Read “Let’s Be Peace” to build calm at the core of your life and watch it ripple outward—into your health, your relationships, and your work. The book’s central practice is simple and profound: cultivate peace within and you’ll naturally radiate it, improving mental resilience, physical well‑being, and everyday interactions; the author offers concrete breathwork, forgiveness, and self‑inquiry tools so you can apply this immediately . Because the book is a collaborative tapestry of healers across modalities and countries, you’re guided to trust your intuition and personalize your path—adopting what resonates and discarding what doesn’t—so your progress is sustainable and self‑directed . You’ll come away with practical methods, a supportive movement, and a renewed commitment to “love and trust yourself,” turning inner steadiness into an everyday habit that supports lasting wellness and compassionate leadership in your family, workplace, and community .
Let’s Be Peace: 20 Unique Paths to Healing Yourself and Spreading Peace in the World
Key Points
0: Introduction
“It’s more than a book—it’s a movement” that equips you to personalize peace: adopt what resonates, discard what doesn’t, and begin now.
The Introduction reframes reading as participation. Karen Lee Cohen describes how “Let’s Be Peace” expanded from a personal project into a movement—“it is much more than a book, it’s a movement”—during a 2023 boot camp, leading her to curate a global circle of practitioners rather than write a solo narrative . The promise is pragmatic and freeing: this book gives you tools, invites you to “embrace what resonates with you and discard what does not,” and supports you in building peace within so it radiates outward, one person at a time . Why it matters now: overwhelm and information fatigue can paralyze action; this approach restores agency by letting you test practices (breathwork, reflection, forgiveness) and keep only what works. The payoff is swift traction—less noise, more felt calm—as you begin with even one micro‑practice. The movement frame also ensures continuity: beyond the page you can connect via the website, blog, and upcoming podcast, sustaining momentum after your first wins . In short, the Introduction invites you to step into a living ecosystem where your intuition leads, your wins compound, and your inner peace becomes a public service.
1: My Mission, My Story
Own your pivot: transform professional success into a purpose‑driven peace practice that others can feel.
Karen’s media career—eight regional Emmys and leadership at WNBC‑TV in New York—offers a credibility bridge into wellness: she shows that achievement and inner alignment can (and must) coexist . Her shift from fast‑paced television to “Peace Whisperer” frames a vital mindset flip: instead of waiting for calmer circumstances, cultivate peace first, then let it inform your choices and pace . Practically, the chapter models how to audit your life for mismatches (habits that fray your nervous system; ambitions that crowd out your center) and replace them with restorative practices you actually use. The benefit is twofold: you reclaim energy previously spent coping with misalignment, and you magnetize aligned opportunities because your steadiness is palpable. The implicit challenge is liberating: your résumé is not your identity; peace is. This transition also normalizes evolution—permission to outgrow roles without guilt—so you can re‑route your skills toward service that amplifies well‑being for you and those in your orbit.
2: Angels and Spirit Guides
Treat guidance as a relationship: invite angels/spirit guides as quiet co‑regulators for clarity, comfort, and purpose‑alignment.
This section opens the door to spiritual companionship as a practical peace tool. The book repeatedly illustrates how attuning to guidance can stabilize your inner world and clarify your next step. Later, Karen credits Sue Storm (“The Angel Lady”) as the catalyst for naming and engaging her angelic support daily—“I call them by name and ask for their assistance pretty much on a daily basis”—a habit that translated directly into creative momentum for both of her books . Why it matters: when anxiety spikes, your mind loops; relationship with guidance interrupts that loop with a felt sense of being accompanied. A simple starting practice is to ask for help, then notice gentle confirmations (synchronicities, ease, or the absence of inner resistance). The emotional payoff is comfort; the functional payoff is direction. In the book’s peace logic, regulated nervous systems make better choices—bringing you into purpose (“you come into this lifetime with a path, with a purpose”) and into the ease that follows alignment . Whether you name this intuition, angels, or inner wisdom, the invitation is the same: relate to guidance as a living friendship that steadies your heart and simplifies your next move.
3: Tips for Being Peace and Spreading Peace Designed for You!
Build a daily micro‑ritual for peace: breathe, check your gut, and forgive—small moves that shift your physiology fast.
