ABOUT FIREWALKER PUBLICATIONS

Diane Tegarden, a survivor of domestic violence, lived to tell her story and is now helping other women who have had to face some of the same fears and challenges. In April 2004, Tegarden published her first book, “Getting Out Of Limbo – A Self Help Divorce Book For Women,” which provides step by step instructions on how to achieve financial and emotional independence after a divorce. It discusses many types of divorce, and has a special section on how to get out of an abusive relationship.

The book is based on her own experiences and her research and writings on women’s issues, as opposed to being presented from a legal standpoint. In user-friendly language, she discusses issues that are generally not found in other self-help divorce books; such as how to realize one’s goals, and how to attain a decent lifestyle after struggling through a divorce and/or an abusive relationship.

With financial information on spousal support, child support, and community property issues, the reader can figure out where her finances stand. There are also checklists of questions for an attorney, or accountant, should you need one. Other forms help the reader to assess her own situation (strengths, weaknesses and obstacles), and assist in planning for her family’s future. The book is concise and easy to read; it is small enough to fit into a woman’s purse or handbag!

Soon after completing her first book, Tegarden opened her own self-help book publishing company. She named it “Firewalker Publications” to remind herself of how she had “come through the fire” by facing her worst fears. She actually “walked on fire” at a Tony Robbins Seminar, which was a life changing experience for her. As a result of the seminar, she was able to go on with her life and pursue her dreams of becoming a published writer.

Her work has been published in The Pasadena Star News, Security Sales Magazine, The Pasadena Weekly, The Solar Flare, The Feral Forest, Earth Luvyrs Calendar, The Daily Sundial and the West Coast Well Being. Her writings cover a variety of topics, including: renewable energy, environmental concerns, holistic health, women’s issues and native spirituality. She wrote and facilitated the “Battered Women’s Survival Workshop” and teaches a seminar called “Affordable Luxury – a New Kind of Financial Independence.” In addition, she has been a self-employed solar electric equipment distributor since 1995.

Her education continued throughout her business ventures, earning her an AA and AS from Pasadena City College (1996), and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Cal. State University, Northridge (2004). Her certificates of accomplishment include: Certified Web Designer and Internet Business Strategist, issued by Novell (1998). She completed her courses at Mount Sierra College for web design and programming in 1998. She is a member in good standing of the Golden Key International Honour Society (2001), for excellence in academic achievement, and the Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society for Journalism and Mass Communications, since April 2002.

Tegarden was born in Tucson, Arizona and was raised in Rowland Heights, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Her mixed heritage is Mexican/Spanish/Italian and Native American, belonging to the Hopitu Shinumu Tribe, whose name means “the Peaceful Ones.” She has lived in California, since she was three years old.

Tegarden is now in the process of writing a science fiction book, slated to be completed by Fall of 2006. It will show how the entire face of the planet and society is changed by the use of renewable energy production. She delicately explains the beauty and folly of the human condition through some innovative ideas like a “reimaging” machine that will enable people to relive emotions and experiences from their past. Throughout the book, Tegarden interjects her native spirituality, detailing some of the rituals and dances of her native faith.

Diane Tegarden is a special, compassionate woman who has taken a great amount of initiative to pursue her own life in a positive way and to help enlighten others by expressing her ideas in non-fiction and fiction literature. Her writing style enables the reader to feel as if she is actually experiencing the story, while reading it.

Truly remarkable!

My husband and I had been self-employed for about 10 years when we had first heard about Tony Robbins. I didn't know much more than he was a motivational speaker, and I had received a brochure in the mail about the three day seminar. We both had reservations about going, but after going to the website and speaking to one of his representatives, I made the decision to go ahead and invest the money.

Without much more research on it, we arrived on the first afternoon, it was a Friday after a full work week, but the excitement in the lines, the anticipation of what was coming was palpable.

There was a lot of loud dance music going on inside, it was really hard to just sit around and wait for something to happen, so we were all dancing in the aisles before he even got on stage. I sure wish I could have that tape, the combination of songs (instrumental music) will always be imprinted in my mind to indicate: Movement, Action, Change!

I'm not a devotee of Anthony Robbins, don't get me wrong. I don't follow him around like groupie, but I did experience a life changing event, directly due to his motivational techniques.

When people ask me why I have named myself Rose FireWalker, they usually want to know if the name has anything to do with my Indian heritage. Although I am Hopitu Shinumu (Hopi), it was not from my people that I learned the Fire Walk.

Throughout the evening, Tony challenges your preconceived ideas about your own limitations, he challenges you to ask yourself "how does this limitation serve me?"

Quite often we are shocked to find that our negativity, our perceived limitations, had been coping mechanisms that helped us survive in earlier times in our lives. And quite often as adults, they do not serve us, but keep us from becoming complete human beings.

