See it. Say it. Do It! by Dr Lynn Hellerstein

It is an honor to say that I know Lynn Hellerstein, OD, author of See it. Say it. Do It! She not only further boosted my performance with brain / vision therapy and special eyeglasses, she has helped many of my clients and patients in the past 15 years as well. She had written portions of books I had used in OT school in the 1990s, it turned out -- so it was a very good thing to have found my way to her when I was in Denver as a new OT in 1997. And now she has something available for EVERYONE's benefit, no matter where you live!

This is a wonderful book which I believe should be part of every school and public library, made available to every teacher in the country, and wish every parent would obtain and read as well. It is an Award-Winning Finalist in the following categories of the “Best Books 2010” Awards, sponsored by USA Book News

But I don't think it should just be for children -- this is actually an amazing book for adults who are wanting to have better performance mentally and physically. I was thrilled to see on her website (which is an awesome website to explore), they had read my mind when I was thinking 'this would be such a great book for parents to give teachers as gifts, or people to give family members' -- they have a workbook now as well, and bundle things together in different ways which are really very good bargains when you think of what the recipient will accomplish from the information in the books on increasing their life's performance!

See it. Say it. Do It! integrates three key concepts to create better learning. Visualizing, declaring, performing ... hence See it. Say it. Do It! Dr. Hellerstein is five years older than I am, we're both in that age of becoming 'crones' (a favorable term!), and while I have fifteen years' experience as an occupational therapist, she has made optometry and developmental optometry her primary vocation and profession her entire adult life I believe, so she has risen to such an amazing level of experience that it is just a GIFT that she has written this book!

In the forward, she candidly refers to a health crisis she had in 2002 which resulted in difficulty in thinking, working and being productive. She has attained an incredible status in her professional realm, both being known as an authority and having a large and very successful partnership/practice, and says that the health issues she faced were allowing her to re-evaluate who she was, what she was doing, and what she wanted to do differently. Healing took place through utilizing a mixture of 'traditional and non-traditional' medicine (i.e., 'integrative medicine, as Lumigrate embraces). Utilizing visualization and the concepts she writes about in See it. Say it. Do It! were instrumental in her recovered health. And then she wanted to write a book to bring the information to others.

She writes: 'I now am making choices on my life's journey from a totally different perspective, from a more balanced approach, balancing my passion with peace, through visualization and intuition. I have been given another chance in life and want to make the most of it.'

In the more recent years of my working with patients, I was not so appreciated by providers and managers who were not progressive thinkers or using progressive concepts which have been available to us for decades. If we learn something along the way in a workshop, since our 'team' doesn't understand it or 'buy in', there ends up to be a conflict sometimes. So progress is very slow to move forward. However, if you get enough people from one team educated on something, it kind of seeps around enough that those who didn't initially learn the concepts do. My hope is that will occur with See it. Say it. Do It! .

When you market anything, you need to find your 'core market', and Lynn decided to make it teachers and parents with this book, but it truly is a wonderful book for adults of any age who are wanting to get more action from their brain/body/spirit. As an example, Lumigrate's core market is about fibromyalgia, but most all the information on here applies to everyone else who is interested in progressive concepts because many, MANY more people have some of the symptoms starting and don't realize where it might be heading. "I'm so tired", ""I'm forgetful", "I'm getting sore shoulders and my neck is tight all the time" -- it's helpful for them to be reading about the things that people who are really motivated to get better will be reading.

And one of those things for EVERYONE following Lumigrate, is See it. Say it. Do It! . "Visualize this book being in your hands today. Act on that visualization. You'll be glad you did!"

The information from the handout cards goes on to give the following information for purchasing: Available at bookstores, Amazon.com (which Lynn's said is the best price) or www.lynnhellerstein.com [1]. They offer gift wrapping through her office and I highly suggest this book as a holiday, end of year or special occasion book for teachers and parents -- really anyone, it's so applicable to anyone with a brain wanting to have better performance and it's FUN!

Email: info@lynnhellerstein.com. Phone: 303/850-9499 (USA, Colorado). ~~ I highly encourage a trip to her website at the very least! ~~ "Live and Learn. Learn better and live better" ~~ Mardy

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Tue, 11/30/2010 - 1:33pm

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Mardy Ross

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Dr Hellerstein, Tammy and Me about Learning Disabilities, etc.

