My name is Grecelle Cornock, but for many years I have gone by Grace. You may call me either as you like.

First, a few tips on how to be successful with Kaizen:

• The ROADMAP TO SUCCESS goes over everything you need to do before you get started.
• Remember when selecting which day to start (the course can be started anytime) that every week the day 6 and 7 will be allotted to self-care, rest, relaxation, and reflection. You will still have reading and journaling for those days.
• The course will roll out to you on a weekly basis where you will receive access to the breathing, meditation, movement, reading and journaling that is assigned for the week.
• The way to get the most out of this course is to do the daily challenges. Get breathing, meditating, moving, reading and journaling as often as you can and to immerse yourself in the daily practices even when you don't think they will be for you, this is the best time to do them. You might just be pleasantly surprised at what you think and what actually is.

Please reach out to me anytime for guidance and support by emailing me directly at [email protected]

And now, a little about me... If you care to keep reading of course. Just a warning, there is no sugar puffed story to follow, this is a very real and very vulnerable rendition of yours truly and how I came to create this masterpiece. It's the only way I know how to be. Here goes:

Most women, typically don't like sharing their age, but as you will come to find I love sharing things most people don't feel comfortable sharing because not only is it helpful and inspiring to others, but it helps others to feel more comfortable doing the same. So, if you want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly about your instructor, your in the right place.

I am someone who loves to be myself, which is not always appreciated or liked by others, but it's my truth and authenticity.

I recently reached the very young age and amazing milestone of turning 40! For my birthday celebration, I decided to have a big last minute (planned the night before) bash in a massive villa on the island where I live in Koh Samui, Thailand for the very first time in all my life. I grew up in a very religious household where we did not celebrate holidays so I had never really had a huge birthday party before. It was super last minute, but to my surprise people did come and I got the most amazing Covid discounts on everything birthday! It was a blast.

I'm telling you this for two reasons. The first reason being, I want you to know that I had an extremely strict, religious upbringing and that I am STILL FUN! Hahahaha! No really, it was strict! We were limited to four things: going to church, going to school (where my sisters and I could not have friends or take part in after school activities), preaching door to door (just like the Mormons do, except not on bikes) and of course, staying home.

This resulted in a lot of rebellion on my part! Oh yeah, you know the type, the drug-using, know it all teenager who ran away from home, went to jail, left home at 18 years old, had horrible things happen to me because I was so naive, nearly died or went to jail again on several occasions (but luckily did not) and overall had a very tough start to what could have been a much better entry into adulthood, but I chose to be angry, and hateful towards my parents instead. They eventually left the religion, around the time that I left home, allowing us to mend the past and forge a much more loving family relationship, but that took time. A long time.

Regardless of outward appearances, I was an honor roll student, graduated college, bought my first house at the age of 18, and excelled to #1 roles in EVERY corporate job I have ever held (and I have held many). I have done everything from working at a cell phone company and pioneering cell phones when they first came out (where I worked my way up from being on the phones to managing my own team of specialists) - to selling ink and toner (where I was promoted to move to a new city and set up a new office that I ran for the company). I even sold water at one point, the big UV dispensers that go into businesses (where I received a 12,000$ bonus to come on board). I am sharing this with you as someone who despite my many efforts to be a "bad" girl, ended up being the best of the best at everything I ever did. It's not to brag, its just to prove a point. When we make a decision to do something, it is possible simply because we BELIEVE we can do it, and I made a decision to be the best at anything I chose to do in my life.

For years, I went on like this, doing the corporate thing until I remember one day wanting to hit the car in front of me, just so I wouldn't have to go in to work. That was when I knew I had had enough. I was sick of women being jealous of me in the workplace. I was sick of men relentlessly hitting on me and getting away with it just because they were in a position of authority. I was sick of having to work harder to prove myself just because I was a young woman. I was finally realizing that if I could go to all these companies and be their #1 employee, or #1 sales person, I could certainly do the same for myself. I had finally realized that it was time to find out what I was passionate about and make a career change. Shortly after my 12k bonus, I found a broadcasting school that offered courses in everything from filming and editing video to radio production to newscasting and more. The kicker was that it cost exactly 12,000$. I took it as as sign from the Universe and I went to and graduated from that school.

