SYNCHRONICITY ISSUE! RECOGNIZE A ARMAN & GAYANE LIFE FILLED WITH ADAMYAN MEANINGFUL MOMENTS AN INTERVIEW

SERENDIPITY’S YOU MUST SYNCHRONICITY MAGIC DARE TO DREAM OR COINCIDENCE? DISCOVER THE SECRET HOW DARING TO BE RECEPTIVE TO EACH TO LIVING A HAPPY, MORE DREAM RESULTED IN A MOMENT AND RECEIVE THESE FULFILLED LIFE SERENDIPITOUS MOMENT GIFTS FROM THE UNIVERSE CONTENTS FROM THE SYNCHRONICITY INTERVIEW EDITOR 10 THE SECRET TO 33 ARMAN & GAYANE SERENDIPITY’S MAGIC ADAMYAN had moved on to the city on which my During my cancer experience, I prayed BY JOY HUNTSMAN BY JUDI MOREO mother had placed the pin. Is that the for a sign that I was choosing the right same as “synchronicity”? treatment as I was foregoing chemo HOW DOES and radiation. Then in a restroom, 13 Or, how about these examples: there was a sign on the wall that said, SYNCHRONICITY WORK? BY JOAN S. PECK LIFESTYLE “The Power that made the body heals You end a horrible relationship and the body. It is the only way.” LOBBYING FOR A CHANGE 04 JOURNALING IS A CHOICE ften in life, things hap- right away you meet a person who 29 BY WILNONA & JADE BY JUDI MOREO pen that seem “syn- seems to better suit you. It all seems so “synchronistic.” But, chronistic” or “coin- is it a coincidence or is our conscious- UNANSWERED PRAYERS STAY PRODUCTIVE WHILE O cidental.” Are there You go to the store and you tell the ness evolving? Have we attracted cer- 40 BY GINA GELDBACH-HALL 16 really such happen- passenger in your car that you always tain people into our lives because we AWAY ON BUSINESS ings? In this issue, our writers have get a parking place up front and at have lessons to learn? Or, have we BY AMBER DE LA GARZA ARE YOU LICENSED TO chosen to explore the subject from that very moment, a car pulls out of gotten to a place in our consciousness 42 many different angles. a parking place by the front door and where answers come more quickly SYNCHRONIZE YOUR 20 CUENCA INTERNATIONAL in you go. and from different sources than in the JOURNEY? WRITER’S CONFERENCE I was raised in a family where we be- past? BY HOLLY DUCKWORTH BY CHOICES STAFF lieved everything happened for a rea- You are having a really down day and son. Is that the same as synchronic- you get an email from someone who We’d like to know your thinking on 24 ARTISTIC CHOICES ity? There were times when my father sends you such a positive message, this. Why not drop me a line? BY CHOICES STAFF who was a salesman was on the road you immediately feel as if that person and my mother would go to the map knew how you felt and reached out to Always remember, 37 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO RE- which had pushpins marking the spots you. PROGRAM YOUR MIND where my father was staying for the You are More Than Enough BY JUDI MOREO night and with no reason, she would Or, you have an inner experience such move the pin to another city. When as a dream, vision, or other form of 46 HOP ON BOARD THE my father would return home from déjà vu and a day later the physical 44 WHAT’S LOGIC GOT TO DO PASSION TRAIN his trip, it would turn out that when event occurs. WITH IT? BY JUDI MOREO he didn’t get a room for the night, he Judi BY JUSTIN WEIS 52 DARE TO DREAM 48 SYNCHRONICITY BY SHANA KAI AWARENESS BY BECKY GRAVA DAVIS OUR TEAM BEAUTY & THE FEAST 60 NO COINCIDENCE! PUBLISHER Turning Point International EDITOR IN CHIEF Judi Moreo CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jake Naylor BY KATHI KULESZA 56 KEEP CALM. SPRING LAMB ON THE COVER Arman & Gayane Admyans IS HERE. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Anthony Burnside, Becky Grava Davis, Amber De La Garza, Holly Duckworth, Gina Geldbach- 62 SYNCHRONICITY OR BY S. L. GORE Hall, S.L. Gore, Sheryl Green, Joy Huntsman, Shana Kai, Kathi Kulesza, Joan S. Peck, Justin Weis, Wilnona & Jade COINCIDENCE BY ANTHONY BURNSIDE ADDRESS 3315 E Russell Road, Ste A4-404, Las Vegas, NV 89120 TEL (702) 283-4567 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.ChoicesOnlineMedia.com A FINAL NOTE 64 BY JUDI MOREO 4 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 5 JOURNALING IS A CHOICE BY JUDI MOREO

f you have a great memory, you are one of the lucky few. This Are you using your creative energy article probably isn’t to make your business more I successful? Conquer the Brain going to add any value for you. For the rest of us, we have a Drain is about tapping into the difficult time remembering what we ate creative wellspring we all possess. for breakfast this morning, unless it just If you’re on a team – or especially if happened. you manage one – learning to think creatively and teaching others Keeping a journal can be a great way to do so will boost productivity, to improve our situations. Because we improve morale and inspire your have a difficult time remembering what team to greater success. happened in the past, we can simply refer to our journals. These journals will Short deadlines, downsizing, contain entries that specify the events increased expectations and the on any particular day, as well as personal need to do more with less all notes to ourselves. These notes can be contribute to “status quo” thinking. related to the events, or they can be Try to avoid haphazard entries as the use it. I handwrite my journal. Each day Solving business problems completely unrelated. It’s up to you. value of the journal will diminish. The I record one thing I have achieved that and generating new ideas and journal is the reference book of your life. day in my physical Achievement Journal. strategies can’t be accomplished The value of the journal won’t be It also can serve as providing answers It is amazing what you can achieve using the same old brain-draining apparent until you have been using it to problems you had in the past. The in a year when you set out to record methods. If you keep doing what actively. This is where making it a habit entries will contain notes about how one thing you have achieved each day. you’ve always done, you’ll keep comes into play. You need to discipline you solved the problems. Because there is also a place in the getting the same old results. If yourself to make an entry every day. Achievement Journal for me to keep my you want to build an innovative, Doing it daily is best. But, if you have a It’s up to you whether you want to create Vision pages for my goals in each area creative, problem-solving team, hard time with that, then shoot for once this journal online or handwritten. There of my life, I look at them every day. This then you need a new approach. a week. can be more of a commitment when you is such a good way to keep your goals in handwrite your journal. But, the choice the forefront of your mind. ORDER ONLINE! is yours, as long as you keep it going and www.JudiMoreo.com 6 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

“At some point, when

I also record my miracles in the journal. “I’ve set powerful goals with my we have been blessed You will be blown away by how many Achievement Journal and achieved miracles are taking place in your life my dream of becoming a best-selling with profoundly when you keep a daily record of them. author.” Greg Kompes moving, touching and Many of you know how long it took me to design and redesign this journal “Writing goals in my journal and special moments, it to make sure it would assist you in updating them regularly helps me stay is important to stop achieving your goals. It started out by on track. It’s about time someone me trying to find a journal that worked published a convenient, well organized questioning and to for me and when I couldn’t find one that journal that people would really use. I was just right, I began taking journals should have known that person would begin accepting the apart and putting them back together, be you – Judi. designing pages, pasting pictures and Bob Walker gift of the experience. words, and putting in gold stars until I Speaker/Author got just what I wanted…a journal we can Such moments add use as a planner, a goal setting tool, a If the entire concept intimidates you, measurement of how we are doing in start out small. Don’t try to create only richness and our lives and a gratitude book…all in volumes in your journal in the first few one. weeks. The journal structure that you great joy to this come up with will evolve over time. Now, it’s here and you can have one for You’ll keep what is working and scrap journey called life.” only $39.95. I am so excited with the what isn’t. quality of the book and the fact that ______the price is so reasonable. If you don’t There are some on-line productivity have one, get yours today so that you tools which can help in your efforts to can have a visual depiction of all your journal. For instance, Evernote is a free Susan Barbara Apollon dreams, goals, hopes, and ideas coming online tool where you can create notes. true. You can date these notes and create a section called journal. They even have a Here’s what’s happening with some of feature where you can set up checklists the people who use the journal now! or task lists. The information is saved in the cloud and is secure. ABOUT THE AUTHOR “Judi Moreo first introduced me to her Judi Moreo is the author of the award- Goal Achievement Method of setting As you continue to record your daily winning book, “You Are More Than goals over 15 years ago and I have been events, you are training your brain with Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to using it ever since. It helps me clarify my this activity. A journal can help you recall Purpose, Passion, and Power” as well intentions so that my goals are what I information, but it also serves to help as its companion, Achievement Journal. truly want instead of what I think I should you improve your memory. She is a Certified Speaking Professional do based on family/societal influences. who has spoken in 28 countries around I’ve given copies of her journal to all my Make the choice to journal today and the world. Less than 10 percent of friends and as a college career advisor, I every day! You’ll be glad you did. the speakers in the world hold this use the principles it contains to help my highly respected earned designation. students.” To contact Judi or book her for a Sue Bracksieck speaking engagement, contact Turning Eastern New Mexico University Point International, (702) 283-4567 or [email protected].

