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The Promise Is in the Practice: Why Peace Is a Daily Choice
Peace isn't something we achieve once—it's something we practice every day. Discover why the promise of peace is found in daily choices, not perfection.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jul 274 min read


Home Is More Than a House: What Real Estate Agents Really Sell
Real estate is about more than buying and selling homes. Discover how peace, compassion, trust, and leadership help real estate agents guide clients through one of life's biggest transitions.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jul 275 min read


Peace at Work: Why Real Estate Agents Need Peace More Than Ever
Buying or selling a home is often described as one of life's most stressful experiences, ranking alongside major events like changing careers, welcoming a child, navigating illness, or losing a loved one. For real estate professionals, that stress isn't an occasional experience—it's woven into everyday life. Behind every listing, showing, contract, negotiation, inspection, and closing is a family making one of the biggest financial and emotional decisions of their lives. Real

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jul 277 min read


Peace at Work for Human Resource Leaders | Building Thriving Workplace Cultures
Discover how human resource leaders can build thriving workplace cultures through peaceful leadership, trust, compassion, and intentional communication. Learn practical ways to create healthier, more connected organizations.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jul 274 min read


New York City, Let's Pause for Peace
There are moments in life when coming together matters. This is one of them. On Wednesday, July 15, we'll be gathering at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City to celebrate The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind. While we'll certainly be signing books and meeting readers, what we're really celebrating is something much bigger. We're celebrating the possibility that peace is still worth choosing. Every day, we're remin

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jul 62 min read


Not Everyone Who Looks Peaceful Brings Peace
By Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman One of the hardest lessons many people learn in life is this: Not everyone who appears peaceful actually is. Some people speak softly while quietly creating chaos. Some people present themselves as kind while operating from manipulation, control, insecurity, jealousy, ego, or hidden agendas. Some people wear the language of healing, compassion, spirituality, leadership, friendship, or support almost like a costume, while und

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Jun 13 min read


Burned Out, Overwhelmed, and Running on Empty? It May Be Time to Choose Peace
By Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman Authors of The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind There is a quiet kind of exhaustion many people are carrying right now that does not always show up on the outside. People are waking up tired, moving through their days overstimulated, emotionally overloaded, and mentally scattered, while still trying to hold everything together for everyone else. They continue showing up f

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
May 114 min read


The Peace Guidebook Maine Book Tour: Join Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino Across Maine This Spring and Summer
Join Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino across Maine for The Peace Guidebook book tour featuring live signings in South Portland, Bangor, Auburn, and Augusta during May and June 2026.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
May 83 min read


Stressed, Burned Out, Overwhelmed? Where’s the Peace? Experts Share Real Solutions for Stress, Relationships, and Everyday Life
During Mental Health Awareness Month, experts Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman, offer practical, real-life strategies to help people feel calmer, more grounded, and more connected in their daily lives and relationships

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
May 74 min read


Make a Peace Promise: A Global Invitation Through the Percolate Peace Project
Join the Percolate Peace Project by making a Peace Promise—share a moment of peace or a random act of kindness and help create global change.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
May 54 min read


The Anacortes Community Choir
The Anacortes Community Choir recently held a peace concert.
Dr. Katie Eastman
May 52 min read


Calm in the Midst of Chaos
On Saturday evening, gunshots rang out near the security screening area of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC. In moments, what had been a room full of journalists, officials, and dignitaries became a scene of chaos and fear. And still, we are shaken. One of the greatest disrupters of our peace occurs when an event like this threatens our collective sense of safety. It’s natural to feel unsettled, guarded, or unsure. For those who were there, or connecte

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Apr 272 min read


The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind
Bestselling authors Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman release powerful new guide to help individuals cultivate hope, healing, and harmony in a world that needs it more now than ever At a time when the world feels increasingly divided, uncertain, and overwhelmed, a new book is offering a timely and deeply needed message: peace is not something we wait for, it is something we practice daily. Bestselling authors and global peace advocates Elizabeth Hamilton-Guari

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Apr 273 min read


Official Book Trailer Release: The Peace Guidebook by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino & Dr. Katie Eastman
Watch the official book trailer for The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind. Created by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman, with voiceover by Michael McGlone. Discover how this powerful book is set to change the world starting April 21, 2026.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Peace Isn’t Always Poetic: Contributor Spotlight on John B. Grimes
Discover John B. Grimes’ raw and inspiring reflections on peace, survival, and self-acceptance in this heartfelt contributor spotlight from The Peace Guidebook. His story reminds us that peace doesn’t always look perfect—it looks real.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Forgiveness: A Spiritual Practice Grounded in Science and Psychology
By Dr. Katie Eastman & Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino Spirituality is not about floating above reality. It is about being deeply grounded in it. And one of the clearest examples of this is the act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is both a spiritual practice and a scientifically supported path to resilience and healing. Psychology research shows that forgiveness reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, and improves mental health. Forgiveness helps us release the weight of resentment, cr

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Oct 24, 20252 min read


Oneness Explained: Why We’re More Connected Than We Think
By Dr. Katie Eastman & Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino It can be easy to feel separate in today’s world. We live in different houses, hold different jobs, follow different beliefs, and face different challenges. But beneath the surface of our individual lives lies a deeper truth: we are profoundly connected. This truth is at the heart of spirituality, and it is often called oneness. Oneness doesn’t mean we are all the same. It means our lives are intertwined. Just as a tree is mad

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Oct 24, 20252 min read


Consciousness and Compassion: How Awareness Expands Our Humanity
By Dr. Katie Eastman & Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino Awareness is powerful, but what makes it truly transformative is when it leads to compassion. Consciousness is not just noticing—it is noticing in a way that connects us more deeply to ourselves, to others, and to the world. When we bring compassion into that awareness, we expand our humanity. Compassion begins with paying attention. When you listen to a friend without judgment, when you pause long enough to see the worry on a

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Oct 24, 20252 min read


Liminal Space: Where Spirituality Lives
By Dr. Katie Eastman & Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino We all know what it feels like to be “in between.” Maybe you’ve left a job but haven’t started the next one. Maybe a relationship has ended, and you don’t yet know what will come next. Or maybe you’re simply in a season of change where the future feels uncertain. That “in between” is what we call liminal space. Liminal space is the threshold between what was and what will be. It can feel uncomfortable, even unsettling. Yet spi

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Oct 24, 20252 min read


Oneness in Action: A Call for Peace on the International Day of Peace
Celebrate the International Day of Peace with the Percolate Peace Movement. Discover how The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for All Humanity empowers everyday acts of compassion, oneness, and peace.
Dr. Katie Eastman
Sep 22, 20252 min read
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