 
A clinical hypnotherapist and professional speaker, Rebecca
Carswell settled in Florida in 1998 to pursue her passion for
skydiving. Born and raised in rural New Hampshire, she received
a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Plymouth State
University, where she later completed graduate courses in psychology. Following graduation in 1989, Rebecca spent a year backpack-
ing solo through Greece, India, and Asia. An avid participant in a range of outdoor sports, she learned how to fly small planes and
took up parachuting in her early 20’s. To date, Rebecca has logged over 700 jumps, most of them in freefall formation.
A major turning point in her life came in 2002, when she broke her
back in a near-fatal midair collision with the plane from which she had just jumped out. Told by doctors that she would never fully recover, Rebecca remembers thinking, “I felt like a victim, angry, sad, depressed, like there’s no hope. And I began to realize that what I was thinking was actually creating my reality. So I began to focus on positive, empowering thoughts, like “Everything happens for a reason, I will find the gifts in this experience.” As a result, she was ultimately able to resume a normal life, and even returned to skydiving.
Rebecca subsequently became an ordained Interfaith Minister through the New Seminary Institute in New York, and also serves as a spiritual counselor. As a speaker, she helps businesses achieve a higher level of success through her own unique listening and communications techniques – now available through her new book, Hey, Are You Listening To Me? Listening Your Way to Professional and Personal Success. For more information visit www.RebeccaCarswell.com.
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