in a very high concentration, which is exclusive to meaningful beauty. >> since cindy first joined with dr. sebagh to bring the power of his melon based serums to women like us, rumors of the amazing visible results have made it an underground secret in hollywood and around the world. >> you have cindy crawford, supermodel, and dr. sebagh, internationally renowned skin expert. those two together, to me, that's gold. >> now for 2013 and beyond, dr. sebagh has reengineered his melon based formulas and enhanced them with even more remarkable age fighting ingredients. introducing meaningful beauty advanced, the ultimate youth enhancing system from cindy and dr. sebagh. >> literally within seven days i could see results. >> using meaningful beauty has been amazing. it's even got my skin tone, and it reduced circles and puffiness. >> this stuff is amazing.

it's just a little miracle in a bottle. >> meaningful beauty advanced is a revolutionary anti-aging system that is so advanced and so perfectly formulated, women surveyed saw visibly healthier, younger looking skin in just weeks. >> meaningful beauty works, and you don't know its working. all of a sudden, you turn around, and you see your skin looks amazing. >> take a look. that's not trick photography. it's not a dramatization or simulation. these are real results. and there's more. >> today cindy is here to announce a groundbreaking new innovation from dr. sebagh. three powerful anti-aging formulas combined into one luxurious serum. it's called cremede serum. >> i was sold right away, because this rocks, and it has such a silky glide on your skin. >> it's the creme de serum, and the end, they mix together, and you achieve cream, then you got the best of the best, you have creme de le creme. >> as soon as you apply it, your skin just instantly feels tighter,

and it feels like you can just feel your pores shrinking. it is amazing. >> in the next few minutes, correspondent katrina szish takes you deeper inside the story of cindy and her wonder doctor. >> as cindy shares how you can get access to the man whose amazing formulas have worked their wonders on cindy for over 17 years. >> there's probably nothing in my life that i do that's more exclusive than spending time with dr. sebagh. >> and what if you could have your own personal visit with dr. sebagh? >> watch as one lucky meaningful beauty customer receives a surprise invitation from cindy. >> hi, this is cindy crawford. >> oh my gosh, are you serious? >> i am serious, and actually-- >> and a little later in the show, cindy does something very surprising. handheld camera, totally candid, zero makeup. >> i still can't believe when people come up to me and ask me if i really use meaningful beauty. i do use meaningful beauty, and i'm gonna show you how i do it. >> plus, imagine if you can have every one of cindy's youth enhancing secrets for yourself at more than half off the regular price.

>> it's no joke. just watch for this special coupon code when it shows up again later in the program, and take advantage of over 50% in instant coupon savings thanks to cindy. >> just ahead, it's your chance to look years younger as you discover the age defying magic of meaningful beauty advanced. >> you know her as america's most celebrated supermodel, appearing on over 600 magazine covers and counting. hi, everyone, i'm katrina szish, here today with one of the most beautiful women in the world. please join me for this very special close up interview with cindy crawford. nice to see you, cindy. i am so excited to sit down and really talk to you about meaningful beauty. >> thank you for being here, too. >> people are talking about it everywhere. women's wear daily even recently talked about it as one of the top ten fastest growing skin care brands in the us. this is huge. why is it catching on like this? >> it's delivering results. i mean, women are getting great results, and they're--they're telling their friends

or they're tweeting about it or blogging about it. with meaningful beauty your skin looks amazing. it has that glow. it looks, you know, it looks great, and it just feels like that youthful, lush skin. everyone's like, "what's the trick, what's the trick? or what's the secret?" and really the trick is meaningful beauty. >> tell me about the man you worked with to create this incredible line. everybody in the beauty industry knows jean-louis sebagh. he's been called by vanity fair the world expert in medical anti-aging. he's got a long list of celebrities, models, socialites, politicians, who wait for months to come to him. what makes him so extraordinary? >> well, jean-louis sebagh is light years ahead of everybody, and just how he's thinking about the way that skin ages. and i have been working with him since i was 28 years old. a makeup artist actually suggested that i see him. so i went. i made an appointment, and his office is in this apartment building in paris, it's not marked. you know, it's like you have to knock three times and know the secret code and all that. and after the very first time i saw him, i saw like immediate results.