Chapter 3 hands you a minimal‑viable routine to reset your state. The author’s “gift” is a shortlist of peace tools you can deploy anywhere: specific breath patterns (4‑4‑4‑4 or “4, 7, 8”), a gut‑check to sense yes/no, and intentional forgiveness to release stuck tension . These are deliberately lightweight—no special equipment, no hour‑long sessions—so you’ll actually use them. The intention is behavioral: anchor peace in the body first; the mind will follow. The gut‑check (“feel in your ‘gut’ … if you feel good, proceed”) accelerates decision‑making while honoring intuition; pairing it with breath calms noise so the signal is clear . Forgiveness functions as nervous‑system hygiene—it frees energy trapped in resentment so your baseline can rise. The deeper insight: spreading peace requires less effort than you think; “nothing more than just being is necessary” when you’re centered, because steadiness is social and contagious . Implement this as a 3‑minute loop in transitions (before email, after meetings). Over time, micro‑rituals compound into a temperament: calm becomes your default, not your exception.
4: Diana Ostermann: Energy Healer
Energy first, explanation second: let your body’s resonance be the gatekeeper for which healing approaches you explore.
The anthology’s design encourages you to test modalities somatically. Before getting lost in theory, feel for fit: do you exhale, unclench, or sense warmth with a practitioner or approach? The author structures the project so you can sample diverse “traditional modalities with their own healing gifts,” then choose support in your area that matches your energy and needs . This is especially relevant in energy healing, where the mechanism can be subtle but the felt response is immediate. The practical rubric: notice your state before and after an initial conversation or session—did you feel heard, lighter, or clearer? If yes, continue; if not, move on. This keeps you out of passive consumption and in active stewardship of your wellness. The book’s constant refrain—trust your intuition and discard what doesn’t resonate—protects your time and deepens your results as you align with practitioners who amplify your inner peace rather than override it .
5: Fabienne Louis: Healer, Medical Intuitive and Author
When you feel stuck, reach out—relief arrives through connection, and the Universe “has your back.”
Fabienne Louis’s perspective cuts through isolation: breakthroughs often follow the moment you share your load. She names the common shame script (“there’s something wrong with me”) and offers a clear pivot—open up, ask for help, and feel for resonance with the guidance you receive. Her advice is precise: after reading or meeting a practitioner, ask, “Did I feel uplifted? Heard? Do the answers resonate?” Then trust your body’s feedback as a compass for next steps . This is courage formalized into method. The emotional gift—“the Universe always has your back”—invites you to expect support, not scarcity, which changes your posture from braced to receptive . Practically, this chapter gives you a script for action today: identify one safe person or practitioner, share honestly, assess resonance, and iterate. The result is momentum: energy rises, options reappear, and peace expands from within as you experience being carried, not alone.
6: Susan Kennard: Spiritual Scientist and Author
Let curiosity and data‑of‑the‑body co‑lead: test spiritual tools with a scientist’s eye and a healer’s heart.
“Spiritual Scientist” signals a bridge: you can bring experimental rigor to subtle work. The book’s structure models this—interviews became experiments, iterated via Zoom, with questions refined in real time based on responses to deepen insight . Applied personally, the move is to treat practices like n‑of‑1 trials: define a simple outcome (e.g., better sleep), test one variable (e.g., breath 4‑7‑8) for a week, log felt changes, then keep or discard. This lets skepticism and spirituality collaborate. The benefit is confidence: results are felt and tracked, not wished for. It honors the book’s ethos—“embrace what resonates … discard what does not”—while avoiding both blind faith and cynicism . Over time, your “lab notes” become a personal manual for peace—evidence‑based, soul‑led, and uniquely yours.
7: Kumari Mullin: Intuitive Healer, Reiki Master
Lead with intention; let Reiki and intuition refine your signal so peace can express through you.
Kumari Mullin’s chapter (as titled in the TOC) aligns with a core practice the book repeats: set a clear intention to “be the expression of peace,” then return to the body. Kellee Ratzlaff’s language illuminates the physics here—move “out of the mind” and into embodied presence so the heart can express through you . Reiki and intuitive work help by quieting interference so intention transmits cleanly. The real‑world gain is reliability; when your inner signal is strong and uncluttered, decisions simplify and interactions soften. Start with a 5‑minute daily intention (as Kellee suggests), then feel how energy practices like Reiki amplify that signal during stress spikes . Peace stops being fragile; it becomes the current you return to.
