Never Ever Give Up Hope

Peri Hoskins is an author and an attorney who also has a degree in film and television production. He worked as a lawyer in New South Wales, Australia before embarking on a five-month road trip all around Australia.     What he gleaned from that experience he shares in his book, East - soon to be released.     In Millennium - A Memoir  we can travel with Peri, our narrator, to see the sun set on the eve of the old millennium and rise on the dawn of the new.  In Kate Pills review, she states that "it is a thought-provoking examination of the human character...."   In his interview, he encourages listeners to "enjoy the journey moment by moment as it is more about the journey than the destination."   As narrator in his memoir, he shares how he overcame his own life's struggles and that above all else to 'Know Thyself.'  

Maja Kazazic is a living miracle. She is an internationally recognized motivational keynote speaker, an entrepreneur, a strategist and above all - a survivor of war. She has taken the lessons of a life forever altered by what could have been catastrophic wounds of war and parlayed them into a vision and passion for providing the strategies and solutions people and organizations need to create positive, inspired change in their personal and professional lives.   Maja shares how the opposition created fear in the fearless country of Bosnia escalating into revenge, motivated by money and calculated to the end. She lived with her family who lost everything they had and there was no food to eat - anywhere.   How do you stay positive when your body has been blown to bits - yet Maja did.  Her attitude of the victor was innate. Saved from a make-shift hospital she came to the United States with her teddy bear that she used to bite down on to help relieve the pain, a rock from her hometown, and a T-shirt.  She spoke no English. She is now a successful entrepreneur who has developed a formula for success.  She shares that formula in her interview here. "Positivity is a matter of perspective and perspective a matter of choice." - Maja Kazazic "When the real stuff happens, many people crumble - I got stronger." - Maja Kazazic You will be spellbound by her story, inspired by her attitude and motivated by her success formula.  Seven steps to ensure success in all aspects of life - business and personal.

Lucinda E. Clarke has lived in various parts of the world from Dublin to Kenya to South Africa to Spain.  She has authored four books including Walking Over Eggshells to raise awareness of personality disorders.   She has worked as a writer in a variety of formats including documentaries, advertisements, training videos, radio and TV script, newspaper and magazine articles.   As a director and producer for television, she founded her own video production company and has received over 20 awards specializing in the fields of education and documentaries.   Her memoir, Walking Over Eggshells, is to help bring awareness to the silent and invisible disease of personality disorders.  Having a narcissistic mother, she had to figure out on her own that she had a greater purpose on this earth than to be an oxygen thief.   Her secret?  Humor   You must listen to her funny but, not so funny, story of survival here

Sarah Jane Butfield is an Indie author and freelance columnist.  Her Memoirs, Glass Half Full and Two Dogs and a Suitcase are Australian adventures written in a reality T V format. Sarah is a mother of seven children who has suffered severe trauma in her life.  Due to medical error, her daughter is disabled with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which affects the entire family.   Sarah has Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome as a result of a car accident.  During the Brisbane flood in 2011 they lost their home and every single thing in it but their lives were spared - for this she is eternally grateful. She says "I lost many things I would have wanted but left with what I needed.  I have my family and my dogs, who were spared." Listening to her story you will want to cry, but Sarah has such a remarkable attitude you will stand up and applaud her strength and joy with which she approaches life. Her quotes:  "Don't be beaten.  Ask for help.  You are not an island." "Believe there is something better coming." "Find someone or something that triggers the urge to fix or deal with what troubles you." "Build your dream - if you can conceive it, it will happen"

 Nigel Vardy is a mountaineer, author and speaker who has had his share of close calls in the "hills."  He has lost ALL his fingers and toes and his nose to FROSTBITE.   He has written two books - Once Bitten and Seven Peaks - Seven Islands, along with numerous press articles sharing his experiences across the UK and Europe.  He has climbed over 30 major peaks! Nigel was rescued by helicopter only 300 feet from his goal to reach the summit.  It was minus 67 degrees and a matter of life and death.  It was the highest helicopter rescue on record.     Nigel epitomizes the life principle that "The only limits in our lives are those we accept ourselves."  He challenges each of us to examine our own lives and goals.  During his interview, his drive and passion were exquisitely clear.  But his passion is not only for himself and what he wants to accomplish.  He hopes to teach and share with us, the listeners, to "be the best person you can be."   "It is very easy to fall into the trap of self-destruction when life tests you, but you need to use every trial as a reason to triumph!"  His interview is inspiring whether you like to climb mountains or not -- what he learned on the mountain top are life lessons for each of us.

