Stories and Interviews from
Epiphany!
True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage, and Transform
![Maya Angelou](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/maya-angelou1-2.png)
Maya Angelou
"We are loved by Love itself. There is nothing good that we can’t do." Maya Angelou is a celebrated African ...
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![Alison Armstrong](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/alison-armstrong-1.png)
Alison Armstrong
"We access our own power by empowering others." Alison Armstrong a nationally known educator and expert on understanding men, is ...
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![Elizabeth Avellan](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/elizabeth-avellan-2.png)
Elizabeth Avellan
"Develop your talents and they will make a way for you." Elizabeth Avellàn is an American film producer born in ...
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![Eion Bailey](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/eion-bailey-300x300.png)
Eion Bailey
"When we support each other, we support ourselves; when we harm each other, we harm ourselves; and when we change ...
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![G.W. Bailey](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/GW-Bailey-1-300x293.jpg)
G.W. Bailey
"When one life changes, many lives change." G.W. Bailey is a stage, film and television actor, internationally known for his ...
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![Nancy Ballard](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nancy-ballard-1.png)
Nancy Ballard
"If we don’t love ourselves, it makes it very difficult to love someone else." Nancy Ballard is a registered nurse ...
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![Michael Bernard Beckwith](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/michael-beckwith1-2.png)
Michael Bernard Beckwith
"We think we’re the shade. We’ve forgotten that we are the Light." Michael Bernard Beckwith is the founder and spiritual ...
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![Linda Biehl](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/linda-biehl-1.png)
Linda Biehl
"Forgiveness is the first step toward true peace and healing. But it’s with reconciliation—actively restoring peace and harmony—that you can ...
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![Roger Birnbaum](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Roger-Birnbaum-Photo-2-267x300.jpg)
Roger Birnbaum
"Striving to be the best possible version of yourself and helping the people around you do the same enriches your ...
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![Rachel Blaylock](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rachel-blaylock-3.png)
Rachel Blaylock
"Don’t worry about making it all perfect, because it’s never going to be perfect. Not-so-perfect is still special. It’s even ...
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![Cory Booker](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cory-booker-1.png)
Cory Booker
"Character ultimately rules the day. People will see the truth of who you are even when you make mistakes." Cory ...
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![Rabbi Shmuley Boteach](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rabbi-shmuley-boteach-1.png)
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
"Each and every one of us has a glow, an inner glow, which we can use to illuminate other people’s ...
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![Stephen Bruton](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stephen-bruton1-1.png)
Stephen Bruton
"All you’ve got is the moment you’re in, so you better get right with it." Stephen Bruton was a prolific ...
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![Andrea Buchanan](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andrea-buchanan-1.png)
Andrea Buchanan
"If you can tell your story, then you will heal yourself, and you’ll help other people do the same." Andrea ...
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![Jenifer Chilton](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jenifer-chilton-1.png)
Jenifer Chilton
"An epiphany is like a key is turned in a lock inside you, and you’re free." Jenifer Chilton is a ...
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![Deepak Chopra, M.D.](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/deepak-chopra1-2.png)
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
"People have the power to heal themselves." Deepak Chopra, M.D., is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing, ...
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![Wendi Cooper](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wendi-cooper1-1.png)
Wendi Cooper
"Celebrate every day." Wendi Cooper is the owner and creative director of C Spot Run Productions, an award-winning direct response ...
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![Sam Danniels](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sam-danniels-1.png)
Sam Danniels
"Your ability to succeed is a direct reflection of your ability to try." Sam Danniels is a rare breed of ...
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![Clive Davis](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/clive-davis-1.png)
Clive Davis
"By completely trusting and acting on your instincts, the course of your entire life can change." Clive Davis is the ...
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![Frank Desiderio](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/frank-desiderio-1.png)
Frank Desiderio
"What brings true happiness is true connection with each other." Frank Desiderio is the director of the Paulist Center in ...
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![Barbara Fredrickson](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/barbara-fredrickson-1.png)
Barbara Fredrickson
"Tapping into one’s own unique wellsprings of positivity is a wise and healthy investment in the future." Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., ...
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![Roly Gosling, M.D.](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/roly-gosling-1.png)
Roly Gosling, M.D.
"Many important discoveries are made merely by observing and contemplating what is experienced in everyday life." Roly Gosling a microbiologist ...
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![Tracy Hafen](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tracy-hafen-1.png)
Tracy Hafen
"Life isn’t necessarily supposed to be a cakewalk." Tracy Hafen serves as the director of physical exercise programs for BrainSavers, ...
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![Joel Harper](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/joel-harper-1.png)
Joel Harper
"Take the time to stop and reflect on the choices you make and the speed at which you are traveling ...
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![Florence Horne](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/florence-horne1-2.png)
Florence Horne
"Many times, tremendous value lies in what we push aside as worthless." Florence Horne is a retired teacher and was ...
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![Julie Horton](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/julie-horton-1.png)
Julie Horton
"No one, no relationship, no role, no thing, nothing outside of you defines you. You have to define yourself, and ...
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![David Hudgins](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/david-hudgins-1.png)
David Hudgins
"If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else is going to. So go for it. Find what makes you happy ...
