How the Peace Corps Changed My Life

06/23/21 • 62 min

Evelyn talks about serving in the Peace Corps in the Andes of Peru. She discusses what happened as she finished her service and was about to leave to go back home. It’s a tale of self-discovery, love, and adventure.

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Evelyn Kohl LaTorre ‘s first book, Between Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir, won several awards and is about her adventures growing up in Montana, volunteering in Mexico, and coming of age in Peru. She holds a doctorate in multicultural education from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley. She worked as a bilingual school psychologist and school administrator for 32 years in public education in California until her retirement in 2002. She and her Peruvian husband have been married since 1966 and have traveled to close to 100 countries. My second book, Love in Any Language, A Memoir of a Cross-Cultural Marriage, comes out in September 2021. Their travel adventures will be the subject of her next book. The couple has two grown sons. Her stories and photos are available on her website, https://www.evelynlatorre.com. Her writing has appeared in World View Magazine, The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, the California Writers Club Literary Review, the Tri-City Voice, Dispatches, Conscious Connection, and Clever Magazine. Evelyn lives in Northern California but frequently visits to Peru to work with the Peru American Medical Society (PAMS). She is active on Facebook at EvelynKohlLaTorre, Author, on Instagram under evelynkohllatorre, Pinterest at emlatorre42, and Twitter at evelynsedits.

Website: https://www.evelynlatorre.com

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Website: https://www.evelynlatorre.com

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Freeing Your Life From Stress

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Professor Pete Alexander to discuss all things stress-related. Stress can affect us in more ways than we realize, and today we talk about some of the biggest culprits, ourselves, and our thinking. We discuss stress related to not just work but caregiving, relationships, and more. He also offers us some tips on how to help ourselves.

Here are some Tips from Professor Pete

Know Your Stress Triggers: https://petealexander.com/stress-relief-tool-learn-your-stress-triggers/

Don’t Try To Control The Uncontrollable: https://petealexander.com/stress-relief-tool-dont-try-to-control-the-uncontrollable/

Mental and Emotional Release: https://petealexander.com/stress-relief-tool-mental-and-emotional-release/

Ask the Pendulum: https://petealexander.com/stress-relief-tool-ask-the-pendulum/

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During Professor Pete’s career, he had the privilege to work in various positions, including Sales, Marketing, College Professor, and Small Business Owner. Each role had one thing in common - high stress - to the point they diagnosed him with stress-related diabetes and ended up in the hospital with a severe case of diabetic ketoacidosis, a few hours away from being comatose. It was a reality check for him. When you don’t have your health, not much else matters. He knew it was time to walk away even though he had a great job, secure income, and wonderful benefits. Interestingly, his coworkers and peers were very supportive, and most of them told him they admired his decision to put his health first before his career because they were contemplating the same thing. He realized then that it wasn’t just him. Now, he has dedicated his professional career to helping other hard-driving leaders avoid his mistakes and immensely benefit from the wonderful tools and techniques He has learned and experienced first-hand. Besides a regular video blog series, he launched a book on Amazon, an international bestseller.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petealexander/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RTZJM76

https://petealexander.com/blog-stress-relief-activities-for-adults/

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Risking It All So You Don’t Have To - Warren Tuttle

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Warren took a shot at his dream of being an inventor bringing a product to market. He learned a lot from that journey and now helps other aspiring inventors He has a book entitled Inventor Confidential: The Honest Guide to Profitable Inventing

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Warren lives with his wife Lynn in Southern Connecticut and has three wonderful daughters, all well-educated and working. He enjoys skiing, motorcycling, golf, and travel. Warren Tuttle is an expert in open innovation and the at-home inventor community.

He is the author of "Inventor Confidential: The Honest Guide to Profitable Inventing" (HarperCollins, March 2021). Warren is "better to" be honest and work closely to help inventors achieve success in retail outreach.

He has insights into being better, meaning being honest in business.

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