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New Stories:

Why Not Be Deeply Happy? Kent M. Keith

Your Beliefs are the Key to Dealing with a Tough Life Challenge Ariane de Bonvoisin

You’re as Young as You Feel… and as Old as You Think! Sheila Key

Loving the Journey Kaya McLaren

No One Survives Alone Jerry White

Upcoming Events:

Teleconference:
Writing Grace Teleconference: Listen anytime at www.ridinggrace.com/audio/writinggrace.wav

How creative expression can help open you to your own life’s purpose and healing.
How writing the memoir, Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul transformed Alissa Lukara’s life, helped heal CFS and abuse issues and live her creative dream.
Twelve hours after Alissa Lukara made the commitment to write her memoir, Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul, she experienced a spontaneous healing of the debilitating illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, she’d been dealing with for 12 years and a deep healing of the trauma of childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse issues. Nine years later, she remains completely healthy. Discussion with Ellie Brosius, co-facilitator of the Northern Virginia CFS/ME & FMS Support group and Ellie's Gratitude Group for those dealing with CFS, FMS and OI.
To find out about future teleconferences and ongoing online Writing Grace--Writing as A Path to Transform Your Life workshops, contact info@ridinggrace.com or go to www.ridinggrace.com/events.html

Healing Stories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Meeting Life's Challenges and Triumphs of the Soul with Author and Lifechallenges.org president Alissa Lukara and N. Va. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group Facilitator Elly Brosius. Drawing on Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul, Alissa Lukara's memoir of finding healing, wholeness and grace on her journey through childhood sexual abuse and adult chronic fatigue syndrome. Listen anytime at www.ridinggrace.com/media2.html. Go to June 14, 2007 teleconference and click on "Healing CFS WAV file" to play. A new teleconference is scheduled for August 8th, 4 pm PDT and 7 pm EDT. Email Alissa here to find out where to call .

Radio:
Recorded June 5. Mind Health Matters with Bernie Siegel, MD., Interview with Alissa Lukara. Listen any time on www.healthylife.net Turning adversity into a blessing.

Midlife Miracles with Moira Shephard: on positive Healthy Life radio. Moira interviews Alissa on what helped her turn Chronic Fatigue Syndrome into an experience of transformation and miracles. Archived on show website: http://www.midlifemiracleradio.com/

Join Women's Radio Editor-In-Chief Pat Lynch as she interviews Lifechallenges.org president and author of Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul, Alissa Lukara, about Alissa's experience of healing child sexual abuse and breaking the cycle of abuse. Listen anytime at http://www.womensradio.com

Transcending Life Challenges TV:
Transcending Life Challenges TV, Fridays 8:30 to 9:00 PST at www.roguetv.org, choose Channel 15 on home page: Watch it stream online during that time. On alternating weeks until mid-September, guest host Jonah Blue interviews Alissa Lukara, author and president of this website, Lifechallenges.org, on two shows. On the first, starting July 25th, Alissa discusses the evolution of the Lifechallenges.org website and nonprofit foundation over the past 10 years. The next week, August 1, she talks about how you can use writing as a path to transform your life and reads from her memoir Riding Grace and poetry chapbook, Sacred Motion.

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Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul (Silver Light Publications, Feb. 2007) by Alissa Lukara. Tackling the unspeakable in a bold, lyrical voice, Alissa Lukara breaks through denial, upends ancestral patterns and bravely puts a face on the silent survivors of incest in her debut memoir, Riding Grace. Chronicling her life’s journey from a childhood of darkness to subsequent debilitating chronic fatigue syndrome as an adult, Lukara’s story serves as a testament of hope, resilience and courage. A heroine’s journey for the 21st century, Lukara explores uncharted frontiers of alternative healing and new realms of existence and navigates the void where life and identity “as she knew them” cease to exist. With forgiveness, compassion and poetic vision, she embraces the larger meaning and purpose of her journey, gives voice to the call of her soul, and opens to miracles and grace. More

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