A little something about the author

Ari is an international author and certified holistic nutrition and wellness coach, as well as certified aromatherapy specialist. She has founded "The Happiness Habit" which states: "Make decisions today your future self can be empowered by and thank you for."

From classroom to boardroom Ari enjoys taking her audience on a contemplative journey regarding actions, and decisions with energetic, interactive discussions on topics such as good communication and conflict resolution skills, positive emotional outlets, living a "successful" life, not a popular one, as well as on being more mindful in making healthier nutritional, emotional, and character choices. She includes aphorisms, and adages from her books Keys of Love and Her Wilde Heart Beats Strong. "Everything we do is in search of a feeling." How do we make this work for us and not against us?

Her love for holistic nutrition grew parallel to her other loves. From a young age she remembers reading "Let's Get Well" by Adelle Davis and has never stopped reading, researching, and education herself. First certified in aromatherapy in 1985, her continuing education includes certifications in several holistic fields including group fitness, personal training, life and wellness coaching, and aromatherapy. She is continuing her studies in plant based nutrition and plant medicine at Cornell University. Join her on @arissecretgrotto for great tips, ideas, on holistic living, as well as nutritious, and delicious recipes.

Ari has an inherent passion for words and music. Nicknamed Songbird from a young age, it's telling of her need for creative expression. Her mom also a singer, taught her how to harmonize as they sang together. Her mom would joke that her daughter learned to sing before she could talk. Growing up bilingual, she also has wonderful memories with her father whose own love for words allowed for many enjoyable conversations on their history and etymology in both English and Greek (because all words come from the Greek you know).

Her love for creative writing began in the third grade, where she regularly won Spelling Bees, word, essay and short story competitions. Encouraged by her teachers to pursue writing, she excelled in her skills with submissions to local youth magazines and papers.

At 16 she took up piano which lead to further involvement in theater and the arts. Her love of singing became all consuming. A tragic event later in life scarred her vocal chords, leaving her with the inability to sing. She found solace and comfort in her reignited love for the written word, exchanging microphone for pen, another voice as "Poetryflowsthrough".

She thoroughly enjoys copy editing for websites. However, her deep love for people is the facet she is most drawn to in her freelance work. She finds interviewing individuals for private pieces fascinating as she listen to their stories. As an empath, with a good listening ear, she feels a personal attachment to represent each and every client accurately, creating mood and emotion to their unique story. She captures the energy behind the words and translates moments into magical keepsakes of personalized life poetry.

Her passion for writing and oral narration has grown to include thousands of pieces of poetry, short stories, and life quotes. 

She is a recovering Scrabble addict and is a self-proclaimed Boggle Queen.

She resides in Atlanta with her loving and supportive husband and two "famous" budgies McNugget and Snowball. She is currently working on her next book.