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what others were feeling or what was from childhood, young adulthood, to going on around me. Somehow, I just now – have been shaped by finding “knew” and developed a talent for something valuable when looking for asking the right question or making something else. the right comment that made others feel better. I also discovered that I’ve learned that optimism is a whatever I wanted, I somehow was choice. And that’s the foundation able to get – manifest is the word we of coaching: guiding choices. That’s use now. Looking back over those why my journey was always headed formative years, I feel such a sense here. For those who were raised of gratitude for the influence my surrounded by toxic negativity, I beloved grandmother had on me. help them see life from another perspective. I encourage them to Eventually, I started my own business be positively hopeful regardless of consulting company. It was there that circumstance. I discovered a truism that shaped my transformation from business The science of optimism is compelling ABOUT THE AUTHOR consultant to transformational coach. – optimists are more likely to Joy Huntsman is a Professional It was simply this, “people who feel persevere in the face of difficulty, Development and Transformational good about who they are, where they set a greater number of goals, be Life Coach who supports individuals are, who they’re with, and the world more successful in academic, social and organizations in realizing in general, produce better results, and professional situations – and their dreams. She and her family personally and professionally.” maintain higher levels of well-being were raised in Las Vegas. She’s I felt “older” and really preferred to and mental health during high times lived on both coasts and outside be around adults. Sure, I loved the Coaching has given me a wonderful of stress. The best part is it’s a choice! the country, and has traveled THE SECRET TO sailing down the street on my roller career. What has led me to where I It’s free and people can learn to live extensively. Joy has held numerous skates. Yet, what I really loved was am is true Serendipity: the occurrence an optimistic life energized with leadership positions in business and spending time with my grandmother. and development of events by chance gratitude that leaves no room for community organizations. Although SERENDIPITY’S Grandma Mary was my whole world! in a happy and unexpected way. I see regrets. Perhaps this is the secret to she’s received many awards and Making lemonade from lemons was clearly how each of my experiences serendipity’s magic. literally how my Grandma Mary acknowledgments, nothing has given MAGIC refocused through the tough times. her more satisfaction than coaching BY JOY HUNTSMAN She would pluck a lemon from one individuals and businesses to reach of her giant trees in the backyard and their full potential. y family could have for that matter), we never felt poor. sweeten away. I don’t ever remember written a book on We never felt downtrodden or less her complaining. She was active in It’s never too late! Begin your new the power of being than. And no matter how many hard her church and often had groups of life now. You’ll be so grateful you did. optimistic. It would knock challenges life threw at us, they lovely hearted ladies in her home for Joy’s goal for her clients is that they M do the good work so they have zero have been a great seemed to overcome it all with an Bible study. Oh, how I loved listening read too: chock full of Americana attitude that everything would always to their stories and watching their regrets at the age of eighty ninety! hardships complete with its own get better. admiration for each other. They Manifest Destiny spin. There was their exemplified such a strong connection Contact Joy at www.joyandassociates. farm that succumbed to drought, Looking back to my early childhood to one another; always empathetic com, [email protected] and patriarchal abuse, splintering divorce, years, living on those tree lined streets and so very compassionate. 702-721-8569. and the grand ramble to Hollywood, of Troost Avenue in North Hollywood, CA. But, despite there being no money I was different from the children Maybe I picked this up by osmosis? I under the mattress (or anywhere else with whom I played. Even at school, carried this uncanny ability to sense 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 13

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.” ______

Charles de Lint HOW DOES SYNCHRONICITY WORK? BY JOAN S. PECK

ow many times has you or some energy larger than life is A person has capsized his boat and is something happened in responding to your needs, sometimes treading water, exhausted and about to your life that seems to without you even being aware of what give up, when a porpoise suddenly pops H come out of the blue, you needed. Unexpected surprises. up beside him and leads him to shore or almost as if a response perhaps a log drifts to him and he is able to something thought, yet, not spoken? To me, the most remarkable thing about to grasp onto it and keep afloat until he I’m talking about something unusual, synchronicity is it provides the proof is rescued. perhaps even a bit weird because it’s so that we are not alone! There is a con- unforeseen. It’s as if something inside nection. Think of the stories you hear! 14 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

On a less life-threatening scale, it might If you believe that everything is energy receiving their wonderful messages in be you’re feeling lost and alone when as I do, that alone indicates we are all order to take advantage of all they re- suddenly you smell the same fragrance connected, and because we are, there veal to us. Keep in mind, they are there your mother or grandmother wore; or are times when it is possible to sense for our own good. Think about it! Isn’t it hear a loved one’s name whispered on someone else’s emotional energy and lovely to know we are never alone? How the wind bringing her love to your mind respond to it. Now, the catch is to look blessed are we! and heart; or clearly see in your mind’s at this idea without restricting it to the “Take a small step eye the face of a person important to lower 3rd and 4th earthly dimensions you, prompting you to reach out to her; (vibrations) where we live in human in the direction of a or when you close your eyes, you have form. What do I mean by that? In other words come to you that have a positive words, since energy is energy and every- dream and watch the influence on your future thoughts and thing is energy, we are not limited in any synchronous doors actions. Again, it is a connection. So, way to be able to connect to those in a how does synchronicity work? higher vibrational energy in non-human flying open.” form such as one who has died and is no Have you ever been meditating or even longer present on earth. In turn, those ______sitting and relaxing when a vision comes who have passed are able to connect to you where you can see an event hap- with us in the lower vibrational human pening, so real you even experience form. Those moments of inseparable- the feelings that go along with it? Then, ness is how synchronicity works. It’s that Julia Cameron along comes the thought and a strong connection. sense it was something you either ex- perienced in another time or place I believe the beautiful thing about syn- or it’s going to be part of your future. chronicity is knowing there are so many You know what I’m talking about… that energies in human and non-human sense of knowing. It happens to all of us form who surround us wanting the best whether we are willing to recognize it for us. They are there to give us love, for what it is or not. So again, how does guidance and support. All we have to ABOUT THE AUTHOR synchronicity work? do is become more aware and open to Joan S. Peck is an editor and author of short stories, spiritual books and a contributing author in two of the books in the Life Choices book series. She also writes for Recovery Today magazine.

Her latest book is Prime Threat – Shattering the Power of Addiction, “Coincidences link us to a book written with her son from the other side about what addiction the unknown and weave is and how to live without it. It is an uplifting book with him sharing some us into it.” of his own lifetimes of addiction and what he is doing now to clear them. Doug Dillon She can be reached at: (702) 423-4342 [email protected] www.bejeweled7.com 16 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 17

checklist then print it before each trip 6. Optimize Your Environment Flights get cancelled. Uber drivers run so you don’t waste time and mental en- Whether at the airport, plane, hotel late. Hotels lose reservations. A good ergy trying to remember everything you room, or host office, create an environ- rule of thumb while traveling is to be should do or pack before leaving and ment that supports your productivity. flexible, but not when it comes to your possibly forget something. You may require lots of noise or abso- productivity. You can’t afford to lose lute silence to work in your zone of fo- days or weeks of precious work time 2. Back Up and Send Up cus. Strive to create your preferred envi- just because you’re far from your office. Before leaving, back up all your elec- ronment in each of your “offices.” Make a point of sticking to your good tronic files and make them accessible in work habits so you can work effectively the Cloud. If for any reason your laptop 7. Don’t Convert Time and efficiently wherever you find your- gets lost, stolen, or broken, you will be Converting time confuses your mind self, in any time zone. able to work by accessing your docu- and body. Reset your watch upon land- ments via the online storage app. ing and don’t look back. Your phone and Want more tips and strategies to im- laptop should automatically reset once prove your personal productivity? 3. Communicate Whereabouts online. Go to bed at your normal hour Download my free Time Maximizers Set reasonable expectations of your but in the new time zone to ensure you Cheat Sheet at TimeMaximizers.com availability by updating your voicemail get an ideal night of sleep which is 7 to 8 greeting and setting up an auto-re- hours for most people. sponder email to communicate you’re away. State the dates you will not be 8. Invest in Yourself available and inform people you will re- Don’t overlook self-care while on the turn their call or email upon your return road. Pack healthy snacks for needed so they don’t feel you’re avoiding them energy which will also save you time, or leave duplicate messages. money, and the temptation to consume junk food. Drink lots of water to stay hy- 4. Create and Stick To A Plan drated and squeeze in a workout when Plan accordingly to make the best use you can. Many hotels provide a gym but of your whereabouts. The plane may be if not, exercises like sit-ups and squats the best place to get focused work done can easily be done in your room. because you can’t take calls or answer because traveling disrupts the systems emails. Waiting to board your flight may 9. Take Breaks HOW TO STAY PRODUCTIVE you’ve established, both to manage dis- be the best time to tackle recurring ad- In striving to get work done on the tractions and run your business.- How ministrative tasks that require little fo- road, you may be tempted to work for WHILE AWAY ON BUSINESS ever, being on the road shouldn’t mean cused attention. Create your plan and hours on end but failing to take breaks is you fail to get anything done, manage stick to it! counterproductive. Give yourself short day to day operations, or move your BY AMBER DE LA GARZA breaks to reenergize, refuel, and refocus ABOUT THE AUTHOR business forward. You just need to em- 5. Arrive Early upon returning to your work. Amber De La Garza is The Productivity brace your best work habits, committing eing productive is no deprivation, caffeine withdrawal, and Arrive to the airport and your gate early Specialist! Amber is a sought-after easy feat. In the com- daydreaming, among so many others. to better focus and consistency, to work so you don’t stress over missing your 10. Expense as You Go coach, trainer, speaker, writer, and the fort of your own office You’re surrounded by and engulfed in productively in any time zone. flight. Then find a quiet place to get Use an app on your phone to process host of the Productivity Straight Talk you must typically bat- distractions preventing you from getting some focused work done. Whenever your expenses as they accrue so you podcast. She helps entrepreneurs take B Work at your best wherever you are consistent, massive, focused action in tle chimes, dings, and high-priority work done. Hopefully you possible, fly to your destination well don’t return from your trip with a wad rings coming from your computer and have systems in place to combat these traveling using these business travel ahead of your first scheduled meeting of crumpled receipts that need atten- your business and equips you with the phone, banging from construction, sorts of interferences that negatively tips: as well. Doing so affords more time to tion. Time back in the office is better specific techniques you need to reduce honking from traffic, noisy people on impact your productivity. settle in to your room and reenergize spent on high-priority activities that your stress, increase your profits, make the other side of the wall, coworkers, 1. Create A Travel Checklist before diving into the work you came move your business forward. more time for what matters most, and achieve your vision of success. clients, family members, and vendors Being away on business makes working Don’t run the risk of forgetting an im- there to do, not to mention flights often dropping in on you with no notice, sleep productively an even tougher challenge portant item. Create a digital travel get delayed. 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 19

