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In this episode, host Corinna Bellizzi speaks with Sandra Millers Younger, journalist, fire survivor, and author of The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire. Sandra shares her harrowing escape from the 2003 Cedar Fire, the lessons learned, and how her experience has shaped her mission to help others build resilience. With wildfires ravaging Southern California, this conversation is particularly timely, offering practical tools and emotional insights for navigating personal and collective crises.Episode HighlightsThe Reality of Climate-Driven WildfiresCorinna opens with an update on the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, highlighting the rising toll of climate-driven disasters and their profound impact on communities. She reflects on resilience, gratitude, and how framing challenges positively can empower survivors.Sandra Younger's Cedar Fire StorySandra recounts her narrow escape from the 2003 Cedar Fire, which destroyed her home and claimed 12 lives in her community.She shares vivid details, from following a bobcat through smoke-filled roads to lessons learned about preparedness, including the importance of go-bags, defensible space, and early evacuation.Sandra's reflections underscore the unpredictability and speed of natural disasters.Resilience and The ComeBACK FormulaSandra introduces her ComeBACK Formula, a five-step framework for building resilience:Come to Gratitude – Focus on what you can be thankful for, even amid tragedy.Be Patient & Believe – Healing and rebuilding take time, but resilience is innate.Accept Help – Embrace support from others and be willing to ask for it when needed.Choose Your Attitude – Reframe your story as one of survival and growth, not victimhood.Keep Moving Forward – Celebrate small wins and take incremental steps toward recovery.Lessons for Preparing and CopingThe psychological toll of disasters: triggers like wind or lightning and the importance of mental health tools.Practical tips for disaster preparedness: defensible space, early evacuation, and community coordination.Broader implications for society: the need for infrastructure improvements, proactive wildfire management, and climate resilience strategies.Resilience in Everyday LifeCorinna and Sandra discuss how the principles of resilience apply to everyday challenges, from personal crises to the global pandemic. They emphasize the role of storytelling, gratitude, and connection in overcoming adversity.Resources MentionedBooks:The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire by Sandra YoungerBlue Mind and Dear Wild Child by Dr. Wallace J. NicholsMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklFrom Stressed to Resilient by Dr. Deborah GilboaSandra Younger's Website & Resources:The ComeBACK Formula Guidebook (Free Download)Coaching and speaking opportunities: SandraYounger.comContact Corinna Bellizzi:Email: Hello@CareMoreBeBetter.comSocial Media: @corinnabellizzi @caremorebebetterJoin the CommunitySubscribe, leave a review, and share your thoughts about this episode! Together, we can care more, be better, and create a more resilient society.Follow Sandra YoungerLinkedIn: Sandra YoungerInstagram: @smyoungerFacebook: Sandra M. YoungerYouTube: Sandra YoungerTwitter: @syoungerJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

