STUCK IN A corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary — the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. Also today, devastated after his son was shot and killed while delivering pizzas, by a 14-year-old gang member, Azim Khamisa knew that to save himself and others, he must find purpose. Listen to podcast.
Through workshops, keynote speeches and consulting, Azim Khamisa, who founded The Tariq Khamisa Foundation in honor of his son, carries the message that peace can be restored, no matter what has gone before. His simple 3-step process untangles the mystery behind forgiveness and sets people free to enjoy a life full of richness and meaning. His produced empowering CDs, DVDs and an award-winning book From Murder to Forgiveness. He’s already helped thousands of people. His work has been commended by the Dalai Lama, President Bill Clinton, and Al Gore. And he joins Vicki today to talk about his latest work: The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit: How to Bounce Back from Life’s Hardest Hits, coauthored with Jillian Quinn.
Roz Savage realized that if she carried on as she was, she was going to end up having lived a life she didn’t want. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure. She invested her life’s savings in an ocean rowboat and became the first solo woman ever to enter the Atlantic Rowing Race … a 3,000 mile ordeal at sea. In Rowing the Atlantic we are brought on board when Savage’s dreams of feasts are nourished by yet another freeze-dried meal. When her gloves wear through to her blistered hands. When her headlamp is the only light on a pitch-black night ocean that extends indefinitely in all directions. When, one by one, all four of her oars break. When her satellite communication fails …
Through workshops, keynote speeches and consulting, Azim Khamisa, who founded The Tariq Khamisa Foundation in honor of his son, carries the message that peace can be restored, no matter what has gone before. His simple 3-step process untangles the mystery behind forgiveness and sets people free to enjoy a life full of richness and meaning. His produced empowering CDs, DVDs and an award-winning book From Murder to Forgiveness. He’s already helped thousands of people. His work has been commended by the Dalai Lama, President Bill Clinton, and Al Gore. And he joins Vicki today to talk about his latest work: The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit: How to Bounce Back from Life’s Hardest Hits, coauthored with Jillian Quinn.
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