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    Reverse: Sometimes We Need to Take a Step Back in Order to Make a Better Move Forward.
    Reverse: Sometimes We Need to Take a Step Back in Order to Make a Better Move Forward.
    Reverse: Sometimes We Need to Take a Step Back in Order to Make a Better Move Forward.
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    Reverse: Sometimes We Need to Take a Step Back in Order to Make a Better Move Forward.

    By Ondrej Zouhar (With Anze Mofor)

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    The balance and fulfillment you need is already present around you. You may have passed it by without recognizing it, and only need to turn around and start being more open to truth and reality. REVERSE is an inspirational and action driven approach to personal growth, with real-life success stories on overcoming adversity and obstacles, which sometimes turn out to be our very selves. This book gives you three simple steps on how to live a balanced, happy and more productive life.
    1) Appreciate and value yourself as a person.
    2) Identify what is not working in your life, so you do not repeat the same mistakes; set new goals, create new priorities.
    3) Apply exercise, nutrition, and spirituality as a lifestyle for balance, and celebrate every victory as you experience your newfound peace and happiness within.
    Simply a new vision, for a new world, with effective and applicable lifetime values
    Dunia magazine
    REVERSE to see the fun and value in making smart choices for food and fitness on a daily basis
    Steven Koller, actorMad Men
    Thought-provoking, inclusive of every culture and origin, with simple answers to complex and
    challenging life questions. An easy read with a positive, result-driven finish.
    Dr. Nicoline Ambe, PhD, speaker and author of A Teacher's Note
    An entertaining, powerful, and effective recipe on how to start living a life of balance, from an inspiring young author on his way to become a voice of motivation for a worldwide audience.
    Martina Darnell, president, Society for Conscious Living

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateAug 22, 2012
    ISBN9781452555836
    Reverse: Sometimes We Need to Take a Step Back in Order to Make a Better Move Forward.
    Author

    Ondrej Zouhar (With Anze Mofor)

    Ondrej Zouhar was born in Czech Republic. He is the founder of Healthy Body Synergy. Through his coaching and training, about finding balance by combining exercise, nutrition and spirituality, Ondrej has changed many lives and is yet to meet someone without leaving an impression of eagerness to grow. Co-writer Anze Krystal Mofor is the founder of LISS LIFE and also co-founder of Healthy Body Synergy. With a background of rich culture from West Africa, profound values and intercultural integration, Anze brings a rare renaissance spirit to her unique style of service, coaching and leadership.

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      Reverse - Ondrej Zouhar (With Anze Mofor)

      Copyright © 2012 Ondrej Zouhar and Anze Mofor

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-5582-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-5584-3 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-5583-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012913095

      Balboa Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Balboa Press rev. date: 9/18/2012

      Contents

      FOREWORD

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      CHAPTER 1: Your Inner Child

      CHAPTER 2: How People Live Around the World

      CHAPTER 3: Daily Routines (Actions and Reactions)

      CHAPTER 4: Everything is Possible if You Believe

      CHAPTER 5: Taking Charge and How to Start

      CHAPTER 6: Develop Discipline

      CHAPTER 7: Balance in Exercise, Nutrition and Spirituality

      CHAPTER 8: How to Develop and Maintain Healthy Habits

      CHAPTER 9 Stress: Its Causes and Effects

      CHAPTER 10: Reverse: to Find the Right Way Forward

      NOTES

      A PROMISE

      REVERSE

      Return to Every Valuable Example and Renew Your Spirit of Excellence

      Your How-To Guide for Balance, Wellness, and Happiness

      Most self-help books tell you what you can do to grow;

      REVERSE gives you steps how to grow.

      Sometimes we need to take a step back in order to make a big leap forward.

      —Anze Mofor

      www.healthybodysynergy.com

      This book is presented as a gift

      From:

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      To:

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      Because:

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      ____________________________________________

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      FOREWORD

      A child never dreams of growing up and paying huge bills and student loans, being jobless, homeless or divorced. These are things we pick up on our path to growth, based on environmental influences which creates a huge imbalance. The big dreams of our childhood are usually intercepted by distractions and other external pressures that create harmful internal effects such as negative thought patterns, cynicism and fear.

      Nothing good in life comes easily. We often cheat ourselves out of the gifts and blessings that life provides freely by going too fast or taking shortcuts. Eventually, we realize how much we have lost and how much we could have done if we had made the conscious effort and commitment to change, set a big, scary goal, and followed through.

      We are often afraid to fail, even though it is through the failing that we learn the most.

      Many who are struggling to find balance and happiness in life have been trapped in the habits of their past due to circumstances they could not control or are even living a life they did not choose.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      To all of my family, relatives, and friends. Also to all those who have an open mind and are holding this book.

