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Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free Free Master Class: Keys to Letting Go, Forgiving and Setting Yourself Free: Date: Saturday July 12, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time: https://www.embracehappiness.me/keys/ Email Darian for the Zoom Link: office@embracehappiness.me Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free · Do you frequently feel misunderstood? · Do you find yourself holding onto hurt feelings and injustices? · Do you want more peace and love in your life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this course is for you. Register now for: Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free With Darian Slayton Fleming: Certified Happiness Trainer and Licensed Clinical Social Worker In this Six-Week course you will: · Uncover, soothe, and validate the wounded parts within you! · Learn to let go of guilt, shame, and self-judgment. · Learn to let go of hurt feelings and injustices. · Learn to reframe thoughts and feel good about yourself and others. · Learn to speak up for yourself. · Learn to set and enforce appropriate boundaries. · Learn what forgiveness is and is not. · Learn to forgive yourself. · Learn to forgive others. · Identify what is good and lovable within you. Build Positive Self-regard: · Name it, acknowledge it, celebrate it. · Transform your relationship with happiness. · Create a Mindfulness-based practice and feel loving, lovable, happy, and expanded every day. Dates: Six Thursdays, on Zoom, Beginning August 7, 2025 Choose 1: 11 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time 6 PM to 7:30 PM Pacific Time Cost: $297.00 Pay In Full Or 3 monthly payments of $107.00* link for Paid Course-Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free https://www.embracehappiness.me/let-go-forgive-and-set-yourself-free/ Darian is a Certified Happiness Trainer https://www.embracehappiness.me To learn more about Darian: https://www.getcounselingportland.com Order a copy of Darian’s new book on Kindle or in Paperback: Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities https://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Empowered-Multiple-Disabilities/dp/B0DKXV5N3Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11PJ6GMXCPQY8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MhfjbxMdL7zLHR7pCWeJLA.SxxBBVYPwAutUDtb8puxbzkl0fHFsgEPeCsM2QmjdwI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Defying+Death%3A+Living+an+Empowered+Life+With+Multiple+Disabilities&qid=1746401139&sprefix=defying+death+living+an+empowered+life+with+multiple+disabilities%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1 Order a copy of Darian’s first book in paperback or on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speak+Up+For+Yourself%3A+Get+What+You+Need+and+Feel+Good+About+It&i=stripbooks&crid=1TGVTFEBCG839&sprefix=speak+up+for+yourself+get+what+you+need+and+feel+good+about+it%2Cstripbooks%2C164&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Episode 24: Grief and Happiness: Did I Actually Use Those Two Words in the same sentence? Meet Emily Thiroux Threatt Emily Thiroux Threatt has experienced the deaths of two husbands, as well as the many family members and friends, so she has much experience in the grieving process and has learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy. Her books, The Grief, and Happiness Handbook, and Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief, provide guidance for navigating the downs and ups of the unfamiliar territory of grief. She also hosts the Grief and Happiness Podcast and is the founder of the Grief and Happiness Alliance. She is the CEO of the Grief and Happiness Nonprofit Organization. She is a certified Happy for No Reason Trainer. She has kept journals and written to express herself most of her life. She earned a master’s degree in English with a concentration in writing which led to a career teaching writing at the university level including being a pioneer in online education. She wrote three university textbooks. She naturally turned to writing to deal with her grief. She also teaches those dealing with loss how to use writing to deal with their grief. Emily’s Books: The Grief and Happiness Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Happiness-Handbook-Supportive-Grieving/dp/B0C9KFL8W6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=203CS9T57W175&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.37ff5tZ4RTNwReWV1lxO1k7CO_Lm1qx1WWn964VSH2vax1hBZ4oQhX4oyFqUIiB2JhtnaBAnO2ynGrqcrBNiQHsvltYZj2j-lru1Ti4EMv9fmVMlapheg4E4ZRtnfMhydUvOswnq4-D4CrUis0j40DksMN1SnQ2v1HT9V_sFFIIUoQIxU82TUMS8KXskweVvhOkj9C4whKH_e1ewaauVjWJTM4ai5HenuM127ji4GBg.hBCJCU_y0t3oBGWiaxQvOj9B6KdNAthfowHBoa1u0BQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Grief+and+Happiness+Handbook&qid=1746399288&sprefix=grief+and+happiness+handbook%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1 Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Loving+and+Living+Your+Way+Through+Grief&crid=JSZC1VYZ0W4P&sprefix=loving+and+living+your+way+through+grief%2Caps%2C147&ref=nb_sb_noss Grief and Happiness Card Deck: https://www.amazon.com/Grief-and-Happiness-Card-Deck/dp/B0CK545BZ3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QZFPWV3VLCAX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fUuAbglHyAh4xOxx_5lVu8hUJe2mbc48Hb-oq2qouo1W7w9NHmUKGy4DxiAgd7VJXzdwf7ekQafWYx237YIbJI0JBD_dW97JyhSwlVfqe8dHKtnPm5WDm6JnGYhq-bmA.XGglFwffOcOWi3VCar9wljsSKmwmPC_AKCICIr3VApg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Grief+and+Happiness+Card+Deck&qid=1746399871&sprefix=grief+and+happiness+card+deck%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1 Email Emily: [mailto:Emily Threatt

