Andrew McCombe has a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand and is the owner and managing director of Activate Your Life, which has over 16 years experience as an international life, business and high performance coaching company.

Andrew is a Life, Business and High Performance Coach which he combines with his expertise as an Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner. Andrew regularly facilitates Health, Wealth, Relationship, Career and Business Workshops and Retreats throughout Australasia.

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Bob Lucas holds dual roles as President of Creative Presentation Resources --- a creative training and products company, and as a founding Managing Partner for Global Performance Strategies, LLC --- an organization specializing in performance-based training, consulting services, and life planning seminars.

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Dr. Alexander R. Lees has been in private practice for over 20 years, as a counsellor, therapist and personal coach. He is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, with a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. He is also an EFT Expert with over nine years experience, and a Certified International Trainer of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) having been involved with NLP for 25 years.

Besides seeing clients privately, he presents international seminars and workshops, and has taught EFT to thousands of people. As well, he has taught NLP and a wide variety of topics related to health, happiness and the mind/body connection. The focus of his workshops is on the how-to techniques people can use to create healthier, happier lives.

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Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D., is a psychologist, teacher and healer who blends psychospiritual, vibrational and intuitive energies. She works with individuals and groups in a synergistic fashion and acts as a channel for divine input, be it energies or information.

Dr. McDowell has been trained as a transpersonal, cognitive-behavioral psychologist who specializes in addiction, abuse, anxiety, depression, transitional shifts, trauma, health crises, death and dying, existential questions of life and other intensities.

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Avghi Constantinides D.hom HMC MA Has been named as one of the best homeopaths that California has to offer. She holds a BS in Nutrition, a Masters in Homeopathy, a Diploma in Homeopathy and is a Homeopathic Master Clinician.

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Kathy Caprino, MA, is a nationally-recognized women's work-life expert and author of Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power, and Purpose. Founder and President of Ellia Communications, Inc., a women's executive and work-life coaching and consulting company, Caprino is a trained psychotherapist, seasoned career and life coach, and sought-after writer and speaker on women's issues. She is a popular blogger on business, workplace, and career topics and trends, and as a top media source, she has appeared in more than 100 leading newspapers and magazines and on national television.

For more information visit: www.breakdownbreakthrough.com.

Sharon O'Connor is founder and owner of Atlantic Complementary Medical Solutions, LLC. Sharon provides complementary and alternative intervention solutions for the healthcare market utilizing hypnotherapy and guided imagery to help people deal with STRESS, depression, phobias, and much more. Sharon is an RN, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Guided Imagery Practitioner. She attended the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Technical College, Hypnotherapy Training Center of Boston, Banyon Hypnosis Center, and studied Ethics in Medical Practice at Harvard University. Her nursing career began in the Emergency Room.

For more information visit: www.acmswellness.com.

Jon Rhodes has worked with people suffering from severe mental health problems since 2001. He has been involved in the successful long term rehabilitation of many people, helping them to integrate back into society. He works with people suffering from such severe illnesses as schizophrenia, autism, personality disorders , and many secondary illnesses such as depression.

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Jane Nash is a Clincal Hypnotherapist, Master Hypnotist and NLP Master Practitioner. Her practice spans Sale, Bairnsdale and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia . She has a Masters in Education and is currently pursuing a doctorate combining Education and Hypnotherapy as well as training in Forensic Hypnosis techniques. She is also an experienced teacher and writer and presently writes courses in advanced Hypnotherapy and Applications of NLP for colleges in California and London.

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Debra Burdick, LCSW, is the owner and Clinical Director of Advanced Options, LLC. She opened her practice in 1994 and added Neurofeedback in 1999. Using Neurofeedback, she was able to get her own daughter off medication for ADHD, and to heal herself from 13 years of Fibromyalgia. She has helped hundreds of clients reduce or eliminate medications using Neurofeedback. 93% of Deb's clients who had 5+ Neurofeedback sessions reported improvement in their symptoms and lives.

For more information visit www.theBrainLady.com.