8: Gudrun Brunier: Hypnotherapist, NLP Master, Shaman
Repattern from the roots: use trance and language to renegotiate the stories your nervous system lives by.
Hypnotherapy and NLP can update the “operating system” beneath your habits. The anthology’s method—interviews that follow energetic openings—illustrates why: when the body relaxes, new meanings land. In practical terms, you identify a recurring stress loop, then use guided trance to install alternatives your body can actually believe. The book’s through‑line—peace as a bodily state—makes these tools especially relevant: they translate insight into physiological safety. The benefit is durable change: because you rewrote the script at the level where triggers fire, your calm holds under pressure. The curation of diverse, complementary modalities in this movement makes it easy to pair these mind tools with somatic practices (breath/forgiveness) for closed‑loop transformation .
9: Emmanuel Dagher: The Core Work Method©
Do the core work: release what blocks self‑worth so your natural peace and momentum can surface.
Emmanuel Dagher’s “Core Work Method©” (per TOC) maps to a central book lesson: when you remove inner resistance, peace is revealed, not manufactured. Across chapters, contributors return to the same pivot—self‑love first—because it dissolves the friction that keeps you looping. Dorothy Lee Donahue’s echo of Shakespeare (“we are the author, the director, and the producer”) reframes responsibility as empowerment: rewrite roles that keep you small; cast yourself in a kinder narrative . Practically, core work looks like one brave inventory of where you still negotiate your worth, followed by a clearing practice you trust (tapping, breath, prayer). The reward is felt immediately: more ease, more yeses that fit, and a calm that spreads because you’re no longer at war with yourself.
10: Brenda Michaels: Healing Practitioner and Author
Practice heart‑forward leadership: your steadiness is a service that invites others into their own center.
Brenda Michaels’s chapter (per TOC) aligns with the book’s thesis that “nothing more than just being is necessary” once you are grounded—peace is social and contagious . The marketing‑grade benefit is real: in teams, families, or client work, your regulated presence lowers the collective temperature and improves decisions. To implement, pair Chapter 3’s micro‑ritual with one interpersonal habit (pausing to breathe before responding; naming one thing you appreciate) so your inner state has an outlet. Over time, that reliability becomes reputation—people experience you as a calm anchor—expanding your influence without extra effort.
11: Nancy Linnerooth: EFT/Tapping Expert
Tap to unhook: use EFT to down‑regulate stress rapidly so your intuition is audible again.
The anthology consistently points to intuition as the decision engine; EFT/Tapping creates the quiet where it can be heard. Think of tapping as fast de‑escalation: a few rounds can bring you back into your window of tolerance so “gut” checks produce clear signals (Chapter 3) . Applied in the moment—before a tough call, after a triggering email—it prevents cascade effects that steal your day. The strategy complements the movement’s A/B testing ethic: tap, then ask your body yes/no and proceed only when the answer feels clean. Over weeks, you’ll notice fewer reactivities and more unforced choices, which is the book’s core promise in action.
12: Kellee Ratzlaff: Authenticity Coach
Set the intention and make five quiet minutes non‑negotiable: authenticity blooms when you build inward first.
Kellee Ratzlaff delivers a precise protocol: “start by setting the intention to be the expression of peace,” then give yourself even five minutes a day away from every distraction to move “out of the mind” and into the body . She offers relief for non‑meditators—tend a garden, wash dishes, love your pet—as valid entry points to embodied quiet . The deeper marketing hook is identity: “most of us have to heal from the outer pressure” so our own authority can lead; inner support begets visible confidence and ends people‑pleasing . This is how brand and being converge: when you organize around inner resonance, your work and presence feel unmistakably yours—and deeply peaceful.
13: Sue Storm, The Angel Lady – Spiritual Advisor and Author
Name your purpose to feel “comfortable” in your own life—angelic guidance as a compass for fulfillment.
Sue Storm distills “Let’s Be Peace” to a felt sense: “everything coming together … in a positive flow” and being “comfortable with who you are and what you are here on Earth to do” . Her counsel is elegantly practical: identify your path and purpose; peace follows. The case study is Karen herself, whose daily conversations with angels coincided with creative breakthroughs—publishing her first book and being guided to write this one . The immediate action is to ask for clarity on one domain (work, relationship, health), then watch for the calm that accompanies true direction. Comfort—ease in your own skin—isn’t a luxury; it’s your baseline for consistent peace.
