Peace isn't something we achieve once and keep forever. It's something we practice in the middle of everyday life, through stressful moments, difficult conversations, unexpected changes, challenging relationships, and the experiences that shape who we are.

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Welcome to Practicing Peace, a free 12-lesson audio course designed to help you bring more peace into your daily life, one practical choice at a time.

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Created by bestselling authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman, this course offers thoughtful guidance, real-life strategies, and meaningful exercises to help you navigate life's challenges with greater awareness, compassion, and confidence.

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Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, struggling with change, navigating grief, managing difficult emotions, or simply looking for ways to feel more at peace with yourself, these lessons will help you discover that peace is possible even when life isn't perfect.

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Peace is a practice. And you can begin right where you are.

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What You'll Learn

Throughout these twelve audio lessons, you'll explore practical ways to manage stress, respond to anger, strengthen relationships, navigate uncertainty, process difficult emotions, and create more space for peace in your everyday life.

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You'll learn how to recognize the moments when stress and emotions begin to take over, make more intentional choices, and develop habits that support your emotional well-being. You'll also explore forgiveness, grief, acceptance, resilience, and hope, with guidance that acknowledges the realities of being human.

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Each lesson includes an audio teaching experience and opportunities for personal reflection and practical application.

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There are no perfect answers, no expectations to have everything figured out, and no requirement to become a different person.

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The goal is to help you practice peace in the life you're already living.

Your 12 Lessons

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Lesson 1: How to Find Peace When Everything Feels Urgent

Discover practical ways to slow down, manage daily stress, and respond thoughtfully when everything around you seems to demand immediate attention.

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Lesson 2: How to Practice Peace When You're Angry

Learn how to recognize anger, understand your reactions, and make intentional choices without ignoring or suppressing your feelings.

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Lesson 3: How to Protect Your Peace in Relationships Without Losing Yourself

Explore healthy boundaries, communication, and ways to maintain your sense of self while navigating the complexities of relationships.

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Lesson 4: Finding Peace During Difficult Life Changes

Learn how to navigate uncertainty, adapt to unexpected circumstances, and find steadiness when life takes an unfamiliar direction.

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Lesson 5: How to Find Peace When You Can't Control Everything

Discover how to distinguish between what you can influence and what you cannot, release unnecessary struggles, and focus your energy where it matters most.

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Lesson 6: How to Be at Peace With Yourself

Explore self-acceptance, compassion, and practical ways to become more comfortable with who you are, where you've been, and who you're becoming.

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Lesson 7: Practicing Peace Through Life’s Changes

Finding Peace, Purpose, and Possibility in an Ever-Changing World

 

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Lesson 8: Peace Begins When Someone Stays

Finding peaceful presence in caregiving and relationships.

 

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Lesson 9: Living Peacefully Until We Die

Finding peace with aging, health challenges, and the changing body.

 

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Lesson 10: Finding Peace in Who We Are Becoming

Rediscovering purpose and identity through work and life transitions.

 

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Lesson 11: Finding Peace Beneath the Conflict

Understanding the hidden losses and stories behind our difficult relationships.

 

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Lesson 12: The Peace We Lose When We Forget Our Worth

Reclaiming self-compassion, inner peace, and the possibility of personal growth.

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Meet Your Instructors

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is a bestselling, award-winning author, speaker, Certified Master Coach, and founder of Best Ever You®, a global platform dedicated to helping people navigate change, cultivate peace, redefine success, and become their best selves.

She is the author of The Change Guidebook and The Success Guidebook, and coauthor with Dr. Katie Eastman of The Peace Guidebook and Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through. Through her books, coaching, speaking, and educational programs, Elizabeth shares practical tools for living with greater gratitude, courage, purpose, and peace.

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Dr. Katie Eastman

Dr. Katie Eastman is a therapist, author, speaker, and educator whose work focuses on helping people navigate grief, loss, life transitions, and emotional challenges. She brings a compassionate, practical perspective to understanding human emotions and creating meaningful change.

Together with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, Katie coauthored The Peace Guidebook and Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through. Their collaborative work encourages people to approach life with greater awareness, compassion, and intention.

Who Is This Course For?

Practicing Peace is for anyone who wants to experience more peace in everyday life.

It's for the person who feels overwhelmed by responsibilities, the parent navigating difficult conversations, the professional managing constant demands, the caregiver who rarely takes time for themselves, and the individual working through grief, change, disappointment, or uncertainty.

It's also for anyone who simply wants to develop a more peaceful relationship with themselves and the world around them.

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You don't need any previous experience with meditation, mindfulness, coaching, or personal development.

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All you need is a willingness to begin.

Learn at Your Own Pace

This free audio course is designed to fit into your life. Listen to a lesson when you have a few quiet moments, revisit the topics that resonate with you, and take time to reflect on the exercises and ideas presented.

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You can move through the lessons in order or return to specific topics whenever you need additional support.

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Peace doesn't require perfection or a complicated routine. It begins with awareness, intention, and the choices we make throughout our days.

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Pause. Breathe. Choose.

Continue Your Journey with The Peace Guidebook

Practicing Peace is inspired by the principles and practical teachings of The Peace Guidebook, written by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman.

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The book offers ten guiding principles for cultivating peace, along with personal stories, reflective exercises, and tools for putting peace into practice in your relationships, communities, and everyday experiences.

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If you enjoy this course and want to continue exploring what it means to live more peacefully, The Peace Guidebook is a natural next step.

Your Practice Begins Here

You don't need to have everything figured out to begin practicing peace. You don't need a perfect schedule, a perfect relationship, or a life without challenges.

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You can begin today, in the middle of your real life, exactly where you are.

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Join Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman for twelve meaningful audio lessons designed to help you practice peace, one moment and one choice at a time.

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Free to participate. Listen at your own pace.

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Presented by Best Ever You® and The Best Life Academy.