Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Mary Ellen Ciganovich, on air from February 9th
Mary Ellen Ciganovich is a writer, speaker, educator and author. She is Director of R.E.A.L Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mary Ellen knows when you are Really Enthusiastic About Life you can live peaceably.
Mary Ellen began her healing journey as a child through dealing with a diagnosis of epilepsy as well as a very dysfunctional family. She went to the University of Georgia graduating in Education. She has a daughter and has used her teaching skills to help children in many impoverished areas of our country.
Her first marriage ended and Mary Ellen became a single-parent working mother. She received a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. While searching for healing, Mary Ellen turned to Spiritual education classes at The Awareness Center of Atlanta. She studied all books of the Bible plus “A Course in Miracles” where she became aware of her healing power.
She remarried and moved to NC where she continued her healing studies at The Awakened Heart Center. Mary Ellen began studying Chinese herbs and other holistic healing practices.
Mary Ellen moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. She began studying Ayurvedic healing to find ways to deal with Multiple Sclerosis. Mary Ellen learned many successful therapies for MS, from the diet, exercise, herbs, and supplements to identifying her body type to utilize specific treatments.
She is the author of two books. Healing Words, Life Lessons to Inspire, and T.R.U.T.H Taking Responsibility Unleashes True Healing.
Are you tired of feeling let down and uninspired? Do you want to see your life differently? Are you a single parent or going through a divorce? Do you want to learn how to have peace in any relationship or do you just want to learn how to wake up to feel empowered?
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Nadine Hanchar, on air from February 9th
I wrote this book because I had so much success with my clients and students with the PEP Personality Process that they kept asking me for more information. Since most of it in the early days was just in my head I began to define it and refine it into the system it is today and I am grateful that the feedback I am getting from the readers of the book is that they are getting value from it too. My intent is to assist people in having better relationships and communication.
This book is a guide that delivers an in-depth look at your PEP Personality Process and its benefits for those seeking self-development and improvement in their relationships at home and in the workplace. It is an excellent tool for gaining insight into the processing styles of all the key people in our lives.
Knowing our own style gives us insights concerning our tendencies and those of others. It teaches us, how we filter information, how we communicate with others, how we handle stress, how to feel more secure, how we best understand and learn. All of us have a need to be seen and accepted for who we are, to be heard and understood, to feel connected, and to make sense of the world around us.
Whether we know it or not, everyone has a processing style, and it influences how our environment affects us, how we make decisions, how we interpret things, and how we react to situations.
Throughout the book, readers learn about the various personality processing styles and their communication skills, behaviour patterns, challenges and talents. Gaining these insights will give readers the tools to build successful relationships with others.
Anyone who is looking for assistance with gaining a greater sense of self-awareness and feelings of empowerment will find that the answers can be found by developing a deeper understanding of who you truly are.
Our differences give a richness, a creativity, that can broaden our horizons. Our diversity illuminates different ways of doing things, allowing for innovations, new insights, and helps us grow and enrich our lives. Accepting ourselves, creates empowerment, freedom is gained when we accept others for who they are, and happiness is a result of acknowledging that we are all worthy of respect.
assists us in knowing how we learn and what is the best way for us to learn;
opens our eyes to our natural talents and abilities as well as our challenges and pitfalls;
gives us ways to regain peace and move back into balance when we get stressed or go out of balance;
shows us how we interface with the environments around us and how that can affect us;
helps us get a handle on what is going on when we feel insecure, and what we can do about it.
In short, it empowers us, helping us to make sense of our world and those in it.
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More about what I believe: Creating Better Relationships, Makes a Better World!
When we accept ourselves, we create empowerment. Freedom is gained when we accept others for who they are, and happiness is a result of acknowledging that we are all worthy of respect.
Our differences make us stronger, and our collaborative contributions innovate and build better, stronger organizations; more solid and trusting relationships; and diverse and growing communities that promote a more enlightened world.
In my 30 plus years of working and developing the PEP Personality Process with my family, friends, students, groups, business teams and clients, I have learned a few important things about relationships.
All of us have a need to be accepted for who we are, to be understood, to feel secure, and to make sense of the world around us. We all want to be connected, heard, and seen, and to know we are loved. As we get to know ourselves better, we have better relationships with others, communicate more effectively, appreciate our differences, and better accept one another.
The PEP Personality Process is an excellent tool because it assists us in gaining insight into the personality types of all the key people in our life: our spouse, children, bosses, co-workers, students, friends, and clients or customers. With it, you can discover what others expect from you in terms of communication and behaviour—and what you are expecting of them.
