Photos of our most recent Holistic Makeover™ Winners
My name is Carolina Haya; I was born in Venezuela 41 years ago within a beautiful and loving family of two sisters and three brothers. In 1991, one year after my husband and I got married, we were told that I had the HIV virus. Our lives changed so much; we were sad and hopeless and we did not know what to do. We used to go to parks and feel terrible looking at other couples with children and all that while we did not have “no future”. I had never had a man in my life but I did have a blood transfusion when I was 18 years old. In 1995, my husband was hospitalized with a terrible pneumonia that almost killed him. He was two weeks in intensive care and became disabled. Fortunately, with love and positive attitudes, he became well and 15 years later, he is still with me and “healthy."
Learn more about Carolina and read her blog about her journey.
My name is Daniele, I'm a 34 year old mother of 2 boys, 4 and 7 years old. Two years ago I discovered Dr. Pat on the radio, at that time I was making life more difficult that it really was, didn't know my purpose on life, tired, missing my family in Brazil, broke etc... By listening to Dr, Pat every day I gained strength and started to see my world if another eyes and be grateful for what I had. In that mode of gratitude, I found what I want to do in life, and I'm happily getting my education.
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My name is Janine and I am 52. It all started for me on the eve of my 50th. On my blog you will see the Journey Box. I made this for myself just before my 50th birthday. It is very much like the vision boards. I liked the box idea because life is always unfolding and I didn't want to restrict myself to a few pictures glued to a poster. The box is like a treasure chest that I can keep adding to. It has worked very well. Since that day I have added many things to my Journey Box. I can't begin to tell you how much of what I wanted to manifest through the box has happened including speaking to Dr Pat.
Her name went on my journey box more that 2 yrs ago. I have a picture of her that I clipped from Aspire Magazine.
( that link you will see on Dr Pat's website) So since then I have been published in Aspire Magazine and now part of this Pay It Forward with Dr Pat.
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Kathy D. - The last two years have been a time of loss for me. Loss of a 7+ year relationship, loss of a parent to ALS, loss of personal time due to the illness and caretaking of the surviving parent, loss of several close co-workers due to company downsizing or retirements, loss of a home I loved due to the economy, loss of my boss to cancer, loss of my health for a time and loss of libido due to menopause. And even the loss of 50 lbs due to stringent dieting! But through all of this I also feel like I lost my identity, sexuality and the essence of who I am or who I thought I was. Everything I thought was true about my life, family and lover wasn’t. My reality or perception of it was changed and I felt like I was kicked in the gut and forced to see that I needed to look at my life completely different.
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Kathy K. - This holistic makeover is the culmination, and yet at the same time, the beginning of a lifetime of many holistic endeavors and spiritual pursuits. I grew up in an amazing household that hosted many different spiritual leaders from western and eastern traditions and was exposed to yoga and meditation at a young age by a mother who was one of first to teach yoga in the U.S. Through that experience I have studied comparative religions and explored many spiritual paths and metaphysical teachings. Yet applying these holistic practices into my everyday life has not been easy to do (and at times have deliberately rebelled against them). I know the ways to emotional and financial freedom, how important it is to honor and cherish your body, the need to still the mind and be centered...and I long to integrate body, mind and spirit.
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Leeann - I lost my Mother to Cancer in 1985, I was 22 at the time. As my journey began, I would transform my life in dramatic ways over the next 25 years in a world where sometimes there are no answers...it just is. On May 5, 2009 I had to put my dog Casey to sleep. Casey was my child, my best friend and the source for learning to love unconditionally. I was so sad and broken-hearted that at times I could barely function. On June 14, 2009 my Father passed. He had battled Cancer for several months or maybe even years. I barely knew this man. He had served in Vietnam and when he returned he would live an unforgiving life, a battle with alcohol, loneliness and demons I could only imagine but never really comprehend. On August 2, 2009 I lost my dear friend Daisy. She was 100 years old, a friend I visited every Sunday along with my Grandmother also in a nursing home. Daisy had become my confidant. A friend I will love and treasure forever. A friend who changed by life with 4 simple words: "You're a good girl", she whispered as I tucked her in to bed and said "sweet dreams Daisy."
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Stacey - For several years I have dreamed about a healing, rejuvenating event that would nourish the body, mind and soul of those who attended my Healing Green Place. I call it a Healing Green Place because it would be just that, quite literally. It would be held on a beautiful piece of property where the foliage is lush and beauty is abundant. I see this healing place/event as being a weekend retreat where people could go for an immersion of what is healing, teaching and experiential. I have wanted to provide a healing event to individuals and families who have experienced trauma in life. These people will be people who may not have the resources to experience healing on this type of level. I see vendors participating who will provide nourishment for the body, via massage, movement workshops and more.
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