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![Rupert Isaacson](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rupert-isaacson-1.png)
Rupert Isaacson
"Epiphanies are about transformation. You do it through a leap of the heart. And the next thing you know - ...
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![Bart Knaggs](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bart-knaggs-1.png)
Bart Knaggs
"Letting go of a dream is hard yet liberating. Sometimes it’s just time to start living a different dream." Bart ...
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![Stacey Lannert](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stacy-lannert-1-300x295.png)
Stacey Lannert
"True freedom is found within, everything else is just geography." Stacey Lannert is a speaker, an author, and the founder ...
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![Carol Lanning](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/carol-lanning-1.png)
Carol Lanning
"If you believe in a child, the child will succeed." Carol Lanning was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received her ...
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![Christopher Lee](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/christopher-lee-1.png)
Christopher Lee
"True faith supplies great strength for life and opens us to experience greater possibilities and miracles." Christopher Lee, twenty-five years ...
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![John Lehman](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/john-lehman-1.png)
John Lehman
"If you have a passion for something and do it with excellence, you will prosper. Money and career will follow." ...
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![Annie Leonard](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/annie-leonard-1.png)
Annie Leonard
"We’re living like we have another planet to go to." Annie Leonard is the director of The Story of Stuff ...
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![Barry Manilow](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/barry-manilow-1.png)
Barry Manilow
"Your actions and words are always, always having an impact on another person—especially children." Barry Manilow is a world-renowned singer/songwriter, ...
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![Kathy and Bill Magee, M.D.](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bill-and-kathy-magee-1.png)
Kathy and Bill Magee, M.D.
"Everyone can make a difference—no matter who you are, no matter how old you are, no matter where you are." ...
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![Alexis Minko](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ALEXIS-MINKO-final-300x295.png)
Alexis Minko
"To be blessed, be generous." Alexis Minko was born in Libreville, Gabon, and was raised primarily there and in Paris, ...
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![Billie Myers](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/billie-myers1-1.png)
Billie Myers
"You are the common denominator in your life, and you have to take responsibility for that." Billie Myers is an ...
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![Kristin Neff](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kristin-neff-1.png)
Kristin Neff
"Practice self-compassion. Be your own best, kind, compassionate, caring friend." Kristin Neff, Ph.D. received her doctorate in human development from ...
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![Nell Newman](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nell-newman-2.png)
Nell Newman
"Follow your passion. Passion gives you the ability to truly experience the good times and get through the tough times ...
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![Craig Newmark](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/craig-newmark1-2.png)
Craig Newmark
"Go all in." Craig Newmark is a customer service representative and the founder of craigslist.org, based in San Francisco. With ...
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![Judith Orloff, M.D.](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/judith-orloff-1.png)
Judith Orloff, M.D.
"Nobody is really alone. We’re never alone. Each of us is always connected to Spirit and through Spirit to each ...
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![Mehmet Oz, M.D. (Dr. Oz)](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dr-oz-1.png)
Mehmet Oz, M.D. (Dr. Oz)
"The goal is to move from just knowledge, which is information, to understanding, which is awareness." Mehmet Oz, M.D. (Dr ...
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![Esther Perel](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/esther-perel-1.png)
Esther Perel
"There is a difference between just living and being alive. We are meant to feel aliveness, to be alive, to ...
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![Ali MacGraw](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ali-MacGraw1-300x300.jpg)
Ali MacGraw
"Every one of us has to pick our own way through the land mines of life — no one can ...
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![Michael Roizen, M.D.](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mike-roizen-md-1.png)
Michael Roizen, M.D.
"We can actually control our genes and change our bodies and lives on a cellular level, simply through our actions." ...
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![Laurian Scott](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/laurian-scott-1.png)
Laurian Scott
"Love is all that matters. Love is all that we’re here for. When we lose sight of love, everything goes ...
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![Desmond Tutu](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/desmond-tutu-1.png)
Desmond Tutu
"God loves us all, no matter what. There is no one in this world who is a lost cause." Desmond ...
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![Diane Warren](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/diane-warren-1.png)
Diane Warren
"Believe in your passion. Believe in your power. Believe in being stubborn." Diane Warren is considered one of the most ...
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![Orian Williams](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/orian-williams-1.png)
Orian Williams
"You can manifest your destiny when you stop waiting and start creating." Orian Williams is an award-winning film producer whose ...
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![Roy Williams](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/roy-williams1-1.png)
Roy Williams
"Sometimes what others might judge as your greatest weaknesses are really your greatest strengths. You are only disadvantaged if you ...
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![Gregory Wilson](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gregory-wilson-2.png)
Gregory Wilson
"Wisdom is the application of knowledge...transforming the knowing into the doing." Gregory Wilson is a professional magician and mentalist who ...
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![Chloe Wordsworth](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chloe-wordsworth-1.png)
Chloe Wordsworth
"The extraordinary is always possible, no matter what." Chloe Wordsworth is an author, the creator of the healing modality Resonance ...
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![Lawrence Wright](https://eliseballard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lawrence-wright-1.png)
Lawrence Wright
"Take your place. The future is now, so take your place, make your mark - be the person you want ...
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