my--my skin just felt radiant looking. it was just like a new me, and i was like, "okay, he's the real deal." and i was sold right away. you know, he's been my guy ever since. >> right. >> with meaningful beauty, you don't have to go to paris to see him. you can still have access to dr. sebagh through meaningful beauty. >> the secret to meaningful beauty advanced, is dr. sebagh's groundbreaking serums, featuring a rare melon enzyme discovered by scientists in the south of france. >> this melon produces a large quantity of an antioxidant enzyme called sod. the enzyme keeps this unique melon from decaying, and in the skin, helps to prevent cells from aging as fast as they normally would. >> what's unique with meaningful beauty is we use these very powerful super antioxidants, and we are one of the first in america to use it in the skincare. ♪ >> i talk to a lot of people about a lot of different skincare, and when i see

meaningful beauty, people say, what is it about that secret melon, that antioxidant. i think of it as the magic melon at the core of this story. >> meaningful bety is based around the special melon that is grown only in the south of france. it has this very special and very potent antioxidant. in the beginning, if you put it next to a regular melon, you wouldn't see that much difference, but over time, this melon doesn't decay as fast. it stays fresher and firmer longer. >> that's amazing. >> and i always joke, i'm like, "i want to be fresher and firmer." >> right. >> and dr. sebagh and his chemists figured out a way to extract this very special and very potent antioxidant. it's been called the youth molecule. >> that melon extract clearly works. i've been usin' dr. sebagh and cindy's formulas for three years, and it is amazing how great my skin looks. >> i actually went to my dermatologist, and she said, "you skin looks fantastic. what are you doing?" and i thought that it might be like candid camera. i looked around because i thought, "you're kidding me, right?"

and she's like, "no. your skin tone looks better, your pores look smaller. i mean, everything's better." and i was like, "it's meaningful beauty." >> i've had the opportunity to review before and after photographs, which were taken of subjects using meaningful beauty. and what we see here is the appearance of the crow's feet are visibly diminished. we see the dramatic improvement in the redness of the cheeks in addition to a reduction in the size of the visible pores. and finally, a remarkable improvement in the appearance of these deep forehead wrinkles. ♪ >> think about it. you've got this amazing skin doctor from france, and he has this secret weapon, and you've got the world's most beautiful supermodel, and they've developed this beauty system. now wouldn't you want to try it? >> imagine if with one phone call you could get some of that same magic that's kept cindy crawford's skin looking so youthful for over 17 years. well, now you can. introducing meaningful beauty advanced, the ultimate youth enhancing system from cindy

and dr. sebagh. >> call now and get started with cindy's luxurious skin softening cleanser. >> this unique formula can be used with water or dry to cleanse and remove makeup, leaving your skin soft, dewy, and refreshed. >> next you'll get dr. sebagh's incredible anti-aging day creme for a beautiful glow throughout your day. >> complete with broad spectrum spf 20, and dr. sebagh's rare melon extract. >> you'll also receive his new advanced lifting eye creme to reduce the look of puffiness, dark circles, and crow's feet. >> you'll be impressed how your eye area appears more firm and lifted with this new super treatment. >> my makeup artist on "the mentalist" noticed that when i started using the lifting eye creme within two weeks there was a reduction in the darkness underneath my eyes and the puffiness. i mean, that's pretty amazing. >> you'll also get dr. sebagh's newly advanced decollete and neck treatment. >> the skin brightening super creme helps smooth the look of sun damaged skin and minimizes the appearance

