Embrace Your Past Win Your Future

This book was written to inspire, encourage, and uplift the reader. You will find yourself reading it more than once just to be reminded of your great potential. Be blessed.

Mark Crandall, LMSW, LCDC, is a transformational life and business coach, workshop facilitator, Keynote Speaker, Author of Eulogy of Childhood Memories, and the host of Purpose Chasers Podcast. Mark went from a lost boy with countless traumatic experiences to drug addiction, prison, and an undying self-hatred to building multiple a highly sought after motivational speaker, transformational life and business coach, found or the Purpose Chasers Academy, and leads life-changing workshops where he empowers others to break free from their limiting beliefs towards creating the lives of their dreams. In Part 1 of Embrace Your Past Win Your Future Mark shares his story of enduring childhood abuse, trauma, drug addiction, homelessness, and years of incarceration, Mark learned to turn his victimhood into victory. He studied his and other mindset masters' means of harnessing the now. Mark has grown out of pain through a continual process of awareness, dialogue shifts, and transformation. This is the process that Mark teaches audiences through authentic storytelling and engaging group work so that they can integrate hope, resiliency, and a mindset of abundance into their daily lives.Audiences are drawn to Mark because of his vulnerability, humor, and his inspirational story. While pieces of his story are dramatic, he demonstrates that everyone has access to the kinds of shifts he has been able to make in his mindset and his life.Embrace Your Past, Win Your Future will guide any reader past mental blocks and the limiting beliefs preventing them from living the lives of their dreams. Why, you may ask? Because your dreams should NEVER be on hold.

After a career of navigating in the dark, Hang Thi Yen Black, shares her story of breaking free from the confines of generic formulas to become a tenacious woman, mother, and Silicon Valley leader armed with skill, will, and tenacity. Hang's motivation is simple-pave the path with nearly three decades of experience developing resources and resilience so that other women, marginalized by cultural biases, may learn how to:* Level the playing field and arrive at any destination they choose on their own merits, on their own terms, with dignity and authenticity.* Create their own access to powerful networks and resources.* Be inspired to conquer their world, as they choose to define it, with confidence and truth."My hope is that women who have been unseen, and minorities who have been unheard, feel empowered to celebrate their unique identity."

Embarking on the AI Journey: From Novice to Expertise Welcome to the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), where beyond the binary code of ones and zeros lies a realm brimming with untold possibilities. It's time to break free from the shackles of doubt and welcome a future augmented by AI. Embark on this journey with us—it's surprisingly straightforward. Just three steps stand between you and mastery of AI. Hard to believe, right? Yet, it's the essence of this journey. AI is revolutionizing the landscape for diverse groups: Solopreneurs: Revel in the freedom and enhanced earnings AI offers through internet-based ventures. Millennials: Tech-savvy and ambitious, they incorporate AI as a powerful tool in their career arsenals. Generation Z: Students and young professionals find in AI a trusted ally for academics and career growth, not to mention creative pursuits like photo editing and video making. 9 to 5 Professionals: Aspiring to break free from routine, they see AI as a catalyst for entrepreneurial ventures. Network Marketers: Shifting from traditional methods to AI-driven strategies for smarter, more effective marketing. Work-at-Home Parents: Juggling various responsibilities, they find AI a boon for increasing efficiency and profitability. The journey begins with three pivotal steps: Reflect on Your Journey: Understand why AI feels natural to some and daunting to others. Embrace AI as an ally rather than a challenge to overcome. Acknowledge Your Hesitations: Naming your reservations about AI is crucial. It's the first step in taking control and aligning AI with your 2024 ambitions. Dive into the AI Adventure: Overcome your fears and start exploring the potential of AI to enhance your personal and professional life. Imagine the possibilities as AI becomes an integral part of your world, accelerating your success and opening new avenues. This isn't just about technology; it's about empowering yourself to harness AI for your benefit. So, are you ready to dive into the AI ocean and explore its vast potential? The journey promises to be exhilarating, transformative, and indeed, a milestone in your personal and professional growth

