"What is extraordinary about us is that we each have the capacity to rise like the phoenix out of our ashes, to create ourselves newly, to begin again. We can transform ourselves and our lives, regardless of what we have endured before now. Maybe the true purpose of suffering is that out of our pain, we will rise, expand, grow and achieve."

Judy Tatelbaum, M.S.W.,is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California LCSW# 5853), psychotherapist, inspirational speaker, and workshop leader, who encourages people to face life's inevitable crises courageously. She is known internationally for her best selling books, THE COURAGE TO GRIEVE and YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER, and her DVD: THE COURAGE TO GRIEVE, THE COURAGE TO GROW.