About Author Joe Holmes

I have experienced a life of difficult circumstances that have forced me to learn valuable lessons about success and health. In life we have the choice to learn from hardships or be angry and resentful. I have chosen to learn and even become thankful for them because of what they have compelled me to embrace.

I was raised as an abused child in a dysfunctional but very religious home where I never heard or received expressions of acceptance or love from my parents. The norm is that a child who experiences child abuse or emotional abuse generally raises their children with abuse.

At the age of 16 I began having chronic colds, sore throats and flue like symptoms with pneumonia at least once most winters. For 50 years doctors diagnosed me as a hypochondriac. This forced me to research health and eventually I discovered that I have all the symptoms of Lyme disease. Because it was never properly treated it eventually led to chronic fatigue. In 2005 I had to lay off 12 employees and shut down my construction company. I have been unable to work for the next 14 years. At the age of 30 I lost everything in real estate investing.

In 2002 our 18 year old daughter was hit by a cement truck while driving to school and died.  In 2005 our 34 year old son was found dead in his home from a diabetic coma. Click their pictures to see their web memorials in memory of them

These experiences have caused me to confront many aspects of myself and through it learn to let go of anger and to forgive. When we have difficult experiences our first reaction is usually anger at the situation as well as at God and ourselves. Ones first step to grow from such experiences is to forgive God or Christ as described in the bible. This is a process that some never achieve and observation proves that such individuals become bitter and angry. These negative emotions hinder every relationship as well as success and health.

I too first experienced these emotions that took me years to overcome. Going from an active and successful construction manager and employer to the inability to work or function effectively as well as have to rely on my wife becoming the chief bread winner is unbelievably difficult and humbling. Eventually I began to confront my demons so to speak and let go of what I did not have and embrace what I did have.

I began to explorer the internet and started writing with the hope of developing an income from a construction book. When this did not happen I increased my internet time focusing on health research and continued to write articles mostly as an outlet for myself.

I have collected hundreds of research reports on various topics of health and success and have created web sites to share my research. My herb-discovery site has over 250 pages on herbs such as ginseng and others. You can see these reports, books, articles on research, science and technology for education and learning by clicking the icons on the left of this page. I have also published a small book on parenting, click the top left icon to see more information about it.

Because of my experience I have a desire to prevent any abuse child, children abuse, neglect and my book will help teach you how to make a more successful child.

I welcome comments and suggestions. If you enjoy health or are interested in healthy life styles or research click Herb-Discovery.com.

Thanks for your visit.