I started learning English language from ‘zero’ when I was almost 37…
It’s not enough to say, that my leaning journey wasn’t easy one.
In some earlier and difficult days I even hated myself for an initial commitment to have six language classes a week. In some encouraging days I was very proud of myself for making progress –small but obvious and critical – as a key condition for achieving the desired results.

Observing and reviewing ‘my English story’ today, I can say that it wasn’t just about learning foreign language. It was about something else, more important, solid and surprising… There is a one moment of challenging and exiting experience I will be remembering forever…

Finally, I have in my hands a paperback copy of my first published book. Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming One Person at a Time (Wave Three), to which I contributed my story, already became an international bestseller in many countries. Though I had the privilege read all the stories before the book has been published, I am so exited to start re-reading them again. I am doing it with a deep gratitude to all the co-authors who became more than just my new friends. I am thinking about them as the closed members of a new extended writers’ family. I am delighted to introduce these talented soul-driven authors from different countries to you, my respected readers. Are you ready to meet the bestselling authors? Let’s start now!

One week ago I started celebrating the recently published a book Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time (Wave Three), to which I contributed my story. Together with twenty-five great transformational co-authors of this book, I experienced a deep level of gratitude, satisfaction, and love for making such a transformational writing journey. Just in 24 hours after its launch, this book became an International Bestseller in 10 countries (USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, India, Australia and others) and hit #1 in multiple categories. Being very proud of my new transformational bestselling authors’ family and myself, I want to look back at my eight-months of writing and transformational journey. No doubt, it was an amazing, blessing, challenging, and enlightening way! And as an every way, it started from one step.

As someone who’s been in the writing/publishing/book business since 2004 – in one form or another – I’ve often taught that one book, one person, one author really can make a difference. Yet, through all those years of teaching I only knew this in my “head” and didn’t have a cellular, soul experience of what this truly meant. Until… December 2, 2010 (which happens to be my birthday). That day was the day I was supposed to sign the official papers to file for bankruptcy after a 2-year battle to try to avoid that difficult and painful decision. It was supposed to be a day of new beginnings…

The first and mostly waited news here, on my new website, is about the book, to which I contributed my story. Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time (Wave 3)officially launches on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.I am so honored and happy to have shared my story, “A Vital Shift: From Inner Child to Inner Captain”, in this transformational and inspirational anthology, leaded by Christine Kloser.

The co-authors of the bestselling book Pebbles in the Pond (Wave Three) generouslyshare their personal stories and straight-from-the-heart experiences, and they invite readers to discover how to transform their own challenges into the greatest gifts and blessings in their lives.