In studying and learning NLP (neurolinguistic programming) and human psychology in conjunction with my spiritual explorations and personal experiences, I discovered that people are rich and layered, and are fascinating. From a very early age, I wanted to know what made people tick. I was always asking questions and observing other people’s behaviours. I began to see patterns, then insights would come to me, and suddenly pieces would click into place.
It truly is my dream to live in a world where people are valued, respected, and accepted for who they are no matter what their culture, religion, country, sexual preference, financial situation, education, or gender. It is my dream to live in a world filled with unity, compassion, and joy. This book is a contribution to that vision. I hope people find it useful and enlightening.
Nadine Hanchar, is the developer of the PEP Personality Process and a Master Trainer of NLP, Bestselling Author, Speaker, Trainer, Counsellor and Consultant. Specializing in relationships, trauma, communication, personal and professional development. Her results-oriented approach allows the person, couple, family or organization to go forward with a better quality of life.
My Company Background:
Counselling: specializing in Relationship issues and Trauma.
Consulting: for businesses, entrepreneurs, management and leadership teams
Best Selling Author: “Knowing Me, Knowing You – The PEP Personality Process” , “A Book to Live By – workbook and journal”, “Sparks of Light – Sacred Hearts Rising”
Speaker: on a wide variety of topics
Trainer: Certification courses in NLP, Hypnosis, Counselling and Coaching
Facilitator of Personal Enrichment Programs personal growth & spirituality classes
My background:
I started my own personal growth journey at age 16 and started leading personal growth workshops at age 19. I then went into business opening a Sporting Goods Store which taught me so many things because as an entrepreneur you do everything. I then went to work for an Independent Newspaper where I quickly ended up managing the advertising department. I also continued my personal and professional studies evenings, weekends and holidays.
I have always been passionate about people, personal growth, and practicality. For over thirty six years, I have studied extensively in Canada and the US to learn about NLP, hypnosis, philosophy, spirituality, communication, nutrition and healing. I consider myself a very holistic person taking the body, mind and spirit into consideration.
I have been in private practice since 1986 and began and taught my Personal Enrichment Programs since then. I am a Certified Counsellor, Consultant, Speaker, Author & Master Trainer of Time Release Therapy™, Hypnotherapy, and Neuro-Linguistic Psychology™. I am the developer of the PEP Personality Process for which I published a book called ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You – The PEP Personality Process”. I opened the Private Post-Secondary Education Institute in 1994 where I then offered certification courses to others.
I work with individuals, couples and organizations
I specializes in the PEP Personality Process and how personality styles affect communication, behaviour and life
I assist people in discovering more choices
I assist people in building better relationships at home and at work
My Why:
I have always been fascinated by people. I moved a lot as a young person and had to learn to fit in and make friends and got to observe many different people in a multitude of settings and situations. People naturally gravitated to me with their issues and I seemed to be able to give people a different perspective which often assisted them and this was before I had done any formal training. It seemed like a natural fit and it was something I was genuinely interested in.
I believe that “Positive Action Inwardly Produces Love”
Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Jutta, on air from January 19th
“Positive Birth Psychology” and why a positive emotional and positive habits approach is now more needed than ever in birthing!
During these times of a global pandemic, there number of people all over the world, suffering from anxiety, depression and worries is on the rise. I read that depression has risen by 300 %.
The vision of “Pregnancy and Birth” does not seem to be a happy event anymore. Now there are so many changes in hospitals, the birthing experience is being overshadowed by uncertainty, anxiety and worry.
“Positive Birth Psychology” gives pregnant women and their partner’s simple exercises and techniques to go from pessimism to optimism; retraining your mind, body, emotions into doing more positive habits, more often. Many of the techniques can be done with a birthing partner which strengthens the bond in the relationship and includes the partner more in the birthing journey.
As an experienced midwife and NLP Trainer /Hyopnotherapist, I like to work with different methods to empower my clients to feel more positive, build true resilience and create more happy and posititve habits that they benefit from during pregnancy to birth and into the rest of their life. Sounds too good to be true? Of course, change takes time and practice, so I will speak a lot about how to build healthy habits and how you can use “Positive Birth Psychology” techniques such as kindness and gratitude to get out of trauma.
I have consulted with over 10,000 women in my program Happy Birthing Days and welcomed over 3,000 babies into the world. I help countless pregnant women transform their “idea” and “experience” of pregnancy from negative to positive via my weekend workshops, book, private sessions and online seminars and programs.
