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When tragedies happen, we have to make a choice.  We can crumble.  Or we can persevere.  Bobbi Sudberry decided to persevere. It wasn’t easy.  She suffered one of the worst tragedies imaginable. In 2008, Sudberry’s 17 year old daughter, Kaity, was murdered by an out of control ex-boyfriend. At first, the Sudberrys thought Kaity’s new…

"All of us should pay attention to our emotional well being just like we pay attention to our physical well being."

Barbara Van Dahlen, named to TIME magazine's 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, is the founder and president of Give an Hour.

The organization, founded by Van Dahlen in 2005, has mobilized mental-health professionals to volunteer over 185,000 hours of free counseling for U.S. troops, veterans, and their loved ones.

Anyone from the military community, including parents and siblings of service members and veterans, can find a licensed provider through Give an Hour. The providers include psychiatrists, psychologists, grief and substance abuse counselors, and social workers who offer expertise on everything from treating post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury to school anxiety.

Currently, the network has more than 7,000 providers.

"It became very clear to me several years ago that if we don't change the culture of mental health in our nation we will never prevent the 22 suicides a day in our veteran community," Van Dahlen says. "We won't prevent the 42,000 suicides in our nation. That involves all men and women — and now, unfortunately, teenagers."

Van Dahlen only recently began sharing her personal story of mental illness in her family. Her mother was schizophrenic and her father, a World War II Veteran, tried for eight years to navigate the complexity of having his wife in and out of the hospital. Eventually, Van Dahlen's mother became estranged from the family.

"Unfortunately in my lifetime we didn't talk about those things in public. And I remember it causing me a great sense of shame and fear."

Van Dahlen hadn't seen her mother in 43 years and then recently found her in California.

She has very personal reasons for becoming a licensed clinical psychologist and launching a tireless crusade to break through the mental health stigma in this country.

The success of Give an Hour led Van Dahlen to launch the Campaign to Change Direction — a simple concept to encourage all Americans to learn the Five Signs of emotional suffering and to remove the stigma surrounding these conversations.

The campaign has seen incredible success since its national launch with First Lady, Michelle Obama, just over six months ago.

"How do we change the culture? We realized the really important first step is to level the playing field. Know the 5 signs of emotional suffering; signs that someone is hurting emotionally."

http://www.changedirection.org/know-the-five-signs/

"We believe that as we elevate the conversation and everyone learns those 5 signs, it naturally leads to an interest in the conversation," says Van Dahlen.

She knows the pain and heartbreak of watching someone suffer from mental illness and feeling helpless. While this crusade began with a strong focus on our Military, Van Dahlen has expanded her efforts in hopes of providing a framework to elevate the conversation and provide real solutions. She points out that the American Heart Association has done a tremendous job teaching people about the signs of heart attack and stroke. She hopes to do the same with mental illness.

All the while, Van Dahlen, now recognized as a formidable leader in this complex field, hopes to teach her two daughters that what started as a simple idea, has turned into a movement.

"We don't know what's in us or what we are capable of until we test it," Van Dahlen says. "I'm really proud of the example I'm setting for my two daughters. I wanted them to see the power of one."

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“All of us should pay attention to our emotional well being just like we pay attention to our physical well being.” Barbara Van Dahlen, named to TIME magazine’s 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, is the founder and president of Give an Hour. The organization, founded by Van Dahlen in…

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"If you make more choices correctly, you begin to live a life with ease and live with more joy," says Laura Day, author, intuitive and well respected healer. Day has worked with celebrities like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore. She works with movie studios and big companies who enlist her to help predict the future, as well as people around the world who are seeking to tap into their intuition and improve their decision making.

Day has written 7 best selling books including "The Circle" and "Practical Intuition".

"The most press I ever got was when I predicted the credit crunch and sold all my stocks," Day says. "I got so much press around that." But this is not a guessing game. "Intuition," she tells her clients, "is supported by logic. It is the mind's ability to perceive in a way that we never thought possible."

Day focuses on accurate, actionable and verifiable information. "One of the things intuition does is it gives you back the power," she says. "This is an ability we all have, lets develop it and use it."

In this episode of Carey Pena Reports, here is what you will learn:

— How to use intuition so your life runs more smoothly

—What is the one thing you should do before you go to sleep to help you achieve your goals

—How to identify your targets and goals

—The biggest mistake made with intuition that you want to avoid

—How to rule the world from your couch

For more information on Laura Day you can visit

www.Practicalintuition.com

www.laura-day.com

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“If you make more choices correctly, you begin to live a life with ease and live with more joy,” says Laura Day, author, intuitive and well respected healer.  Day has worked with celebrities like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore.  She works with movie studios and big companies who enlist her to help predict…

"It is truly amazing how this one concept of money and asking for it put me into a stratospheres I never thought possible," says Laura Fredricks, speaker and author of several hit books such as THE ASK and Money Wellness: Is Money Making You Sick?

Fredricks began her career as a journalist before becoming an attorney. She worked in the Philadelphia Attorney General's Office practicing civil litigation. Fredricks began to realize that she was wining a lot of cases on cross examination. At a very early age, she learned the power of asking good questions.

Building on that early momentum and success, Fredricks took a risk and left her job at the AG's office to focus on teaching non-profits and business people how to ask for — and receive — what they want.

"You have to believe 1,000% that you really deserve what you are asking for," Fredricks shares. "I have people who write me and say your book, your speech changed my life."

In this episode of Carey Pena Reports, here is what you will learn:

– What is it that makes a great question?

– How Laura helps non-profits and businesses effectively ask for support

– What is organizational structure and how can it help you achieve your goals

– Before you ask someone else for support, what questions do you first need to ask yourself

– Before making an ask, what is the one thing you can do to gain confidence

According to Fredricks, "The win is that you made the ask, not the result."

For more information visit www.expertontheask.com

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“It is truly amazing how this one concept of money and asking for it put me into a stratospheres I never thought possible,” says Laura Fredricks, speaker and author of several hit books such as THE ASK and Money Wellness: Is Money Making You Sick? Fredricks began her career as a journalist before becoming an…

"It's gonna get a lot worse. People should be prepared and save the barf bags from the airplane," says Phoenix based political strategist Marcus Dell'Artino.

Dell'Artino and Democratic strategist Barry Dill both from the firm First Strategic join us for the Week In Review on a week when there were a lot of big stories.

Here's what we talk about in this podcast:

• Donald Trump takes on a Federal Judge and unleashes on the media in a tirade that dominates the headlines.
• Trump University comes under fire as internal documents are released.
• Questions are raised about how much money Trump actually raised for Veterans.
• Hillary Clinton lashes out in a speech about Donald Trump.
• Clinton faces more questions about her emails. Will this scandal follow her to the election?
• Speaker Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump (and takes a lot of heat).
• Democrats in California get ready to go to the polls — can Sanders pull off an upset?
• U.S. economy only adds 38,000 jobs in May, according to the Labor Department. The worst monthly job gain since 2010.

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