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Okay, so what else makes this confer- ence special? We pride ourselves on being an approachable inclusive confer- ence. The cost is affordable. Only $199 for a full week, but you will also be able to approach any of our speakers and ask them to autograph their books you just lonial Spanish architecture. Maybe it is the artisan crafts, the colors, the dance, purchased in the conference bookstore. living on the Inca trail, visiting Inca ruins, the music, the food of Cuenca, Ecuador. Or ask them whatever is burning in your being in a building that was built centu- Cuenca has been an International Liv- mind. Maybe you want to ask Mark ries ago with bricks made by hand. Pos- ing “Best place to retire” for four years about researching his book, Beneath A sibly it’s the eternal spring-like weather. and is a UNESCO Heritage City. If you are Scarlet Sky or ask Judi about editing an Or the air of the Andes mountains. considering the expat life, we will make online magazine. You can buy Daphne a Whatever it is, we are going to help you sure you get the information you need. glass of wine and laugh nervously about explore it. We are planning to offer you If you are just planning a new adventure her session on how to write a great sex CUENCA INTERNATIONAL experiences like nowhere else. for yourself, or your family, we’ll make scene. sure that happens too. We promise you Come learn about our business with the will return home feeling energized from Come join us, May 28th - June 1st, in WRITER’S CONFERENCE experts, like Mark Sullivan, Judi Moreo, your experience and with a treasure- Cuenca Ecuador. We’re waiting for you. Summer Prescott, Daphne Loveling, trove of story fodder. C.A. Newsome and others. Experience Visit the website for more information, including the full list of our speakers for ’m a writer and I know it’s to hone your craft, or the newest tech- call Cuenca home? They came from the 2018 at: cuencawritersconference.com good for me to get out niques for selling your books. It’s about U.S., Canada, the U.K. and probably oth- and live life occasionally. networking and meeting authors from er places too. The writing community I But with all the writer’s around the world. Attendees and pre- here is unrivaled anywhere in the world, conferences available, senters have made lasting friendships. with support groups, a monthly reading why should I travel all the way to Ecua- But even that isn’t what makes this a event, poetry fundraisers, book signings dor to attend a writer’s conference? special conference. and launches. There is something about this city that inspires creativity. Because the Cuenca writer’s conference This conference is also about the magical isn’t about setting up a table to sell your city of Cuenca. Did you know, there are Maybe it’s the four beautiful rivers run- books, it’s not just about learning how over a hundred expat writers that now ning through the city. Maybe it’s the co- “I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.”

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Whether it’s capturing amazing wildlife on canvas, delicate flowers on paper or facing daunting personal issues, Judi Moreo, well-known author, motivational speaker and busi- nesswoman is more than up to the challenge!

Judi is an internationally known public speaker and author who began to discover her talent as a watercolor artist after her doctor diagnosed her with cancer and advised her to find an outlet for her stress.

Under the tutelage of Ed Klein at the City Lights Art Gallery in Henderson, Nevada, Judi has created a collection of paintings The Artistic Choices Gallery features artists working in any which she calls her “Exploration of Life.” Judi has now ven- medium. With each issue, Choices Magazine hopes to take tured into painting with acrylics and furthered her study with you on a virtual gallery experience that will brighten and en- Jeff Tift, one of North America’s leading wildlife artists. Her rich your life through the creativity and art of our featured animal paintings are created from photographs she took in the artists. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

For the innagural appearance of this column, we are pleased For more information about Judi’s artwork, visit: to feature the artwork of Judi Moreo. www.JudiMoreoArtist.com

ABOVE BELOW LEFT: African Elephant, Acrylic LEFT: Mother’s Love, Acrylic CENTER: Contemplation, Acrylic CENTER: Vervet Monkeys, Acrylic RIGHT: Polar Bear, Acrylic RIGHT: Leopard, Acrylic

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FAR LEFT: Summer Birch, Watercolor LEFT: Spring Birch, Watercolor

BELOW LEFT: Remembering Grandpa, Watercolor Center: Country Cottage, Watercolor RIGHT: Church Steeple, Acrylic

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LOBBYING FOR CHANGE BY WILNONA & JADE

is legs were crossed before. We were a motley crew of in- since my divorce. Why are you so guard- on the hotel floor in dividuals welcoming in the late-night ed? I opened my mouth to answer and the lobby at one in the party goers in a five-star hotel on a the truth fell out. The highlights of the H morning. He was shirt- Florida beach. This was where the cliché awful stories from marriage compiled less, and his abs were statement “you will meet someone who themselves into a short story of sor- impeccable. Beside him was a friend I changes your life” took on meaning. row. He listened, and my friend listened, had met just eight weeks prior. She was both of them said nothing for a beat. He fifty-five and suffering with winter de- He was twenty-three and (did I say?) gor- slid into a chair next to the fireplace. pression from the long gray cold days. geous. I hated his look. I disliked his lack He had performed miracles that evening of refinement and the fact that he was “I want you to know, that what you have that I had not noticed. The kitchen was staring at me. He was not my one. My been through, makes you a great per- closed, yet, we were eating a cheese friend allowed him to sit while we drank son. You should wear each one of those steak, the bar was closed but we were our teas and he began to talk. One hour, horrors as a badge of honor on your drinking the drinks of our choices, and two hours, three hours passed by, and chest for the world to see.” the jacuzzi had ceased operations for the fifty-five-year-old was still cackling the evening but all three of us were still and sharing motherly advice to him. I A last-minute trip, a six-hour conversa- dripping wet because my fifty-five-year- was unimpressed, but then he asked me tion with a man a decade my junior, said old friend had never been in a whirlpool a question I had heard repeated often a sentence that changed everything. I 30 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

was valuable, useful again. My experi- about abuse, created a reality tv show missed mine. I would still be waiting for ences were badges not scars. A twelve- all from a twenty-three-year-old sitting the person who would change my life, year fog lifted that evening and I could on the lobby floor in the wee hours of my prince charming. I am so glad this see the world, not only see it… but be a the morning. (did I say?) gorgeous man walked into part of it again. my life in sandals, ripped jeans, and Many days, I think back to those hours shirtless. I am thrilled he persisted past We went home early from our vacation spent in his company and wonder if the ice queen exterior. Thank you to this to beat a nor ’easterner snow storm it hadn’t been for the fluke trip what I person who I hope will read this article, back to our respective abodes, but his would have been doing now? I don’t you know exactly who you are. You just words stayed with me. I built from there. know the answer to that. I do know don’t know what meeting you has done I put together an anthology that landed there are moments, and there are peo- for me. us on national television in England, ple, built for creating new opportunities. formed a group of women to speak out If I would have blinked, I would have

“We do not create our destiny; we participate ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wilnona and Jade are Advocate Awarded in its unfolding. Authors. They have contributed writings to eight books over two years. Jade Synchronicity works as and Wilnona are the Co-Founders of a catalyst toward the The Inspirational Women in Literature Media and Journalism Conference. They working out of that star in the Sacramento based reality TV Show Just Writin Life. They are coming destiny.” out with their own series The Miss- Fit Guides and are the editors of The 25 Hottest Indie Authors, Artists and David Richo Advocates Magazine. They travel the world speaking about writing, assisting abuse victims, business, and women’s empowerment. They have co-hosted conferences on three continents. www.andwethought.com 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 33