DISCLAIMER: I have now mentioned graduation from two colleges, but I want to be clear that I am not a big fan of school. Most of what I learned, I learned by being bold and just doing it, not from sitting in those schools. Just saying...

My first venture in broadcasting was to become an altar radio and tv personality, "Lady Grace", and create my own podcast that later turned into a TV show. I interviewed artists and musicians all over the Tampa Bay Area and became widely known for my TV show. To this day, I am still recognized by some as the girl who ran her own mini MTV.

Next, I created and published my own magazine online and as a print publication (before the NY times had an online magazine) with zero magazine publishing experience. My next adventure was an art gallery, and so on. Eventually, I moved 3000 miles away to California and met the man of my dreams. He was living in Thailand... and that is how I ended up here.

I moved across the world (I don't know how many miles but it's as many as you can go) for love. I even married him. I went on to open my own yoga studio here in Koh Samui, Thailand, the tropical paradise island and popular tourist destination (pre-Covid) where I currently reside. We traveled the world together over the course of seven years and I can really say so many of my dreams came true! Now, you might be thinking, WOW, what a lucky girl, but I wouldn't call this luck. I call it being bold and believing in myself no matter what, even when he took his own life...

I remember that fateful day, like it was yesterday. It was the day that changed my life - forever. I had plans of releasing Kaizen a week later. I just remember being completely dumbfounded (again). It was all so surreal. Here I was in the middle of Thailand, on an island in the sun, having anything but fun. His family blamed me for his suicide, made me out to be a bystander at his funeral (yes me, his wife) and the financial aspects hit hard, the studio shut, our home and vehicle were lost, and I was homeless, countryless, and hopeless. My world was shattered within a moment, and for a very long time, all I could see was the image of him lifeless with a look on his face that will never be forgotten. You see, paradise wasn't always paradise. I couldn't be #1 at anything after finding my husband dead. I could barely breathe.

I am being vulnerable with you and sharing my story, because up until now, I am sure it all sounded like rainbows and buttercups. Indeed, I will now share with you the highlights of all of the horrible things I have experienced in my life. I nearly died before I was born, while still in my mothers womb, the result of a father who was an abusive addict and kicked my mom down the stairs while I was still in her belly. I nearly died again, at 6 months of age when my belly became extremely swollen and they found my intestines were tied together. I needed emergency surgery and a blood transfusion, but I survived. I nearly died again at the age of 16, when a girlfriend of mine got road rage, sped around a curb to race another car and a road sign went into my window nearly splicing my head off. The only thing that saved me was the window. I nearly died again, or felt like I was dying after having a horrible freak accident where I slipped and fell and injured my head so bad I had a concussion and a black eye. The doctors said I was fine, but I ended up in the emergency room a few days later with indescribable, debilitating pain. For months, I could not leave the house, had to shut all the blinds and live in the darkness. My mother would come to cook and care for me every day. I remember laying there, thinking I would never be the same again. I was only in my early 20's. It was the scariest thing I had ever experienced until the death of my late husband, 20 years later. Until one day, a neurologist gave me the perfect red pill and CURED me! The migraines were gone and I was able to walk, talk, speak and see the light of day again. It was a miracle! Again, I had been saved....

I was still left to deal with many issues and remember going to the dr's and being put on SO many medicines! I was taking pain killers, muscle relaxers, depression medicine, anxiety medicine, and more. The empty bottles were piling up year after year and something told me it was not the answer. One day, I asked my dr, if I could get off the medicines and to my dismay, he said it was not possible. At first, I accepted it. I mean, he is a doctor, he must know better than me, right? But, that never sat well and my intuition told me that I could not sustain the doctors orders for life. I knew that continuing to take all those pills would kill me long before the pain would. And so I made a determination to stop and I weened myself off of them one by one by one. It was, again, one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life, but I did it!