of age spots in this eye catching area that often shows premature aging. >> and for nighttime, you'll get dr. sebagh's groundbreaking new cremede serum, which features three powerful age fighting formulas swirled into one. >> you'll be amazed how this decadent super serum nourishes, firms, and fights the signs of wrinkles while you sleep. >> the creme de serum is magic in a bottle. i put this on at night before i go to sleep, every ngle night, and every morning i wake up, and my skin looks refreshed and happy. it's fantastic. >> dr. sebagh has been called "the wonder doctor," "a miracle worker," and "the youth guru." >> his patients wait months for an appointment, and often pay thousands of dollars for a series of treatments containing his rare melon discovery. >> that's why the regular price of only $119 for a meaningful beauty advanced is already a total bargain. but because cindy is using her unique position to bring dr. sebagh's elite formulas direct to you through tv

without excessive retail markups, you can save big on meaningful beauty advanced. >> just mention this special coupon code when you call toll free now, and you'll receive over 50% in instant coupon savings. >> that's right. all you'll pay is just $59.95 for the complete new meaningful beauty advanced. >> meaningful beauty definitely works. you can see actual results. >> in france, at the hit paris boutique colette, women have lined up to buy meaningful beauty, paying 275 euros for a kit. >> that's nearly $350 us, but all you'll pay is just $59.95. >> i can't imagine your skin not just loving it. my skin looks younger, more youthful, the lines don't show as much. meaningful beauty is the best product i've ever used on my skin. >> and cindy has a special proposition for you. be among the first 500 callers right now, and she'll send you $45 worth of personal gifts absolutely free. you'll get dr. sebagh's

"model secret," his incredible glowing serum, a favorite of hollywood insiders. >> ah, this is my red carpet secret for my celebrities. it will re-firm, hydrate, and it will give you an instant glow to your face. >> and we'll also send you dr. sebagh's enhanced wrinkle smoothing capsules, named a best new anti-aging product by allure magazine. >> you'll love how it targets the look of frown lines, crow's feet, and even expression lines and lip lines. >> it's just like silk in little capsules. you can apply it here, up here and here on those smile lines. they're just amazing. >> imagine, you'll get all these age defying super treatments for just $59.95. that's an incredible steal. >> but what if we could go even lower? >> that's right. >> today cindy is offering a special one time reward for smart shoppers who act quickly. >> order in the next 10 minutes and use today's special coupon code, and you won't pay $59.95, not $49.95,

but just $39.95 for everything you see here. >> pick up the phone, try it. it's gonna make you feel beautiful. it's gonna make you feel more confident. it's gonna make you feel revitalized. you're gonna be thrilled, i promise you. >> remember to mention today's special coupon code when you call to lock in all your discounts and free gifts. >> we'll even fast track your shipment with a free upgrade to priority shipping. >> but supplies are limited, so call now and start looking younger like cindy with meaningful beauty advanced. >> imagine you're sitting at home, the phone rings, and it's cindy cwford inviting you to spend the day with her. sound impossible? well, that's exactly what happened to this meaningful beauty customer. take a look. >> it's so exciting. >> hello. >> shannon? >> yes? >> hi, this is cindy crawford. >> no it's not.

>> it is. how can i prove it? >> oh, my gosh! i'm shakin' right now. >> well, listen, i am going to new york this week, and i was wondering if you wanted to fly up on friday to hang out with me, and, um, you know, go on some appointments with me. >> oh, my gosh, are you serious? >> i am serious, and actually one of the appointments that i'm doing is with dr. sebagh, and if you wanted to meet him he is in-- >> i would love to. i want to tell him thank you. yes! >> so if you think you can get off from work, come out and have a meaningful beauty day with me. >> that sounds wonderful. oh, i'm so excited. i won't be able to sleep. >> she is in. ♪ i always love coming back to new york. it's just such a great city, and the thing that's incredible about new york is the energy. and i think that's what i miss most. this visit is especially fun, because i'm gonna meet one of my meaningful beauty customers for the very first time. hi, shannon. >> hi! >> hi, how are you? >> oh, how are you? this is so nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you.