ARMAN & GAYANE ADAMYAN AN INTERVIEW BY JUDI MOREO

ecently Aimmee Ko- population in Las Vegas increasing enor- started my career as a TV host for Shirak dachian, the producer mously and as there was no Armenian Television. of my television show, television station in Las Vegas at the R “The World of Book time, they saw an opportunity. What types of programs do you host Reviews” decided to and produce? move my show, along with several oth- I was curious to know more about them Arman: We produce programs in Eng- ers that she produces, to the Armount and I am sure you are too, so read on. lish as well as Armenian. Our first pro- Television Network. Upon arriving at They are a fascinating couple. duction was the cooking program “Spice the station, I had the pleasure and the it up with Chef Aram” and it’s getting honor to meet the owners of the sta- When did you first get into television? more and more audience by each day. tion, Arman & Gayane Adamyan. Arman: My passion for television pro- Another project we are working on is duction started when I was 16 years old our free smart tv and smartphone ap- Armount Television Network was the when my father formed the 1st TV sta- plication, that gives people the opportu- first Armenian station in Nevada and tion called Shirak Television in my home- nity to watch our channel regardless of is now the largest Armenian Television town Gyumri, Armenia. I started volun- their geographic location. Also, soon our network in the state based on pro- teering at his company, then was hired audience will have the option of over air gramming, viewership and coverage. as a video editor. After 5 years my family broadcasting which will allow them to Armount TV is broadcasting in high defi- moved to the United States and I contin- watch our channel even with the sim- nition (HD) and in other formats, provid- ued working with tv companies for an- plest dish. We have a lot of plans, but ing 24 hours of entertainment and news other 13 years. I always had that idea of everything step by step, I don’t want to programming. opening a tv station, mainly in Los Ange- fully open the parenthesis. les. Before being in tv station, I’ve tried Arman & Gayane immediately made me all kinds of different businesses. I used feel at home in the station. They are to have a coffee shop with my wife, and How did the two of you meet? a team and Aimmee and I quickly be- my family owned and still runs an altera- Arman: Gayane was hosting a show I came members of their team. We are tion store called Denim Revival, which is was producing. After a few months of all working together to bring our view- one of a kind in the U.S. It repairs jeans working together, we formed a friend- ing audience the best possible televi- with any age and condition. I also had a ship that led to a relationship very sion experience. They are passionate web development company in Armenia, quickly. about what they are doing. Leaving Los but no matter how I went around, I’d Angeles and moving Armount TV to Las always come back to the television job. Who influenced you? Vegas was a big step. The Adamyan’s Arman: My father is a photographer and are Aremenian. They saw the Armenian Gayane: I was in my early 20’s when I so I have been around cameras all my 34 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

life. I grew up having a passion for film that they recognize June 1st as Armount and photography. TV Day.

Gayane: I always liked journalism and Gayane: When we got full coverage radio. An opportunity came up for a broadcasting in Las Vegas Metropolitan. television host and I thought I’d give it a try. I immediately fell in love with the What’s the best advice you were ever profession. given and who gave it to you? Arman: My ex-boss said...don’t do it! What inspires you? (laughing) Arman: I like toys...very expensive toys! For me, television is not a business, it’s What was the most important decision an expensive hobby. you ever made? Gayane: Make the big leap and move to Gayane: The people I meet inspire me. Las Vegas. I enjoy meeting people from different aspects of life. What advice would you give someone who wants to pursue a career in televi- What does Armount mean? sion? Arman: The name has Armenian ori- Arman: Follow your dreams and don’t gins and meaning. It’s named after Ara- let anyone discourage you. It is very rat Mount and the logo represents the rewarding when you accomplish your mountain. Sometimes people think I was when we opened our station in Las dreams. got selfish and named it after my name Vegas; the first week we were offered to (laughing), but I didn’t. produce a live telethon for Syria Refu- Where to from here for the Adamy- gees with 200 guests in a little studio we ans? had at that time. Arman: To become a full power televi- What were the biggest surprises you sion network in the US. We hope to grow have encountered in the television What is your proudest television mo- and become one of the largest Armeni- world? ment? an channels in the U.S., because we’re Arman: The television world is full of Arman: When I received the proclama- putting a lot of effort and time in getting surprises. The biggest one, I would say, tion from Clark County Commissioners to that point. We are open to any ideas and projects and welcome anyone who would like to go big with our channel. We’re getting a lot of suggestions from people now. It’s amazing what creative ideas they come up with.

Gayane: Ditto!

I have every confidence you will do that. It has been my pleasure to learn more about you and to work with you on my show. I look forward to a long and successful relationship with - Ar mount Television. 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 37

3 SIMPLE STEPS TO RE-PROGRAM YOUR MIND BY JUDI MOREO

t is a known fact that our a ton of information online or by going 1. Relax. To achieve relaxation you have minds, more specifically to your local library. to take your brain to Alpha level. This is our subconscious minds, the level where you are able to ‘speak’ control our lives. We are If you need help then there are hyp- directly with the subconscious. Alpha I what we think or believe. notherapists, NLP practitioners, and level brainwaves are experienced first Research has shown that coaches who can be hired to work with thing in the morning as you first awaken there is a mind-body connection and you. and last thing at night just before you go that the mind can help us overcome to sleep. In Alpha level you are awake health problems. Whichever route you choose, one ele- (conscious) and aware of your surround- ment that is crucial is your attitude. For ings but your subconscious is fully alert There are many ways to reprogram your any method to be successful in creating and you are most responsive to learning mind: NLP, hypnosis, visualization, EFT, change in the subconscious you have to and accepting new ideas. havening, affirmations and coaching. want the change and to believe totally in The method you choose will depend on its success. You cannot succeed without You can achieve Alpha level by practic- your mind-set and budget. this belief. ing relaxation techniques.

You may feel able to make positive While every method is different, there 2. Visualize. Picture your goal as an im- changes on your own with a little knowl- are three steps that each uses to repro- age or movie with you ‘in the moment.’ edge and some resources. You can find gram your mind. It must be in the present, so you must be 38 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

living it. Use all of your senses to make loud and listen to them first thing in the it as real as possible. Tell a story and if morning and last thing at night. you can add some humor even better. Your subconscious loves stories and Affirmations must be: it loves humor. By fully engaging your senses, it becomes more real. Make the • In the present tense. scenes really bright and colorful. Hear • Said with positive conviction. (You the sounds, feel the emotions, touch must believe in what you are say- and taste things. ing.) • Charged with emotion. When visualizing always answer these questions: For example: I am giving a presentation to my department and superiors. I am • What can you see? standing at the front of the room. I feel • What can you hear? confident and calm. I am speaking with ABOUT THE AUTHOR • What can you feel? (Physical touch conviction. I know my topic. My presen- Judi Moreo is the author of the award- as well as emotions.) tation is interesting and fun to give. The winning book, “You Are More Than • What can you smell? audience members are listening intent- Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to • What can you taste? ly. They are smiling and nodding their Purpose, Passion, and Power” as well heads as I speak. My voice is confident as its companion, Achievement Journal. 3. Affirm. While visualizing yourself liv- and easy to hear, even at the back of the She is a Certified Speaking Professional ing your goal, it is also important to room. I am standing tall wearing my fa- who has spoken in 28 countries around affirm this. You can either say your -af vourite navy suit. I feel smart. the world. Less than 10 percent of firmations out loud or just think them. the speakers in the world hold this To make them even more powerful and Knowing these three simple steps can highly respected earned designation. effective, you can write them down help you successfully program your To contact Judi or book her for a and display them wherever you will see mind for positive change. speaking engagement, contact Turning them regularly throughout your day. You Point International, (702) 283-4567 or [email protected]. can also record yourself saying them out 40 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 41

and recognizable format, when I was It was the blending of my previous ex- fired. Now, a few would say I wasn’t perience coupled with a desire to fol- “fired” but when they ask you not to do low my heart that lead to a series, that it, some might consider that fired even at the time didn’t seem to connect, if I received no pay. I will admit, I was bringing me to the point I am now. It hurt deeply and felt betrayed but as I really boils down to attitude, I could be look back, there was a huge silver lining super heartbroken and made that my in my “firing”. new ‘normal’, or, I could pull up my boot straps and follow the bread crumbs to That act opened up my days and the a new and potentially wonderful future. talent I had obtained after years of hon- ing my graphic design skills took me to Sometimes, the best thing that can a new level in my artwork. I was able happen is to be “fired” so you can start to cultivate my talent for re-mastering following your heart. Not all roads are photographs into works of art I’m now paved but the prettiest scenery is usual- selling. Had I still been doing graphic ly in the back roads off the beaten path. designing for them, I’m pretty sure this Don’t be afraid to take the scenic route other skill would not have emerged as now and then, you’ll never know what it has. Sometimes, our worst days be- you might discover and how you’ve come our greatest gifts disguised as a been preparing for it all your life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ‘bad’ thing. Gina Geldbach-Hall is an inspirational keynote speaker, author, life coach, and facilitator with 25-years of emergency services experience from EMT and firefighter to battalion chief. Her book, Firegal… Rising from the Ashes, is available on Amazon.com.

