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Stick it to Depression: Get Your Life Back, Naturally by Dr Alexander Joannou Stickittodepression.com ‘I felt a total lack of joy in my life. Sometimes I would feel like I wanted to cry for no reason. I felt broken. I wasn’t able to sleep. I wasn’t able to focus. I felt strange inside.’ If you can relate to these comments, you’re not alone. More than 300 million people worldwide are living with depression today. But what if it doesn’t have to be that way? Stick it to Depression – Get Your Life Back, Naturally is a comprehensive guide to depression – what it is, how it’s diagnosed, and how it’s treated. In this forthright and meticulously researched book, Dr Alex Joannou lays bare the history, science, and misconceptions surrounding depression, and demonstrates how Transformational Acupuncture, a 21st century development of the traditional Chinese technique, could be the much-needed solution to this global challenge. Based on his personal and professional experiences as both a GP of nearly 40 years and an acupuncture practitioner of 20 years, Dr Alex Joannou shows how Transformational Acupuncture offers patients a safe and effective method to complement the management of their depression, anxiety and stress, and getting their lives back on track. A ground-breaking book full of the latest science, case studies, and FAQs, Stick it to Depression – Get Your Life Back, Naturally is an essential, accessible, and solution-oriented guide for anyone experiencing depression – and wants to do something about it. Biography Dr Alexander Joannou As a conjoint lecturer with UNSW and an RACGP accredited supervisor, I’ve been training medical students, International Medical Graduates, and General Practice Registrars for more than 20 years to help people achieve that true feeling of peace that comes with healing. Along with that, I’ve learned a lot about the human psyche in my 40-year medical career as the Practice Principal of Northside Health (a 12-doctor medical center).

Kellan Fluckiger, Coach, Catalyst, Speaker, Author on Improving the Quality Of Your Life Ultimatelifechallenge.com Kellanfluckiger.com Kellan is a Coach, Speaker, Award-winning author, and an alchemist for exponential personal growth. He is the founder of “Your Ultimate Life” which helps people create their Purpose, Prosperity and Joy every day of their lives by serving with their gifts and talents.

Bobby Aldridge, Founder of BAMmotion on Increasing Mobility, Alleviating Pain, Injury and Increasing Performance Bam-Metrics.com BAMmotion metrics-based products facilitate efficiency and precision. Therapists and trainers benefit through replicable, time saving cueing; Clients and patients are empowered through accountability and self-sufficiency, and owners and operators are advantaged through increased profitability and insurance reimbursement. Meet Bobby Bobby Aldridge is a Physiotherapist who has spent over three decades as an athlete, student, and educator of physical movement. Now, in the best shape of his life, his mission is to help others move with ease, grace, and power to eliminate pain, reduce the chance of injury, and maximize performance. The road to his success was born out of necessity as he had to figure out how to pre-hab and rehab for himself. Now, the developer and founder of BAMmetrics [Bobby Aldridge Method], is sharing his proprietary system used by professional athletes with you – to help increase mobility, unlock joints and eliminate dysfunction while alleviating pain, preventing injury and increasing performance. As a double Division 1 college athlete playing basketball and baseball, Bobby’s athletic success was plagued by injury. As early as his freshman year in high school he broke an ankle and tore ligaments; in college, more torn ligaments including his MCL (medial collateral ligament), and then, a serious car accident causing lower lumbar injury threatened to permanently limit his mobility. He fought hard to rebound and recover using conventional modes of physical therapy and was inspired to choose a fitness and health career path, eventually earning a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.

Venkat Avasarala, Managing Principal & Founder of Stryker Properties on Real Estate Investing Opportunities and Market Conditions Strykerproperties.com Executive Summary Venkat is a seasoned Real Estate professional. His main focus is Ground Up Development of Market rate Multifamily properties, and acquiring Value-add Workforce housing Multifamily properties in landlord friendly Sun belt states. Venkat is developing 2700 Multifamily units in DFW, Austin, Phoenix. Venkat also acquired 3600 existing apartment units since 2016. Venkat is managing $150 Million

Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence by Rich Horwath https://amzn.to/462DXOO Master the four disciplines of strategic fitness essential to executive performance In Strategic, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rich Horwath delivers an incisive roadmap to help leaders at all levels think, plan, and act strategically to navigate every business challenge they face. The book offers business leaders a proven framework―the Strategic Fitness System―containing dozens of tools, techniques, and checklists to confidently master every area of the business, from designing market-winning strategies to shaping the organization’s culture. The practical content will help executives in any industry improve what research has shown to be the most important leadership factor to an organization’s future success―strategic competence―and use this skill to transform complexity to clarity in charting their strategic direction. The book features: ● A common language for strategy and business planning ● Practical tools for developing the four dimensions of executive fitness key to advancing the company’s growth: strategy, leadership, organization, and communication ● Techniques for designing enduring competitive advantage and frameworks for creating innovative new value for customers ● Methods for evolving the business model to transform the trajectory of the business ● The Strategic Quotient (SQ)―a validated assessment of an executive’s strategic thinking, planning, and execution With practical tools and dozens of real-world examples, readers of Strategic will immediately be able to set direction, create advantage, and achieve executive excellence. Be more than tactical―be Strategic. About the Author Rich Horwath’s vision is to teach the world to be strategic. For more than twenty years, he has focused relentlessly on providing leaders with innovative concepts and practical tools to think, plan, and act strategically in order to set direction, create advantage, and achieve their goals. As founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, Rich serves executive leadership teams as a strategy facilitator, strategic advisor, and executive coach. He has helped more than a quarter million people around the world develop their strategic thinking and planning capabilities. Rich is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking and has been rated the #1 keynote speaker on strategy at national conferences, including the Society for Human Resource Management Strategy Conference. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX TV to provide commentary on the strategic aspects of current events and his work has appeared in publications including Fast Company, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review.

The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action by Eduardo Briceño https://amzn.to/44PzMow Discover how to balance learning and performing to bolster personal and team success with this revolutionary guide from a world-renowned expert on growth mindset. “An essential read for fostering learning, performance, and a growth mindset . . . I wholeheartedly recommend it.”—Carol Dweck, bestselling author of Mindset A Next Big Idea Club Must Read To succeed in a fast-changing world, individuals and companies know they must create a culture of growth, where experimentation and feedback are encouraged, and learning is integrated into the everyday. Yet we often get stuck in a well-worn pattern of habits that don’t move us forward. Why? Because many of us get trapped in the Performance Paradox: the counterintuitive phenomenon that if we focus only on performing, our performance suffers. How can we give ourselves the space to experiment and grow while also delivering high-level results? Fostering growth mindset to elevate performance is Eduardo Briceño’s specialty. As CEO of Mindset Works and in his work with Fortune 500 companies, he discovered that mastering growth—personal, organizational, and financial—hinges on navigating the crucial balance between learning and performing. In The Performance Paradox, Briceño reveals how to • avoid falling into the chronic performance trap that stagnates growth • identify when and how to unlock the power of mistakes • integrate learning into daily habits in ways that stick • lead teams that constantly improve and outperform their targets • grow your skill level and output simultaneously and for the long term We can achieve more tomorrow than we do today if we develop the belief that we can change and the competence for how to change. With Briceño’s innovative and refreshing framework of balancing learning and performing, individuals and companies can reach their boldest aspirations. About the Author Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker, facilitator, and author who guides many of the world’s leading companies in developing cultures of learning and high performance. For over a decade he was the CEO of Mindset Works, the first company to offer growth mindset development services. His TED and TEDx talks have been viewed more than nine million times. Earlier in his career, he was a technology investor with Credit Suisse’s venture capital arm. He holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an MBA and M.A. in education from Stanford. His book, The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action, published by Penguin Random House on September 5 2023, was selected as a “Must-Read” by the Next Big Idea Club.

