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JANUARY 2021 PUBLISHER

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Opportunity Is CallingWill You Seize It? 2020 WAS QUITE A YEAR WASN'T IT? We're here, we've made it through and it's time to turn up the volume on opportunity. The new year is when we set goals for what we want our future selves to look like. We take a glance back at where we have been and what we have done, and we try to remember to extend ourselves grace and to let go of anything that may not have served our highest good. January is a time to cleanse the soul, to start fresh and not dwell on where or who we were 12 months ago. So much change can happen in a year, so as we plan our

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FEATURES 8 Self Discovery With Jennifer Louden

12 Get A Closet Glow Up Your 2021 Wardrobe Refresh

16 Cycling on Hawaii’s Big Island The Perfect Getaway

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22 Empowered Embodiment Through Rolfing Structural Integration

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SELF

DISCOVERY 8

SOMETIMES EVEN A PIONEER OF THE CONCEPT OF SELF-CARE NEEDS TO TAKE HER OWN ADVICE. That’s what Longmont author Jennifer Louden had to do after publishing her latest book, Why Bother?: Discover the Desire for What’s Next in the spring of 2020. The book is full of practical, compassionate advice for “anyone who’s feeling blah, lost, wanting clarity, wanting their next adventure, not believing there is another adventure.” Louden shares stories from her life and hard-won wisdom in such a personal and loving way that she feels like the best friend you didn’t know you had. ARTICLE VALERIE MOSLEY PHOTOGRAPHY BE BOULDER PHOTOGRAPHY

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Why Bother? is Louden’s sixth book and her best book yet. She was ready for it to become an instant bestseller, like her first book, The Woman’s Comfort Book, published in 1992. 2020 had a way of ruining everyone’s expectations. Her book offers a roadmap for moving forward when we feel stuck and unsure of our next move. Despite the timeliness of Louden’s message, the launch didn’t go as she hoped. The dissonance between her expectations and how the release went was enough to send her into her own “why bother period.” So she started taking her own advice. “It took me just going back to the book and the ideas in the book over and over again. Once again, I have to keep leaving behind my dreams and expectations,” she said.

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“We have reoccurring patterns. We have reoccurring mistakes we

Cultivating desire is the key to moving forward, coming alive and

make,” Louden said. We should be careful not to make them some

discovering what matters most to you. Louden suggests creating

sign that we’re broken or that there’s something wrong with us. We

your own desire retreat. All you have to do is set aside a specific

can pull ourselves out of a funk more quickly when we recognize these

period of time to do only what you want to do.

patterns and see them with a sense of humor and self-compassion.

“I really think it’s important that we all know how normal it is to feel

The question Why bother? - is two-sided. Usually, we ask it rhetor-

different degrees of ‘why bother.’ And if there’s one message that I

ically when we’ve already decided that there’s no point in bothering.

really want people to know it’s that instead of freaking out about it,

But Louden’s advice is to explore the other side of the question and

instead of believing that there’s something permanent or wrong, or

try to actually answer it. Although she cautions that when we’re really

that we’ve made some mistake that we really can’t recover from, that

depressed or trying to put food on the table it’s probably not a use-

we really turn it into a time of getting really curious about what we do

ful question because we have to focus on survival. Once our basic

want to bother about next.”

needs are met, we can discover desire again by following Louden’s

As Louden worked through her disappointment with the book

6-step process for turning to the bright side of “why bother?”, each

release, she did a lot of journaling and making up journal prompts

explained in it’s own chapter:

that she uses with her online community. Not only did it help her work through her disappointment relatively quickly, it also led to

1. LEAVE BEHIND – Let go of replaying past mistakes and lim-

writing a new book, a guided journal companion to the recent book

iting beliefs.

called Get Your Bother On: A Guided Journal to Discover What’s

2. EASE IN – Learn to trust yourself again and practice self-com-

Next. The book and journal each stand on their own.

passionate grit.

