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Pat Samples counters the Western World's fixation on youth with a revolutionary approach to midlife and ageing. She teaches women how to listen to their body - an incredible archive of our life experiences - and draw upon the emotional and spiritual wisdom within. This life-changing odyssey begins with developing new awareness and appreciation for your changing body - the precious home for the spirit. Once you trust the body as a teacher, you can learn from childhood experiences, past traumas, heroic moments, and other personal stories recorded there. True accounts from the author illustrate how she and other women found healing and relief from grief, stress, anger, addiction and other painful issues. Featuring practical exercises and fun activities, this remarkable guide to body wisdom will also inspire self-exploration, spark creativity, rejuvenate your spirit, and ease the fear of ageing.

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Pat Samples helps to free us from the dread of aging. -- Deborah Antinori book blurb

Pat Samples helps to free us from the dread of aging. -- Deborah Antinori book blurb Pat Samples helps to free us from the dread of aging.

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Pat Samples (Minnesota) an international speaker and transformational educator, is the author of Body Odyssey: Lessons from the Bones and Belly. She speaks and gives workshops on conscious aging, body wisdom, caregiving, improvisational movement and creative living. Samples is also the author of six other books and has written widely on health, aging and human behavior. She is a past editor of The Phoenix, a wellness monthly. More than 300 organizations have hosted her keynotes and workshops, including state and national conferences on caregiving and aging, Area Agencies on Aging, wellness organizations and expos, creativity and writing conferences, state human services departments, senior centers and residences, churches and ministry groups, social work and nursing organizations, women' organizations and many more. She has been a guest on the Tavis Smiley Show and dozens of other radio and television shows. In her writing, speaking and teaching, Samples draws on her experience working and volunteering in health care, social services, ministry and the arts. Samples has master's degrees in creative writing and human development.

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