Asa Don Brown
Dr. Asa Don Brown is an author, speaker, and clinician. Dr. Brown has worked as a clinician in Canada and the United States. He is a prolific author having been published in a variety of professional and popular journals, magazines, and online columns, including: Healthy Directions, American Psychiatric, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Inner Peace Parenting Magazine, and many others. Dr. Brown has had a regular monthly column with The Sober World Magazine (January 2015 - Present). In the past, he had a bimonthly column with the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association from February 2011- February 2015. Dr. Brown has published the following books: Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work, 2016; Waiting to Live, 2010 and The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview, 2008.
Dr. Asa Don Brown’s books and lectures have transformed the minds of his readers and audiences around the world. Asa has worked in private practice in Canada and the United States. He has taught at the university and college levels. He has served a variety of professional boards including: Washington State Counseling Association, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Brain Technology & Neuroscience Research Centre, BTNRC, The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care, and a variety of others. He has consulted various forms of government; social service agencies; legal practices; educational institutions; medical practices; religious organizations; and others in the field of psychology and psychiatry. He regularly consults and engages businesses and business leaders on topics that directly affect their fields. He has had the privilege of being interviewed and a guest of a variety of television, radio, magazine, and newspaper columns.
“Be attentive, paying close attention to your internal and external needs.”
“Be motivated. No one else can achieve or receive the merits of happiness on your behalf.”
“Be engaged; attract that which you desire.”
“Be clear with your desires.”
“Change: How much do you want it? Change: How much do you need it?”
“Forgiveness must be initiated before life can begin.”
“If you wait to live you will never succeed. Living begins today and it begins within you.”
“Your core beliefs are the central part of your internal belief system.”
“Flow is the ability to be so focused that all of life's obstacles seemingly and smoothly pass you by.”
“Responsibility is the admission that you have a role in this game called life.”
“Sadly, we give little thought or consideration to the messages that we entertain.”
“Your spiritual mind is greater than your physical mind.”
“Our human quest is to survive; our spiritual quest is to unite.”
“I, too, have made many mistakes, but one valuable lesson that I have learned is that we cannot allow our mistakes to become our identity.”
“Life is a combination of our positive and negative choices.”
“Do not own negative self-talk.”