Dr. Kenneth Silvestri is a psychotherapist, a certified classical homeopath (CCH, Council for Homeopathic Certification ) and is a Registered Homeopath with the North American Society of Homeopaths (RS Hom). He has had a private practice since 1980 and offers a unique integrative and systemic approach to resolving emotional and physical problems.

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The keynote speaker at the 2006 American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) national convention, Cary Bayer is a Life Coach, CE provider licensed by NCBTMB, and faculty member of Massage Business University. He writes regular columns on success and marketing for Massage Today, and for AMTA publications in more than a dozen states. His 27 publications include 10 specifically for massage therapists (LMTs). Cary has coached more than 150 massage therapists and dozens of healers from a variety of modalities. His "Build a $100,000 Annual Massage Business in Just 1 Hour a Day" 6-CE seminar is very popular among LMTs.

For more information visit www.CaryBayer.com

Christel Autuori is a graduate of Lotus Gardens Yoga and is a certified AcuYoga instructor. She has been practicing yoga for over thirty years, primarily the gentle Kripalu and Anusara styles of yoga. She has been teaching in Ridgefield, CT for the past six years. Christel has written several articles about yoga which have appeared in national publications. Christel has been trained and is certified to teach yoga to children through Growing Lotus Kids She is registered with the nationally recognized Yoga Alliance. Christel is also a certified Reiki I and II practitioner, and is a frequent contributor to www.NourishThis.com, providing information about yoga, meditation, and guided imagery.

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David Kohlhagen LPC, NBCCH is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. With a career-long interest in holistic health and healing, he has been a practicing psychotherapist for thirty years. In 1997 he began a hypnotherapy apprenticeship with Dr. Jon Connelly of Jupiter, Florida, with whom he attended numerous residential training experiences, served as an assistant trainer and obtained several hundred hours of training experience. He is the author of the soon-to-be-published psychology/self-help book, Force of Habit: Get Well and Stay Well by Clearing Up Your Bad Habits of Mind, Body and Spirit (working title). Doing business as Tranceformation, he provides hypnotherapy, coaching, consultation and professional training.

For more information visit www.TranceFormation.us.

Dave graduated in 1978 as an engineering technologist. He later worked in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Alberta designing TMJ Dysfunction related diagnostic equipment and research facilities. He organized research projects, taught basic physiology and the advanced TMJ diagnostics course. Dave had noted anxiety issues in many patients suffering with TMJ dysfunction, prompting him to study biofeedback, which he applied to their patients and later design biofeedback devices. In 1984, Dave designed his first audio-visual entrainment (AVE) device – the "Digital Audio-visual Integration Device," or DAVID1. Since this time, through his company, Mind Alive Inc., Dave has been researching and refining AVE technology since, specifically for use in relaxation, and treating anxiety, depression, PMS, ADD, FMS, SAD, pain, cognitive decline and insomnia, which he presents at conferences and for special interest groups. Dave also designs Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES), transcranial DC stimulation and biofeedback devices. Dave continues to conduct research and designs new products relating to personal growth and wellness.

For more information visit www.MindAlive.com.

Dr. Gucciardi holds degrees and certificates in transpersonal psychology, cultural anthropology, comparative religion, hypnotherapy, and transformational healing. She has spent over 25 years studying spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques from around the world. She has worked with master teachers of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Sufism, as well as expert shamanic practitioners from the traditions of Hawaii, indigenous North and South America, Siberia, and Nepal. A few of her teachers include Joseph Campbell, Michael Harner, Marie Louise Von Franz, and currently she is a senior student of the honorable Tulku Lama Lobsang Thamchoe Nyima.

Dr. Gucciardi is the creator of Depth Hypnosis, a groundbreaking therapeutic model that has won rave reviews from psychotherapeutic and spiritual counselors alike. She has published numerous articles, been featured in several documentaries, and has written two books which will be published later this year. Dr. Gucciardi is also the founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a non-profit organization and resource center where she offers trainings in Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, Buddhist Psychology Studies and Integrated Energy Medicine.

Dr. Gucciardi speaks five languages, and has lived in 11 countries. In addition to directing the Foundation of the Sacred Stream and teaching many of its courses, she maintains an active hypnotherapy and shamanic healing practice in San Francisco. She is a mother and now lives with her partner, Laura Chandler, a professional musician who also serves as a Board and faculty member of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream.