When you are struggling with fertility, navigating your options may feel overwhelming. In Embrace Your Fertility, Dr. Timea Belej-Rak demystifies the process with a guide that melds heartfelt patient stories and expert knowledge on the latest resources including: ? naturopathic perspectives by Tanya Wylde, ND, R.Ac. ? acupuncture and East Asian medicine by Tim Tanaka, Ph.D., R.Ac., R. TCMP ? mind body connection by Glenda Johnson, RPT, MCHt ? counseling by Reina Zatylny, MSW, RSW ? medical treatments by Timea Belej-Rak, MD ? sperm donation by Haimant Bissessar, BSc ? egg donation by David Sher, CEO, Elite IVF ? adoption by Sofie Stergianis, MSW, RSW Offering a multifaceted discussion about a complex and emotional subject, Embrace Your Fertility includes chapters by professionals in the field with detailed information about processes and procedures. It includes a look at both mainstream medical interventions and alternative health options from diet to acupuncture and views your fertility struggle from new perspectives. Praise for Embrace Your Fertility Embrace Your Fertility is a splendid book which covers everything you need to know and do to help you conceive a child or otherwise make peace with your fertility. It is written with the authoritative compassion of a physician who has not only been there herself, but has also helped hundreds of other individuals through the fertility journey. This book is a gem that I highly recommend to everyone who is concerned about her (or his) fertility. Christiane Northrup, MD, Ob/Gyn Physician and Author of the New York Times bestsellers: Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Wellbeing, Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom, and The Wisdom of Menopause Compiled by a spiritually-attuned, holistically conscious fertility specialist, Embrace Your Fertility is a comprehensive guide to navigating your fertility journey, complete with wisdom and knowledge about everything from conventional medical approaches to adoption to acupuncture to the mind-body perspectives that optimize fertility outcomes. Filled with stories of women who have navigated their own fertility experiences, readers will find comfort and inspiration alongside grounded, practical information. Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine

An instant New York Times bestseller In Embrace Your Weird, New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions. Including Felicia’s personal stories and hard-won wisdom, Embrace Your Weird offers: —Entertaining and revelatory exercises that empower you to be fearless, so you can rediscover the things that bring you joy, and crack your imagination wide open —Unique techniques to vanquish enemies of creativity like: anxiety, fear, procrastination, perfectionism, criticism, and jealousy —Tips to cultivate a creative community —Space to explore and get your neurons firing Whether you enjoy writing, baking, painting, podcasting, playing music, or have yet to uncover your favorite creative outlet, Embrace Your Weird will help you unlock the power of self-expression. Get motivated. Get creative. Get weird.

You cannot have a new day, a new week, a new month without a new mind. If you do not have a new mind then experiencing a new day is impossible. Without a new mind that is filled with new thoughts you will just be living another day. The phrases in this book that has been inspired by the holy spirit will open your mind to a new wave of thinking. It will broaden your perspective on how to look at the things around you. This book is designed to alter the pattern of your thought life which will in turn shift your behavior. Motivation, inspiration and liberation starts in the mind, your dreams, ambitions and goals need to be cultivated in order for them to flourish. Thinking Godly thoughts will provide you with the substance for you to move forward even when obstacles attempt to hinder you. It's not enough to htink positive but you have to raise the standard and think Godly because Godly thinking will produce Godly results and Godly results will produce supernatural manifestation.

When we are young, we learn how to live life by observing and learning from those around us. But what about when life moves into its second half? As we get older, changes and transitions happen quickly, and without guidance or people to watch and learn from their experiences, we may lose that sense of purposewho we think we are and what we know may suddenly no longer fit. In Embracing Your Future, author and educator Kathy Herrick invites retirees, seniors, and anyone moving into the second half of life to use this faith-based, practical guide to self-discovery to aid their individual journeys and strive to embrace futures of joy and purpose. It can help anyone in this new stage of life to deepen friendships and strengthen their faith walk, showing how to live life with purpose once again. Individuals or small study groups will find Embracing Your Future easy to use and enlightening, and topics include learning from the past, discovering identity, cultivating spiritual gifts, enjoying friendship, pursuing dreams and goals, finding purpose, leaving a legacy, and much more. Everyoneregardless of age and stagehas a purpose in the future, and rediscovering that purpose can be life changing as we embrace God and embrace our own unique futures.