The Four Elements of Transformation

Many people ask: “how can I move to a higher level?” “I feel that something is blocking me, but I’m not sure what.” There’s no guesswork or theorizing here. This book refers to laws and principles that have been invoked throughout history and across cultures, and uses them to create a behavioral change system that makes sense. Each section covers a different aspect of personal change and there are plenty of guided exercises that you can actually follow to create enduring change. The book applies evidence-based research of what really works to problems of every day living. This change system uses natural laws to explain why human change needs to be adopted in a specific order. The author argues that many personal change programs fail because they try to expand before building a specific foundation. The foundation includes three fundamental elements: authenticity, order and energy. Nature transforms in a particular way, and because this systems mimics that change, it works. It applies the principles in a very practical way to personal change.

THE EARTH ELEMENT: In the First Element, define your authentic self and get clear on what you were meant to express. Learn how to bring accountability and responsibility into your life and into the lives of those around you. How many of the following statements reflect what you think you need? • Find a cause that drives me • Discover my purpose • Be calm in the midst of change • Find my own expression • Remove self-limiting beliefs • Give up excuses • Feel more control over my world • TOTAL ALIGN ELEMENT THE WATER ELEMENT: In the Second Element, create order in your world. Focus and control distractions. Learn why clutter and scatter can block your growth, and what to do about them. Control worry. How many of the following statements reflect what you think you need? • Develop willpower • Build iron-clad habits • Make discipline easier • Learn to focus • Stop getting distracted and learn to focus • Get worry under control • Get rid of scatter and clutter • TOTAL FOCUS ELEMENT THE AIR ELEMENT: Element Three helps you balance energy, manage energy reserves, and manage stress. It guides through releasing attachment to unhealthy people and thoughts. How many of the following statements reflect what you think you need? • Have more energy • Stop worrying • Stop procrastinating • Make faster - better decisions • Think like an optimist • Stop spinning my wheels • Take better care of myself • TOTAL ENERGY ELEMENT THE FIRE ELEMENT: Element Four guides you through expansion, growth, courage, solid risk-taking, and wealth creation. How many of the following statements reflect what you think you need? • Take action on my plans • More courage, fewer fears • Break through old rules • Create a larger future • Create more wealth • Take more and better risks • More effortless growth • TOTAL EXPAND ELEMENT If you have checked more than two (2) in any given element, you might be blocked in an Element prior to that level ... even though you have not checked as many statements. Each of the Elements must be developed in order. Start at the beginning – Element One – and you might be surprised at your unexpected growth. The Four Elements system explains how to discover and develop the Elements in their correct order. By following this system, change can be radical and sustainable. In the First Element, define your authentic self and get clear on what you were meant to express. Learn how to bring accountability and responsibility into your life and into the lives of those around you. In the Second Element, create order in your world. Focus and control distractions. Learn why clutter and scatter can block your growth, and what to do about them. Control worry. Element Three helps you balance energy, manage energy reserves, and manage stress. It guides through releasing attachment to unhealthy people and thoughts. Element Four guides you through expansion, growth, courage, solid risk-taking, and wealth creation.

Originally from Montréal, Québec, Dr. Janet Lapp was a Registered Nurse before receiving a PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University, Montréal. Following a post-doctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at McGill, Dr. Lapp accepted a position as Associate Professor in California, and was in private practice for several years. After retiring from her university career, she founded a consulting group that has created transformational change in organizations around the world from Russia to Argentina. Today she is a sought after expert on thriving with fast change, and as a consultant or engaging keynote presenter has been part of the transformational efforts of several Fortune 100 corporations. She is the author of five books, creator of an Emmy-nominated CBS/TV-health series, and has been inducted into the Speakers’ Hall of Fame. In her spare time, as a pilot and flight instructor, she flies her airplane on medical and rescue missions, and with the Flying Doctors of Mercy, each month flies to central México to help deliver free care to the underserved. She lives in Southern California.