thank you so much for comin' up. >> oh, thank you for havin' me. i'm so excited. >> oh, you're a kindergarten teacher, right? >> i am a kindergarten teacher. >> and you're from texas? >> from houston, that's right. >> oh wow, okay. it's exciting for me and dr. sebagh to meet you, and get to experience what it's really like to be one of his patients. >> that is is so exciting. >> so on that note, let's bring him in. dr. sebagh. >> hi. >> how are you? nice to meet you. >> this is shannon. this is jean-louis. >> you look great. >> thank you. thanks to you. thank you. i had a trip to new york where i was able to meet dr. sebagh and cindy also. >> it's amazing. it's very nice. >> he's checking that elasticity now. >> okay, so that's good. >> --is very good. because she's using meaningful beauty on a daily basis shows such wonderful result. >> he was inspecting my skin, was giving me tips, and he was very knowledgeable about was goin' on. that really impressed me. >> you need to feed your skin on a daily basis. it's quite essential the way--same thing you would feed your body. so meaningful beauty will allow you to achieve

what everybody wants, glow radiance, and at the end, a youthful appearance. giving back the confidence to a woman, that's the best thing you can do. >> i want to thank dr. sebagh and cindy so much, because when you feel better about yourself, it is a life changing experience. i love meaningful beauty. love it. ♪ >> let's talk about the new meaningful beauty system. at the core of this there's this amazing creme de serum product. >> yes, dr. sebagh, really he talks about it as creme de la creme like-- >> right. >> --this is as good as it gets. the serums are the hot thing in skin care. i know you know that from all the work that you do, but then you normally have to use a moisturizer on top of that. so this takes out that step, and what's really unique is we combined really three different products in one bottle. and when you pump it out onto your hand, right then they're blended together, and right away you put it onto your face. and this is the new night cream. we loved out old night cream,

this rocks, and it has such a silky glide on your skin. and then in the morning you wake up, and it's like your skin just drank it in. this has a really unique look. it's kind of futuristic, but it's a combination of a cream and a serum. >> exactly. inside here we have the melon color, which is of course our super antioxidant, the melon complex. the clear is a hyaluronic. and what that does it kind of acts like a sponge on your skin, and it helps your skin grab moisture and hold moisture. so it gives it that dewy, lush, hydrated moisturized look. then the white is anti-aging peptides, and those help with the deep lines, the fine lines, help the volume in your skin. normally you would use the serum alone, and they're usually very expensive. >> right. >> i mean, even this serum, dr. sebagh said, you know, we asked, "well, what price could it be?" and he said, "$200, $300." >> that's amazing. >> and it's fun for me to try new things, and when i notice a difference, then i'm really excited to share that with everybody else.

>> that creme de serum is so good. it feels so silky. it feels like you're doing 500 great things for your skin. >> yeah, this is amazing stuff. when you put it on your skin, it immediately feels younger. i use it morning and night. i'm greedy. >> up next, discover how you can get dr. sebagh's new cremede serum delivered right to your door fast. >> and still to come, cindy takes the makeup off to give you a private, personal demonstration of how she uses meaningful beauty every day. ♪ >> imagine if with one phone call you could get some of that same magic that's kept cindy crawford's skin looking so youthful for over 17 years. >> well, now you can, because with the new meaningful beauty advanced, dr. sebagh is making his amazing french melon extract available directly to you. >> just watch as over time an ordinarily melon wrinkles, ages, and decays.

>> while the remarkable melon on the right stays fresh and firm. >> call now and get started with cindy's luxurious skin softening cleanser. >> this unique formula can be used with water or dry to cleanse and remove makeup, leaving your skin soft, dewy, and refreshed. >> next you'll get dr. sebagh's incredible anti-aging day creme for a beautiful glow throughout your day. >> complete with broad spectrum spf 20, and dr. sebagh's rare melon extract. >> you'll also receive his new advanced lifting eye creme to reduce the look of puffiness, dark circles, and crow's feet. >> when i'm tired and overworked, it shows in my eyes. so i love, love, love cindy's eye creme, lifting one. this one. this little, magical, little bottle. it tightens, it lifts, it makes the wrinkles look like they're gone. it's amazing. >> you'll also dr. sebagh's newly advanced decollete and neck treatment. >> this skin brightening super cream helps smooth

