Community Contributor - Toni Galardi, Ph.D.

What connects them all is my mission in life. What I care most deeply about is helping you master change so that you can make authentic choices on a day to day to day basis. Through my work, you will achieve this by utilizing tools I've devised that eliminate the need to use crisis as a catalyst for moving forward.

I was the poster child for 'the change-impaired'. Even after three near-fatal experiences, I still find making big changes a challenge. Fortunately, I created a seven-stage change model that helps access the wisdom and courage to change now without the trauma and drama. For those of you who suffer like I did from a 'rut producing fear of the unknown', I provide a light at the end of your tunnel through my coaching, public speaking, workshops, and CD's.

"Cartographer of the human psyche" is how one columnist has described Dr. Toni Galardi. Dr. Toni is both the mapmaker and trailblazer for a new model of change in the 21st century. She has coined the term 'LifeQuake™' to capture this unrecognized phenomenon she has personally experienced, witnessed in others, and taught as a psychotherapist, public speaker/talk show host, and media expert. Dr. Galardi has charted a seven-stage process that solves the myriad problems posed by a LifeQuake™. This leads the individual away from life as a De-functional Self to what she calls the Trans-Functional Self: Being trans-functional allows you to access multiple levels of awareness to rapidly make intuitive choices without the resistance to change that brings about catastrophic crisis.

Some of the most successful examples of the LifeQuake™ model were culled from interviews Dr. Toni conducted as host on her former talk shows. She interviewed LifeQuake pioneers like Suzy Prudden, national fitness expert/author of MetaFitness, who kicked substance abuse and created a new approach to mind-body awareness; Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique; Boyd Willat, founder and creator of The DayRunner; and Susan Jeffers, author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway.

From its inception, the LifeQuake™ model struck a chord. This lead to numerous appearances on popular radio shows in Los Angeles, including Healthy Advice - Dr. Gene Steiner KRLA, Your Health Matters - Dr. Tony O'Donnell KXAM, four guest appearances on The Aware Show with Lisa Garr KPFK, and three appearances on Inner Vision with Dr. Nita Vallens KPFK.

But Dr. Toni's presence isn't limited to just the airwaves. In addition to being a frequent guest on talk radio, she is also highly visible via the print medium as the advice columnist for the popular and well-respected Vision magazine. Her column, Ask the LifeQuake™ Doctor, allows her to disseminate her insights to readers on a mass scale, both in print and online. Dr Galardi has also brought some of the tools she has culled to the cyber world which can be seen on Youtube and the Learning Annex's OneminuteU.com.

A noted seminar leader and former adjunct professor of psychology, Dr. Toni has adapted the LifeQuake™ model for both corporate America and academia as well. Working with organizations as diverse as Xerox Corp, Interactive Arts, and Ryokan College, she has counseled scores of people living an outdated life in fear of change, hopelessly caught in the spin cycle of perpetual crisis. Dr. Toni's consulting practice and speaking engagements focus mainly on those people who are paralyzed with their fear of change, yet are seeking to transform their chaotic existence into a joyous, purposeful life.

Dr. Toni received her Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from the University of Arizona, her Master of Arts in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling from Chapman College, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Barrington University. She currently resides in Los Angeles.