She continues to inspire leadership and service and helps others to ignite the flame of empowerment within their lives and work. She is available for coaching and speaking engagements. Visit her website FiregalWisdom.com for more nificantly different. Those unanswered information. prayers were the start to a journey nev- UNANSWERED PRAYERS er considered as a freshman in college. BY GINA GELDBACH-HALL Twists and turns in life propel us to reach new levels of wisdom and understand- Thank God for unan- incident made me turn tail and run back ing not possible without the unexpected swered prayers…” A home into a series of decisions that ulti- bumps in the road. I’ve come to appre- quote from a Garth mately lead to my hiring in the fire ser- ciate them even if they are heartbreak- “ Brooks song I have heard vice. ing and hard to come to terms with at many times, each time times. For example, I had been volun- appreciating the sentiment. It started in I know if I had made my grades that teering my graphic designing talent for college when I wanted to be in a sorority year, been initiated and stayed in Reno, an organization I loved and was finally so bad I could taste it but didn’t make my life would have turned out very dif- starting to see a vision come together, the grades I needed to be initiated. That ferently; not better or worse, but sig- all their advertising having a cohesive 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 43

ur society has rules you what you call it when you’re open to everything in life can be a miracle, if you have to be of a certain them, you give yourself license to syn- open to its possibility. age to drink, vote, and chronize your journey. drive. We have licenses As a reader of Choices, you know the O to be in certain profes- For me, synchronicity happens often power of choice in every aspect of your sions. You get a license when I am driving. life. Give yourself the license to syn- for your car, a license to drive, etc. All chronize your journey. I’d love to hear ARE YOU these licenses essentially break down to I see vanity license places all the time. your stories. permission. You have to have someone As I keep in alignment with these syn- else give you permission. chronous messages, I began to take photos. Now, I have hundreds of them. LICENSED TO There is one thing you don’t need per- mission from others for, believing in On a recent synchronous occurrence, I synchronicity. Synchronicity gets better was sitting in a parking lot with a friend SYNCHRONIZE and faster when you consciously give crying over a recent challenge I was ex- yourself the mental permission… your periencing. I looked up and the car that internal permission, to see divine align- parked across from me had the plate ment around you. “BELIVE”(Believe). You better believe I YOUR put that frown upside down and started There is a little game we play as train- believing again. ers. In the game, go around in a circle and each participant says, “If you really A while back, I was going out on a date JOURNEY? knew me…” finish the statement. You with a gentleman I was little nervous go round and around and after while about. When he picked me up, we BY HOLLY DUCKWORTH your answers start to synchronize with drove away and the car in front of us the people in your group. If you re- had the plate “GV-THX” (give thanks). ABOUT THE AUTHOR ally knew me you would know I love to That set the tone for a wonderful stress Holly Duckworth, LSP, CAE, CMP. A nationally recognized author, speaker bake. If you really knew me you know free evening. and coach for mindful leadership and I love chocolate. If you really knew me motivation. She writes regularly on you know I see Spirit message in license Years ago, I was very sad as I was driv- the future of mindful leadership for plates. ing away from a friend’s house. I looked publications such as the New York Times, to the car in front of me and the plate Science of Mind magazine and Meetings You see, I live my life knowing that the read “PRAY HD” (pray hard). Last week, I Net News. Join Holly in the conversation. right message will come at the right came off stage, left the venue, picked up Listen/watch her weekly show “Presence: time. Sometimes, I see it in numerol- my car, and the plate in front of me was How to Live & Lead Consciously.” Available ogy, others in colors, sometimes clouds “GR8FUL” (grateful) and I was. Messag- on iTunes. She lives in Denver, Colorado. and often those darn vanity car license es are synchronizing everywhere when Learn more at www.hollyduckworth. plates. I see things this way because I you are open to them. com visit her on LinkedIn & follow her on have given myself, and the Universe, twitter at @hduckworth. permission to speak to me in these As a professional speaker, I actually unique visual, auditory, sensory ways. have a Ted-like talk called Life Lessons Learned in Vanity License Plates where I could tell you 1000 stories of synchro- I share some of my collection. nicity in my life. While synchronicity has many definitions and correspond- For some, my little license plate mes- ing words, some call them coincidences, sages may seem too silly to be real. For others call them alignment. No matter me, this divine synchronicity shows that 44 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 45

How do we determine when we are Going back to 1999, while I was stand- fronts which served that cool treat to experiencing synchronization and ing outside that sandwich shop on the specifically arrive at a chain ice cream what should we do when it is recog- west end of Ellensburg, I knew that I parlor that I had never sought out be- nized? When synchronicity occurs, wanted my life to change. I knew that fore. On that mid-July day, I did not you know it. It is not by accident I was not excited about where I was listen to details or logic. that you recognize the connection of at that time of my life. Did I believe seemingly random events in specific an ice cream cone would change the Details and logic recognize that a order in time. Something is happen- course of my future? Absolutely not, Dairy Queen was at the other end of ing within you at that point which is but I remember having curiosity and the parking lot from that sandwich driving you to look for confirmation. willingness to drive past 3 other store- store. Instead, I followed whatever led me. Most of these connections that come together are unrelated and meaningless to the average per- son, but for the individual who un- derstands their meaning; it makes a world of difference. I can guarantee, that if I attempted to explain the syn- chronicities that twisted me down the path in life that I have followed thus far; you would be lost by the sec- ond turn. As for me though, follow- glement and how atomic or even sub- ing those synchronicities have led me WHAT’S LOGIC GOT atomic particles weave everything to- to my wonderful wife of the last 13 gether, I was informed that my wife years, Alisa Weis and two wonderful was asked to write about the topic of children. TO DO WITH IT? synchronicity. BY JUSTIN WEIS Suddenly, I was paying much closer attention to the pages I was turning uring the summer nizations; are all terms commonly in Dr. Leaf’s book as it has much to of 1999, after hav- used to describe those instances do with this topic, and obviously, I am ing lunch at a non- that either put you on your path in to be mindful of it at this point in my D descript sandwich life, sidetrack the plan that you once life. Being an avid believer in another shop on the west side held so dearly or confirm that you are law (with less quantum physics expla- of town, I walked outside and had a going in the direction for which you nations), the Law of Attraction and ‘mental push’ that caused me to de- were destined. Manifestation, I quickly recognized sire to drive to the opposite side of that I needed to offer to write an arti- Ellensburg, Washington to get an ice Having the opportunity to write this cle for my wife. Or perhaps for me. Or cream cone. That ice cream cone was article seems to be one of those in- perhaps for a reader. Who I can’t be followed by a series of meaningful stances. While reading Dr. Caroline sure of, but I know when synchroni- coincidences that helped me make Leaf’s book, Switch On Your Brain last zation is experienced regarding - any radically different decisions about my week, she addressed the quantum thing which is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praise- future and forever changed the path physics ‘Law of Entanglement’ which ABOUT THE AUTHOR my life. states that relationship is the defining worthy; your attention, and likely, ac- Justin Weis is husband to a wonderful characteristic of everything in space tion is required. wife. Father of two amazing kids. Divine appointments, string theory, and time. Fascinatingly enough, soon meaningful coincidences or synchro- after reading about the Law of Entan- 46 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 47

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Judi Moreo is the author of the award- winning book, “You Are More Than Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to Purpose, Passion, and Power” as well as its companion, Achievement Journal. She is a Certified Speaking Professional who has spoken in 28 countries around the world. Less than 10 percent of the speakers in the world hold this highly respected earned designation.

It’s important to shift your attitude. sionate. It takes some getting used Whatever your reason for seeking out a When you lose your passion, you to, and there will be positive experi- one-on-one coach, Judi Moreo will teach HOP ON BOARD tend to become negative. You think ences as well as negative ones. Like you the skills you need to achieve your that nothing will ever work to your any other habit, however, you need desired results. Your personally designed program will provide you with tried and benefit. Unfortunately, this energy to keep going. The beginning days THE PASSION TRAIN true methods of getting from where you gets projected out into the world and are always the toughest. Create a vi- are to where you want to be in a positive BY JUDI MOREO becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. sion of where you want to be several and supportive atmosphere. Not only will months from now. Continue with that you receive feedback on your application as your job gotten ten, they become disillusioned with Volunteer for new assignments at However, if you shift your focus to a vision on a daily basis. This alters your of the information you are receiving, stale to the point the games other people play, and the work. Also, help others who may be more positive stance, that too will be mindset to help you start implement- you will also receive the benefit of Judi’s where you dread go- career is not what it was cracked up just starting out. You can become a projected out and returned to you ing the steps to get there. When this extensive background in leadership, ing to work each day? to be. They end up just existing in that mentor. in kind. Which is better, to receive happens, your passion will grow, and management, image, communication, H presentation skills, and service. Her Your home life may career. something negative or positive for you will find a new zest for both your not be everything you were hoping When people lose their passion, they what you project? Most people will work and your home life. People will insights and guidance will help you for, either. This is common for many If you can inject some passion back want as little to do with their jobs and answer that positive is better. recognize the changes in you and will become who you want to be and present people and can be summed up with into your life, you will find a re- their lives as possible. By creating dif- champion your efforts. People love to yourself as you want to be seen. the following phrase: lack of passion. newed desire to participate. The key ferent paths than you are used to, it If you turn passion into a habit, it align themselves with winners. To contact Judi or book her for a When people start out in their ca- is to reconnect with what you lost. can lead you to a place that you find will become part of your life. Just speaking engagement, contact Turning reers, they are hyped up. They work Sometimes, just getting back toba- exciting and worthwhile. the nature of repeating your passion Point International, (702) 283-4567 or hard and shoot for higher goals. Of- sics can give you a sense of purpose. consistently can make you more pas- [email protected]. 48 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 49