14: Dr. Patti Wolf: aka “Dr. Patti”: Metaphysical Coach
Coach your metaphysics: pair spiritual principles with measurable practices so change shows up in your calendar and your body.
“Metaphysical Coach” signals translation: turn insights into structures. The movement’s ecosystem (book + site + podcast) exists to help you operationalize ideas—habits, check‑ins, and community touchpoints that keep you in the work beyond inspiration . A workable cadence is in the conclusion’s advice to reassess regularly—monthly or quarterly—then adjust modalities accordingly . This approach keeps your spiritual growth honest: what gets scheduled gets real. It also fits the anthology’s personalization: hold the principle (peace within), then iterate the practice mix until your nervous system says “yes.”
15: Karin Hubah: Spiritual Enlightenment Counselor
Follow the thread: let early intuitions and formative teachings evolve into a holistic path that actually fits you.
This chapter’s theme (Spiritual Enlightenment Counselor) is echoed in multiple contributor stories that began with a seed—Louise Hay’s affirmations, Chinese medicine’s five elements—and matured into a customized path. One vivid mini‑story traces a practitioner’s journey from nursing to holistic practice, guided by body signals (“Listen to your body,” her mother advised) and reinforced by teachers like Hay and Wayne Dyer . The take‑home is to honor the breadcrumbs: books, ideas, and mentors that lit you up are invitations, not accidents. When you stitch them into a coherent practice and drop what no longer serves, peace stops being abstract and becomes your lived texture.
16: Tricia Shea: Feng Shui Practitioner
Change your environment to change your nervous system: let space design make peace easier to keep.
While the chapter focuses on feng shui, the book’s broader peace mechanics apply: when your body feels safe, your intuition gets louder. Use the movement’s test‑and‑feel method—adjust one room, then sense if your baseline calm improves over a week. The anthology encourages location‑based support—find practitioners “in your area” who can help tailor changes to your context, amplifying your results . The result is pragmatic: fewer daily frictions, more ambient ease. Space becomes a silent ally in your “be peace” practice.
17: Swami Sadshiva Tirtha (S. Tirtha): Holistic Ayurvedic/Intuitive Healer
Joy is a compass: pair Ayurveda’s structure with intuitive play so peace feels like alignment, not austerity.
Swami Sadshiva Tirtha’s journey models breadth—Ayurveda, meditation, shamanic and psychic training—held together by a simple north star: joy. “The joy is the true north on a compass,” he notes, urging you to de‑emphasize external noise and do “all the things you love to do,” because joy lights the path . That’s Ayurveda made personal: use doshas and daily rhythm to steady you, then let joy choose the particulars. He also brings healing to communities, showing how individual peace scales to social health—a core thesis of the movement . Start small: take a free dosha test and add one joy‑anchored habit to your morning; notice the immediate lift in presence and patience.
18: Dorothy Lee Donahue: Energetic Alchemist/Emotional Healer
Write your role differently: self‑love and authorship flip life from happening to you to happening through you.
Dorothy Lee Donahue articulates the most empowering identity shift in the book: “we are the author, the director, and the producer” of our lives. From this stance, self‑love becomes the prime move—“loving oneself is the number one thing we need to do”—because it restores creative control and stops the victim loop . She cites resources (Louise Hay; Dan Millman) as practical co‑pilots for this rewrite. Why it matters: peace requires authorship; without it, you’re forever reacting. Try this now—pick one domain and rewrite the scene you’re in as if you chose it for growth; then choose one kind, concrete action a loving author would take next. You’ll feel your power return, and with it, your calm.
19: Dr. Dana Churchill: Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Integrate: pair naturopathic care with inner practices so your labs and your life both reflect peace.
The book normalizes collaboration: the author herself works with a holistic medical doctor for annual checkups and labs while honoring complementary modalities—“he is one of my teammates and we respect each other’s opinions and methods” . That’s the model here: let naturopathic strategy (nutrition, sleep, targeted supplements) ride alongside breathwork, tapping, or meditation, then reassess periodically to see what’s working (per the conclusion’s audit advice) . This integrated stance solves a common pain point—either/or thinking—and replaces it with both/and care that your body can feel and your labs can confirm.