Louden has accomplished much in her career. She’s a nationally

3. SETTLE – Settle down and get quiet and curious instead of busily

recognized motivational speaker, has written 7 books with close to a

working on solutions.

million copies in print in 9 languages, she’s been featured on Oprah

4. DESIRE – Desire gives us energy and courage to enjoy life again.

and has been quoted in 2 of Brene Brown’s books as well. All of these

5. BECOME BY DOING – Follow your curiosity, try new things, and

accolades aside, the thing she’s most proud of in her career is that

do what feels good.

she has always been able to begin again.

6. BE SEEN – Share what you care about with the people in your life.

“I keep evolving, I keep learning, I keep finding my next thing to bother about,” she said.

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IT’S TIME FOR A CLOSET GLOW UP. Believe me, we all need it after a year of using our work-from-home wardrobe. With a new year finally here, it’s time to rethink those items in your closet that have been collecting dust and make room for those gorgeous, new staple pieces that you can wear again and again.

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ARTICLE IRENE MIDDLEMAN THOMAS

PHOTOGRAPHY MARK RUSH

THE PERFECT GETAWAY

THE RIDE STARTED OUT SO EASY – WITH A CYCLING PAST LAVA FIELDS THAT LOOKED LIKE

ENDLESS

CRUSHED,

OVERDONE

BROWNIES DOTTED WITH GOLDEN AND GREEN TUFTS OF TENACIOUS VEGETATION, UNDER A BRILLIANT BLUE SKY. After some 25 miles or so, the sun began to blaze, and we

My husband and I were on an August, 2019

wished we had accepted our tour guide’s three

Bicycle Adventures’ Hawaii Classic Bike Tour of

offers to jump in the support van to drive to our

the Big Island, which runs six days – Sunday to

next destination. We were stalwart, however, and

Friday, customized to all cycling levels. On this

soldiered on, pedaling furiously despite our drip-

trip, we cycled, hiked, toured a coffee plantation,

ping brows and jelly-like legs. Finally, we arrived

visited waterfalls, snorkeled and sailed, walked

– at a glorious beach, and within a split second,

through a volcanic crater, and swam in thermal

I had sprung my bicycle against the van and ran,

hot springs. The extraordinarily well-designed

bike shorts and shirt still on, only my shoes tossed

and organized tour gave us an extremely rich Big

off, into the blissfully refreshing turquoise ocean.

Island experience.

Aahhh – nothing could be better than this

We arrived Saturday evening at the outdoor

moment – and I didn’t mind amusing my cycling

airport of Kona. Immediately upon disembarking,

comrades one bit.

we were struck with the heady fragrances of plumeria and jasmine perfuming the misty, cool air. We’d be continually stopping to happily sniff flowers all week – and proudly wore the plumeria and orchid leis we learned to make by ourselves during the flights home to Denver. The next morning, we met as a group with our tour guide in the lobby of our hotel in the pretty beach area of Waikoloa on the Kona coast, about a 30-minute drive from the airport. We stayed there the arrival night, although that is not included in the tour package. Waikoloa is ideally situated on a beachfront, but within a five-minute walk of two pedestrian malls full of a wide variety of shops, restaurants and two well-stocked general stores, as well as being walking distance from a fascinating trail of ancient petroglyphs. At the mall, I indulged in a five-minute lesson at Hawaiian Ukulele & Guitar, run by native Hawaiian Robert Yates. Who knew?

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G E TAWAY

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I fell in love with the melodic, easily portable instrument – and much to my surprise, bought one! Our tour guide, Teri, gave us packets with our week’s routes (very detailed with exact mileages,) explicit safety rules and background information on sights and attractions. Each day she would begin the day with her nicely illustrated whiteboard, showing us the highlights of the route. She stressed that this was “your vacation” and we could ride as much or as little as we wanted. “If you only want to ride 12 miles today,” she quipped, “I’ll make sure it’s the prettiest 12 miles of the route! You’ll each see what YOU want to see.” Our first day, we rode about 34 miles, beginning with a 45-minute shuttle drive to Waimea, (Hawaii’s so-called cowboy country.) Shuttling is one of the main benefits of traveling with Bicycle Adventures – cyclists are driven through sections with little to no shoulders, or less-than-desirable conditions.

