Marc Lerner

Marc Lerner is the President of Life Skills Institute and has been working since 1982 with people in a health struggle. He is the author of A HEALTHY WAY TO BE SICK, which teaches you how to consciously create yourself in the midst of a health challenge. Marc is the host of the internet radio show, A Healthy Way to be Sick. Go to: http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vshow.aspx?sid=1899

On the show, Marc leads you through the main techniques of this book, where you will do over 20 experiential techniques on your own to support the main techniques. He wrote a mini e-book for each of the thirteen shows, which can be downloaded at Amazon.com by searching A Healthy Way to be Sick or Marc Lerner.

Marc has had MS since 1981, is legally blind and in a wheelchair. The idea of a healthy way to be sick reflects a positive spirit during difficult times. If a patient consciously approached the healing process, they would become valuable partners with their doctor. Marc has been working with people in a health crisis for decades and knows that this is a significant resource in a national health plan. Marc has developed simple techniques that transport your consciousness to powerful inner resources which can reduce medical expenses and personal anxiety.

After years of personal and spiritual study, Marc Lerner was stricken with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 29. Rather than become an "invalid" or "victim", Marc immediately began to utilize his own internal realizations in a unique and practical way to cope with a chronic illness that had no cure. With the onset of his illness, Marc was rendered legally blind and partially paralyzed. With little that could be done for him by the medical establishment, he devised a set of techniques and seminars that have enabled

him and many others to learn how to utilize their inner resources in any sort of struggle.

In 1984 Marc started a corporation called Life Skills Seminars Inc., a "for-profit" corporation through which he does his writing and speaking. Through Life Skills Seminars Inc., all of the Life Skills techniques and materials are developed and then recorded in the seminars he teaches. In 1984 Marc also established Life Skills Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals in a health struggle. Now, Marc works exclusively out of athenon-profit corporation, Life Skills Institute.

The Life Skills techniques were developed while Marc worked with three main groups: 1) the chronically ill (including cancer and AIDS patients; 2) Vietnam veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (in cooperation with the Veterans Administration in LA) and 3) the mentally ill homeless population in Santa Monica, Califo ia. “Sharing this with these groups, it has been easy for me to see that every human being has these incredible resources. They just need to know how to use them.”

While Marc has a degree in Psychology, it has been through his own experience with a crippling illness that his realizations have been distilled into valuable tools for helping others. The purpose of the Life Skills materials is to help empower all people to take an active part in creating their own lives.

Marc wrote A Healthy Way to be Sick to help people with a chronic illness live a quality life. He is also the host of an internet radio show by the same name. You can listen to the show at:

http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vshow.aspx?sid=1899 All past shows are archived on http://lifeskillsinc.com Each show has a short e-book written to support the content of the radio show. Contact me if you would like to be a guest on the show or if your company sponsors shows like this.

Today, Marc gives Tele-seminars for people dealing with chronic illnesses or disabilities. These Tele-seminars can be attended by telephone, so people dealing with a health crisis can easily attend. Supportive e-books can be downloaded from Amazon.com. Search for A Healthy Way to be Sick.