For those who might want to read from the areas Dr Hellerstein has contributed this year to Lumigrate.com, here is the link (below) -- Tammy and I share about our histories with learning disabilities. Lynn was doing this about the time the movie Avatar came out, and before her book took off to become on the top of the lists in her market (with teachers).

www.lumigrate.com/forum/2020-not-perfect-vision [5]

It's a nice exchange which might be interesting for you to read and get to know her better. ~~ Mardy

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Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [3] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 10:54am

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Kohava Howard

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Very Excited About this Book!

This book is all about how to use your imagination.
It's all about 'seeing it!' -- Seeing the other person.
How to see differently.
How to be in focus differently.
How to train your brain differently.
How to interact with people differently due to their differences.
How to know and identify different learners and personalities.

It can help in your household -- for couples, how to interact with your spouse and identify tools to use to bridge a conflict.
How to help your children, which the book is aimed at, but to me it's valuable tools for ANY ONE.

To avoid frustration with helping you child with homework.
You can be more understanding of other people, including your friends.
I think it can help EVERY ONE.

I wanted to write here at Lumigrate to express my appreciation for finding out about the book and encouraging others to read it.
I went to Barnes and Noble in Grand Junction and they ordered it for me -- that's the way I prefer to obtain books, though some people like to order online better, I know. Everyone is different!
I told my friend who is a teacher about it and want to show it to her. VERY excited about this book!

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Please visit my website at http://yogadancingbutterflies.com/ [10] I am an LPN, Reiki Master, Reflexologist, and certified in various Yoga/YogaDance specialties, which are in detail at the website. I also enjoy my time with family, and can often be found hurrying to get my kids to around places, like so many parents. It makes my time to DANCE and let my butterflies out all the more important! "Come Let Your Butterflies Dance -- Peace and Love -- Kohava"

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 10:55am

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Mardy Ross

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Maya Angelou Would Approve, Kohava!

Thank you, Kohava! To paraphrase the amazing Maya Angelou, when you learn something new, teach others. Thank you for being our teacher today!

For those who might want to learn about Lynn's free webinar for teachers, parents and medical professionals, she tells us about it at Lumigrate at the following link www.lumigrate.com/forum/see-it-say-it-do-it-free-webinar-teachers-parents-and-related-medical-professionals [12]. I encourage the "click" and time/energy to go read about it and consider investing in the opportunity for free learning from Lynn. She's had a significant impact on my life and I can't more highly encourage people to put her at the top of their 'to do' list.

Live and Learn! Learn and Live Better!! ~~Mardy

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Sun, 09/16/2018 - 2:17pm

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Mardy Ross

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Checked It Out From My Local Library

This summer, which will soon turn to autumn, I would encounter several people who lived very close to the local library, as it's a small town. The lilbrary is within the recreation center, and it's very convenient to get to. I wanted to see how it worked these days to get a book through library loan, and it would arrive in about a week. I'd ironically run into the mother of the only "child" or "adolescent" I've learned of in the last several years who had a traumatic brain injury (with a "good recovery but with some symptoms still" going into the building as I was leaving with the book! I thankfully realized this might be something very helpful to them, and showed her the book, remarking about the "coincidence" of being in the airlock at the same time. I'd review the book, having not seen a copy of it for at least four years, and marvel at how similarly we'd come about lists for doing functional tasks. I sat down and made a list of all the things that needed to be done inside and outside of a house I help at (teaching, keeping up on tasks needing to be done) for upkeep, and then rewrote it into several lists that broke things up in a sensible way. I left the book and the list for people to use as I'd be back the next day. I collected the book, left the list and don't know if they had looked over the book or not but I'm guessing these are electronically-based people who did not look at the book but hopefully will find any Internet information about it. I was re-minded how great the process worked, though I called mine something a bit different and used the far right column for notes. Lynn's program uses a lot of rewards in that column. Maybe I need to do more rewards-based training -- with dogs I use praise and not treats. If the house needs to be maintained, then having the satisfaction of seeing the results and knowing you've -- as a team perhaps -- accomplished what you're needing and wanting to do is a reward. And inevitably you'll be finding things that are new ideas to record or items to be replaced or obtained -- which is convenient to have in the right column. The middle column is simply what time you completed the task or a check mark (depending what you think is best). The left column are the tasks arranged in clumps -- I did mine all from the start of the day to the end of the day in the usual 'ideal' order -- knowing it will not typically happen like that. I was working with people who had significant brain dysfunction. It's time to turn the book back to the library for others to utilize -- I noticed back when they still put stamps inside the front cover of when the book was due back it was only checked out a few times in the years just after it came out. It's hard to believe it was a decade ago. Please request this book from your library. If they do not have it available, perhaps they will obtain a copy. And the word can spread, more people can benefit. Live and learn. Learn and live better! ~ Mardy

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