His ways and means, I leave for you to discover from his tapes and his books and his seminars, but I will say that he pushes you mentally, emotionally, and physically to the point where you either quit or your barriers break down.

We had started the seminar are around 7:00 at night, by midnight he had taken us outside twice to view the humongous bonfire burning. Far from being a symbol of destroying those things which limit you, it was the very beast did we were to challenge later in the night.

Somehow I missed that part in the brochure. We were going to fire walk. All 200 people stuffed inside of the Pasadena Civic Center got quite a shock when he told us, many of us had no idea that was coming. There is a big screen monitoring the fire outside, showing us it was devouring the arm-sized branches that were being fed into the fire to create the charcoals we would later walk on.

One of the misnomers of fire walking is that you don't actually walk on the flames, you are walking on the burning charcoals, like the embers use see glowing in your barbecue.

After putting us through a mini-emotional boot camp, Tony proceeded to scare us half to death with stories of what the feet look like with third degree burns on them. Just about when you think you have a handle on your fear, he would take this outside to stand no closer than 4 ft. away from those raging flames, and your heart would quail inside you.

But he always ends on a high note, and at about 1:30 Saturday morning, all 200 of us, teenagers, children, seniors, firm and infirm, man and woman ,stormed out of those doors, ready to take on the world.

Imagine. You're standing out in the street (they had blocked off traffic), with 200 strangers surrounding you, jumping up and down like we're on pogo sticks. We're standing in line staying ready to take our Fire Walk, jumping up and down screaming Yes! Yes! Yes!

When you're at the front of the line, two of Tony's assistants are there holding each of your shoulders, prepping you to go, seeing in your eyes if you're ready, and then they release you. You walk firmly, not rushing; swinging your arms at your sides as you say: cool moss, cool moss; envisioning that you are walking across cool moss.

Once you are at the other end of the walk, the assistants at that end rinse your feet off with the water hose, so that charcoals won't stick to your feet as you walk off.

Exuberance! Disbelief!

You look around and see people who have conquered one the most ancient fears in man. You have stared down the monster of fire, the fear of being burned, and you are ecstatic. People all around you have the same unbelieving look in their eyes as you scream, and shout to the heavens, and hug total strangers, tears of joy running down your face.

Then you run back to the beginning of the line to do it again, just to prove to yourself it wasn't a fluke.

I really don't know how long it took all of us to go through a couple of times, but then we all ended up back in the auditorium to put our shoes and socks back on, and to gather our things to go. We had been changed forever. What could we possibly fear now?

And that was just the first night.

I’ll never forget the lessons of that evening. To keep that memory vital, I decided to name my company FireWalker Publications.

Karen Brook Rainsong is a creative, original photographer and artist, located in Eugene, Oregon. She has many years of experience working with various media, including photography, painting, sculpture and photo montages.

You will see beautiful, ethereal digital collages, striking photographs, and hauntingly mysterious hand-manipulated black and white images, all with a Goddess theme.

To visit Karen's online gallery, please click on: Rain Song Art or email her at: Karen Rainsong.

Dr. Nancy Irwin writes: "I enjoy working with people who are ready to make a positive change in their lives: smoking cessation, insomnia, fears/phobias, test anxiety, fear of flying, public speaking, etc." Her fields of expertise include; sexual abuse recovery, victims of incest and clergy abuse survivors.

For more information about Dr. Irwin, please click on: Dr. Nancy Irwin or Hypnotherapists of Los Angeles.

Jerry Robin, an Independent Business Owner and distributor for UniCity International, states: "I educate and connect people with safe, scientifically sound nutritional supplements to help them achieve their wellness goals."

His sunny disposition and vast background in the medical profession, help to assure his clients that the information he gives them is the most current and viable.

For more information about Jerry Robin, please click on: Prosperity and Health or email him at Jerry Robin.

Belma Johnson, of DreamBooks, has become a tour-de-force in the self publishing industry. He teaches up and coming authors how to finish and produce their manuscripts, and how to go on to become your own publishing company.

He has inspired hundreds of new authors, including yours truly! His classes, which are held at community colleges all over the Southland, are packed with information, motivation and real help from the editing to the printing process.

Belma and Tammy Johnson have developed a motivational company focused on loving, supportive and ongoing assistance for authors in the process of WRITING.

Please visit his website Belma Johnson Productions for details on upcoming seminars, classes, and networking groups. Or email him at Belma J.

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Viveca Stone, Founder of "Get Ready For Love! Radio" has a story to tell. And, in sharing her experiences, both the positive and the negative, she enriches us.

Expanding into other areas of expertise, Viveca has written a handy, easy to use, ebooklet entitled "88 MONEY Tips, Tools & Techniques" that is available online at: Get Ready For Love!

There you'll be able to Register & Receive Your FREE LOVE Relationship Review & the ebooklet, "88 MONEY Tips, Tools & Techniques."

Or you can email her at: Viveca A. Stone.

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