Maggie Doyne is the author of the new book, "Between the Mountain and the Sky: a mother’s story of love, loss, healing, and hope". Maggie has dedicated her life to educating children and empowering women. At age 19, Maggie used her life savings to build a home for orphaned children in war-ravaged Nepal. Maggie was named 2015 CNN Hero of the Year. She was honored by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion in 2014. Her work was championed by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof in a cover story for The New York Times Magazine. While Maggie’s work is focused on Nepal, she speaks all over the world in the hope of inspiring others to start projects of their own that will generate positive change. www.blinknow.org

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Leonard Buschel is the author of the new book, HIGH: Confessions of a Cannabis Addict. He is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, and he is the founder of Writers In Treatment whose primary purpose is to promote treatment as the best first step solution for addiction, alcoholism and other self-destructive behaviors. Leonard is also the director of the 13 year old REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium(R), and for six years has been the editor/publisher of the weekly Addiction/Recovery eBulletin. He also directs and produces the annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards in Los Angeles.

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We’ve all experienced times when we’ve gone from feeling fine to feeling hurt, angry, shut down, or frozen. This is called being “triggered.” Dr. Susan Campbell explains how we can become stronger, more resilient, and learn to take things in stride by understanding the roots of our trigger reactions.

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