Today’s guest is Sandra Millers Younger. Sandra lost her home, 12 neighbors, and nearly her own life in a catastrophic California wildfire. Her best-selling book about the disaster, “The Fire Outside My Window,” has been praised by Amazon reviewers, and studied by top-level emergency professionals. After the fire, Sandra discovered that personal resilience is both a natural strength and a skill set we can build like a muscle. Combining her own recovery experience with leading academic research, she developed The ComeBACK Formula™ — a five-step system of powerful, common-sense practices proven to transform disaster into opportunity and loss into legacy. Sandra now shares her resilience-boosting message as an international speaker, workshop leader and media guest. You can check out what he’s up to by going to www.SandraMillersYounger.com. This episode is being brought to you by the HIVE, which you can learn more about here: HIVE Community. Be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Sandra Millers Younger helps people build personal resilience as a result of a tragedy she experienced. In 2003, she lost her home and nearly her life in a catastrophic California wildfire. Her book about the disaster, “The Fire Outside My Window,” is praised by Amazon reviewers and studied by top-level emergency professionals. After the fire, Sandra discovered personal resilience is both a natural strength and a skill set we can build like a muscle. Combining her own experience with leading academic research, she developed The ComeBACK Formula™—five common-sense practices that transform disaster into opportunity and loss into legacy. Sandra now shares her resilience-boosting message as an international speaker and frequent media guest. Contact Info Website: www.SandraYounger.com For A Free Gift: www.ComeBackFormula.com  Get the Comeback Formula Guidebook which includes all of the five steps of the ComeBACK Formula with some exercises you can use right now and moving forward to implement these resilience building practices into your life. Most Influential Person Richard Rohr, Author Effect on Emotions I will say very briefly that for much of my life because of childhood influences, I was plagued by anxiety and even depression and mindfulness has enabled me to realize that most of that came from distorted thinking. That was not anything relevant to the moment that in the moment I was just fine and all of that other talk, self talk was really not even true. I didn't have to pay attention to that and that really has, has helped me be much more content and I'm secure, emotionally. Thoughts on Breathing Breathing is so easy and in fact, when I give keynotes and workshops on the ComeBACK formula, this is one of the practices that I recommend because it's easy and it's nonthreatening. There are all kinds of different ways as you know, that are projected to do this and recommended, but if you just focus very simply on taking a deep breath in and holding it for just a second and then letting it out, it does calm us down. It's a physiological as well as mental and emotional intervention and it's totally self guided and possible. So breathing slowly and consciously and mindfully is a great, great practice. Suggested Resources Book: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr App: Focus@Will also Headspace Bullying Story I have been very fortunate in my life not to have been the subject of bullying to a great extent. I already mentioned that there was that manager who was probably the closest that I came to bullying. She was out of control. The more I think about this in this mindful moment, the more I think that really was bullying. She was bullying the entire team, our entire office and eventually to the degree that she got bounced out of her position. But not before she did a lot of damage. And that was before the fire. It was before I was able to learn these deeper lessons and I didn't really handle it well. There was a time that I remember I was kind of toe to toe yelling. I mean, we were yelling back and forth. It was that bad. Well, how can I not say I've never been bullied when I'd forgotten about this? Okay. So you brought it back and if I had been more mindful, certainly in she had been more mindful that never would've happened. You know, I think mindfulness also leads us to compassion because if we're mindful of not just what's going on in the here and now with us, but with others around us, we can see the situation more from their perspective even if we don't agree with that perspective. And certainly there was not a lot of that. So had I been more mindful in those days, I probably would have let a lot more of that slide. I would not have been so personally offended and, and defending myself, which really didn't do any good. Free Gift Become more calm, focused and happy by reading the top 12 books recommended on the Mindfulness Mode Podcast. This mini 14-page ebook entitled '12 Must-Read Mindfulness Books' outlines each of the top books recommended by guests on the show. Get your digital copy now at  MindfulnessMode.com/top12books

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Today we discuss reducing stress during the holidays and tips and strategies for bringing more joy into your life.   Our first guest, Sandra Millers Younger, shares her story of surviving through the 2002 San Diego wildfires and her ComeBACK Formula for transforming crisis into possibility. Our second guest, Gary Sinclair, is a leader in energy medicine and shares his outlook on love and healing, as well as his latest work, Soul Link, which produces 100% successful results for neutralizing PTSD memories in seconds. Our third guest, Dr. Jonathan Smith, talks about living a longer, healthier, and more sustainable life, as well as the lack of necessary focus on health maintenance versus health care.   We Discuss: Strategies for reducing stress and bringing more joy during the holidays Finding happiness after disaster Sandra's experience in surviving a wildfire and her process of recovery The hardest part of the comeback journey for disaster survivors The ComeBACK Formula - 5 steps to transform crisis into possibility Exercising choice over response  Using the LIVE Formula to avoid making mistakes that can cost you your life The concept of "love living" rather than "love seeking" Using energy medicine and memory energy therapy to neutralize bad memories Good health - why we need it and how we can obtain it The 3 determinants of good health Asking doctors the necessary questions about prescribed medications Spending on health maintenance versus healthcare   Learn More About Hosts Paula Shaw and Ken D Foster   Visit: www.TransitionRadioShow.com

Pamela Herrmann creator of the Facebook training: Social Media Lab 101. She has spent 25 years in the consumer products industry working with companies that have ranked on Fortune's Fastest-Growing 100. She is an inventor and has successfully brought these products to market with such retail giants. She is also a successful Internet marketer, and passionate about bringing best practices from the online world into Main Street, and arming small business owners with the critical information for success in today's economy  Sandra Millers Younger Journalist, author, founder and chief story strategist at Strategic Story Solutions. She's since told thousands of stories as a journalist, culminating her book, The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire. As a founder and chief story strategist at Strategic Story Solutions, she helps business leaders communicate their message, grow their business and make more money by unlocking the power of their own stories Leah Betancourt award-winning journalist who has worked on the digital side of TV and newspaper newsrooms. She has written several journalism guides for Mashable and covered issues facing the media industry for Editor and Publisher and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. She's currently a brand editor at the content engagement software company ScribbleLive