more than delicious. We arrived in Hilo, the Big

The support van also transported luggage, bicycle

Island’s largest town, in time to check into the very

equipment, lavish snacks, ice water and drinks, and

pleasant Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, overlooking Hilo

supplies for the delectable picnic lunches Teri pre-

Bay and adjacent to the tranquil, exquisite pub-

pared for us on several days.

lic Japanese Gardens – visit in the quiet and cool

From Waimea, we biked through lush country-

morning, as we did. We enjoyed seeing the cute

side and ranchland dotted with grazing cattle and

wild mongooses (just one of the many invasive

goats, we were pleased to note that there are no

species brought to the island,) coexisting peace-

billboards in Hawaii (by law) and that much of the

fully with the Gardens’ family of cats. Hilo is known

island is undeveloped. There were flowers blooming

for its enormous banyan trees planted by famous

everywhere – hibiscus, wild ginger, morning glories,

historical people, such as Babe Ruth, as well as for

clematis, jasmine, bougainvillea, plumeria and

enormous ‘monkey pod’ trees, canopying the road

more – gloriously scenting the air. On the Hamukua

like giant umbrellas.

Heritage Drive coast, we were mesmerized by the

Day 2 featured a beautiful 21-mile stretch through

Waipio Overlook of 1,000-2,000-foot cliffs over the

the tropical Puna District, with more banyans, vines,

azure Pacific and a volcanic black sand beach, fol-

papaya plantations, towering eucalyptus groves,

lowed by a .4 mile hike to the spectacularly beautiful

ferns, and dense greenery a la ‘Jurassic Park.’ A fine

and renowned Akaka Falls, 442 feet high, situated in

mist cooled our faces as we biked on the quiet road,

a splendidly lush rainforest filled with wild orchids,

arriving at Isaac Hale Park’s magnificent black sand

bamboo and giant ferns. This was the Hawaii of

beach, where we gazed in wonder at the spaghetti-like

which we had dreamed since childhood.

strands of petrified lava meeting the brilliant blue ocean.

Lunch was at the delightful “What’s Shakin’,” a

Teri prepared a delectable two-salad lunch for us, and

farm-stand café that specializes in fresh smoothies

satiated, we cycled on to Volcano National Park, where

prepared from the many acres of fruit orchards

we’d spend two nights. Dinner at the Park’s Volcano

onsite. My mango/pineapple/papaya choice was

House was delicious but the main draw was the restaurant’s view – none of us had expected to see the orange glow and billowing steam rising from the Kilauea’s main Iki Crater, which erupted in 2008 and is still actively spewing gases. We were thrilled, to say the least. CONTINUED >

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On Day 3, Teri took us to the fern-filled grotto of the Thurston Lava Tube, where a river of hot lava once flowed, and then down a deep descent on a dark, mysterious trail filled with ferns, rustling leaves, tiny orange flowers, amidst the sounds of songbirds and crickets, to walk on the barren crater itself – both fascinating and other-worldly, akin to what we imagine the moon might be like, and we scrambled about, taking photo after photo. That afternoon, we pedaled back to the Park and visited the excellent museum and visitor center to learn more about the Big Island and its volcanoes. After dark, we returned to the museum’s overlook to gaze in wonder at the glowing crater and panorama of glittering stars in the darkness, (don’t forget warm jackets!) The next morning we biked 32 miles downhill to the black sand Punalu’u Beach, famed for its large green sea turtles. The beach is gorgeous, rimmed with tall palms and backed by purple lily pads in a fresh water pond. We saw one mama turtle resting on the sand, while two others frolicked playfully in the surf. Lunch was at the yummy Sweet Bread Bakery (if you think you know Hawaiian sweet bread, you’ll think differently after this!) After a pleasant van drive, we took the Greenwell Farms Coffee Tour, where we sampled various Kona coffees and played with the farm’s friendly chameleons, then drove on to Keauhou Bay, and the Sheraton Kona, famed for its nightly manta ray viewing. Our last cycling day was through the lava fields of the Pololu Valley, to the charming little town of Hawi, where we lunched, and then onto a 23.6 mile stretch to the cream- colored sand beach of Hapuna Beach State Park, which is where I dove into the water fully clothed and oh-so-hot! After a short, but blissful, respite, we returned to our hotel for our last dinner with our comrades. Friday, Day 6, was a special farewell delight – a snorkeling cruise on the bay via catamaran, breakfast and lunch included. What could be a climax to such a fabulous week? For me, it was finding an octopus, of course, and being able to hold it! Our Bicycle Adventures trip ended with a closing ceremony, replete with certificates, sharing kind words with the others, and somehow, the week, chock-full of never-to-be- forgotten experiences, was over. For me, however, my new ukulele will keep reminding me of my Big Island joys. 20