      Mainly to my loving parents, Jan Zouhar and Vojteska Zouharova, and my brother, Jan Zouhar, who sowed the right seeds in me to help me in challenging times. I love you all so much.

      To the people that have supported me through my journey so far: David Mitchell, Paul and Milli Sarka, Ralph and Tameka Rand, Page Parks and all of her employees, Michelle Rogers, Steven Koller and Tripp Mayhem, Reginald Granger, Alicia Dvorak, Art Zermannov, Maurielle Balczon, Jay Hector, Lupita Solis, Charles Peters, Craig Heyworth, Martina Darnell, Miro Simonic, Paul Trusik, Caitlin Lynch, Aaron and Kelly Shaffner, Peter Davis, A.J. Lacey, Deborah Cervantes, Luis Hernandez, Jana Cothren, photographer Danny Cardozo, photographer Ron Reagan, Ivan Gellner, Marilyn Mylstead, Shery Davis, Dale Carter, Erica Evans, Pete Golod, Brandon Masoner, Nicole Camp, Cheryl Koterba and BMW Clear Lake team, Zdenek Srom, Ladislav Fris, Indul, Fisun Emekli, Edward Marques, Michal and Hana Hejplik, Lucie Hlavackova, Sarah de la Garza, Petr and Ivana Sidlo, Ales Vitek, Radka Sindelkova, Desiree Waters-Adreon and RWE, Petr Sestak, Jack, Otis Feroll, Alexander Denk, John Allen, Lauren Pokomo, Ricki Maslar, Dunia Magazine, Brins Image, Balboa Press, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Valerie Gill, Leanne Mieszala, Southwest Airlines, all my co-workers, and my dear friend and co-writer Anze Mofor.

      Thank you, God, for giving me wisdom, strength and support.

      Thank you, all, for crossing my path; you have played a part in assisting me on my journey, and I deeply appreciate it.

      CHAPTER 1:

      Your Inner Child

      Everything beautiful needs to be loved and protected. You are beautiful. Love yourself.

      —Ondrej Zouhar

      What if I told you the child in you from years ago is still in you and longs to be out, to be loved, to be heard and to shine because a child’s love is pure, a child’s dreams are endless and a child laughs often. You have the choice to let that pure love shine through, to bring those great dreams alive and to laugh more often, no matter what stands in your way.

      Each one of us has been a child -- that is where it all begins. For some, it was a few years ago; for others, it was decades ago. Like children, adults need to feel loved, valued, protected and heard by someone greater than who they have grown to be — someone they can trust and emulate. You may say, No way. I am an adult now. That makes sense, but I would like to ask you to keep your mind open on this topic and try to relate this chapter to yourself.

      Try it, because childhood has a great impact on how we act as adults. Everything about life starts in the first few years and develops as we grow.

      When you were born, you had basic needs; your parents or guardians were there (in most cases) to help you. They gave you food, a place to sleep, care, love, affection, and protection, and they let you play and rest. Some had the privilege of growing up with all that and more; some only got part of it. As a newborn, you did not have many choices, and you were mostly responding to your external environment. If you wanted to disagree with anything your parents said or did, in most cases, you were allowed or denied the privilege. Some were spanked, got a long explanation, were placed in time out, or had privileges suspended for a given amount of time. But no matter how upset you got, you still came back to those same parents for love, food, and shelter, hoping that someday you would grow up, make lots of money, buy yourself whatever you wanted, live the life you wanted, and move very far away from them—but that hardly ever happens.

      As a child, your mind was blank like a new notebook, but now you are having all this new data filling up the empty space. New beliefs, information and knowledge slowly fill it up. Are they right? Are they wrong? Who knows? That is what you choose to accept in order to remain and belong to the group or class of people you found yourself in.

      Sometimes the circumstances we find ourselves in do not appear to be rational and convenient. As such, human nature rebels against it in various ways. We tend to question it so we can break away, be free to make more rational decisions, and break a long chain of irrational habits.

      For example, if you were raised in a home that had little or no love and affection and your dad never questioned why his dad was always out of the house and did not show affection to him, he would not desire or know how to show affection and love to you. This is not because he does not want to; it is because he does not know any better and needs to learn how to do so like a child again. The only way he would know his ways were wrong would be if he asked and was willing to learn how to express feelings better behavior.

      You may despise him or nurse a grudge against him for not being the way you expect him to be, but it is a waste of energy because he does not know any better. His inner child never had such experiences. However, if you choose to be compassionate toward him, like you would with a child, the compassion will slowly open his heart and make room for him to learn how to give you what he never had.

      No matter how late in life it happens, he can choose to create better values and apply them to you. Only then will that

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