances is
remarkably similar to how you handle it in normal times. If you
prepare today for tomorrow's emergencies, you will respond better
when the next crisis hits. 1) Be on the lookout for the next
extreme situation and put a 'response triage' process in place. The
most critical moment for a leader is their first response in a
crisis. In extremes, business owners also need to have a triage
process that helps identify what they can control, what they can
change, and what they will need to accept as inevitable. 2) Lean
into transparency and keep your team from telling themselves a
story. In times of uncertainty, what you don't want is the rumor
mill starting. The best way to counter chatter at the water cooler
is with information. If people don't have information, they will
tell themselves the story, and in the middle of a pandemic, the
chances of that story being accurate or positive are very slim. Do
they need to know every detail of the business's banking and
finances? Of course not. But what they do need is accurate,
transparent, consistent information so they can build a story in
their mind that represents the reality of what is happening. 3)
Build government relationships early, before you need them. In any
extreme in a business situation, there is some component of
government relations. Staying aligned with regulations, changes,
and future plans by way of government relations will keep the
phobias minimized as well. Right now, people are afraid, and when
we operate from a place of fear, we make mistakes and we misjudge
situations."
Ken LaGrande is the founder of
LaGrande Family Foods Group, a leading provider of food products
and processes. In 1851 the LaGrande family moved to the Sacramento
Valley, where they run their fifth-generation family farm. Among
other things, they grow, dry, mill, and market rice. In addition,
Ken and his family are also multi-generation cattle farmers. Their
businesses include: Sun Valley Rice, Planet Rice (voted "best whole
grain" for Delicious Living Magazine's Best Bite Award), Valley
Select, and Foothill Warehouse.
Ken is a longtime activist for California water issues and the former
chairman of the board for the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, the
water service provider to over 130,000 acres of irrigated
agriculture in the Sacramento Valley. Ken is also the former
chairman of the Sites Project Authority, a public agency whose
mission is to promote the development of off-stream storage
reservoirs in Northern
California.
In 2019, Ken's company Sun Valley Rice was the first US rice miller
to sell rice to China. He has been
featured on CNN and CNBC.
In addition, Ken is a member of the board of the USA Rice Millers Association and Delta Water
Fowl, an organization dedicated to the conservation of duck habitat
in North America. Ken is also an
active member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization), the world's
premier peer network of chief executives and business leaders.
Ken is the author of A Rice Conversation. He graduated from
Santa Clara University with a
bachelor's degree in finance. Ken and his wife, Julie, grow rice
and run a cow-calf operation. Visit LaGrandeFamilyFoods.com.
Website: www.LaGrandeFamilyFoods.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant,
michelle@wasabipublicity.com
5 Ways to Up Your Digital Credibility Game in the Age of
COVID-19
Karen Tiber Leland
President
Sterling Marketing Group
"1) Polish up your LinkedIn profile. 2) Look and sound your best on
Zoom/video conferencing and TV to create more trust and engagement,
as well as amplify your message. 3) Freshen up your brand to meet
the times for what's needed now. 4) Shout credibility with your
website and social media. You must be 100% on message and looking
your best online. More eyes than ever are looking at you online and
if you don't shout credibility, you will lose business. 5) Find the
places where you can 'virtualize' your business and bring those
aspects online."
Karen Tiber Leland is president of Sterling Marketing Group, a
boutique branding & marketing firm. Her clients include
LinkedIn, Twitter, & Google. She is the best-selling author of
nine traditionally published books, which have sold more than
450,000 copies. Her latest is "The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design,
Build, and Accelerate Your Brand." She writes for Inc.com and has
spoken at Harvard, Stanford, and TedX. She is a frequent guest of the
media and has been interviewed by CNN, CNBC, Fox, and Oprah.
Website: www.sterlingmarketinggroup.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant,
michelle@wasabipublicity.com
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