Blake Bauer is a Chicago native whose fascinating life experiences led him to take the path of teacher. Remarkably young yet gifted with extraordinary wisdom he has become an internationally recognized author, counselor, and alternative medicine practitioner.

Blake has traveled worldwide training with notable spiritual teachers, healers, and masters and has acquired a formal education in psychology, Chinese medicine, nutrition, herbal remedies, hypnosis as well as other forms of traditional healing and alternative medicine.

Blake has sought the most effective spiritual and holistic approaches to health and wellbeing enabling him to guide thousands of people from all walks of life toward greater psychological, emotional, physical, financial and spiritual health and freedom.

Discover why all the suffering, illness and unhappiness we experience in our lives are cries from the soul asking us to fulfill our life’s purpose, realize our greatest potential and ultimately, love, honor and value ourselves in every moment, situation and relationship.

You Were Not Born to Suffer (Balboa Press 2012, ) was born out of Blake’s personal healing and spiritual journey along with his professional counseling, coaching and healing successes with thousands of people. The book offers a unique combination of deep insight and practical guidance designed to empower readers to transform their suffering in the present and move forward immediately into creating what they want and need most in their lives.

Written using heart-centered, easy-to-read language, You Were Not Born to Suffer guides readers through the challenging obstacles and lessons faced in any quest for healing, purpose, success, and overall freedom.