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April 21, 2008

U R Normal

Fearful Flyers Become Frequent Fearless Flyers

If you are like 33% of the airline travellers, you have a fear of flying. I do.

I've put off vacations, trips home to visit family, even passed on a lucrative writing contract because it involved frequent travel by plane.

Dan MacAskill knows what that’s like. He used to be afraid of flying too, but he’s conquered his fear and he’s teaching others how to do it; he's running his seminar in Barrie next month.

This came at a perfect time for me because the job I turned down has been offered to me, again. With Dan's help, I'll soon be flying overseas to the UK and Europe for business with the added bonus of visiting countries I've always wanted to see, but would not otherwise have done so.

If you're interested, here are the details.

All participants are required to call Dan first.

Dan insists that every participant take a few minutes to find out more about his seminars and to get questions answered before signing up. This is mandatory because once you decide to register, Dan will email you a brief questionnaire about your fear of flying and your life, in general.

"It’s easy to do," says Dan, "but it must be completed before the day of the seminar."

The seminar will be held at the Barrie Public Library in the Consumer Gas Boardroom. It costs $165, plus GST ($173.25 total), and is limited to 12 participants.

All registrations and questionnaires must be received by May 1, 2008.

To learn more about Dan and his seminars, go to his website urNormal.com. You can also read about Dan and the fear of flying in a recent Globe and Mail article.

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I dread not the flight but everything else about it. The drive in traffic to get to the airport. The 2 hour search for a place to park. The new 1 hour long walk in the new terminal to get to check in, followed by the long line ups to get bags checked in. In 2006 in 52 weeks I took 39 flights. In 2007 I took 44 in less than 40 weeks. I told people my address was 14c (the seat I always pre booked). Don't miss it now in the least.

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  • Between corporate and technical writing gigs, Pickering resident Valerie Bean writes magazines features, news, profiles, and general-interest articles. She is a published book author and an internationally published poet.

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