Chapter 1

The day my doctor said, “You will die if you don’t stop” was the day I realized I had to fi nd a way to change my life permanently.

After years and years of existing in high stress and pushing myself too much, resulting in multiple autoimmune illnesses which were breaking down my ability to function, it was time to listen.

I was struggling each day and no longer happy. I had to stop doing what I had always done to regain my health and my happiness. I had to learn how to operate differently in this busy world of ours. Over the next few years of my healing journey I learned my most valuable life lesson yet:

“The art of happiness is in the pause.”

I had been in survival mode, a state of “fight or flight,” and did not even realize it. So many of us think tension, headaches, inflammation, digestive issues, rashes, and other stress-related symptoms are a normal part of life. Now I know they aren’t normal and are actually an indicator of deeper issues or high stress.

It turns out stress is more rampant in our world than I realized. According to the World Health Organization, stress is the health epidemic of the 21st century.

When you are in the middle of it, it is
hard to see it. The day I had my wake-up call was the beginning of me understanding the severity of this epidemic and what we
can do about it.

After successfully healing myself from living in stress, I have helped over 1,000 clients reboot their lives and have created a
system that works called The BEING Zone® System, and I am sharing a large number of my tips and tools in this book.

Are you running in a continual state of exhaustion, stress, anxiety, or overwhelm? Or are you often feeling unhappy or depressed and feel there is more to life than what you are experiencing? If so, you are in the right place if you are looking for proven system to help you find long-lasting happiness and health.

With so much chaos and dysfunction in our world, people are faced with a myriad of problems that can feel overwhelming. I
know as I have been there. I am happy to say this book will help you rediscover and reconnect with yourself while navigating many of the issues or problems you are facing. My story tells it all and will help you understand why I share what I do in this book.

I was a successful corporate leader, had a beautiful home, a vacation property, a loving husband, two young sons, a dog, and a cat. My life looked perfect from the outside, but I was crumbling on the inside because I wasn’t listening to my body. I thought I was happy until I kept getting stress-related illnesses and realized that happiness and health were not what I was experiencing.

Over time, it became clear to me that old, ingrained belief systems were the underlying reason I lived in a state of stress, unhappiness and overwhelm. Through many years of self-study, trial, and error, I cleared past issues and healed myself, transforming my life.

I learned to quiet my mind, listen to my body, love myself unconditionally, and found true happiness. Now my mission and
purpose are to help others transform their lives.