Live Well Long Alexandra Van Horn

Charlene Gorda Costanzo is an award-winning author, experiential event facilitator, speaker, wife, mother of two adult daughters, and grandmother of twins. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Bonaventure University and an M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.   She loves to read, write, travel, swim, hike, dance, dabble in art, learn new things, befriend strangers, and - most of all - be with her family. Hearing from readers is right up there with spending time with family and being in nature. Originally from New Jersey, she has resided in New York, Texas, Arizona, and Florida. During a one-year book tour to launch The Twelve Gifts of Birth, Charlene and her husband enjoyed the adventure of living in a motorhome in 48 of the 50 states. The Twelve Gifts series of fables began in 1987 when Charlene wrote The Twelve Gifts of Birth as a life message for her then teenage daughters. Twelve years later she published the book and discussed its message in schools, shelters, prisons