Finding Peace & Strength In The Midst Of Challenges

— "Strength and greatness reside at the core of your being, regardless of any circumstances that are happening in your life. It can be so easy to lose touch with that reality, especially in the midst of challenges. You are not alone. No matter what challenges you are facing in your life or with those closest to you, please remember that you have inner resources to help you connect to that still, small voice that resides at your core—a voice that, if you let it, can help you find the peace and strength not only to survive but to thrive."

Valeria interviews Lisa Honig Buksbaum — the author of "SOARING Into Strength: Love Transcends Pain."

Author, social entrepreneur, and Positive Psychology thought leader, Lisa is a passionary: a visionary driven by great passion and action. An intuitive healer, well-loved inspirational speaker, and expert workshop leader and facilitator, Lisa has shared her wisdom with thousands of people throughout the world. Three experiences with death and illness in her family during a ten-month period motivated her to launch Soaringwords, a not-for-profit organization devoted to inspiring children, families, adults, seniors, and health care professionals to take active roles in self-healing to experience greater physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

Since 2000, Lisa has shared Soaringwords' SOARING into Strength Positive Health Initiatives with more than 500,000 people. Audiences around the world have resonated with her candor, wisdom, and biting humor as she shared her personal tragedies and triumphs as a way to motivate others during difficult times.

Lisa graduated with honors from The University of Pennsylvania; holds an MBA in Marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business; and a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from The University of Pennsylvania. She has a certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a certificate from the American Institute for Mental Imagery.

Lisa is President-Elect of the International Positive Psychology Association's (IPPA) Health & Wellbeing Division; is on the Advisory Board of the Global Positive Health Initiative; and also serves on the Board of the Coincidence Project. She's been featured as an expert on ABC News, Fortune Small Business, USA Today, Delta Sky magazine, and CEO to Watch in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Lisa was a columnist for Inc. magazine. She was the non-celebrity winner for the Lives That Make a Difference Award from A&E Television Networks, and won a National Mothering That Works Award from Working Mother Media. She was inducted into the YMCAAcademy of Women Achievers Hall of Fame. She was on the board of Advertising Women of New York, the leading organization for executive women in communications; board of directors of The New York Women's Agenda; board of the Alumnae Committee for Columbia University Graduate School of Business; and the advisory board for the Center for Business Womens' Research in Washington D.C.

To learn more about Lisa Honig Buksbaum and her work, please visit: soaringintostrength.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.