homeless. Retirement was years away “Synchronicity helps with psychological options before filing for retirement in my master plan. I was in good health, development. Serendipity helps get and purchasing my house.) SYNCHRONICITY enjoyed teaching, and needed a few things to happen; it’s about “being in more years of retirement savings to the right place at the right time,” getting As I continue to heal, grow, and become feel comfortable. The bank reviewed what you need right when you need it,” more aware of my “observing self,” my projected retirement income from states Dr. Bernard Beitman. I have learned to expect and even AWARENESS both the State and Social Security and anticipate coincidences in my everyday reapproved the loan. I retired from the On his website coincider.com, Dr. life. As Dr. Beitman so beautifully A TALE OF SURVIVAL AND GROWTH State and applied for Social Security Beitman suggests using his book to “help says, “Synchronicity awareness then several months shy of my full-retirement you recognize more coincidences in your becomes part of the fluid landscape of age. I am now a proud homeowner and daily life.” And, the recognition can help our minds.” BY BECKY GRAVA DAVIS employed teaching part-time. with “decision making, psychological You have 90 days,” the changes, relationships, health questions, notice stated. I had Has the dust settled? Am I now content creativity, money problems, job issues, taken a personal day rocking in my chair on the front porch? and spiritual development.” His book “ relaxing when a knock NO! This past year has been a roller- is not a panacea or magic bullet, but I on the door and a hastily coaster of emotions and growth and have found his rationale and pragmatic delivered piece of paper shattered my self-discovery. Had it not been for the approach to what some may deem as long-term plans and set into motion a “eviction,” the reconnection with Karen; “voodoo science” to be useful in my year of fluctuating emotions and a series the lay-off, I would still be sitting on my daily awareness and personal growth. of “events that appear significantly derriere in my duplex, teaching full-time related but have no discernible and not connecting the dots—although Here are few take-away points from Dr. causal connection.” Synchronicity, I enjoyed teaching, I felt emotionally Beitman: coincidences, serendipity? None of the drained and unfulfilled at my core due above, or so I thought. There’s more. to neglecting my creative side. 1. Activate and Exercise Our Observing Selves – “Our observing For four years after moving out of Mother Universe has spoken to me self is that part of our awareness my house into a rented duplex and loud and clear this past year. The signs that monitors our mental activity.” leaving a forty-plus year marriage, I had been there for years, yet I had (For many years, I had squashed the had envisioned buying my own home, chosen to ignore them—it was easier awareness of my mental activity, but procrastinated. Now, there was no to maintain the status quo and stay although my dreams were often ABOUT THE AUTHOR choice but to move and be out of my safe. But, I knew I was not realizing my about creativity.) Becky Grava Davis is a retired college duplex in 90 days. The owners were potential. I’m a creative soul, but for 2. Use Synchronicity Awareness as accounting instructor still teaching repurposing the entire rental complex. years I stayed so busy with lesson plans, a Spiritual Path – “Meaningful part-time and enjoying mentoring A few months prior, an old acquaintance academics, and just going through the coincidences demonstrate that our students, but now spending more and I had rekindled a friendship thanks motions of everyday life that I ignored minds and our environments are quality time pursuing and rekindling to a Facebook post. We discovered my creativity—art and writing. connected.” (Having ignored my her passions for art, writing, and we had more in common in our new inner being and that “still, small holistic healing as a certified health phase of life. Karen had gained years of I had never bought a house on my own college instructor. One day before the Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first voice,” I was spiritually deficient and coach. She is a published author of experience as a real estate broker after or made any major purchase, for that scheduled closing, I was summoned to psychiatrist since Carl Jung (who not fulfilling my potential.) several health articles for both print moving away from our little town. She matter, as I had always depended on my Human Resources and told my full-time developed the concept of synchronicity 3. Avoid Over-weighing Coincidences and online publications and working remarried, moved back and opened her husband to take care of the financing job was being down-sized to a part-time in the 1920s) to formally study in Decision Making – “Coincidences toward certification in Chair Yoga. own real estate agency. and details. I had zero confidence that job thanks to massive budget cuts. I was coincidences. As a visiting professor at can be informed decision making I could even afford home ownership. I no longer gainfully employed. The bank the University of Virginia, Dr. Beitman but cannot be relied upon as Becky may be contacted at: Karen was the first person I called. I just needed a place to land in 90 days, a called and said I needed a job ASAP or has authored several books on the the sole reason for a decision.” [email protected] don’t remember much about that day rental would do. But, Karen persevered. the deal was off. subject to include his latest “Connecting (Although overwhelmed with my between sobs and anxiety attacks. Weeks later, we found THE house and with Coincidence: The New Science for sequence of events—the “eviction,” Karen picked me up—emotionally and the bank approved my loan based on I was in shock after 22 years of Using Synchronicity and Serendipity in the lay-off, my reconnection with physically (well, in her car)—and we several factors to include my income working for the State and at age 65, Your Life.” Karen who encouraged me to buy spent the day looking at houses for sale. from my full-time job as a community I was being laid-off and soon to be a house, I carefully weighed my Resilient Survivor Available On Amazon.com & Barnes & Noble

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BY MARLENE LIVINGSTON CURRY

“This is a book about love, betrayal, and a mysterious death. The author, Marlene Livingston Curry, shares her personal journey through devastating circumstances in order for us to understand she has been where we are, hurt as we hurt, and felt complete devastation from the secret betrayal of the person she loved the most. She then shows us how to reclaim our self-worth, resolve the shame issues we may be dealing with, and rise to new levels of self- confidence, happiness, and success. Within these pages, you will find practical ways to meet challenges, overcome difficulties, and give up any feelings of brokenness.” —Judi Moreo, author, You Are More Than Enough

“This book is both inspirational and practical. “This is a book I will keep and give to others, It is the kind of book you will keep close at to my friends who are grieving. Marlene hand, refer to often, and actually use. It is full writes from a calamitous experience and of simple, yet profoundly effective techniques offers advice of various ways of coping with that anyone can use to regain and maintain the issues following the death of a loved self-worth and confidence.” one.” —Mary Monaghan, author, Remember Me? —Kathie Slaughter, Retired teacher

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Marlene Livingston Curry is available for lectures and workshops EMAIL MARLENE based on her book Resilient Survivor. [email protected] 52 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 53

