We are designed to live a life of happiness and peace. Happiness and peace allow us to live healthy, long, and prosperously. The emphasis on the accumulation or higher earning of money to achieve peace and happiness has created a society and a world in which everyone is running around overly busy and stressed and overloaded with responsibility. At the end most cannot find peace and happiness because they are in too much debt, are chronically ill at a younger age, and most do not come out winners at the accumulation game. We are a sickened society from the results of so much stress from pursuing peace and happiness by following the wrong paradigm of living.

Jose M. Baltazar is an award-winning Counselor and Instructor. He has worked in higher education for over 35 years. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Business Administration, and Human and Organizational Development. He holds certifications in Human Motivation and Leadership, Accelerative Learning, Brain Based Learning, and Reality and Choice Theory Therapy. He has taught college study and learning skills for over 20 years, and has helped hundreds of students improve their performance in college level courses by training them to use Accelerative Learning strategies to improve memory, recall, comprehension, and concentration. He also provides training to college and public school instructors on how to integrate Accelerative Learning strategies into their lessons. He has co-authored two books: Building Blocks-College Study Skills, and Wake up!-Live the Life You Want to Live: Living Your Life on Purpose.

Mind-Body Medicine skills naturally work at the conscious and subconscious level. The connection between mind and body and the ways in which physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual factors can interact and directly affect mental, physical, and spiritual health is the core of Mind-Body Medicine. Dr. James Gordon, Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) in Washington, D.C. states: “Self-care is the true health care” and “Health promotion is a way of life.” He advises health care professionals and clients to embrace a holistic, individualized approach to mental and physical health and draw upon the wisdom of ancient medical traditions.