the look of sun damaged skin, and minimizes the appearance of age spots in this eye catching area that often shows premature aging. >> and for nighttime, you'll get dr. sebagh's groundbreaking new cremede serum, which features three powerful age fighting formulas swirled into one. >> my skin feels so soft and smooth once it's on. it's an incredible product. >> this stuff is amazing. it just gives your skin just a real smooth finish. it's like velvet. >> dr. sebagh has been called "the wonder doctor," "a miracle worker," and "the youth guru." >> his patients wait months for an appointment, and often pay thousands of dollars for a series of treatments containing his rare melon discovery. >> that's why the regular price of only $119 for a meaningful beauty advanced is already a total bargain. but because cindy is using her unique position to bring dr. sebagh's elite formulas direct to you through tv without excessive retail markups, you can save big on meaningful beauty advanced. >> just mention this special coupon code

when you call toll free now, and you'll receive over 50% in instant coupon savings. >> that's right. all you'll pay is just $59.95 for the complete new meaningful beauty advanced. and cindy has a special proposition for you. be among the first 500 callers right now, and she'll send you $45 worth of personal gifts absolutely free. >> you'll get dr. sebagh's "model secret," his incredibly glowing serum, a favorite of hollywood insiders that dr. sebagh normally reserves only for his exclusive vip clients. >> and we'll also send you dr. sebagh's enhanced wrinkle smoothing capsules, named a best new anti-aging product by allure magazine. >> you'll love how it targets the look of frown lines, crow's feet, and even expression lines, and lip lines. >> the wrinkle smoothing capsules, these are magic. you open it up, you squeeze it out on your hand, and when you put it on, it feels velvety. i think this is my friend. >> imagine, you'll get all these age defying

super treatments for just $59.95. that's an incredible steal. >> but what if we could go even lower? >> that's right. >> today cindy is offering a special one time reward for smart shoppers who act quickly. >> order in the next six minutes and use today's special coupon code, and you won't pay $59.95, not $49.95, but just $39.95 for everything you see here. >> what's more, you can lock in this one time discount price and insure you'll never pay a penny more. >> thank to cindy's convenient home delivery, you'll receive a fresh supply of meaningful beauty each new season. >> always at o lowest price ever guaranteed. >> and your order is risk free thanks to a 60-day money back guarantee from trusted guthy-renker. >> with meaningful beauty, you will feel the difference in your skin immediately. the very first time i used meaningful beauty, i was hooked, and my skin has never looked better. >> remember to mention today's special coupon code when you call to lock in all your discounts and free gifts. >> we'll even fast track

your shipment with a free upgrade to priority shipping. >> but supplies are limited, so call now and start looking younger like cindy with meaningful beauty advanced. ♪ >> i still can't believe when people come up to me and ask if me if i really use meaningful beauty. i do use mningful beauty, and i'm gonna show you how i use it at home every day. in the morning, the one step i would never skip is the day creme. during the day you have to protect your skin, and you can do that in a couple different ways. you can do that with antioxidants, whicwe have our special melon in here, but also we have spf. it goes on super light. it's not greasy. its great under makeup. so next i use the eye creme, and i have found now that i'm getting on in my 40s, i have this whole new beauty concern of puffiness. so we reformulated the eye creme, and this eye creme really is action packed, and it addresses under-eye circles, puffiness, and the appearance of fine lines. since the beginning of meaningful beauty, we've been talking to you about taking care of your neck and chest.

so many women forget about this area, and it really shows your age. everyone sees it, especially if you want to wear something low cut, so our new decollete treatment has spf in it, and we put in some brightening ingredients. it just gives your skin that dewy lushness that has vibrancy to it. okay, now let's talk about our new product, the creme de serum. this is jean-louis' latest baby, and it's totally innovative. it's three different products swirled into one. you're getting hydration, you're getting protection, you're getting anti-aging peptides. it's all in this one great product. when you put it on, it's so silky, and when you wake up, you have that great fresh glow. with meaningful beauty i know my skin is getting everything it needs to fight the good fight, fight that aging process, and it really feels like nutrition for my skin, and that's what i want. >> i feel every day with meaningful beauty like i have exactly what my skin needs to keep it looking young and fresh and natural.

