Synopsis
Mia Pratt s father was a decorated World War II veteran who survived 18 months in a German prison camp before returning home as a man emotionally and physically crippled by his experience. Her mother was a kind, black-haired beauty who taught Mia the true meaning of unconditional love. Mia s childhood exposed her to the bitter reality of poverty, alcoholism and violence, but it also led her to explore the limits of her creativity. As an adult she enjoyed successful careers in dance, art and writing, traveling often to further her studies in the arts, philosophy, and other cultures. After her older brother committed suicide followed by the deaths of both parents, Mia spent 4 years recovering from the grief of her losses and documenting her revolutionary discoveries about the powerful secret relationship between creativity and happiness. Her illuminating book on the subject, The Secrets of the 100 Golden Keys," shares her discoveries, wisdom, insights and inspirational quotes, along with personal exercises and intensive workshops to help you create your own fulfilling, passionate and happy life. Mia is the founder of the 100 Golden Keys University Self-Development Center and author of several books. Her non-fiction book about self-discovery, "The Secrets of the 100 Golden Keys", is helping thousands learn the secrets to creating a passionate, fulfilling and happy life. Her new fiction novel, "Terror on Lone Mountain," scheduled for publication in March of 2012, was inspired by a year she spent alone in a cabin in the Montana wilderness at the age of seventeen.
About the Author
In the year 2000 my older brother committed suicide. It was a shocking blow that knocked the very foundation of my being out from under me and left me emotionally devastated. Not long after that I lost my father to terminal illness, and then my mother succumbed to lung cancer. And, my artist's guild in Scottsdale, Arizona, deteriorated in a declining economy with no spare change for the arts. As a lifelong dancer, artist and writer who lived my dreams and followed my passion all my life, I had never experienced the depth of anxiety and sadness that followed these traumatic events. I simply lost myself. It took me four years to find my way back to happiness and to document my journey as, one at a time, I unlocked the secrets of the 100 Golden Keys that ultimately saved my life. In the two years since the first 1,000 copies of my book were published, my life has been transformed in ways I could never have imagined. Within weeks of finishing the manuscript I began selling my possessions and business, and shortly thereafter I left my Scottsdale home behind to begin a brand new life. I left with only 3 suitcases to my name and never moved back. At the risk of sounding trite, it seems as if the completion this book somehow represented my passage from a kind of chrysalis into a butterfly. The four years I spent writing it were indeed a time of cocooning, self-development and healing from a period of tremendous loss in my life. But when I had completed my work on the book, I had also incorporated each of the 100 Golden Keys into my own life, and through that process I was liberated from the bondage of my past. In looking back at my departure from my 18-year home in Arizona, I had not a clue what I was doing or why. After my book was published I simply opened my wings and flew out the first window that opened, which happened to be an invitation to travel to a Nahua Indian fishing village on the coast of Michoacan in central Mexico. A year later, it was no accident of fate that compelled me to travel north to find the quaint 16th-century village of Ajijic where I now live, or that led me to find new love after decades of living alone. What has transpired could only be described as magic - and that magic lives within the covers of this book. If you truly believe in yourself and want to create a life of liberation and happiness, these 100 Keys can unlock a happy, fulfilling and passionate new life for you - but only you can decide which doors you are ready to open, and when. Some people skip around, opening some doors while allowing others to remain closed until another day. It s up to you how fast you go, and how far. This is a book that reveals itself in layers, over time. The same key that reveals one secret to you today will reveal another tomorrow. As you change, what you discover amongst the keys changes with you. I still open it up every single day and learn something new. I wish you Godspeed and blessings on your journey, wherever it may take you. ~ Author, Mia Pratt
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