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embodiment THROUGH ROLFING STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION ARTICLE AMELIA MOUTON

GROWING UP, MY FAMILY HAD THEIR FINGER ON THE PULSE

and testing my limits on not using the breaks,

OF HOLISTIC MODALITIES. When I was 11 years old, my father took

until I had to break for a rock and instead hit

my siblings and I to receive CranioSacral Therapy, as he had found out

the rock and flew over my handlebars and

the benefits for young children. We went to see Elizabeth Swenson,

found myself with a dime-sized brain bleed in

who is also a Rolfer. It’s safe to say that most people do not know what

the center of my brain.

rolfing is, even in Colorado where naturopathy is more well known.

It would be a 6 year process to my recovery,

Even as a kid I was always curious about body mechanics and

and in those years I was often in pain physi-

anatomy. I wondered things such as, why do tissues feel crunchy/

cally, mentally, and emotionally. I found my

stuck at times? Going to that appointment with Elizabeth took my

body to be a painful distraction. It wasn’t until

curiosity to the next level by guiding me through what I now know

a dear friend recommended I see his Rolfer,

as the Rolfing 10 Series.

Heather Wright, that I would begin to hear the

Now I help my clients become free from pain, experience more

message my body had been trying to send

mobility, increase self-respect and gain deeper connection to them-

me. Finally, with the relief from chronic pain, I

selves. When you are experiencing pain, trauma or a deep level of

realized for the first time in years that I could

stress, it can be understandably challenging to feel safe in your body.

actually feel safer in my body again.

As a Rolfer, I am trained to identify the opportunities for balance and freedom which will lead to safety.

After 10 Rolfing sessions, I felt more fluid in my movement, my equilibrium had balanced,

So What is Rolfing Exactly? Rolfing taps into your nervous sys-

I felt reconnected to myself for the first time

tem’s stress response and helps you move out of a “fight and flight”

since the head Injury, and I was functioning

mode and into a calmer “rest and digest” which ultimately helps in

better than ever! I knew I wanted to share this

restoring a sense of safety and improves many things including pro-

kind of experience while continuing to nour-

cessing food, relaxation and sleep.

ish my community somehow. So I made the

In 2014, I was thriving as a Head Chef and Co-Owner of Restaurant

life changing decision to attend The Doctor

415 and I had just become a new mountain biker. Life can change in

Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, CO, and became

an instant as we know and it did for me. One day, while out biking

a Professional Rolfer.

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EMPOWERED EMBODIMENT (CONTINUED)

Something incredible happens when I tune into your nervous system and your breath. I track and listen to your body’s cues, avoid causing any pain which would only activate your flight and flight mode more. You are the boss on my table. Your safety is paramount. I encourage my clients to practice voicing what they feel, as this is a continuation of the integration and helps to reconnect the body with the brain. The transformation is palpable as you go from feeling weighed down to having an excited, energetic vibe from the reduction in pain or trauma. It’s not surprising because Rolfing is deep work, emotionally and physically. Through our work together, we create better relationships between connective tissues, muscles, bones, nerves etc. and repair a sense of safety, integration, and wholeness.

