Sharon Ann Mullan Helps People Find the Light at the End of the Tunnel – CHICO, CA, November 16, 2010—Nancy Lanzi, a substitute schoolteacher and horse trainer, first approached Sharon Ann Mullan complaining of an unrelenting back problem. After a few sessions with the head of the Awareness and Growth Center, she discovered that her back was the symptom of a deeper emotional situation unresolved in her life. A life and business counselor, non-denominational minister, and intuitive counselor, Rev. Mullan taught her and guided Nancy through the unresolved circumstance head-on. When Nancy’s fear and fatigue would make her want to weaken and give up, Sharon would be there offering strength and support. “To teach inspiration covers a depth of pain. You have to know the pain to get the gain,” Rev. Mullan explained in a recent interview with Cambridge Who’s Who. “I teach that pain is fleeting. Once you go into it, you find the answer. And in the answer is something so much bigger than you could ever have gained or known had you not gone through that dark tunnel. So inspiration doesn’t negate the dark tunnel; it just makes you cut through the fear…If you try to avoid it, [that’s] when it hurts.” For the last 23 years, Sharon Ann Mullan has helped people like Lanzi find meaning and direction in their lives. She has provided spiritual leadership throughout her community, touching, changing and saving individuals and families. Through the Awareness and Growth Center, she offers refuge to people who have failed to find peace despite the best efforts of …

Substance Abuse Rehab Center Marks 50 Years

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Elements Behavioral Health Hosts a Series of Professional Workshops on Serial …

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