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Montréal, QC -- Lynda Hoffman is a coach who takes a holistic and collaborative approach to helping executives become fully who they were always meant to be. Her clients often have ADHD and a desire to perform at a higher level. She is well educated. She began her studies at McGill and Concordia Universities in her native Canada and is supplementing her coach training with ongoing Master's Certification Coach Training with the ICF (International Coaches Federation). Lynda completed course work at Harvard University on Immunity to Change.. Lynda is warm and down to earth, constantly encouraging others to grow, learn about their self-worth, and feel more confident in their own skin. Lynda works with clients who are 30-to-50-year-old professionals and business owners who feel like imposters, despite their success. They come from a variety of professional backgrounds but they all want to feel more confident in their roles and improve their performance. After learning how to better understand her own children, she developed a specialization in coaching persons with ADHD. She'd been invited on two occasions to make presentations on this topic at the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance. Whether her clients present with ADHD or not, Lynda takes a whole person approach, evaluating career and life situations and helping people be the bright, ambitious, professionals they can be, so they are seen by their coworkers for their strengths. Lynda emphasizes that the brain is plastic, and coaching can help us change our neuropathways by making different choices and taking new actions.. Different actions over time create new neural pathways in the brain and it this that makes anything possible. For more information about Lynda please visit her website www.lyndahoffman.com

Jersey City, NJ - Can analyzing data save people's lives? Dr. Antony Arumairaj, an award-winning critical care specialist, internist, and assistant professor at NYC Health+ Hospitals, is working hard to transform medicine by analyzing large databases, implementing strategies, mitigating risks, and providing healthcare solutions. With 34 published research articles and conference papers, Dr. Arumairaj is also an attending physician and a clinical assistant professor at New York Medical College, where he treats patients and teaches and mentors medical students. Attending medical school in his native India, Dr. Arumairaj was awarded the B. Braun Foundation Scholar for Excellence in Anesthesiology. He subsequently relocated to Australia, where he was trained in Internal Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and in Emergency Medicine with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Educated and trained on multiple continents, Dr. Arumairaj's career is marked by his passion for medicine. He graduated from the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in India with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2005. Subsequently, he completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Stanley Medical College in India in 2009. Dr. Arumairaj is an active member of the American College of Physicians, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society, and the American College of Chest Physicians. The Marquis Who's Who and Inner Circle recently recognized Dr. Arumairaj as a Top Pinnacle Physician for his contributions as a Distinguished Internal Medicine Specialist. Best in New York Magazine recently awarded Dr. Arumairaj as top doc. For more information about Dr. Antony Arumairaj, please visit http://www.antonyarumairaj.com/

Newport Beach, CA -- Shirley Furman is a Psychiatric nurse practitioner, a therapist, a wellness coach and a practitioner of integrated healing. Over the course of 30 years, Shirley has helped more than 1500 women and men to achieve mental and emotional release from scars and fears to clear the way to empower themselves. She takes them on a journey from merely surviving to thriving. Some key areas of focus are; Sleep Issues and Insomnia; Stress, Anxiety, & Panic; Struggling Parents; Depression & Grief; Fears & Phobias; Weight Loss; Smoking Cessation; and Pregnancy & Postpartum issues. Shirley applied her tools and philosophies to her own life when she was diagnosed with cancer late last year. She says she now sees it as more of a gift than a curse, a chance to stretch and learn and improve. Challenges are there to teach us, she notes, and the more powerful the challenge, the better the potential lesson. Shirley has outstanding credentials including a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, Master's degree in Counseling, a Master's degree in Nursing, and certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She is also certificated in CBTI (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia). Hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and has studied Integrative Wellness, Meditation, and Breathwork. She has an insatiable curiosity and loves learning to add new therapy and tools to her toolkit. Shirley encourages people to learn their strengths, find their voice, and own their power. To find a transition between what used to be and with what can be. For more information on Shirley's professional journey please visit www.shirleyfurmanhealing.com