Lisa Davis Budzinski worked as a Paralegal Specialist in the Florida State Attorney's office where she had received prestigious awards for her service and work ethics including Champion of Justice Award.     Smack in the middle of a busy lifestyle, Lisa had a stroke causing Central Pain Syndrome, thyroid cancer and Grave's Disease.  Her life was changed FOREVER!   During the process of learning to deal with these life changes, a book was born.  In her memoir, At the End of the Day, Lisa shares how these experiences can give you strength and courage to face life.   There is no cure for Central Pain Syndrome.  She is VP of the Central Pain Syndrome Foundation and desires to bring awareness of this syndrome that is affecting over three million people in the U S alone.  For more information, you can contact   lisa@centralpainsyndromefoundation.org   Lisa's story is riveting as none of us has a guarantee what tomorrow may bring.  Her life stopped overnight.  She shares her coping mechanisms and tips in her interview.  

Amy had a severe pain in her stomach while she was at a family celebration that caused her to pass out and remain comatose.  "My stomach exploded!  How cool is that!"  were Amy Oestreicher's first words to her biology instructor when she came out of a four-month coma.     She was given 122 units of blood and survived 27 surgeries to rebuild her digestive system.  She was told she would never dance again, never sing again and never eat food by mouth again.  She proved them wrong on each count.   Amy is a 28-year-old actress who tried out for a local production of Oliver and got the lead - WHILE hospitalized.  She wrote and starred in her one-woman musical, Gutless and Grateful, and was nominated for the Broadway World Award for Best Theatre Debut.   While in the hospital, she used various media types to produce 70 pieces of art (from tissue to cardboard) that were discovered by "The Today Show" and she is now a renowned artist.   She is a tornado to be reckoned with -- a one-woman powerhouse of determination and tenacity who has just begun.  

Eileen Lichtenstein, MS. Ed. specializes in personal development coaching and training, including stress and anger reduction management, life and career coaching, effective communication and career challenges.    Her background includes bio-feedback, adjunct at Hofstra University, certified Anger Management Specialist and EFTtapping Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner.  Based in Westbury, NY, Eileen also conducts one:one coaching and group training via video skype, webinars and onsite.     She is the author of   "SOAR! with Resilience®: The Interactive Book for Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Success" and eBooks.    Empowering individuals and organizations to Succeed, Overcome Obstacles, Achieve Goals, Reduce Stress and SOAR to new heights of happiness and productivity!

Teresa Bruni is a Certified Professional Life Coach, an in-demand keynote speaker and co-author of An Unsinkable Soul - From Fear to Fabulous. She is a member of International Coach Federation, Psychology Today and eWomen Network and the founder of Less Fear, More Flow.   Teresa had to leave her corporate job.  Her new career became one of visiting doctors to gain her health bank.  She was extremely ill for over ten years until she realized she needed to turn within herself to find her own answers --- which she did. She shares how unresolved emotional issues cause a breakdown of the physical body leading to chronic illnesses - from heartburn to cancer.   The best doctors in the world will be unable to cure you with surgeries and pills if you don't clean up your emotions. Now she is a vibrant full-time professional sharing her discovery of health and self-awareness.  

Erica Fye has lived in Northern Uganda for the past eight years.  She has endured threats and severe illness but continues to work as a missionary in remote villages.     Her first book For the Joy Set Before Us: Insights into the Missionary Journey shares her inspiring story.   Erica has a heart for the people that much of the world has rejected or forgotten.  She went to a war-torn country to educate people in remote villages.  With a heart of gold, she endured hardship, loneliness, and life-threatening disease.