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Episode 23: Self Love Find Your Gems

Meet Michelle Ballantyne:

Michele grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, the 2nd of 6 children. She went to art school, married, divorced, married again, and has 9 children. Now she lives in Salem, Oregon. She went to Tom Brown Jr's Wilderness Awareness and Survival School called Trackerschool and found herself under all the layers she had built up around herself. She was a homemaker and mom most of her life. She just recently began writing and making art for others. Her writing contains stories from her life that have taught her things that changed her life for the better. Some are simple stories and philosophies, and some are almost unbelievable but true. She lives in a world of contrasts: her body sometimes hurts yet her soul delights in her daily life. There are emotional pains, too, that live within her and those are always present just below the surface, but she doesn't spend much time there. She entertains herself by making art and sharing her art and stories, reading to her son, reading about other people's lives, and enjoying nature. Her favorite quote is something she was told and shown in a meditation, "Our bodies are made of countless entities that have come together out of love to give us this experience." In meditation she saw that every particle is aware and cooperating and loves us.

Michele’s website:

https://www.MicheleBallantyneDesigns.com

Her Blog is on her website and tells her story in book form, that grows week by week, with a new chapter that she sends out by email to her followers. She has another older blog site where she has lots of blogs about her life:

https://www. MicheleBallantyne.com

Email Michele:

MicheleBallantyneDesigns@gmail.com

Tom Brown’s Tracker School:

https://www.trackerschool.com/

I am a Certified Happiness Trainer

https://www.embracehappiness.me

To learn more about me:

https://www.dsflemingcc.com

Order a copy of my new book on Kindle or in Paperback:

Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities

Defying Death

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Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 21 (10): Document, Document, Document: Written Records Trump Verbal Agreements

Gary Ryan Blair:

“Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. https://www.everythingcounts.com/

About Darian Slayton Fleming: I am a mom, a grandma, a widow, a therapist, an advocate, and author and a deep thinker. I am a bit of a comedian and a bit of a rebel.

I m a woman with multiple disabilities who doesn’t let anything stop me. I own a home in Portland, Oregon. I operate a thriving therapy practice in which I encourage clients to find their voices and speak up for themselves, get what they need and feel good about it. Does your life feel like a roller coaster ride? Are you disappointed in yourself and others? Do you struggle with self-doubt, guilt, and shame? Do you feel powerless to change? I have been where you are. I have been deeply unhappy, happy for bad reasons and even happy for good reasons. Through the Happy for No Reason model for finding and maintaining true and lasting happiness I have discovered that I can be happy despite my circumstances. This is the definition of “Happy for no reason.” The key to overcoming unhappiness is changing your core beliefs, thoughts, habits, and behaviors. My mission is to encourage others to find strength and joy in present moments. I will collaborate with you to intentionally become empowered through: · Exploring and building on your strengths · Exploring and building on your interests · Exploring and building on your skills · Identifying hidden barriers to your success · Eliminating core beliefs that no longer serve you · Rewriting your story to Define what true, lasting happiness looks and feels like in the here and now. · Creating an empowered sense of self · Exploring and implementing your dreams · Living the life you love

I am now a Certified Happiness Trainer.

Coming soon:

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Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities

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Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 9: Tips for Staying Organized: How Using a Schedule Helps Manage Appointments Company: EZ2See® Products LLC https://EZ2SeeProducts.com Edward Cohen is a senior living in Minnesota. In 1995 at age 45, he was declared legally blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP.) Throughout his life, he used print planner style weekly calendars to manage his professional and personal life. After retiring in 2010 it became progressively difficult to use the calendars, he had been using that were called large print. By 2014 he decided to make one for himself that he could easily see and use. Upon seeing it, people with and without vision challenges, asked where he got it. They would say either they could use it, or they knew someone who could. When told where it came from, they encouraged him to start making them because it would help others. After much consideration and effort, in 2015 he came out of retirement, became an entrepreneur, and launched EZ2See Products. Annually, thousands of that original calendar design are sold. Its design incorporates unique features not found elsewhere, which is why it is so accessible. Since starting, he has added additional print-based products useful for staying organized. See and order his products on Amazon.com and on his website at EZ2SeeProducts.com.. Check out his Retailer’s page for a possible local location. If you prefer ordering over the phone call, (800) 234-8291. By email, reach his exclusive distributor at Info@PreventProducts.com. His website also offers other information. It includes a growing list of testimonials from actual customers, A blog page filled with both practical tips and thoughts on dealing with vision loss and a way to begin receiving his monthly newsletter. Quotes: “I’m doing as much as I can, as long as I can, as well as I can.” – Edward Cohen - I’ve always been creative and handy with my hands. But vision decline required coming up with alternative techniques or even ending certain tasks. So this is where that saying comes from. Edward uses this one at appropriate frustrating moments as a way to laugh. “Why are simple things so complicated?” Carry on Accessibility: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraSGW8s4NMaFKrJ5YbjB4w Darian is now a Certified Happiness Trainer. Coming soon: www.truelastinghappiness.com To learn more about Darian Slayton Fleming: https://dsflemingcc.com Order a copy of Darian’s new book on Kindle or in Paperback: Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKWCRVXD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YYN5DMX3FS12&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MhfjbxMdL7zLHR7pCWeJLA.SxxBBVYPwAutUDtb8puxbzkl0fHFsgEPeCsM2QmjdwI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Defying+Death%3A+Living+an+Empowered+Life+With+Multiple+Disabilities&qid=1729899459&sprefix=defying+death+living+an+empowered+life+with+multiple+disabilities%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1 Order a copy of Darian’s book in paperback or on Kindle: Speak Up for Yourself: Get What You Need and Feel Good About It: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speak+Up+For+Yourself%3A+Get+What+You+Need+and+Feel+Good+About+It&i=stripbooks&crid=1TGVTFEBCG839&sprefix=speak+up+for+yourself+get+what+you+need+and+feel+good+about+it%2Cstripbooks%2C164&ref=nb_sb_noss Notes go here