>> with meaningful beauty we look youthful, you look younger, and your skin looks great. >> you got to try this stuff. i really can't tell you enough how great meaningful beauty is. >> i'm super thankful for cindy for bringing meaningful beauty to us, because i feel like now i have a chance. >> with meaningful beauty you actually see fantastic results, and that's so exciting, because i've been searching. >> it is taking all the blotchiness away. it is even out my skin tone. i am so happy that i tried meaningful beauty. i'm so glad i did. i'm so glad i did. >> there's still time. order now and see how ageless and beautiful your skin can look with meaningful beauty advanced. >> if i were you, i wouldn't wait. call now, and if operators are busy, keep on trying. >> you have to go and get this stuff. you have to try it for yourself to see. >> this has been a paid presentation for meaningful beauty advanced by cindy crawford brought to you by guthy-renker.

>> i remember nights where i would go to sleep, and i would pray that i wouldn't wake up. i never considered suicide because it was against my religion.

i got up every morning. i was sick. i'd have panic attacks. i'd take a shower, i would get dressed, and i would go to work. and then when i got home, i would get in my pajamas, and i would lay on the couch, and i would just wait. "i'm done. please, just let me go." i look back on that, and it's-- it makes me so sad. [dramatic music] ♪ >> oh, it's absolutely terrifying because you're no longer the person that you used to be. you're starting to become this person that's terrified of everything. i couldn't leave my home, and i would go into panic and have anxiety at work. i would quit my jobs because i was embarrassed. i was afraid that someone would find out that, you know, i'm hiding behind the filing cabinet having an anxiety attack,

and i didn't want everybody to think i was crazy, 'cause that's what you think you're doing: you're going crazy. >> as i was going through life and everything like that, "boom, boom, boom, boom," just this big old hammer just smacking down on me constantly. "you can't do this. you can't do that. don't go there. don't say that." all i was was a nail, and this big old hammer was just gonna pound me right into the ground, and it might have just been a huge-sized coffin that i was pounding these nails in, because that's how i felt. i just felt dead. dead inside. >> i was off duty for about four months. i had both my neck and my lower back operated on, and on the first day back in, i was the engineer, or driver. our first call came in, and i pulled out of quarters, and i got about two blocks away. and all of a sudden, i had to pull over, and the captain looked at me, and he said, "what's the matter?" and i said, "i think i'm gonna die." i said, "i'm having a heart attack or something." i said, "i'm dizzy. i feel like i'm gonna pass out." they called an ambulance out, and they took me to the hospital. and for the next six months,

i went through a series of doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me. i told my wife that since i couldn't drive fire trucks anymore that we were probably looking at a minimum pension and that we better sell everything we own and get debt-free so that our kids could go to school. so i did. i sold the dream home that my wife and i had built. >> i didn't really notice any bad symptoms of anxiety until i was, oh, maybe 65. well, i don't know what brought it on. it's like my life got littler and littler. >> it was right after high school that i started to have anxiety. i actually had a girlfriend who passed away in a car accident. i woke up in the middle of the night. i just couldn't breathe, and i actually went outside on my parents' deck, 'cause i just felt like i needed air. from then on, that is when i really knew that i was scared, and i didn't know why. >> i never wanted therapy. i never sought it. i really tried to just hope it'd all go away. i was just not wanting to live. i don't know that there was

any answers out there for me. i absolutely had no hope up until this point. i didn't want to exist. i really didn't want to exist. >> i'm seeing the right doctors. i'm going to a psychiatrist. he tells me i'm not crazy. i'm going to a psychologist, and he's helping me the best that he can. i think i should get more help, but i'm getting the best that i can, and i'm getting worse. >> my daughter was living in ontario, and she was getting married, and they were having a shower for her. i was a nervous wreck knowing that, "how am i going to get on that plane?" and i was sitting there waiting for us to get ready for take-off. and it hit. it hit like the biggest storm ever. the sweat. the heart rate. the full-blown panic attack. and i just said to the stewardess, i said, "you have to get me off this plane. i am not going to be able to settle down." and then, like, i just started to scream, and i said, "you have to get me off the flight now, or we're gonnate pilot's gonna have to turn around and land somewhere, because i am not gonna be able to stay on this plane for 3/12 hours."

