Hello, hi.

Sam started her journey toward high-vibing with the universe more than 10 years ago when life was just ho-hum and her right eye twitched constantly because she was obsessed with controlling everything.

She learned how to sit in the "white space," realized that control is really just fear in disguise, and experienced the miracles that happen when you stop living in resistance. (Yes, manifesting a front-row parking spot counts as a miracle.)

Sam is the kick-ass mother to two kick-ass adult children, Madeleine and Maxwell. Her son Max recently called from college to share that he wanted to drop a class during fraternity rush. Sam let him have it. Max then called his sister Maddy: "Nothing like a good bitch-slap from Sam Bauer!"

She's married to her high school sweetheart, Paul (also known as St. Paul for putting up with Sam). Sam is passionate about the power of the mind, she rejects boo-hooey crap, and she's fired up to share her journey.

Christine's journey is more dramatic, and certainly more recent.

Overnight, Christine and her husband lost their jobs when the company they worked for went under. The CEOs, people they'd known and trusted for decades, had engaged in criminal activity. Their retirement accounts were drained, leaving them to literally start over.

During a family card game at Mema's house with her two other sisters and Sam, Christine sat sobbing over the injustice, angry at herself for even having hope. Sam listened. Then gave her some tough love. She didn't tell Christine to "get over it," she told her to choose to think differently: Yes, this sucks, but this doesn't serve me. I want to be released from this.

Sam shared the greats. Christine dug in and did the work. She got all high-vibey and things started to change. The circumstances didn't change, but how she reacted to them did. And in return, her life began to change.