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Some experiences from clients include remembering traumas and voicing them and becoming completely free from back pain by doing so. One of my first clients gained

• Who would I be and how would my life be different, without this pain?” • Am I ready for a transformation?

back 1 ½ inches she had lost and cried release of joy! A recent client said she is running with so much more ease. So now, let me ask you to tune into your body for a moment. If you are open to shifting, here’s how:

+ Then take another deep breath and thank yourself for helping you hear what you really need more or less of.

+ How can you commit to giving yourself more or less of what you really need?

+ Begin by taking a deep breath, and allowing yourself to

+ Finally, remind yourself “everyday, in every way, all is

feel whatever sensation you feel in your body with curios-

well, and I am safe!

ity and without judgement. (This is a great step for tuning into your body’s needs, and even if this is ALL that you do

”Amelia Mouton is a Certified Rolfer, Health Coach, and Per-

today, it is enough.)

sonal Chef. She lives in her hometown of Fort Collins, CO.

+ Next, create a sense of safety by saying something to

where she enjoys playing outside and being the town’s best

yourself like, “Hey Body, I’m listening, it’s safe here with

ever Auntie. Connect with her at www.almrolfing.com

• Where is there opportunity for more breath or mobility?”

IG: @almrolfing

• Do I feel truly connected to my body?”

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OUGH OUR WORK TOGETHER, WE CREATE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WEEN CONNECTIVE TISSUES, MUSCLES, BONES, NERVES ETC.

D REPAIR A SENSE OF SAFETY, INTEGRATION, AND WHOLENESS.

BE T

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me, what are you trying to tell me?”

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THEIR MISSION:

Northern Colorado. Over the years we are proud

+ To improve the legal, political, economic,

to have supported a growing community art and

educational, health and professional status of

education project called “Living Her Legacy”

women at the global and local level through

founded by one of their longstanding club mem-

service and advocacy.

bers and Fort Collins residents, Patti Smith.

+ To work for the advancement of understanding,

Zonta International holds General Consultative

goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of

Status with the United Nations Economic and

executives in business and the professions.

Social Council and Participatory Status with the

+ To promote justice and universal respect for

Council of Europe. Zonta teams engage in these

human rights and fundamental freedoms.

important intergovernmental organizations and

+ To be united internationally to foster high eth-

in important events and campaigns to further

ical standards, to implement service programs,

our global advocacy efforts and our mission to

and to provide mutual support and fellowship

empower women worldwide.

for members who serve their communities, their nations, and the world.

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The Zonta Club of Fort Collins supports many

to consider joining them as they work together

types of programs and projects that support

with our community to advocate for women

single Mom’s and high school young women in

locally and globally.

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INSPIRED BY

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YO U A R E T H E C ATA LY S T F O R CHANGE

ARTICLE DR. JOHN C. MAXWELL IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK YOU, “WHAT GETS YOU OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING?” how would

you reply? Would you talk about your job or your family? Would you tell them about a dream you’re chasing or a goal you’re trying to meet? What we give our lives to says a lot about who we are. For forty years now, I’ve gotten out of bed in the morning with one single focus: adding value to leaders

I’ve spent decades learning what it takes to trans-

who will multiply value to others.

form communities and countries, and with my

Because of that focus, I’ve authored over 80 books

writing partner, Rob Hoskins, have produced a

on relationships, equipping people, attitude, and lead-

book that offers step by step instruction on how

ership, all with the purpose of expanding my reach to

leaders—people who care to make a difference—

add value to leaders.

can produce transformation in their own backyard.

Four decades, dedicated to making better leaders.

It’s a book written for everyone—including you.