20: Carol Kasik: Intuitive Consultant
Trust your read: intuitive consulting teaches you to honor subtle signals and act before friction becomes crisis.
Throughout the book, the author urges a gut‑led filter—“feel in your ‘gut’ … if you feel good, proceed”—because intuition saves time and protects your peace . An intuitive consultant sharpens that skill: you’ll learn to distinguish noise from knowing and translate impressions into choices. The immediate payoff is fewer misaligned yeses and faster course corrections. Pair this with Chapter 3’s breathwork to clear static first; then act on the first kind, clear instruction you receive. You’ll notice life gets smoother not by accident, but by design.
21: Brigitte Rawlings: Body/Mind Coach
Coach the body to coach the mind: small somatic wins create the mindset shifts that stick.
A body/mind coach helps you build peace bottom‑up—release physical tension, expand breath, move energy—so mental re‑frames land and last. The anthology’s recurring pattern—practice first, insight follows—reflects this: when you breathe 4‑7‑8 or forgive, your system settles; then the idea that seemed impossible yesterday becomes plausible today . The benefit is durability: mindset without somatics slips under stress; somatics makes new stories believable in your tissues. Start with two 60‑second breath breaks a day and track one concrete shift (e.g., calmer emails). This is peace as muscle memory.
22: Amanda Hinman: Functional Medical Practitioner
Make functional medicine your stability engine; let lifestyle upgrades and labs mirror your inner peace practice.
Functional practitioners help you identify root‑cause stressors (blood sugar swings, sleep debt, micronutrient gaps) that keep your nervous system on edge. The book’s integration ethos—teammates, not silos—means you can address physiology while deepening inner tools, then evaluate progress in both felt sense and measurable markers . This two‑sided mirror is motivating: when you feel calmer and your labs improve, you trust your path more, which further reduces stress. Schedule one experiment (e.g., earlier lights‑out) and pair it with a peace practice (e.g., forgiveness list); reassess in a month (as the conclusion recommends) and keep what worked .
23: Lynn Schwartz, LAc, Licensed Classical Five‑Element Acupuncturist
Balance the five elements; let needle‑point shifts unlock emotional and physical ease.
Five‑Element acupuncture views you as an integrated ecosystem—emotions, organs, and energy in dialogue. This maps perfectly to the book’s thesis that inner peace improves mental and physical health together . The practical invitation is to notice your seasonal and emotional patterns, then use targeted sessions to restore flow. Because the anthology emphasizes resonance, choose a practitioner whose presence calms you before a needle is placed (your first indicator that balance is near) . The gain is elegant: small, precise interventions that ripple through mood, sleep, and social ease.
24: In Conclusion
Quarterly audits keep growth honest: trust yourself, review what’s working, and iterate your peace practice.
The conclusion hands you a maintenance plan: “take a look at our paths … often to check in … see what is working and what can be revised or discarded.” There’s “no strict formula,” but periodic reviews—monthly or quarterly—combined with intuition ensure your practice stays alive, not rigid . The empowering refrain—“I believe you are your own best doctor”—returns you to authorship and protects against stagnation or dependency . Pair this with the living movement—site updates and a companion podcast—to refresh inputs as you evolve . The net effect is sustainable progress: you’ll keep what serves, prune what doesn’t, and your peace will keep pace with your life.
25: About the Author
Media with a mission: use story to scale peace, one nervous system at a time.
Karen Lee Cohen’s “About the Author” reveals the movement’s media backbone—an Emmy‑winning producer channeling her craft into a book, podcast, and future streaming service to make peace practices mainstream. Her vision is explicit: “Let’s Be Peace … reach the hearts of everyone joining as One to create peace on this planet,” with practical on‑ramps via LetsBePeace.com . The strategic insight for readers: amplify your own healing by sharing your story where you are—teams, families, platforms. Stories regulate; they model possibility and offer co‑regulation by proxy. In marketing terms, this is distribution for well‑being: your embodied calm becomes content that travels. Start with one share (a meeting, a post) and one tool (breath 4‑7‑8); let the ripple do the rest.
