𝗥𝗼𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶: “At a very young age and because of the situation with my dad, I realized that I could either live in fear or I could focus on the reality of what's under my control and what I could do about my situation. I now have a really interesting relationship with fear. If you tell me not to walk down the street, because it's dangerous, I'm probably gonna go down that street to check it out for myself.

I'm a big acronym person and I have an acronym called TEA. Have a cup of tea every day, which means think about your Thoughts, Efforts, and Actions throughout your day.

Those are the three things that are under our control.

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𝗥𝗼𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶: “The short version of my story is that I was married to an amazing woman, who was then diagnosed with ‘late stage’ breast cancer, right before her 31st birthday. We were at the height of our ‘everything’. I was given a job in the United Arab Emirates, which was unheard of for someone my age, and she was in a MD, PhD program. So, that diagnosis threw us a curveball. For the next 11 years, she journeyed with metastatic breast cancer and even became a doctor. I wasn't her caregiver. She was able to be very autonomous.

After she passed away and I looked at my life, I realized I wasn't feeling comfortable in finance and living in Dubai. When I look back and really think about it, I was her coach. I helped her achieve her goals, what I now call Possibility in Action™.

That's actually what I missed about the Robert that died with her.

I thought about the wonderful tools I learned from the loss itself. What if I shared the benefits of my story with others? That’s when I went through a program to become a Life Coach.

I finally got to a point to fulfill a dream of mine, which was to live in Italy and host personal growth retreats. They started out as hiking retreats and have evolved into being experiential.

Building a community of people, who will then create a positive ripple effect in the world is my new venture.”

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𝗥𝗼𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶: “The short version of my story is that I was married to an amazing woman, who was then diagnosed with ‘late stage’ breast cancer, right before her 31st birthday. We were at the height of our ‘everything’. I was given a job in the United Arab Emirates, which was unheard of for someone my age, and she was in a MD, PhD program. So, that diagnosis threw us a curveball. For the next 11 years, she journeyed with metastatic breast cancer and even became a doctor. I wasn't her caregiver. She was able to be very autonomous.

After she passed away and I looked at my life, I realized I wasn't feeling comfortable in finance and living in Dubai. When I look back and really think about it, I was her coach. I helped her achieve her goals, what I now call Possibility in Action™.

That's actually what I missed about the Robert that died with her.

I thought about the wonderful tools I learned from the loss itself. What if I shared the benefits of my story with others? That’s when I went through a program to become a Life Coach.

I finally got to a point to fulfill a dream of mine, which was to live in Italy and host personal growth retreats. They started out as hiking retreats and have evolved into being experiential.

Building a community of people, who will then create a positive ripple effect in the world is my new venture.”

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𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼: “When I visualize the path of one's journey, I visualize a zigzaggy road that goes up hills, down hills, around mountains, and through 7000 foot tall ant hills. There is no linear path, there is no easy way, there are no shortcuts. It's a one day at a time journey, one step at a time some days for sure. Just crawl or roll forward.

Pain and joy are part of the journey. We don't even realize how directly connected they are.

When my father recently died, I was really worried that I was going to go into a stagnant state. I was actually extremely self-aware of where I was emotionally everyday. I stuck to my journaling and meditation, even though it wasn't exactly what I normally did. I had self-compassion. I understood where I was at and I allowed it to be whatever it was, but I didn't give up the routine. I gave myself space to process. Are we ever over grief? I don't think so, I am through the initial wave. There’s always more.”

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𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼: “Knowing that I am whole and complete on my own is not what societal norms tell me. I'm a solo parent of three and I'm a male. Most people would say, "You can't raise your kids on your own, especially two girls. I sit back, and I look at what I was programmed to believe. In reality, my kids need me. No one else would raise my kids with as much love, acceptance, and understanding as me. Through them, I am understanding myself better than I was ever able to do on my own. When I'm at that whole and complete feeling, which is fleeting at times, I am at peace.

I spent my whole life not living like that. So now I choose not to live that way.”

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𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼: “The key to my life today is self-awareness. Paying attention to my own patterns and behaviors while inspiring others to do the same. Living in my truth and sharing from my soul. I don't believe in a heart space, I go straight to the soul space.

Self-awareness is such a core foundation of everything I am as a full being. I hid in the dark for so long, mostly from myself. I definitely wasn't fooling anyone else. After turning that switch on, it's something I never want to shut off ever again because it keeps me in check.

One of my core values is perpetual, continuous growth. I love daily evolution and learning new lessons. Learning and growing through the pain. Self-awareness is about patterns of behavior, actions, and the programming of how I react to the world.