Lets make 21 a more positive year than ever, and lets start now!
Jutta is a Midwife of 38 years, NLP Trainer & Yoga Teacher who offers Online Pregnancy Consulting & Online Child Birth Classes and Workshops. Jutta has consulted with over 10,000 women in her method “Happy Birthing Days” and welcomed over 3,000 babies into the world. I help pregnant women (& their partners) transform their “idea” and “experience” of pregnancy from negative to positive via my weekend workshops, book, private sessions and online seminars and programs.
Jutta shares her expert birth preparation so that you (& your partner) can have a joyful, calm birth. ?? How to make the best decisions for you and your baby during your pregnancy. ?? How to feel more calm and relaxed in your body. ?? How to love your pregnancy and have a happy birth you deserve… without fears and self-doubt.
QUANTUM SPIRITUALITY with Sara Troy and her guest Joanne Derbolowsky, on air from January 5th 2021.
Embracing Change with Self-Knowledge and Kindness
In a world where uncertainty has become a constant, stepping into the unknown with confidence begins with knowing which foot to lead with. And for that, you must first know yourself. The deeper your self-awareness, the easier it becomes to release limiting patterns and shed old baggage that no longer serves you.
Self-discovery is the key to reinvention, allowing you to navigate life’s challenges with greater ease and resilience. As the saying goes, nothing stays the same—or as wisdom reminds us, this too shall pass. By detaching from the temporary, we free ourselves from unnecessary burdens and open the door to greater happiness and peace.
And in this journey, let’s not forget the power of kindness—to ourselves and to others. Life is filled with challenges, but the more we extend understanding and compassion, the lighter the load becomes for everyone. Small acts of kindness ripple outward, creating a world that is not only easier to navigate but also richer in connection and meaning.
Johanna Derbolowsky, best-selling author of “The Transformation Promise“, and the recently published workbook “28 Days to Love, Joy, and Prosperity”, has helped clients worldwide with life’s major changes and transformations. From identifying long past incidents that can be the source of current major depression or health issues… to dealing with career changes, finding and sustaining fulfilling relationships, to the truly ultimate transformation at the end of life. Ms. Derbolowsky, the Quantum Heart Field Experience developer, is a recognized metaphysical teacher, spiritual counselor, and energy healing coach. Johanna has worked for more than 25 years in the field of metaphysics. In addition to her primary work, she is an ordained minister with the International Metaphysical Ministries, a hypnotherapy, and Matrix Energetics practitioner, past-life regression and timeline therapist, Reiki Master, and life coach. She has a private practice and conducts seminars in the US and Europe and teaches at the A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Center in NYC.
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With another year of managing my hedge fund coming to a close and the business still not profitable (i.e., we are not able to pay employees market salaries while also funding all the infrastructure costs of a hedge fund from legal to auditing to fund administration, etc.), I decided to go to a course entitled “Reignite.”
It sounded like just what I needed to get SaLaurMor to the next level in 2016.
All I had to do was get down to Orlando (frequent flyer miles helped there) and then the course was free except for just a $99 per night fee for the resort.
The description for the weekend was very enticing as well: “Learn how to re-ignite your finances, business, career and relationships. The weekend delivers change that lasts. We provide the real-life tools customized for your personal roadmap to getting results – so that you can live the life you choose.”
I decided to sign up for the session that started on December 18 and ran through December 20. I was positive it was going to get me ready for a 2016 that would be unparalleled.
There were people from all over Florida, but very few from outside the state. It was the last few days before Christmas and if you hadn’t completed your shopping these were the days that most do it. So, I was surprised to find almost 200 people in our “classroom” on Friday, December 18th.
Day two and Day three were very powerful with team building exercises. The one that really caused my “A-ha” moment was the one which was called “Obstacles are Illusions.”
We were each given a wooden board about two and a half inches thick; eight inches long and five inches wide. Imagine everyone’s horror as we had to fill out “permission slips.”
Robert spent at least forty-five minutes explaining how the holder was to hold the board with his hands covered with protective gloves and the “breaker” was to shift his weight forward but only use his palm outstretched. We practiced setting up and shifting our weight and ending up beyond where the holder was holding the piece of wood. Wow, this was really scary. Is it possible to break your wrist? Remember, “hesitation = pain?”
We had to literally break it in half with our hand.
On one side, we wrote our biggest obstacle and on the other side we wrote our goal.
I wrote down my biggest obstacle was raising enough money for SaLaurMor Capital to be wildly profitable.
On the other side, I wrote my goal: “Making everyone in this room financially free.”
