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He brings great compassion, acceptance and honesty to his life experience, openly sharing this spirit with those he reaches. Be it in his professional service, artistic or healing expression, Ron’s work helps people open their hearts to themselves. Ron was born and raised in Story City, a small farm community in Iowa, where his love for writing stories and drawing pictures started with the encouragement of a kind-hearted elementary school teacher. Ron has lived much of his adult life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Master’s degree in physical therapy and has focused most of his professional life in the healing arts, working mainly with an impoverished population in the inner city. He is also an active member of a Sufi community in Philadelphia. Ron has always had a deep love for writing, music, poetry, song-writing, photography, art and helping people. He is a mentor to many, a life coach and an IFS practitioner. He is often invited to speak to groups, with a message focused on learning to love ourselves and what gets in the way of that pursuit. He also bakes pie. 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My book, “A Cup of Tea with Sadness” is an example of the changed relationship with the difficult feelings of Sadness. I forever will have changed relationship with Sadness. https://www.ronchelsvig.com/404-page daily 0.75 2020-04-29 https://www.ronchelsvig.com/love-page daily 0.75 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6d36199e0b8f00016daef5/1589396691153-YV3OH4JTNAOD5EC21ZW5/love-statue-1.jpg Love Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6d36199e0b8f00016daef5/1589397253208-EFIHV0RJ15UW7S3P0VC8/joy.jpg Love Page - Sunflowers It’s hard to have a favorite flower. There are so many to choose from! But if I must choose, my favorite flower is the Sunflower. It’s like a gigantic Dandelion, isn’t it? Every year I have dozens in my garden, towering over the tomato plants and peppers. Thousands of seeds feeding my squirrel friends and Goldfinches. 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