For more information visit www.SacredStream.org.

As a Certified Law of Attraction Coach and bestselling author, Christy Whitman is the leading authority on The Law of Attraction. She has helped hundreds of clients all over the world attract their ideal relationships, money, success, promotions, dream homes, and their ideal bodies.

For more information visit www.7essentiallaws.com"

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Marta now lives in South Florida. She has had a private practice for thirty years focusing on women's issues, mind/body healing and relationships. She holds an MS in Counseling Psychology and a BS in Education. In addition, she is a trained hypnotherapist, certified metaphysician, intimacy trainer, emotional-body healer, certified Kaizen Creative Coach and Florida State Mediator. Her personal passion to share, heal and teach, combined with her academic expertise have brought her clients from around the country.

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Pauline is a Registered Nurse with over 24 years experience in the obstetrics field. Pauline's areas of expertise include enhancing fertility, healthy pregnancy, childbirth and HypnoBirthing, grief resolution due to pregnancy and infant loss, help with post partum depression, pre and post surgical relaxation and healing, fighting cancer, eliminating stress, anxiety and fear, enhancing relaxation, pain management, weight management, smoking cessation, and studying. Pauline gave a presentation to the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing on September 29, 2006. The focus of the presentation was how hypnosis can help during pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. Nurses learned how and why hypnosis works. They also learned how Evidence Based Practice and Hypnosis complement each other beautifully to ensure a good outcome for both the mom and the baby.

For more information visit www.HeartFelt-Hypnosis.com.

Adele uses a variety of energy modalities to best assist her clients. Some approaches she uses include Reiki, advanced EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Touch for Health kinesiology, craniosacral therapy, spiritual coaching, and others. Drawing on her ability to deeply perceive into peoples' energy fields, she offers clients a blend of approaches to best meet each client's unique needs. Her consultations combine her unique background of business, intuitive energy work and spiritual relationship healing. Her innate healing ability of "seeing" inside a client's energy system enables her to guide them towards their life's path.

Adele has successfully assisted clients dealing with a wide range of issues, including: anxiety, migraines, trauma, OCD, depression, cancer recovery, thyroid issues, chronic fatigue syndrome, TMJ, colitis, insomnia, digestive issues, PTSD, whiplash, panic attacks, high blood pressure, and others. She has worked with Iraq war veterans, professional athletes, accident victims, cancer recovery patients, as well as clients dealing with emotional issues. She is known for being able to help clients open into their own inner healing wisdom in a warm and grounded way. She also provides support and spiritual mentorship to clients as they open into their own spiritual wisdom.

For more information visit http://www.safehavenhealing.net.

William Berry has worked in the field of addiction for over 15 years. He has been a Certified Addiction Professional since 1996. He obtained a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology. Mr. Berry has over 12 years experience conducting group and individual therapy.

William is also an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University, conducting a social psychology course in drugs and drug abuse, and at Nova University, conducting psychology courses in substance abuse and the family, interpersonal communication, and the physiology and psychology of drugs.

For more information visit www.AddictionEducationConsultants.com

Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The Stress Doc" ™, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, is an acclaimed keynote and kickoff speaker and "Motivational Humorist" known for his interactive, inspiring and FUN speaking and workshop programs. In addition, the "Doc" is a team building and organizational development consultant for a variety of govt. agencies, corporations and non-profits and is AOL's "Online Psychohumorist" ™. Mark is an Adjunct Professor, No. VA (NOVA) Community College and currently he is leading "Stress, Team Building and Humor" programs for the 1st Cavalry and 4th Infantry Divisions, Ft. Hood, Texas. A former Stress and Conflict Consultant for the US Postal Service, the Stress Doc is the author of Practice Safe Stress and of The Four Faces of Anger.

For more information visit www.StressDoc.com.

Barbara Goulding writes poetry and articles and is featured in some of the YSR e-magazine publications online. She currently is a Reiki Master and received her certification in 2006. Barbara is trained in many other healing modalities such as Kundalini Reiki, Elemental Reiki, and many to numerous to list. Barbara loves to help others and enjoys studying a vast ray of subjects to further her growth. Making a difference in this world is what she seeks to accomplish in this life.

