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John Joseph Castagnini (born December 03, 1970 - Carnesie, Brooklyn, New York), CEO of ThankGodi.com, a best selling author, speaker,  poet, philosopher, has been described as a modern day mystic and ontologist.

Contents  [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Appearances in Films and on TV Events 5 Events 6 Books 7 ThankGodi Books 8 References 9 External links

Early life[edit] Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lorraine Dominica Castagnini and John Castagnini and is the eldest of 3 sons.

Career[edit] Castagnini holds a degree in Biology from Cal-State Fullerton and attended LACC and Life College of Chiropractic. His informal education lead him down the road to studying with Indian Ramnick Chibbur, and with Martial arts experts Steve Picone and John Bracy. He has authored several books, including, "Between Angels and Devil, “Making Love With Poetry”, and co-authored, “Treasures Within Meditation”. Castagnini founded ThankGodi[1] in 2005, when after the sudden death of his mother, he had a mystical experience which spearheaded the ThankGodi publication. He was featured with The Dalai Lama, Marianne Williamson and Dr. Barbara Deangelis in the Hollywood film, “Discover The Gift”. He has also been featured with Spencer Christian on ABC-TV,  and is published through Random House and Wiley Publications for his leading innovation with The ThankGodi series, which has hit #1 on Amazon (also translated into Spanish), which amongst the 200 authors featured include authors, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Bernie Seigel, Janet Atwood. He regularly appears on the Joey Reynolds show and has been featured in successive interviews with Dr. Ron Alexander of The Huffington Post as well as having been featured in Business Intelligence. The ThankGodi series supports young readers around the globe with donations of thousands of books to Feed The Children and www.centerforfamilyjustice.org. Castagnini has held Seminars with Wayne Dyer and John Demartini and has co-presented for PSI Seminars’ talks, alongside Bob Proctor and Thomas Dooley and has also been endorsed by Chicken Soup For The Soul’s, Jack Canfield.

Personal life[edit] At age 31, Castagnini began studying classical piano and co-wrote a CD  with Dr. Bob Watton, entitled “You Have the Right”, under the band name Paperslave  which included drummer Steve Holley (auk McCartney and Wings), Saxophonist Aaron Heik, and Violinist Susan Heermea. Castagnini married Dina Dillon in 2008 and lives in Manhattan, New York, where they live with their three cats. Appearances in Films and on TV[edit] 2011? - Discover The Gift 20??  -  PSI Seminars’ talks alongside Bob Proctor and Thomas Dooley 20?? - Spencer Christian on ABC-TV 20?? - Joey Reynolds Show

Events [edit] 20?? - PSI Seminars’ talks alongside Bob Proctor and Thomas Dooley 20?? - Wayne Dyer 20?? - Dr. John Demartini

Books [edit] 20?? - "Between Angels and Devil” 20?? - “Making Love With Poetry” 20?? - co-authored, “Treasures Within Meditation” (with Halley Elise)

ThankGodi Books [edit] Random House and Wiley Productions 20?? - Thank God I… Am an Empowered Woman 20?? - How to Say “I Love You” in Every Language 20?? - From Grief to Gratitude (with Kathy Scherer) 20?? - Thank God I… Volume 1 – [Digital] 20?? - Thank God I… Volume 2 – [Digital] 20?? - Thank God I… Volume 3 – [Digital] 20?? - Thank God I… Volume 1 (Spanish)

References [edit] Need a list of articles - newspaper and magazines and anybody who might have mentioned you in their book Huff Post - Ron Alexander (place reference links)

Example from Bernie Siegel’s page … Kahn, Ada P.; Fawcett, Jan (2008). "Bernie Siegel". The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Facts on File Library of Health and Living (3rd ed.). Infobase Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-8160-6454-0. Scott, Willard (2004). The Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune: The Joys of Reaching a Certain Age. Hyperion Books. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7868-9039-2. Excerpts available at Google Books. Helping people live between office visits: An interview with Bernie Siegel, MD. Interview by Sheldon Lewis. Siegel B. Adv Mind Body Med. 2008 Spring;23(1):24-7. . Bass, Sharon (August 6, 1989). "Connecticut Q&A: Bernie S. Siegel; 'If You Enjoy Living, You Live Longer'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-17.