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LIVINGSTON – Is your life out of balance? Do you feel overwhelmed with feelings of loss? How are you doing with those resolutions you made in January to develop healthy habits like exercise, eating nutritious meals and keeping a positive state of mind?
Two unique Texans have paired up to help others bring physical, emotional and spiritual balance to your life.
Stanley Bronstein – a CPA, attorney and author from Galveston who now lives in Arizona – offers a simple solution.
“Life is simple. People make it complicated,” Bronstein said.
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That may sound like an empty platitude, but no one has walked the walk more seriously than Bronstein has. After decades of battling weight issues, Bronstein stopped struggling and managed to lose well over 100 pounds.
Three-time Emmy award winner Robin Craig of Houston and Onalaska has her own mission to lighten a tremendous burden that many women carry.
Craig was suddenly widowed in 2005. She says the experience left her feeling like a “lost member of society.”
Her lakefront property adjacent to her family’s home offers a sanctuary and she feels a special affinity for residents of the Lake Livingston area who may be trying to face their own major life transitions.
She turned her 25 years of experience in radio, television and film into a multimedia resource for other widows via “Today’s Widow,” her blog on the Houston Chronicle; a weekly web TV program that airs at 9 p.m. Tuesday nights at www.robincraigdirect.com, in addition to Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Since her husband’s death she has won three daytime Emmys for her “day” job as a television producer.
During the second week after her husband’s death, Craig said her body jolted forward and she heard her inner voice say, “I have to help the widows.”
Her focus is on helping people find new meaning and purpose to their lives after personal loss.
“Losing a spouse is like losing half of your body. You have to learn to live again as a single and it can be very frightening and alienating. I want people to know that they are not alone and there are those who truly understand what they are going through,” Craig said.
Making problems smaller
At 5-feet, 8-inches tall, Bronstein weighed 325 pounds when he applied a principle he embraced in his law practice to his own health habits. He had no trouble simplifying complicated problems for his clients, so he used that skill to his own benefit. He had to find a method to exercise with minimum risk of injury, so he we went to a local pool and walked for 50 minutes in chest-deep water.
The water took a lot of the stress off his joints (including a previously ruptured Achilles tendon.
During earlier attempts to reach a healthier stature, Bronstein focused on losing weight. This time he focused on walking daily and eating better. That’s it. Soon he logged 17 days in a row.
As his 50th birthday approached, Bronstein decided he wanted to commemorate the half-century mark by walking five hours. He reached that goal and has never looked back.
He makes walking a priority. He doesn’t shoot for setting speed or distance records, he just makes sure he walks at least an hour and a half every day. He’s logged 7,946.55 miles since July 1, 2009, and lost well over 100 pounds.
In addition to “The Path of the Warrior Walker,” Bronstein penned “50 Questions Only We the People Can Answer” after walking five hours a day in all 50 states and talking with residents there.
Just one of the issues that have to be addressed is the obsession with fast food.
“We need to make a statement to these marketing people that we’re not going to eat this garbage. If we stop eating it, they will go out of business,” he adds.
“The fatter we get the more we want these unhealthy foods. That creates more health problems and we begin a spiral of pills and procedures instead of changing habits.”
“America is a sick country, but it’s still America and America has proven time and time again that when it makes up its mind and wants to do something, there’s no limit,” Bronstein said.
Craig and Bronstein have joined forces to offer two iWarrior Retreats at the Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona (which Craig quickly adds is “Oprah’s favorite spot”).
The goal is to help others regain balance in their own lives.
Each day of the retreat will begin with a walk and move into educational programs and one-on-one work with Craig and Bronstein.
Participants will enjoy delicious healthy meals and luxurious spa treatments and a one-hour consult with a Miraval nutritionist. Guests will also be able to participate in other various programs and lectures at Miraval.
The first of the iWarrior Pathfinder Retreats is set for Nov. 13 through 17. A second event is planned Jan. 8 to 12 to help get your New Year off to a great start.
While you consider whether to join Bronstein and Craig for these retreats, you can find additional details at each of their websites.
At www.robincraigdirect.com, you can find links to retreat information, recent episodes of Robin’s web broadcasts and links to her blog. You can also make your reservation and download free copies of Bronstein’s latest two e-books.
At Bronstein’s site, www.iwarriorwalk.com you can get loads of information on how Stanley achieved his remarkable weight loss, his motivation for becoming a lawyer as well as a CPA and how to start your own walking program and chart your progress.
The retreat will take you four days into your journey to regain balance in your life, but if you just can’t attend there is plenty of support from both websites to get you moving in a positive direction.
Each retreat event is limited to 25 participants, so book your reservation now.
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