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Nick Berar (April 12, 1957 -, born in Detroit, Michigan) is an author, highly respected personal growth expert and founder of The Soul Whisper , Your Choice Workshops   and Personal Growth University. Since 1982, Berar has been on the leading edge of the transformational movement, training therapists, facilitators, trainers, healers and practitioners supporting their efforts to bring about transformational results for their clients.

Berar’s journey in personal growth and development began before the brain imaging technology existed to show that humans experience an emotion first (impulses travel from the brain stem to the limbic system) and then have a thought. His approach to personal growth and transformation challenges cognitive behavior therapy models built upon the prevailing wisdom that thoughts create feelings: change your thoughts, change your life.

In his book, Your Choice: Allowing Your Emotions to Empower You, Berar shows how changing your thoughts is of little value if the underlying feeling that triggered the thought is not explored. By examining areas of life a person does not like, it is possible to quickly get to unresolved and unexperienced emotions to turn what had been a liability into an asset, empowering them to experience life more fully.

Berar has been praised by Dr. John F. DeMartini and psychotherapist Dayton Gnau for his work in transforming the work and life of others. In addition to the testimonials on Berar’s business websites, Gary Moss describes the shift in thinking brought about by Berar’s “Your Choice” seminars in his blog Scrabble Sense and author L. R. Knight acknowledges his contributions in overcoming the hurdles to completing her book as well as his insights in two future books.

Berar has developed over 30 programs for therapists, facilitators, teachers (school systems) and working with individuals to bring about transformational results.