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wouldn’t describe my life at all like the was pissed off at God for taking my brother. book “Eat, Pray, Love,” though there are I was completely dismayed at the repeated empty answers that the some similarities. priests and nuns would Mine has been more give in response to my like, “Can’t Afford to Eat, questions around my Plea Bargain with God, brother’s death, which Try to Love Again.” The always led nowhere similarities being, I did and always resulted in spend ten years in India me having to do ten with my teacher to earn Hail Marys. my degree in Eastern Fast forward 23 psychology & meditayears. I moved from tion, despite the maOregon to Los Angejority of my friends les to pursue various and family who careers. I was newly disowned me for inspired at the possibilit. I meditatities of what lay ahead, ed—a lot—and but my rosy outlook got I did regain connection to Source and uncon- gut punched by L.A., and a maniacal rollerditional love, but not in a story- coaster of events ensued. I blew my knee out, thanks to a botched modeling audition, then book fashion. At the end of the day, I’ve my agency dropped me because I was now been blessed with so much: “no good” to them. I became quasi-homeless good genes, a mercurial sense living out of my car and on various people’s of humor, athletic prowess, couches for a few months, contracted an upan entrepreneurial nature, a per respiratory infection with pneumonia, all handful of true, loyal friends while trying to juggle three part time jobs and and family that love me, not to living on roughly $5 a day. At this point, a Hail mention an amazing daughter. Mary wasn’t going to cut it. For the sake of this article I’ve condensed I’ve met and worked with famous actors, musicians, athletes, and my experiences and challenges in order to CEO’s, thanks to my multidimension- provide you at least a faint whiff of the rich al careers in acting, modeling, person- fragrance of my life. Now, for the pearls of al training, yoga and now my company, wisdom I have learned and can expertly share Corporate Wellness Consultants. I’ve with others, you ask? There are far too many, lived a colorful life and I am grateful. So but here are a few: 1) Listen to and follow your why did I give up the glamorous life I had intuition. 2) Challenges and obstacles are spiritual and human lessons, not punishments. 3) been living in L.A. to go live in India? When I was three years old, my oldest Be love; give love; live, eat and breathe gratibrother, who was seven at the time, was di- tude—you are loved more than you could beagnosed with leukemia. He suffered horri- gin to imagine! Remember: When the student bly for years and just after he turned 12, we is ready, the teacher will appear. ! We’reofpaid our partner Marcie Anderson holds her degree in Eastern shared the experience hisbypassing. My communities mother took his death incredibly hard—my Psychology and Meditation from ten years spent parents’ marriage became strained, to put it living and studying in southern India with her lightly—and my brothers and I tried to smile, teacher. She’s a master at bridging the East and pretending it was normal to walk on egg- West, works with individuals, organizations shells every day. I grew up Catholic, but after and companies, both locally and globally. Marmy brother passed I was only going to church cie currently resides in Mount Pleasant, SC with for the promise of doughnuts afterwards. I her daughter.
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Joan Lunden, journalist, former host of Good Morning America and senior living advocate.
