Blake D. Bauer is the author of the international bestselling book You Were Not Born To Suffer. Each year he helps thousands of people who cannot find effective support from conventional psychology, medicine, or religion. Blake is a world-renowned teacher and speaker with an extensive background in psychology, alternative medicine, nutrition, traditional healing, and mindfulness meditation. Based on both his personal experience overcoming deep suffering, addiction, and adversity, as well as his professional success with over 100,000 people worldwide, Blake’s pioneering work integrates what he’s found to be the most effective approaches to optimal mental, emotional, and physical health.

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• Website: www.unconditional-selflove.com
• Book: You Were Not Born To Suffer: Overcome Fear, Insecurity and Depression and Love Yourself Back to Happiness, Confidence and Peace by Blake D. Bauer

Most Influential Person

• Eckhart Tolle, and his book, The Power of Now

Effect on Emotions

• It has helped me have a healthy relationship to my emotions in a way that I never could, and for me, mindfulness helped me build the psychological strength and container to accept and process my emotions without judgment or overwhelm.

Thoughts on Breathing

• I would say your breathing is the number one key to mindfulness to accessing your
• capacity to create the life you want, to love wholeheartedly. It is the most important thing because it literally is your life and it's how you grow your life, heal your life, expand your life, because as soon as you don't breathe, you're gone.

Suggested Resources

• Book: Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor
• Book: The Power of Now by Eckharte Tolle
• Book: You Were Not Born To Suffer: Overcome Fear, Insecurity and Depression and Love Yourself Back to Happiness, Confidence and Peace by Blake D. Bauer
• App: Calm
• App: Jerry and Esther have an app I recommend called Ask and It Is Given.
• App: Rhonda Burne, author of The Secret has an app called The Secret Daily Teachings.
• App: Also check out any Hayhouse apps.

Bullying Story

• I was bullied by my older brother and by my parents. My biological father was physically abusive to me when I was young.
• I believe on the healing journey, we need to get our thinking to a place where we learn how to take responsibility for everything because when, in your psyche, you get to a place where you take responsibility for anything and everything, then there is no part of your psyche that can be a victim anymore.

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