Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a psychologist, trial consultant and author. This is my 15th book. All of them focus on empowering individuals to be happier, healthier and more successful in their personal lives, at work, at home and in relationships. I’m a monthly contributor to Sixty & Me and regular guest on HitchedMag podcasts. I’m also a screenwriter with “My Daddy Is In Heaven,” which was released in 2018.
I received my education from the United States International University, the University of California at Los Angeles and the Sorbonne, Paris.
My books include The Power of Appreciation: The Key to a Vibrant Life, Your Man is Wonderful, and Happy Healthy…Dead: Why What You Think You Know About Aging Is Wrong and How To Get It Right. My interest in happy, healthy longevity led to the Facebook page, @MeetTheAmazings, which celebrates dynamic, thriving, inspiring 60+ers.
Whenever I can I indulge in reading and travel, but my true passion is dance, from jazz dancing to ice-dancing, to square dancing, and my greatest joys—ballet and ballroom.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“I Survived COVID-19, What Now?! Finding Happiness and Success in a Post COVID World”
Everything is different now. The future is so uncertain, How are we supposed to live and love and just plain survive when everything is upside down and backwards? It can feel positively overwhelming.
But what I realized is that maybe, just maybe, we can turn what we learned about ourselves during these long months of quarantine, about how we think and work and dream, about how we function in relationships with our family, friends, or the world at large—into something good, something positive.
Maybe we can use this global reset as a way to go forward into individual, personal greater happiness, health and success.
All it takes is our willingness to move forward instead of backward, to embrace the lessons that emerged for us in this time of forced introversion. To come at life a little differently. With, say, optimism. Positivity. A belief in the possibility of good things happening. A willingness to say “thank you” to Life regardless of its bumps and hurdles.
Study after study show that optimists, those with a positive, appreciative, forward thinking take on life—thrive. Pessimists do not. Optimism doesn’t mean going around with a “glass is half full” mentality. It’s much more. Optimism means making the best of what is. Optimism is an expansive perspective, an opening towards possibilities and opportunity. Optimism means choosing deliberately to see how things could work out, what might be a better way, what resources or help might be available. To see the good in our lives.
Good happens all the time, in every corner of the globe. Whether it’s José Andrés rushing in to feed the world’s hungry, front-liners giving their all 24/7, or perfect strangers coming to the aid of someone in need, the more we recognize and appreciate the good in all, the happier we get, the longer we live, and the healthier we are. All it takes is a shift in attitude.
“I Survived COVID-19, What Now?! Finding Happiness and Success in a Post-COVID World” is designed to give you insights and inspiration as to how to accomplish this powerful life-enhancing shift. It provides you with strategies, tips and techniques for how to find the positives in life despite awful/painful circumstances, along with examples of real people who have done just that. It’s easier than you might think, and the rewards in terms of your happiness and success will truly be remarkable. Welcome to your brave new world post-COVID-19!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write constantly. Love it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Louise Hay “Heal Your Life”
Wayne Dyer “Excuses Begone!”
Stephen Covey “The Seven Habits of :Powerfully Effective People”
What are you working on now?
I’m working on my next book. My home was destroyed in the 2018 wildfires that swept through Southern California. It’s about going through that terrible few days, the amazing people I met along the way and the recovery process.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
AwesomeGang.com of course, but also GoodReads and Amazon.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find the story within you and start writing!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stay optimistic even during the most difficult times.
What are you reading now?
Ron Chernow “Hamilton”
What’s next for you as a writer?
Besides writing my next book, I’m also preparing my next screenplay.
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?
Elizabeth Peters & Joan Hess “The Painted Queen”
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