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Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 8: Transform Your Relationship With Success: Seen Through the Eyes of An Ultimate Frisbee Coach Meet Brent Steepe:

One of Brent Steepe’s main goals in founding Advanced Training Techniques was to guide clients away from pain killers and other medications and supplements, helping them to establish healthy lifestyles and to get in tune with their body signals. “All too often we, as a society, became too quick to ‘lean’ on the ‘crutches’ of pain killers, blood medications, supplements, fat burners, and bad advice without even giving the body a fighting chance with lifestyle changes and proper body signaling,” he says.

Through his company, which he founded on a vision to make personal training affordable for all, he’s been able to do just that,

through on-site training, video training through Skype, as well as post-rehabilitation therapy, multi-level fitness instruction, massage, healthy living seminars and lifestyle coaching. “In every journey in life I seek to better those around me,” he notes on his LinkedIn profile, “thus providing a more positive and productive life for myself in the process.”

Quote: Success is a natural conclusion to preparation, persistence and integrity. Swim upstream everyday. Challenge yourself to challenge others.”

Website:

https://www.brentsteepe.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentsteepe/

Detroit Mechanix Team Website:

www.detmechanix.com

Breaking the Historic Losing Streak Article:

https://www.watchufa.com/league/tuesday-toss/2024-ufa-week-9-recap

CBS News Clip on Breaking the Streak:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=367643316375597 Powerfirm.fit Fitness and Movement Tool www.powerform.fit

Darian is now a Certified Happiness Trainer. Coming soon:

www.truelastinghappiness.com

To learn more about Darian Slayton Fleming:

https://dsflemingcc.com

Order a copy of Darian’s new book on Kindle or in Paperback:

Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities

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Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 6: Write to Process and Express Yourself

Meet Ann Chiappetta:

Ann Chiappetta, M.S. Poet and author Ann’s award-winning poems, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared internationally in literary journals, popular online blogs, and print anthologies. Her poems have been featured in The Avocet, the Pangolin Review, Plum Tree Tavern, Magnets and Ladders, Oprelle, Western PA Poetry Review 2024and Breath and Shadow, and others. Ann’s short story, The Misty Torrent appeared in the Artificial Divide anthology published by Renaissance Press (2021).

Ann is the recipient of the 2019 GDUI Excellence in Writing award and the WDOMI 2016 Spirit of Independence award. Independently published since 2016, the author’s six volume collection includes poetry, creative nonfiction essays, short stories, and contemporary fiction. Diagnosed in 1993 with a rare form of progressive retinal disease, Ann accepts vision loss as part of her life but doesn’t let it define her as a whole person.

Contact Ann by visiting her website: w ww.annchiappetta.com subscribe to Ann’s blog www.thought-wheel.com Facebook

Interview Questions

1.Welcome, Ann. Please tell us a little about your journey. How did you decide to become a writer? What needs does writing fulfill for you? 2.Tell us about one or two barriers you have had to overcome in your profession as a writer. 3.What has helped you stay your course? What gives you meaning on this journey? 4.Let’s talk about how writing is a way to process and express our feelings. How does it help us process, clarify, heal those parts of us that need expression and release? What kinds of ideas might we find ourselves writing about in these times? Loss, confusion, hope, joy? Let’s have you read a piece or two that you have written to address these kinds of feelings you have experienced. How does writing fill your cup? 5.Where can people find writing prompts if they need support to get started? 6.In closing, do you have a piece you want to read to leave our listeners with?

Darian is now a Certified Happiness Trainer.

Coming soon:

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Coming Soon: Defying Death: Living an Empowered Life with Multiple Disabilities By Darian Slayton Fleming

Order a copy of Darian’s book in paperback or on Kindle: Speak Up for Yourself: Get What You Need and Feel Good About It: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speak+Up+For+Yourself%3A+Get+What+You+Need+and+Feel+Good+About+It&i=stripbooks&crid=1TGVTFEBCG839&sprefix=speak+up+for+yourself+get+what+you+need+and+feel+good+about+it%2Cstripbooks%2C164&ref=nb_sb_noss To learn more about Darian Slayton Fleming go to:

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