Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello, I have written a total of 4 books I believe at this point. I have always been a fan of working out and stay healthy. I am a researcher from an early age and love to find connections between seemingly unrelated subjects and love to share what I learn. I meditate, workout when I can and I’m constantly wanting to learn more and expand myself.
This applies to my writing. After seeing two of my relatives pass away from things that could have been cured, or at the very least helped, with diet, I became focused on getting correct information out to people so they can make their own choices. I have studied western, or allopathic medicine in nursing school and I have studied eastern medicine in the form of alternative therapies.
The one thing that put the nail in the coffin, sorry for the pun, for me was when I joined a gym and I was told to only focus only on what the traditional diet was which was a lowfat diet. I pushed myself with 2 to 3 hours a day, 6 days a week, in the gym and starving myself to eventually lose 50 lbs only to gain it back.
Now , I help with alternative methods of losing weight supported by science and new ways of thinking to open others perceptions to improve themselves. I write on diet, fitness, Kabbalah and meditative studies.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I don’t have a name for it yet but it is on eating healthy and learning to use your body’s natural processes to heal itself. One of the things, or rather who inspired it, is Dr Berg when he talks about the fact that you will lose weight when your body heals itself. You don’t lose weight to get healthy, rather it’s the opposite direction.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I may have in my researching for my books though. I’m kind of like a bulldog in how I research. I will look for hints at something that is either missing in the public’s eye or missing from what everyone is being told. When I catch a glimpse of something that is the missing link I will search and if I can’t find it right away, I store it in the back of my mind always looking for that connection I need to put it all together.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Interestingly, it was a financial author that inspired me a lot in how I write and picking topics that will benefit people. I read all the Rich Dad books and love to listen to Robert Kiyosaki and his no-bull approach to teaching people about how they can survive the coming, or maybe it’s here, financial crisis.
What are you working on now?
My latest work I’m working on is a self-help book focusing on diet that encompasses intermittent fasting, keto diet, and the body’s natural process of recycling the parts of itself that are not working correctly. It will be a complete system of practice and will work with or without working out also.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t used any other site other than Amazon to promote my books so this is a first for me. I do have some listed on Goodreads as well thoguh.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would say to follow your heart and write about what you’re passionate about.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My favorite story, I think it fits here, is actually a story about Buddha. I’m not a buddhist and don’t have anything against it but the message is timeless. Buddha was approached by religious leaders who were trying to figure out who he was. They asked him, “Are you a saint?” He replied he was not. “Are you a holy man?” Again, he simply replied, “No.” After coming up with a few more similar questions they finally asked him, then who are you? His reply was simple and something we should all think about when we are living, writing, or doing something we love or hate. He simply said, “I’m awake.” May we all be awake to what is trying to get its message across to us and as writers may we all be awake to the message that we truly want to get across to our readers.
What are you reading now?
I am reading more than one book but one of the books I’m reading is the Living Qabalah.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m just going to continue building my portfolio of published books and getting my message out to my readers and help them improve their lives.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Bhagvad Gita, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, The Living Qabalah
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