and, i mean, i was embarrassed. i was crying, but i couldn't control the panic attack. the pilot said, "okay, fine. we have to get her off the flight." >> my mom would sit me down or tell me before i would leave that she might not be there when i got back. she would allude to the fact that she was going to kill herself. i thought it was my responsibility to make sure that those bad things that i feared did not happen, and that's when my panic attacks started. >> well, my self-esteem plummeted, and i lost all of my confidence. no independence. i just started to depend on people. i became a victim, you know. i just turned myself into a victim of these circumstances, and it was just an awful, awful feeling to be so powerless. and i figured, "this is just terrible. i'm 35 years old,

and this it. this is gonna be for the rest of my life, and i hate it," but i sort of just started to accept it. >> i think i stayed in bed for, like, six months. i was just totally depressed. i didn't--i didn't want to live anymore because it was too painful to watch myself just basically fall apart. >> i became socially phobic. i was uncomfortable staying in other people's houses. i was uncomfortable traveling in other people's cars. and i lived in my own little world, and i didn't tell anyone. i would go to bed at night and just lie there and worry that i was gonna become possessed, that i was going to become mentally ill, or that i was gonna die of a terminal illness. those seemed to be my three fears at about 14. >> i think one of my biggest symptoms was, i felt kind of dizzy and light-headed, and i felt like i was gonna pass out. and my biggest fear was, "what if i pass out while i'm driving with my two young kids in the car?" and that scared the heck out of me. and even if i was in a store, i thought, "well, what if i

pass out right here and then, you know, the ambulance has to come or something like that, and then my little daughter who's just two years old is standing there wondering what's happening to mommy? what if i never wake up? what if i end up in a mental institution?" i mean, all those things were going through my mind. >> after my first incident, where i had to stop driving the fire engine, i probably went through a dozen or more doctors. i was in a shop with a doctor. she was a specialist on balance and inner-ear problems. and she was having me do a bunch of balance tests, and they had strobe lights going and the whole bit. she finally stopped the whole thing, and she just kind of chuckled, and she said, "why are we doing this?" she says, "i know what's wrong with you." she says, "you're having panic attacks." i can remember i looked at her, and i went, "you're kidding, right?" i said, "do you know what i do for a living? i'm a fireman, so i'm not afraid of anything." i said, "do you know where i've been and what i've seen in my career and in my life?" and she said, "well, it's real common with motor officers, with firefighters, with soldiers."

she says, "it's the stress that you're under that you don't realize." >> i work with couples and families and individuals, people who have problems in their relationships, people who have problems with anxiety and depression, addictions. i myself had anxiety disorder when i was in my 20s, and it kind of came on me very suddenly, and it was very debilitating. so i know the terrible feeling of anxiety disorder, the horrors of a panic attack. i've experienced that myself. >> the thing that alcohol did for me is, it numbed the depression. the depression was 24-7. i was able to work a job and really excel with it, because i had learned to be a hard worker. and once i got home, i had nowhere to turn. my mom was a nurse. pills were everywhere. in fact, when i started the program, my mom says, "why don't you just take a pill?" >> anxiety and depression are two of the main reasons people miss work, visit the family doctor, and take prescription medication. take control of your anxiety

and depression, and you'll take control of your life. you'll think more clearly, have more energy, sleep better, and be happier. take the first step right now. there is hope. there are options. call for a wonderful free cd that will show you how. >> it was unbelievable to me that you can do and you can achieve whatever you want. >> it's motivated me to do many different things that i've always wanted to do but was just so scared to do. >> i'm feeling physically better. you know, suddenly i could sleep. suddenly i was able to take my kids to disneyland. i could do all these things and not be afraid that i was gonna have to leave. >> before i found the attacking anxiety and depression program, there wasn't a single therapy that helped me. thank god for this. i am so blessed. >> you want help for your anxiety and depression. you want to feel better. you just don't know what to do. let the midwest center help