people who would have loved to have bought a book. I sadly didn’t have one. I DARE TO DREAM desperately needed one but didn’t have a clue on how to make this happen. BY SHANA KAI When the event was over, a woman grew up in a quaint little came up to me and expressed how town in Northern Cali- much she would love to introduce me fornia. The country farm to her boss. I thought how lovely and I house in which I lived looked around but didn’t see anyone had been in my mom’s close to her. She went on to tell me that family for years. We had several acres her boss couldn’t make it, but she was where we raised our own beef, had a sure she would want to meet me. She garden and a plethora of furry pets that quickly took out her phone, dialed a I adored. The days were filled with play- number and proceeded to have a con- had admired. I dreamed about being like Throughout my lifetime, I’ve learned to ing in a big tree house that my dad built versation with her boss. Then it hap- her and here I was standing in her pres- expect and wait for the moments and for my brother and me. We also had a pened, she handed me her phone and ence. The woman who had written the magic of Serendipity to play out in my creek not far from our house. I often said, “Here, she would like to speak with book that had been life changing for me life. went down to catch crawdads and pol- you.” I still get chills to this day thinking as a young girl. I was feeling so incred- lywogs that inhabited the slow moving about it. The lady on the other end said, ibly blessed to have met her, let alone Begin living life with the expectancy that creek. It was in those moments of being “Well, my assistant must be pretty smit- be mentored by her. She spent hours something unexpected is headed your on my many adventures that I found my ten with you because this is a first.” I talking with me and sharing some of way. Life is full of amazing opportuni- mind wondering and dreaming of life quickly responded with a gracious thank her stories throughout her career. She ties. Keep a watchful eye everyday. Ser- outside the beautiful valley. I dreamed you for the compliment. She went on invested many afternoons in this blue- endipity is waiting to work her magic in of what it would be like to live in a bigger to say that she would like to meet me. eyed girl, building me up through her your life, too. Be brave, dear one, and city. I could only imagine the adventures I told her I would love that. She said, words of encouragement and wisdom. Dare to Dream! I could have living in such a place. I spent “Let me give you my name and number My time with her was life changing. She many years as a young girl lining up all and when you are by your appointment was the one who helped me gain the my dolls and bears on my bed speaking book call me and we will set something knowledge and courage to become a and singing with a hair brush as a mi- up.” I replied, “Wonderful.” I told her I published author and wrote a testimo- crophone. They were my pretend audi- had a pin and paper in my hand and to nial for my book. ence. I even practiced signing my name go ahead. Then it happened. She said, on pieces of paper making sure it was a “My name is Florence Littauer.” I almost Remember earlier, how I said I desper- fancy autograph. You know the kind you quit breathing! I said, “Excuse me, could ately needed a book? What are the can barely read and looks like chicken you repeat that?” She said, “Sure” and chances that a young country girl would scratch. said it again “Florence Littauer.” Well, pick up her mother’s book and, years at that point, you can only imagine how later, have the pleasure to meet and be My mother was an avid reader and beyond excited, delighted, amazed and mentored by the same author. Then, had a wonderful library. One specific surreal I was feeling in that moment. be motivated to put action behind the afternoon, I went into the room where Fast forward a few years. As I contin- and beautiful woman who had come to She could tell I was fumbling around to words “Dare to Dream” and make this she kept her books and started looking ued to live out my life Daring to Dream, be inspired. I was thrilled to be speaking compose myself. I went on to tell her, her life’s mantra. What are the chanc- ABOUT THE AUTHOR through them. I came across one that I would reread Florence’s book, when- in my home state and only a couple of “When I am standing face to face with es many years later, I would become a Shana Kai has been in the beauty when I read the title, I got chills. It read ever possible. Believing that one day I, hours away for where I was living at the you, I would love to share my serendip- speaker and get to hold a real micro- industry for 32 years. She is a Licensed “Dare to Dream” by Florence Littauer. I too, would have a book and teach oth- time. Can you say double blessing? The ity story.” She said she could hardly wait. phone? That I would be approached by Master Esthetician, Licensed Instructor, knew this was a book I needed to read. ers to follow their dreams. Life began event was wonderful. I delighted in my a woman at a speaking event who coin- Certified Professional Makeup Artist, The book resonated within my young to unfold in ways I could never have im- ability to be transparent with the audi- Several weeks later, I walked up to cidentally had a famous boss who was Certified Eyelash Extension Instructor, heart and soul. I made Dare to Dream agined. One Saturday afternoon, I was ence and encourage them to be open to her front door, rang the door bell and a speaker and author? Little did I know Owner of an accredited cosmetology my mantra throughout my life. speaking at a large women’s event in life’s adventures. When the event was stepped into her home, never to be the that in this moment in time” Serendipi- academy, Melange Boutique and Studio, Palm Springs; the room was full of bright over, I was confronted once again with same. Florence was someone whom I ty” would take over and work her magic. and Inspired Beauty Salon. “The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it Intuition or what you will, the solution comes to you and you don’t know how or why.”

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and sprinkle with coarse sea salt. 6. Put in oven and immediately reduce temperature to 325F. 7. Roast from 1h 15m-1h 45m, de- pending on desired degree of rare- KEEP CALM. SPRING LAMB IS HERE. ness. 8. If using a meat thermometer, insert BY S. L. GORE it into the thickest part of the leg and calculate 140F for medium/rare ou’re fed up with winter and ready for spring. In our house, no other meal welcomes and160F for medium. spring like a lamb feast. Before you panic, let me assure you that roasting lamb is 9. Remove lamb from oven. 10. Cover loosely with aluminum foil. not hard. Keep calm. Plunge in. With my recipe, you cannot fail. With this menu, you 11. Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes. Y cannot fail to impress. Pommes Sandrinoise SPRING LAMB MENU (Sandra’s potatoes)

Roasted lamb with rosemary and garlic Tips: The more cheese on top, the rich- Spinach salad with diced apple, dressed er and thicker the crust. When layering, with a sweet, vinegary vinaigrette don’t stress over exact portions as the Endive braisé ingredients melt together, but the lay- Pommes Sandrinoise ers are important to distribute flavors. wine: pinot noir or chilled rosé prosecco My family likes a flattish dish resulting in Mango sorbet sundae with fresh tropi- fewer layers but yielding plenty of crusty cal fruit topped with homemade vanilla brown top. You can use a less expensive Pommes Sandrinoise or Sandra’s potatoes made with layers of potatoes, onion, butter and cream whipped cream and toasted almonds. domestic cheese but will sacrifice the topped with Swiss Gruyère cheese. wine: slightly chilled white port nutty richness of real Gruyère. If you must substitute, I recommend a sharp Leg of Lamb. Relax. Keep calm. You can cheddar. do this! • potatoes (I prefer Yukon) • leg of lamb, New Zealand, approx 4 • onion (I prefer white) lbs • Gruyère cheese (Swiss, imported) 1 • garlic, peeled cloves lb for 6-8 persons • sea salt, coarse • heavy cream (whipping cream) • rosemary, fresh • butter • salt and pepper 1. Preheat oven to 450F. • baking dish, not deep 2. Leave the netting on while cooking. (Net will not burn at these tempera- 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. tures.) 2. Peel and slice potatoes thinly. 3. Place lamb in a shallow roaster pan 3. Dice 1-2 onions, depending on por- large enough to catch any juices. tion size. 4. Cut small slits in the meat and insert 4. Shave Gruyere cheese using cheese slivers of peeled garlic. grater. Set aside generous portion Endive braisé made from Julia Child’s world-renown recipe. Look for Belgian endive in the produce 5. Cover with fresh rosemary springs Spring table set with my mother-in-law’s hand-painted Danish Bing & Grondahl of the Gruyere for top. department and simmer in lemon and onion until golden. This delightful tangy, slightly bitter side dish Seagull Porcelain and fresh-cut white calla lilies from my garden. is my go-to for wild game or herby lamb. 58 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE

5. Put a few small pats of butter on bottom of a baking dish that is more shallow than deep. 6. Layers: - Spread single layer of sliced pota- toes over surface of dish. - Sprinkle diced onion over pota- toes. - Distribute small pats of butter over layer. - Pour small amount of cream over layer to moisten. - Salt and pepper to taste. “All that you are is - Sprinkle shaved cheese over layer all around you.” – be generous! 7. REPEAT 3-4 more times. 8. Spread remaining Gruyere cheese Stephen Richards on top. 9. Pour cream over surface until 1” deep on bottom of dish. 10. Bake about 1 hour @ 350F or until cheese forms a crusty brown layer on top.

Note: Julia Child has a marvelous easy recipe for endive braisé that can be made in advance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born with wanderlust, forever living in a fantasy world, S. L. Gore escaped the prairies of Kansas to follow the yellow brick road on an odyssey that took her to Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Starting with a one way ticket to Iceland,she returned with a Viking husband, an art degree and speaking five languages.

Years in North Africa, with months on the Sahara and hundreds of hours haggling in souks, set the stage for the Isis Trilogy. A love of adventure and romance combined with a fascination for exotic lands, classical history, ancient and modern languages, mysticism, and fine dining led Gore to create The Red Mirror, The Emerald Tablet and The Black Scroll.

Her non-fiction publications include the self-help manualSex and the Zen of Shopping: How to Live Rich by Shopping Smart and memoir contributions to three Life Choices anthologies. She is a regular columnist for Life Choices Magazine with the food and table art feature Beauty and the Feast.

Gore is always actively engaged in her community and has served as a School Board Trustee, a Planning Commissioner and a Parks, Recreation and Beautification Commissioner. A frequent guest on the Dave Congalton Radio Show, she discusses international news and foreign policy. The joyously married Nielsens have a grown daughter and son and divide their time between California and Las Vegas. 60 CHOICES | 2018 SPRING ISSUE 2018 SPRING ISSUE | CHOICES 61