Just Don’t Fall (Adapted for Young Readers): A Hilariously True Story of Childhood Cancer and Olympic Greatness by Josh Sundquist Amazon.com Adapted for young readers from his adult memoir, Just Don’t Fall is the the hilarious true story about Josh Sundquist’s battle with childhood cancer and how he worked his way to making the United States paralympic ski team. The inspiration for the Apple TV show Best Foot Forward! When he was ten years old Josh Sundquist had his leg amputated to treat bone cancer. But this is not a sad story; on the contrary, this memoir is a story of resilience, heart, and most importantly: humor. Young Josh had a lot of adapting to do after he lost his leg. He had to learn how to walk again. He had to accept that he wouldn’t be able to try out for the travel soccer team. He knew his life would never be the same again. But when he sees a poster in the hospital elevator advertising skiing classes, he realized all might not be lost. Equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious, Just Don’t Fall is Josh’s story of surviving cancer with 50/50 odds, learning to be a professional skiier, and making his way to being a bestselling writer and motivational speaker. Inspirational and moving, Josh’s story is one that can be appreciated by readers of all ages. About the Author Josh Sundquist is a bestselling author, comedian, Paralympian, and motivational speaker. Josh’s internet videos have over one billion views and he has more than four million followers. Josh is an executive producer and writer on the streaming series Best Foot Forward on Apple TV+. The series is inspired by his childhood and his memoir Just Don’t Fall. Josh has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, NPR and CNN. His first memoir, Just Don’t Fall, was a National Bestseller and his second memoir We Should Hang Out Sometime was optioned for movie rights by a division of Disney. His debut novel Love and First Sight was published in 2017. Josh’s fourth book, Semi-Famous was released in 2022. His books have been translated into German, Italian, and Turkish and have been published in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Austria. A childhood cancer survivor, Josh is an ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and makes regular appearances at events and in the media to raise money for children’s hospitals across the country. He has been featured on the back of Doritos bags (specifically, Spicy Nacho flavor) for his work on behalf of amputees. He lives with his wife, Ashley near the beach in California.

Patrick Williams, Founder & President of Satori Innovation on How Developing Creativity and Art Can Help Inspire Business Innovation & Employees Patrickwilliamsstaycreative.com Biography Patrick Williams is a passionate and inspiring public speaker, consultant, writer, artist, independent scholar, and visionary educator. Patrick has 0ver 4 decades of experience teaching and facilitating deep learning to a wide range of audiences. He is a TEDx speaker and an award winning artist. Patrick has exhibited throughout the USA, Japan, and China. His art is in public and private collections. He has been represented by galleries in Chicago, Seattle, Omaha, and Albuquerque. Patrick holds black belts in Karate-Dō and Aikidō with decades of experience training and teaching Budō. Patrick’s comprehension, experience, expertise, and synthesis of creativity and innovation is unparalleled. Patrick is the founder and president of Satori Innovation: A Consulting and Ideation Accelerator.

Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You by Brad Stulberg https://amzn.to/3P4tHyD A revelatory book on rethinking change and creating a rugged and flexible mindset amidst life’s intensifying flux, from expert on sustainable excellence, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness. From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation—both good and bad—regularly. Change is not the exception, it’s the rule. Yet we endlessly fight it, often viewing it as a threat to our stability and sense of self. Master of Change flips this script on its head and offers a path for embracing and even growing from life’s constant instability. Brad Stulberg, sustainable excellence expert, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness,offers a new model that describes change as an ongoing cycle of order, disorder, and reorder—yes, we return to stability, but that stability is somewhere new. Drawing on modern science, ancient wisdom, and daily practice, Stulberg offers concrete principles for developing a mindset called rugged flexibility, along with habits and practices to implement it. Along the way, Stulberg reveals: How to be in conversation with change instead of it happening to you. The importance of expectations Why cultivating a rugged yet flexible sense of self is key to a strong identity. How to take productive action during a challenge. The paradox of both making meaning and moving forward. In the end, Stulbergreshapes our entire perception of change and shows us how to grow in its midst—ultimately helping us move forward better, stronger, and wiser than we were before. About the Author Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on mental health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He is bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and Master of Change. He regularly contributes to the New York Times and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic, among other outlets. In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes on their mental skills and overall well-being. He is on faculty at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. His past books include Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox.

Daniel Spencer, Life Coach on Surviving Electrocution Twice, Losing Over 140 Pounds, Becoming Sober & Helping Others Overcome Fear Instagram.com/reps.and.doubletime About Daniel Spencer I’m Daniel Spencer. I’ve been through hell, and back. I’ve been sober for over 12 years. Abused marijuana and alcohol as a teenager, into my late 20’s. I’ve been married almost 20 years. With 3 kids ( one “adopted” niece) ALL teenagers. Almost divorced. Total body transformation, I was almost 300 pounds, and now I am 160 lbs. I was in a near death electrical accident, twice. With 3rd degree burns to my face and multiple skin graft surgeries. I’ve found my purpose in life. To tell my story and share my healing process through physical fitness and a strict diet. I’m now an online life coach, who is helping fellow humans gain their self confidence and gain mental strength through the same process that I’ve adopted. Hopefully you can help me inspire more people through your platform. If I could tell my story on your podcast, I know we could help save at least one person. Thank you, and God Bless.