In the process, I found yoga and meditation and began building my wealth of knowledge in holistic health. It was during this time, that I learned we are all more than capable of being our own doctors. In my life, I learned that when I needed something the most, I was going to have to show up for myself and make it happen. And so I did, time and time again. You see, it was during this time that I became CONSCIOUS and AWARE of the fact that by being conscious of being conscious and aware of being aware, I could be IN CONTROL. That is the premise for this course, to introduce you to many things that can help you, that perhaps you may never have heard of otherwise. Then to take it to the next level and actually try it out, really learn it, really apply it. Time and again this life shows us that the things we seek are seeking us, let Kaizen work for you by just keeping an open mind.

If you believe life is ever going to be perfect and you aren't going to have to struggle ever, you are wrong. Even the most successful people struggle, because imperfection and death are the human condition. The sooner you begin to accept that and choose to live life with acceptance of the fact that life is a balance and no matter what will contain both negative and positive things, the sooner you can rise up to levels you never even knew existed and live a life that other people only dream of.

These days, when I sit down to ask the Universe for the next things I choose to manifest, it takes me awhile because I already have most of the things I could wish for. I am assuming this is where you are looking to be. Maybe you aren't looking to travel the world like I did, marry the man or woman of your dreams, or move cross country to a tropical island in the sun, but whatever your dreams may be, they are never too big or too wild. If your dreams don't make others think you are absolutely batshit crazy, then they are not big enough.

This course, is a journey into the unknown. You WILL be getting out of our comfort zone and diving into the magic that is your life. If you think I made a magical life, just sitting around thinking about it, you are wrong. It takes courage to believe in yourself, to take risks, to put your fears to the side and do the things that must be done to make magic happen. It takes courage to fly across the world and leave it all behind, but metaphorically that is exactly what you must do to make your wildest dreams come true.

Your dreams are on the other side of your fear, and your limiting beliefs. Get ready to reprogram and rewire your subconscious mind, to go deep into your inner world of shadow and ego, to deeply heal past traumas, and grow to levels of consciousness that allow you to be in control of your destiny. The tips, tools, techniques, methods and best practices within this course, if done with earnest endeavor will raise your vibration and bring you into an energy field that is attracting all the things you desire into your life quickly and effortlessly, because once you know what to do to manifest the life of your dreams, that's the only way to roll.

Robert Frost said, "In three words I can sum up everything I've ever learned about life; it goes on." I want you to remember those words as you take this course. As life continues to happen, both bad and good. you will begin to wake up each day with a newfound passion and zest for your existence, to live in gratitude and unconditional love, and to manifest your truest hearts desires by simply thinking about them. The thing is that no matter what, we must take daily action and challenge ourselves to do all the things we never thought we would/could, because if we don't, life becomes meaningless and numb. We are simply a character in a story someone else is writing for us. It's time to decide who is writing the story of YOUR life. I hope it's you.

With my deepest love and gratitude to the man who made this part of my life possible, who believed in me, who supported my dreams, who showed me the world (literally), who couldn't be here today because he never did this work - I dedicate this course to you. To my dear, sweet David. Wherever you are, I am always thinking of you and wishing you could be here now. You once told me to look out at the stars at any star, and then you said you were doing the same. You reminded me that no matter how far apart we were, we would always be under the same big sky. This one's for you.

And with that,

I (FINALLY) present you with The Kaizen Journey - a series of daily practices that will enrich your life in ways you can only imagine. I hope you stick with it, because the reward is a precious pocketful of tools that will get you through anything life brings your way. It's time to start your first day! See you on the other side. Here we go, up, and up and away.... the space ship is now taking off to destination: THE MOON. Thank you for being here and for trusting me to take you on your one way journey to the moon and back!