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Luke Benoit

Life Coach/Author Luke Benoit welcomes all interest for media news, interviews,
and invitations for speaking engagements re his books, life coaching and/or
hypnotherapist expertise.

For immediate release: 

On Sunday, Aug. 1 at 11 a.m. PDT, poets will come together for a “Recovery Slam” online to celebrate the launch of Life Coach Luke Benoit’s second book in his All Storms Pass [The Anti-Meditations] series: Rain and Fire. The live streaming event will feature Benoit reading selected recovery self-help poems from Rain and Fire, along with guest poets who will read their favorite self-healing poems.

In his recent L.A. Now & Then interview, Benoit—a certified Life Coach and professional hypnotist—stated that his anti-meditations are “very purposely written in hypnotic and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) language … self-hypnosis has the power to unlock one’s potential.”

Midwest Book reviewers praised both books, calling the first “an excellent pick for anyone looking for a way to fire their way through life,” and the second “a two-fisted, take-no-prisoners approach to coping with challenges.”

The Recovery Slam poets include Thomas Allbaugh, PhD; Artemis Craig, and Marlan Warren.

Dr. Thomas Allbaugh’s short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in literary journals, including Writing on the Edge; In Touch Magazine; Relief, and Broken Skyline Anthology. He is the author of the chapbook, The View from January and the novel, Apocalypse TV. Dr. Allbaugh is an associate professor of English at Azusa Pacific University.

Artemis Craig is the author of Inspirational Verse for Those Who Hunger and Thirst: A Book of Poems to Feed the Soul. She has her B.F.A. in Screenwriting from USC, resides in Birmingham, Alabama, and is currently finishing her second poetry book, Southern Fried Comfort Food: Recipes to Encourage the Soul.

Los Angeles writer Marlan Warren’s poetry appeared in the anthology, We Accept Donations. She is the author of the novel Roadmaps for the Sexually Challenged: All’s Not Fair in Love or War, as well as a playwright, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. An excerpt from her upcoming memoir “Tales of Sushi” was published in The Artifactuals Arts and Culture Journal.

Recovery Slam is the brainchild of Warren who is partnering with Nicolas Nelson of Wordsmith Writing Coaches to produce this event via Yardstream.

“We hope to produce more Recovery Slams in the future,” said Warren. “They really fit the themes of Luke’s books, which focus on the power to heal oneself through contemplative verse.”

 

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More Info:

• YouTube: Luke Benoit Channel (lukethecoach) https://www.youtube.com/user/lukethecoach

L.A. Now & Then Interview with Luke Benoit: http://losangelesnowthen.blogspot.com

For immediate release:

LIFE COACH LUKE BENOIT TO DISCUSS NEW RECOVERY BOOK “ALL STORMS PASS 2-RAIN AND FIRE” ON DANIEL G. GARZA PODCAST ("PUT IT TOGETHER CONVERSATIONS”) (7/27/21 @ 5PM)

“If anyone ever told you that you were anything less than wonderful . . . they lied.”
       —Statement of High Self-Esteem, All Storms Pass: The Anti-Meditation Series

On Tues., July 27 at 5p.m., Life Coach Author Luke Benoit will be a guest on Daniel G. Garza’s “Put It Together Conversations” live streaming podcast to discuss his newly released second book in his ALL STORMS PASS: THE ANTI-MEDITATIONS series, subtitled RAIN AND FIRE. The podcast will be streamed to Garza’s YouTube Channel, Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In sites.

Blogger Marlan Warren, caught up with Luke Benoit to discuss both books in the series. The following is an excerpt from the full interview posted on Warren’s L.A. Now & Then blog [https://losangelesnowthen.blogspot.com/2021/06/book-review-all-storms-pass-anti.html].

 

INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR/LIFE COACH LUKE BENOIT

Q – How were the anti-meditations born?

A - I started writing these meditations as teaching tools and springboards for discussion in some groups that I was running. Initially, they were short and more like 12-Step slogans. They eventually took on a life of their own, and expanded until they assembled themselves into ALL STORMS PASS: THE ANTI-MEDITATIONS, the first book in the series.

Q - How would you classify the Anti-Meditations books?

A - They are about recovery from trauma with many 12-Step and Codependency references. Truthfully, they are intended for anyone they might help. They are their own animal in that way and hard to classify. But there is probably something in the books for almost anyone.

Q - What was the best experience you had launching the first book? 

A – Hearing people from all walks of life say how much the book has impacted them. That has always been amazing and incredibly gratifying. It’s very humbling, yet it also makes me very proud to be the channel.

Q - How would you suggest a reader in need of recovery approach these books?

A - I would say have no expectations. “The Statement of High Self-Esteem” that opens the book is extremely powerful and resonates throughout. With the other entries, I think it’s a sort of “take what you like and leave the rest” kind of experience. Let what hits you hit you. What moves you move you.

Q – There’s humor in the books. What is your relationship to humor professionally and personally?

A - The idea that sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying is a very powerful concept. I come from very sarcastic people and the energy of that definitely informs me as a person, a writer, and even a coach. There is something always very appealing to me about a Gestalt-ish confrontation that involves humor. It can be really eye-opening for us all.

Q – You are both a professional life coach and hypnotist. Does the latter influence your writing?

A - These anti-meditations are very purposely written in hypnotic and NLP language. Writing for me is always a trance process. I need to be ready and drop into it to be able to generate the work. Self-hypnosis is incredibly powerful and can do so much to unlock our potentials. We engage in it all the time, often unknowingly.

Q - Which is your favorite anti-meditation in RAIN AND FIRE?

A - The one that really stands out for me is the one about the trapeze because I think it’s insightful about relationships.

TRAPEZE FLYING [Excerpt]:

so he asked her:

SO WHAT WOULD MAKE

YOU THINK THAT THIS

TIME WOULD BE DIFFERENT?

and she said:

"I just always

get distracted

by the

DARING YOUNG MAN

TRAPEZE FLYING

when all I wanted

was something to

grab onto

so I could

LET GO

and someone to

catch me

BEFORE I FALL."

and he said:

“THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU

GRAB MY HANDS?”

Q - How did you come up with the second book’s subtitle RAIN AND FIRE?

A - Turbulence. The years during the writing of RAIN AND FIRE were rough for me and full of all kinds of storms. Storms may come in many forms, but surviving them is the trick or key.

 

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Website: https://sites.google.com/site/allstormspassantimeditations/

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Author E-Mail | Luke Benoit | lukebenoit at lukebenoit.com

Publicist E-Mail | Marlan Warren | memoircity at gmail

“Conversations” Podcaster: Daniel G. Garza | danielggarza@hotmail.com
Website: https://thesobercurator.com/daniel-g-garza/