For more information visit: healingispersonal.blogspot.com/, http://heavenshealinghands.ning.com

Jeff Belyea is an artist and writer with a PhD in communications, and certification as a business and personal coach, certified hypnotherapist and master meditation teacher who works with individual, group and corporate clients around the country.

He will be hosting "The Enlightened Healer Symposium Florida 2009" in St. Petersburg, Florida in October.

For more information visit www.LivingatWow.com.

Richard F. Liotta, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and a Certified Ericksonian Hypnosis Instructor. He has more than 20 years of diverse professional experience, in areas including clinical work, psychological assessment, research, and teaching. While earning his Ph.D. from DePaul University he authored, or coauthored, peer reviewed journal articles in areas including behavioral analysis, community psychology, and social psychology. Currently he maintains a clinical practice in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. Additionally he presents on a variety of mental health topics, offers training in NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis, provides life effectiveness facilitation, and is a consultant community agencies. He is also actively involved in the NLP Research and Recognition Project, serving as Director of Organization Communications and Research Team participant. Dr. Liotta's experience has been that many NLP processes are clinically effective therapeutic tools both by themselves and in conjunction with other modalities such as CBT and hypnosis. His commitment to the NLP Research and Recognition Project is founded on the view that more people will be helped to live effective and enjoyable lives, unencumbered by psychological distress, when NLP intervention strategies have more professional acceptance and support. "This will only come when research validates what the experience of NLP practitioners has demonstrated, the utility of NLP strategies to facilitate change and symptom relief."

For more information regarding the NLP Research & Recognition Project visit www.nlprandr.org.

Dr. Joe Rubino is an internationally acclaimed expert on the topic of self-esteem, a life-changing personal development trainer and success coach and best selling author of 9 books and 2 Audio sets on topics ranging from how to restore self-esteem, achieve business success, maximize joy and fulfillment in life and productivity in business. An acclaimed speaker and course leader, he is known for his groundbreaking work in personal and leadership development, building effective teams, enhancing listening and communication skills, life and business coaching and optimal life planning.

For more information visit www.CenterForPersonalReinvention.com

Dr. Robert Puff has been successfully helping individuals and families for over 20 years. He is a clinical psychologist in private practice, working with adults, adolescents, and children as young as two years old. His approach to therapy is holistic, encompassing the thoughts, emotions, physical health, nutrition, and relationships of the individual. He teaches clients to tap into their emotions, manage their stress, and heal from traumatic experiences.

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Sharon Esonis has spent three decades helping individuals thrive through her work as a licensed psychologist, life coach and author. An expert in human behavior and motivation, Dr. Esonis specializes in the field of Positive Psychology, the scientific study of optimal human functioning and the core strengths that can lead to the achievement of one's personally-defined goals. Her latest book is It's Your Little Red Wagon... Six Core Strengths For Navigating Your Path to the Good Life.

For more information visit www.PositivePathLifeCoaching.com.

Lilia has been a Critical Care RN for more than 20 years working primarily in Coronary Care Unit in one of New York's busiest city hospitals. As an RN working in New York for many years, she worked in both city and private hospitals.

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Dr. Robert DeMaria has been providing and championing alternative health solutions to thousands of patients globally for over thirty years. Realizing that the world needs a drugless "hero," Dr. Bob has answered the call by writing six books in the "Dr. Bob's Guide to Health" series. These books delve into Dr. Bob's expertise in the areas of ADHD, Female Hormones, and Sex and Relationships. Dr. Bob's keen intellect and "go-get'em" attitude has resulted in many TV and radio appearances, including regular segments on Cleveland Fox 8's "That's Life with Robin Swoboda", WFAN in New York City, and his own "Half-Hour to Health" television program which airs each Saturday in the Northern Ohio market. Dr. Bob's drugless approach emphasizes education, empowerment, and prevention, which are three qualities that our world needs most. Dr. Bob's mission is to provide answers to topics for which we all have questions.

For more information visit www.DruglessDoctor.com.

