The Gift of Crisis: How I Used Meditation to Go from Financial Failure to a Life of Purpose (Debt, Loss of Job, Gifts of Failure)

Bridgitte Jackson Buckley, is a freelance writer, author and ghostwriter whose focus includes spirituality, transformational documentaries, and in-depth interviews. She is a former contributor to General Religion on the National circuit of Examiner.com as the National Spirituality Examiner. In this capacity, she interviewed New Thought luminaries such as Eckhart Tolle, Iyanla Vanzant, Deepak Chopra, Radhanath Swami, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penney Peirce, James Van Praagh, Paul Selig, Gary Zukav, Marie Forleo, and several others including American singer, songwriter and guitarist Trevor Hall. As a freelance writer, she has written online articles for Examiner, Tiny Buddha, Recreate Your Life Story, Thrive Global, Medium, Gaia and Patheos' Spirituality Itself. Print publication includes: Awareness Magazine, January/February 2017, "An Interview with Megan McFeely: As She Is Honors the Feminine Consciousness" Awareness Magazine, March/April 2017, "Global Warming: A Crisis of Consciousness" In addition to the aforementioned work, she was the lead writer to launch the following projects on behalf of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN): Oprah & Deepak's Guide to Whole Health: 'Seven Days to Restful Sleep'; Oprah & Deepak's 21-Day Meditation Experience: Become What You Believe; SuperSoul.TV Website Launch Bridgitte was born in Los Angeles, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Psychology).She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) from Honduras, Central America. She is a fluent Spanish speaker and has traveled extensively throughout Central America including Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Additional travels also include Hong Kong, Malaysia and (her favorite adventure) Thailand. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, three children and Miniature Schnauzer.

Janet Conner is a prayer artist, writer, radio host, and mystic field guide--but first and always a deep soul explorer. Her books include the bestselling Writing Down Your Soul, The Lotus and The Lily, Soul Vows, Find Your Soul's Purpose and more. In addition to writing and teaching, Janet hosts rich conversations with spiritual leaders on her weekly radio show, The Soul-Directed Life. She lives in as much silence and solitude as possible in tiny Ozona Florida.