Self-understanding is about knowing my own core values, not the values that were imposed upon me. Understanding myself at a deep level empowers me to walk away from anything or anyone.

Through self-love, I have learned to stand on my own and not need or want for anyone or anything.”

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𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼: “I was adopted at birth. My adoptive mother abused me physically for the first 9 years of my life and emotionally for a total of 14 years. I had multiple 'near death experiences’ over 15 of them to date. Looking back over the course of my life, my first 'near death experience’ happened when I was about three-and-a-half. I came back 100% spiritually awake and in touch with all the clairs. In other words my psychic senses, the ones that we are born with. Many of us lose touch with those, which is also known as falling asleep to our spiritual connections and abilities.

Clairvoyance - detect psychic information via sight

Clairgustance - detect psychic information via taste

Clairsalience - detect psychic information via smell

Clairaudience - detect psychic information via hearing

Claircognizance - detect psychic information via insight (knowing)

Clairsentience - detect psychic information via the body

Clairempathy - detect psychic information via emotion

Clairtangency - detect psychic information via the hands

I didn't feel comfortable being me and I started to rebel because it was the only way I knew how to react. I started drinking at age 9 and doing hardcore drugs by age 12. I got sober at 27 and I've been sober ever since. I've been through many horrible relationships trying to replace one bad dynamic after another and a lot of self-education because I got thrown out of 2 high schools and never graduated.

I made my first million dollars by age 21.

I built many businesses, like over 24 for sure. That was definitely one of my escapisms”

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𝗗𝗿. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗗: “Laughter breaks tension. We all do silly, crazy things. When we laugh, we get a reset because it increases happy chemicals that flow through our brain. Even a fake smile can have a positive impact on our mood.

If you knock something over you can laugh or get angry. It’s your choice. Laughing changes the focus and gets us into action. “Clean up crew, aisle seven!”

As I was dressing up for this interview, I put my tie on backwards and said to my wife, “How does this look?” She looked at me like I was nuts and said, “You have it on backwards!” I said, ‘Good. You were paying attention!’

I remember eating in the school cafeteria and my friend started to eat a Dorito chip. We all know how to bite into a chip. He leaned forward to take a bite and a corner of the chip hit his front tooth. Well, it didn't just break. It shattered into a million pieces that went everywhere! I still burst out laughing thinking about that scene. What are the odds? It was just so crazy.

My friend was laughing as well.

It’s easy to laugh at others and important to only laugh with them. That’s important for all of us to remember. It’s especially important for me to remember when I am coaching, doing business training, or during a therapy session.

So remember to laugh with yourself, with others, and with crazy.”

𝗗𝗿. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗗: “I did my postdoctoral training in Rockville, Maryland. It was in a specialty practice in the DC Triangle working with underachieving kids. The parents were all high achievers. Their kids tested well at school and yet were bringing home D's and F's.

Dealing with assertive and at times aggressive parents is how I really honed my skills for connecting with others. This taught me that it is the core of how we feel about ourselves, our self-confidence and our self-esteem, that governs how we will respond to others.

This is what propelled me into a career based around optimism and motivation.

My first job after grad school was working for a Children's Clinic in Miami, Florida. I specialized in Children and Adolescents with learning challenges.

At several points in my career I worked in prisons, not a lot of positivity going on there. I did my best to make it fun and hip. I encouraged my staff to get enjoyment out of their day.

I also worked for a seminar company and got to travel to every state in the US, and did training in big and even small cities. I've seen the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich.

I honed my skills so I could do my best relating to everybody.

You know what I found out?

People are good. There's just a small percentage who are off the rails.”

𝗗𝗿. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗗: “Optimism isn’t about waking up all happy and excited for the day. That’s not always something you can control. What you can control is writing down a plan. Rather than entering it on your computer, write it out on paper. There's a difference neurologically when we write things down. So write out the steps of your plan and put them on your desk, your refrigerator, your bedpost, etc. and get it done. Take action and make it happen. You can also set up timers and reminders on your phone or computer. When you take the time to plan, your whole outlook changes. You feel better. Your whole body feels different.

By the time I was an adult, I had become an expert in procrastination. It wasn’t as if I had put potholes in front of myself, it was more like giant boulders. Over time I learned to get up in the morning and do the stuff I didn't want to do.

I now help people break their procrastinate cycle.

When you plan and follow the steps, it naturally releases negativity. Connect your plan with a more positive outlook and you will be able to move forward faster.”