What risks have you taken in life? Do you had not been posted. He simply arrived I would have never expected a text from follow your gut, your intuition, God’s en- one day, and I was his only direct report. my brother in the fall of 2006, asking if NO COINCIDENCE! couragement, or whomever you refer Within a month of him being in the posi- I was still looking for a job, would have to as your higher power? Do you have tion, I was sure about one thing, I would completely changed the trajectory of BY KATHI KULESZA regrets? not be working for him when my con- my career and life. tract expired. One of us had to go. Ap- o you believe in fate? Do Once I make a decision I do not look parently, it was me. You know what they Was it a coincidence that I was heading you believe that there is back. I do not revisit the decision and say… “Be careful what you wish for.” home just in time to interview for the a purpose for your life? I consider the what ifs. I do not spend job in Las Vegas? Was it a coincidence have no doubt that each time looking in the rearview mirror of The irony of that morning, was that the that within one week of me moving D my life. There is NO benefit to having gas light flicked on in my car as I pulled home, my mother was diagnosed with of us were put on this earth for a reason. I do not believe in regrets. into the parking lot. I was literally run- breast cancer? Is it a coincidence that I coincidence. ning on empty. It was the best day of my lost my job and I’m now doing work that Taking the job in Las Vegas eventually life. I stopped at the gas station on my is aligned with my dreams, desires and I believe that I am exactly where I am resulted in me leaving corporate Amer- way home and filled up my gas tank. aspirations? I think not! supposed to be at this moment in time. ica. I often joke that I no longer have a Call it my life’s purpose or God’s will. soul-sucking corporate job. I traded my I believe it’s no coincidence that I moved pumps for sneakers and spent nearly a to Las Vegas, only to lose my job. I be- I moved home to Las Vegas in 2007. A decade in the wellness and fitness -in lieve it was part of my journey of fulfill- ripple of circumstances resulted in my dustry. I was a personal trainer (I still ing my life’s purpose. God’s will, if I may. brother texting me about a job in Las have a few clients), a group fitness -in Vegas. I had a trip home scheduled, so structor, and a Wellness Coach. I’m now Here’s my strategy for moving through I followed up on the job, scheduled an enjoying my new career as a profession- and past life’s obstacles: interview, and I got it (the job). al speaker and coach. • Accept the situation, morn a little, but prepare to move on swiftly Picking up and moving home wasn’t as To be completely opaque, I was fired • Look for the silver lining, the bless- simple as it seemed. I absolutely loved from that gaming company corporate ings in the experience working for Hyatt Hotels in their Chicago job. They gave me no reason for “not • Don’t dwell on the past, do not corporate office. I had an amazing boss, extending” my contract. As I walked think about the what ifs I enjoyed the work, and I loved Chicago. into my boss’s office early on a Thursday • Consider your options It was a very difficult decision to make. The job in Vegas was a corporate posi- I have faith in God which is why I was morning in October I knew exactly what • Pray, seeking clarity and direction tion working for a large gaming com- able to read the message on that page, was about to transpire. The head of hu- How do you make big decisions? I’m not pany. The role was a perfect match for take the job and launch the domino ef- man resources sitting adjacent to my There are no coincidences. Every experi- ABOUT THE AUTHOR talking about what to eat for dinner or my background and experience. The fect of that decision on my life. boss was the only hint I needed. I had ence, failure, and obstacle we face hap- What do you get when you combine what movie to see. Do you have a pro- pay was okay, not an increase, and the been on the other side of that conversa- pens for a reason. I do not squander the thirty years of management, cess for handling the big life-changing relocation package was adequate. My The week after I arrived in Vegas my tion too many times. opportunities I am given for a course leadership, and marketing experience decisions? I use pros and cons and I pray concern was the condo I would have to mother was diagnosed with breast can- correction. with a personal training and life coach a lot. sell. The financial impact of the move is cer. (She survived and is cancer free Have you ever had this experience? The certification? A speaker and coach what worried me the most. But, the job now.) How’s that for synchronicity? worst day of your life was the best day Are you willing to consider there are who can relate to the challenges you The decision to move home to Las Vegas would bring me home. of your life? no coincidences? Are you able to put and your team face as you strive to seemed like a no-brainer to my family. Here’s my strategy for making BIG life- your faith in God or your higher power excel in your careers and still have Why wouldn’t I want to move home? As I was assessing the job offer, writing changing decisions: I was running on empty. I was disgrun- and embrace all of life’s experiences, lives. For starters... I had a very good job in my list of pros and cons, and praying… • Create a list of pros and cons tled with my job. You would not have failures, and obstacles as opportuni- Chicago. Why fix something that isn’t I came across a page in a prayer book • Determine which pros and cons are known it by my performance and I cer- ties to fulfill your life’s purpose? Kathi may be contacted at: broken? But, my entire family lived in I used for inspiration. The message on deal breakers tainly did not share how I felt with my www.kathikulesza.com Las Vegas, with the exception of one sis- the page answered my prayers. It said, • Assess how the decision aligns team, but I was not happy. Synchronicity: the simultaneous occur- 702.569.2607 ter who was also a Vegas-defector. I had in so many words: Do not worry about with your dreams, desires and rence of events that appear significantly been gone for 22 years and I had missed money. God will provide everything you aspirations They had brought in a “new guy” as a related but have no discernible causal a lot of family time. need. • Pray about it until God finds a way VP above me. 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At that moment, a senile Monsieur de Fontgibu enters the room by mistake.

SYNCHRONICITY When these things happen, it’s important to be open and receptive no OR COINCIDENCE? matter what it may be and receive the gift from this universe. BY ANTHONY BURNSIDE

ynchronicity is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist S Carl Jung, which holds that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they to me before or since, and that the Maybe you are suffering with financial occur with no causal relationship yet dream of the patient has remained problems, money for basic expenses seem to be meaningfully related or the unique in my experience.” such as rent, food, and utilities shows simultaneous occurrence of events that up. At first you thank the universe or appear significantly related but have no The Scarab represented Self-Generation, God, then you realize you created this discernible causal connection. Resurrection and Renewal. miracle. You are learning to watch how you create and why. I must admit that when I first heard Case in point: There was a man visiting ABOUT THE AUTHOR of this Jungian term, it was as a young Catalina Island who saw a flock of crows Maybe you have just received your last Anthony Burnside is a security expert man listening to the band from Europe perched on a railing. The birds were check from the unemployment office and close protection operative and has called The Police (personally I liked staring at him strangely (he felt), so he when suddenly a job comes along. traveled the world with his work. He Synchronicity 2). Later on in life, it scared them away. A day or so later, a Crazy, right? Is this the universe looking has conducted protection operations became apparent to me that the friend of his emailed him an article, out for us? at the S.S.I. Conference at the meaning of this word was much more out of the blue, about birds. Within the prestigious U.S. Army War College for complex than just a song. I guess it article was a story that detailed crows Another example: A well-known a former White House official and at really depends on who you talk to. Is it can recognize faces and hold grudges. example of synchronicity I heard the United States Air Force Academy. He has also provided protection for a form of guidance which can predict Not only that, the photo of the birds in about involves the true story of French VIP’s at worldwide events like the the article was taken by a photographer writer, Emile Deschamps. In 1805, he the future, or is synchronicity just a Golden Globes, American Music complex mind illusion? I am not sure, with the same last name of the guy who was treated to some plum pudding by Awards. Grammy Awards, etc. In but it is quite clear that there seems to his research into the phenomenon of my back to the closed window. Suddenly scared away the birds and from that day Monsieur de Fontgibu. Ten years later, addition to his background in security, be relatable events that can be mind- the collective unconscious, he began I heard a noise behind me, like a gentle forward, he kept seeing crows and that he encountered plum pudding on the he is an actor, voice over artist, author blowing. I have had many instances to observe coincidences that were tapping. I turned around and saw a flying last name of Chapman. menu of a Paris restaurant, and wanted and speaker and lends his talents to in life where I had coincidences or connected in such a meaningful way insect knocking against the window- to order some, but the waiter told him television, radio and the motion happenstance moments. I once bought that their occurrence seemed to defy pane from outside. I opened the window We know that psychologically the brain the last dish had already been served to picture industry and has written for a car (Toyota) and I swear almost every the calculations of probability. He and caught the creature in the air as is constantly looking for relationship another customer, who turns out to be several national magazines and also car I saw for the next month was the provided numerous examples from his it flew in. It was the nearest analogy between two points. Monsieur de Fontgibu. for the Life Choices book series. same kind of Toyota or close to it. One own psychiatric case-studies, many now to the golden scarab that one finds in Anthony can be contacted via: theory is that there are just so many legendary. our latitudes, a scarabaeid beetle, the For example, when we get on an In 1832, Emile Deschamps visited a [email protected] experiences a person can have in life common rose-chafer (Cetoaia urata) airplane. We have an uneasy feeling restaurant with a friend and was once about maybe something could happen, again offered plum pudding. He recalled Twitter: @pratoriANTHONY and not have some kind of repeat of it. “A young woman I was treating had, which contrary to its usual habits had InstaGram: AnthonyBurnside123 at a critical moment, a dream in which evidently felt an urge to get into a dark Now, of course, nothing happens and the earlier incident and told his friend In The Structure and Dynamics of the she was given a golden scarab. While room at this particular moment. I must we conveniently forget, until the next that only Monsieur de Fontgibu is Psyche, Jung describes how, during she was telling me her dream, I sat with admit that nothing like it ever happened time. missing to make the setting complete. CHOICES MAGAZINE SPRING ISSUE 2018 A FINAL NOTE FROM JUDI MOREO

Is “synchronicity” just a happening? Synchronicity is a term that came into to increase coincidences in your life? Are we blowing these coincidences all popular use by Swiss psychotherapist, Dr. Bernard Beitman, professor of out of proportion? I don’t think so! If Carl Jung. He experienced “meaningful Coincidence Studies at the University we observe how we move through coincidences” where two or more signs of Virginia says, we actually do - and can life, I believe we will discover that that occurred randomly were also - make our own coincidences.” synchronicities are events that our connected by meaning (not by cause) energy has somehow attracted into our in both his life and during sessions with When you recognize the power of lives. These events help us to become clients. “synchronicity” in your life, you release aware of our higher consciousness. the magic of possibility. They are meaningful and we need Probably everyone has experienced a to pay attention to them. The more coincidence, some more striking than consciously aware we are, the higher others - but how much thought have our vibrational frequency becomes you given to the causes, probabilities, and the better we are able to manifest and usefulness of these coincidences in positive experiences in our lives. your life? Did you know that it’s possible Judi