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Mr. Callner started his teaching and professional filmmaking career in his early twenties. He has earned over 35 national and international awards and critical acclaim for writing and directing films about physically and emotionally challenged individuals. In 1982, Mr. Callner himself was afflicted with the devastating anxiety disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). After over two decades of cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, medical and alternative therapies and treatments, James Callner has emerged as a personal coach, public speaker and educator on moving though the fears and anxieties of life and into self confidence, self esteem and hope.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
How can you connect to Source when you feel so horrible? WALK.
(4 comments) Awareness Foundation for OCD President James Callner writes about his on-going recovery and spiritual tools for healing from OCD. He writes candidly about his 25 years of a non-religious but spiritual approach that works. Facing fears, taking one step at a time, progress not perfection and the mantra of "WALK' have been profound healing methods for Mr. Callner. He shares them with you.

Monday, January 21, 2008
"When the Student is Ready
(4 comments) Excerpt from James Callner's up coming book on OCD "It's a Matter of Trust - Spiritual Prescriptions for OCD". This excerpt talks about Mr Callner's hosiptal experience and the hope for recovery through willingness and spirituality.

Thursday, December 27, 2007
My Life Began Again
James Callner MA OCD specialist and speaker , writes about getting into the solution rather than the problem. Practical tools that gave him hope.

Sunday, December 23, 2007
Spirituality: Real Medicine for Mental Illness
(1 comments) James Callner, MA, filmmaker, writer and mental health speaker, shares his own story of recovery from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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