Ligia obtained her B.A. from the University of Miami in Psychology and Religious Studies and a Masters Degree in Religious Studies and Gerontology from Florida International University. She also has a graduate certificate in Loss and Healing from St. Thomas University, a certificate in Thanatology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Besides being a speaker, she is an author, coach, counselor and consultant. She is an adjunct professor of Kaplan University, Florida International University and Miami Dade College where she teaches courses on Ethics, Religion and Death and Dying.

For more information visit www.LigiaHouben.com

Noted artist, author and healer, Ernesto Ortiz has devoted his life to exploring and communicating the language of the heart, primal movement and deep inner spaces. Over the past 25 years, Ernesto has taken thousands of people on a journey from physical and emotional inertia to the freedom of ecstasy, from the chaos of the chattering ego-mind to the blessed emptiness of stillness and inner silence.

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Dr. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, not Dr. Siegel, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He holds membership in two scholastic honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He retired from practice as an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Yale of general and pediatric surgery in 1989 to speak to patients and their caregivers.

In 1978 he originated Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients' drawings, dreams, images and feelings. ECaP is based on "carefrontation," a safe, loving therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal lifestyle changes, personal empowerment and healing of the individual's life. The physical, spiritual and psychological benefits which followed led to his desire to make everyone aware of his or her healing potential. He realized exceptional behavior is what we are all capable of.

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Jevon is a Certified Trainer of NLP, HNLP (Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology) and Hypnotherapy as well as a Certified Coach. He is also the developer of The Authentic Self Empowerment^™ Method.

His background is seated in his extensive experience as a Personal Fitness Trainer and Judo Coach with a keen interest in health and wellness. Later he became increasingly curious about how our internal beliefs, values and states influence our outer perspective of reality and create our experiences. Thus his desire to achieve a life of authenticity and wellness became an exploration of more holistic approaches which he also integrates into his Training and Coaching style.

Jevon continues to explore and study various personal and professional development methodologies, scientific and metaphysical healing modalities, as well as spiritual systems around the world as he has done over the past twelve years. He especially enjoys keeping up to speed and on par with the latest developments in the NLP, Hypnotherapy and Coaching fields.

For more information visit www.neuro-linguistics.net

Dr. Kawchuk holds the Canada Research Chair in Spinal Function, University of Alberta. His work has already created the only model in the world able to study the mechanisms of how the vertebral artery may or may not be injured by manipulation. He has developed several new devices to measure spinal stiffness which are now undergoing clinical trials. His future work will look at the link between mechanical back pain and the role of environment and genetics.

Michael Watson is an internationally known trainer of NLP and hypnotherapy who has been practicing since 1980. He has trained extensively with the original creators and developers of NLP and is recognized for his pioneering work in Generative Hypnosis. A former Benedictine monk, Michael is known for his light-hearted and caring style. He maintains a private practice in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops is an ordained minister with a PhD in Medical and Clinical Hypnotherapy and Behavioral Sciences. She has successfully established private and public practices in Europe, Asia, India, Egypt and the United States. Her professional affiliations include the British Astrological and Psychic Society, IACT, IMDIIA, IHF, NGH, ABH and ACA. Her dynamic lectures and seminars in Japan and the U.S. have led to regular invitations to speak and participate in numerous international events.

Melissa Tiers is a hypnosis instructor and Master NLP practitioner with a private practice in New York City. She is the founder of The Center for Integrative Hypnosis and co-developer of In Depth NLP. Melissa teaches workshops that integrate classical and Ericksonian hypnosis, NLP, Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning and Energy Psychology. She is a published author and lecturer and teaches her integrated programs to health care workers at Beth Israel School of Nursing.

For more information visit: www.melissatiers.com

Dr. Flavio Souza-Campos holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in biomedical engineering. In 1996, Dr. Souza-Campos founded the Hypnotherapy and Counseling Center where over 15 thousand therapy sessions have been conducted by nine associated therapists of four different modalities. Dr. Souza-Campos, a frequent guest in Spanish radio and television, was the recipient of the IAcT 2000 Humanitarian Award, and is an instructor of basic through advanced hypnotherapy, philosophy, and metaphysics.