Tomato Bisque for the Brain is a book of wisdom, abundance, empowerment, prosperity, and success. Its purpose is to help individuals move forward in life in positive ways through increased self-improvement, self-development, self-motivation, self-reflection, self-actualization, self-determination, self-transformation, and self-enhancement. And it introduces and draws upon alternative mental health and wellness techniques like hypnosis, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, mind-setting, NLP (neurolinguistic programming), time line therapy (R), mental massages, parts integration, values realignment, regression analysis, defense mechanism analysis, all-day breakthroughs, Freudian psychoanalysis, and Ericksonian therapies. It illustrates the concept that pills alone will not solve most mental, emotional, and/or psychological problems.

The idea for this book came from watching Super Soul Sundays (R) on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) (R). Watching the show has been such an inspiration for me. It's been a teacher. Oprah's "Thought for Today" newsletter (R) has also been a great inspiration. As an MD with two abundance, empowerment, mind-setting, and prosperity practices, MLC of Greater Atlanta (MLCOGA), and Atlanta Coaching and Hypnotherapy Associates (ACHA), I help my clients realize that there are motivations, inspirations, and moments of insight that are readily available to them. In practice, I found myself continually sending my clients to other sources to find concepts, affirmations, quotes, and statements that would help empower them and fuel their meditations on a daily basis. So, I decided to create one for them so that I wouldn't have to necessarily send them elsewhere.

At my core, I believe that we should find and share positive energy. This book represents my opportunity to share the positive energy and encouragement that I've received from others, from God, and from the universe/cosmos.