Wow!
Writing that and saying that made me feel so good. I was being of service to others.
What did Robert say success was? “Success is not a thing; it is more a feeling. You feel complete and you feel successful in your relationship or business.”
I also realized that my objective and my goal were non-sequiturs. The objective of raising enough money for SaLaurMor Capital had nothing to do with “making everyone in the room financially free.”
At this course and a few others I have been to over the years, I have found that when the speaker starts talking about stocks and stock options, especially, they explain it in such a way as to make it seem that you can make a lot of money in options but the risk is very limited or not at all. I’ve heard statements such as these:
“Options have unlimited upside.”
“You can trade them anywhere.”
“You have very little up-front or start-up costs.”
“It requires very little time.”
“Options are where the rich make their money.”
While, many of these statements are true, it is also true that options do have significant risks and if you buy an option you can lose your whole investment and if you sell an option you can lose a lot more than your whole premium. And I’m not sure how many of the rich have used stock options alone to make their money.
So, the other thing that happened at that course that I went to in December 2015 was that other attendees started to ask me questions about stocks and stock options after our guest speaker on options had finished his introductory tutorial.
I realized that recommendations to invest in securities without knowing key information about the attendees including their risk tolerance, net worth, earnings, cash flow, and knowledge was inappropriate. And I felt that this part of the presentation was not authentic and potentially misleading.
Many attendees asked me if stock options were essentially riskless (see JoelSalomon.com for a discussion on stock options for my obvious answer). Some felt that they could make multiples of their investment—using leverage. That is certainly true; however, no one discussed the risk of losing their whole investment, which is also possible.
What I realized from all these discussions was that education was essential and I could do a really good job of helping others and being of service to them based on my long history in the insurance and investment industry.
Knowing the limited amount of information that most individuals had on investments and the lack of information many have about their own situation, the possibility to help others seemed to be quite large to me. I felt an obligation to help the people in the course and realized there must be many other courses like these that could be hugely beneficial and educational to potential investors, and to help people achieve financial freedom.
I came home from the course and realized that my mission in life was not investing institutional and high-net worth individuals’ money.
I could have continued on investing this money, but it didn’t feel right. I could have been a super successful hedge fund manager. But what did I do?
I didn’t sleep the night I came home from the course as the wooden board—actually one half of the wooden board—stared at me all night: “Make everyone in this room financially free.”
I went into my office that Monday morning and informed my investors I was planning on shutting down my hedge fund. This was a major decision that is hard to make a reader understand. A dream that I thought was “right” for twenty years was really not my true purpose in life. I know that may sound a bit cliché, but it is true.
This huge decision to shut down my company came quickly. It was my “higher self” telling me “truth.” I knew that trusting this decision was the right thing to do. Remember this was the company I longed to start for years. It was the company I had so much difficulty finding investors for in 2012 and 2013. Remember I had two employees I was paying salaries and benefits. Two people who relied on my good judgment. I had two daughters that relied on my cash flow generation for their child support. And of course, I had all the service providers who had supported me unconditionally (though some may say they were more than fairly compensated for their efforts) for almost four years. Was I throwing this all away based on a “whim?”
No!
I began with a simple question:
Is investing my true purpose on earth?
Am I supposed to be helping ultra-high-net worth individuals and companies become super-wealthy or am I supposed to be of service to those in need?
Am I supposed to help those who can really gain by my knowledge and experience?
Am I supposed to help those who can gain not only from my financial acumen but also from my knowledge that everything depends on your thoughts and if you can “act as if,” you can indeed achieve what you ask for?
When I informed my investors that I was going to return their money because I wanted to align my mission with my career, I did not receive significant push back. This indicated to me that I was on the right track…
Joel Salomon is a Finance and Mindful Money Expert and Master Prosperity Coach who helps others overcome obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. He’s an award-winning speaker, workshop facilitator and frequent television and podcast guest who has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, U.S. News and World Report, and interviewed in Forbes and on Bloomberg Radio.
As manager of a $700 million portfolio, the creator of his own successful hedge fund and the author of two best-selling books: The 9 Money Rules Millionaires Use and Mindful Money Management, Joel is an expert in the field of finance and the mindset of money. Just as he teaches in his books and seminars, the true foundation of wealth and financial freedom is a mindset of abundance, self-worth, gratitude, love and service.
Becoming a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer and Trailblazer in 2016, ignited a dream in Joel’s heart to help over 100,000 people become financially free so they too, could live the life of their dreams. He’s well on his way to making that dream a reality!
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