But now, as I enter into my fifth decade, my purpose

You are a potential catalyst for change in your

has expanded. I still get of bed with the goal of adding

community, no matter where you live, no matter

value to leaders who will multiply value to others, but

what you do. All it takes is your willingness to

there’s an even greater purpose behind it all.

step up as a leader. Harriet Tubman once said,

Transformation. I want to see our world transformed

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always

into one where every human being is encouraged and

remember, you have within you the strength, the

allowed to live to their full potential. Imagine what it would

patience, and the passion to reach for the stars

be like to live in a world where everyone—men, women,

and change the world.”

children—were equipped and empowered to live a life of deep purpose. We would truly see a transformed world.

RENOWNED LEADERSHIP COACH DETAILS HOW CHANGE IN A COMMUNITY CAN START WITH ONE PERSON: YOU

If you dream of changing your community, or city, or country, you must not only dream, you must

That’s the message of my latest book, Change Your

also act. Many things in life just happen, but pos-

World: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference.

itive change isn’t one of them. Changing anything

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in our world requires someone to be the catalyst. Someone like you.

CONTINUED >

Leaders like you become catalysts for change when they do three things: pick a problem to address, invite others to join them, and do what they can where they are. Dr. John C. Maxwell

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INSPIRED BY (CONTINUED)

1. Pick a Problem to Address A leader can never become a catalyst until he or she first takes ownership of the problem they wish to solve. You cannot rally people to a cause that you aren’t willing to own, especially these days; people know when a leader is being half-hearted, and they don’t respect it. When you pick a problem to solve or a cause to rally around, you must have conviction in order to succeed. Over the years, I’ve learned that whenever I feel a sense of conviction about an issue, I need to start moving in the direction I believe I should go, even if I’m uncertain. Action creates ownership, and ownership creates credibility with people. And you need that

credibility because transformation cannot be done by one person alone—we all need people to join us on the journey.

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2. Invite Others to Join You When you’ve settled on the problem you want to tackle you should immediately begin looking for others to join you. In the book, Rob and I recommend starting with friends and family; you already have influence with them, and chances are you’re of like mind in many areas. Go to those family members who frequently ask you for advice or seek your opinion on personal matters, as you likely have greater influence with them. To move beyond family, however, you’ll need to take a leap of faith and

2. to the Join You beginInvite sharing yourOthers passion for solving problem with other people. Passion

attracts, and when people come to you with interest, don’t be afraid to ask

When them you’ve settled the you to your tackle you Empowering people what they on think or problem invite them to want improve ideas. should immediately begin looking to join you. In the to help you creates a bond, for andothers once that bond is established, you will quickly book, Rob and I recommend withwith friends you discover who you canstarting truly work and and invitefamily; them to take action with you. already have influence with them, and chances are you’re of like

3. Do What You Can Where You Are

mind in many areas. Go to those family members who frequently

ask you for advice or seek your opinion on personal matters, as you likely have greater influence with them.

the final step. It you’ll doesn’t have be abig or grand; it doesn’t even To moveAction beyondis family, however, need to to take leap of be guaranteed of success. Nothing happens faith andhave begintosharing your passion for solving the problem within life until someone does Passion something, and once you take yourcome first step, thewith next step will come into other people. attracts, and when people to you focus.be Remember thatthem transformation is a process, an event. It takes time interest, don’t afraid to ask what they think or invite not them andyour repeated to bringpeople about positive change. So focus on purpose, not to improve ideas. action Empowering to help you creates a perfection, doiswhat you know to will do. quickly discover bond, and once thatand bond established, you These threewith steps may seem too but with I assure who you can truly work and invite them to simple, take action you. you they work. The goal of all transformational movements is making things better however possible. Incremental change is better than the status quo; and when you’re truly committed to making your community a better place, you know that any improvement is a significant improvement.

If you’d like to learn more about transformation

No matter what problems or challenges face your

and how to become a leader of transformation, then

community, you are the catalyst for change that can

I encourage you to pick up my book, Change Your

make all the difference. But you must choose to get

World, from your favorite bookstore or online retailer.

involved; transformation won’t choose you—you

If you’re concerned about making the world a better

must choose transformation.

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