you take the first step. >> i think the program was wonderful. it did--was a miracle to me. >> these are life skills that really, really do stay with you. >> i cleared out my attic. then i found me. and i found out i like me. >> like, i never get anxious, and i'll never have a panic attack for the rest of my life. and i know i won't, 'cause i'll never allow that to happen. >> it was just so freeing to feel that heaviness come off myself. there's hope. there is a way out of this. >> right now there's someone waiting to talk to you who understands what you're going through. call now for this wonderful free cd. >> i was on medication after medication. i think every six weeks for a couple of years, i was being switched to a different medication and going through the side effects and weight loss and weight gain and nausea

and irritability. it was horrible, and i was doing it to myself. i was on this quest for something that would make me feel better immediately. >> and i'm getting angrier because there's nobody helping me medically. all the doctors are saying is take, you know, prescriptions and try another antidepressant and try this anti-- you know, they just kept switching the drugs around. and i said, "but that's-- it's not helping. none of it's helping." so i finally went into therapy, and i just didn't find it helpful at all. i was just frustrated with them. i said, "but i need to understand what i'm going through and why i'm going through and how i can fix this." >> i remember there was no safe place anymore. i couldn't talk to my mother on the phone. that made me anxious. i couldn't drive to my favorite grocery store. that made me anxious. i just was living in this little shell wondering how much worse it was gonna get, and i prayed to god, and i said, "please, show me one person that's gone through this and lived and thrived, and i'll help you for the rest of my life."

and the next morning, i woke up and turned a show on, and it was a woman talking about panic attacks. >> when you're dealing with anxiety and depression, you know, you go through so many different physical symptoms, and one of them is insomnia. and so anyway, one morning at 4:00 in the morning, i get , and i said, "i'm gonna switch on the tv. i'm not sleeping anyway." and then i see lucinda. i'm listening to her, and i'm going, "oh, my gosh. that sounds just like me." >> i was so incredibly excited when i found the midwest center for stress and anxiety. i knew that i was on to something. i had found something that was gonna work for me. >> nobody ever told me that it's about changing the way that you think, and that was-- when i found this attacking anxiety and depression program, that was the major, major thing. and it's something so simple. i wish would have learned before then. >> the first thing that was so helpful was, i understood exactly what anxiety was. she described it, she explained it, and she told you why it is and what it does to you

physically and emotionally and the whole chemistry imbalance in your body. and i'm thinking, "why couldn't a doctor tell me that?" >> i really enjoy working with people in therapy who are using the program, because it is a great complement to the therapy. it's just great to have people kind of in that therapeutic environment for the entire week other than when--the hour that they're with me. if people don't have access to therapy or don't particularly need therapy but have the program, they can do a really god job by working with this program and with the midwest center to recover from anxiety and depression. there is a lot of support from the midwest center, phone support. there's coaching support. >> i could take a negative thought and run with it, and i could catastrophize the worst-case scenarios. and talking with other coaches, i find out that this is probably one of the biggest obstacles for everyone, and certainly, the clients that i've coached, that's the main focus that i work on. >> my days started to change.

my thoughts started to change, and it changed my life. it gave me the freedom to live my life, because before, i didn't. i was too scared. >> i had to give up my security blanket, and my security blanket was fear. my security blanket was, "do not go there." my security blanket was, "don't do that. don't trust the world." because i was brought up in believing that it was a bad place. >> it was a shock, 'cause it was like, "oh, my gosh. it's been me all along? like, i'm the one that's causing this?" but then when you find out that it is under your control and you can solve it, that in itself just gives you that oomph. "oh, okay. i've just got to follow this program." you don't want to listen to the fact that, you know, you've been victimizing yourself all this time, because you're very angry at the fact that you've allowed yourself to do that. >> you know, it was a whole different way of thinking,

because for a long time, people believed that people who were anxious and depressed were deficient or that they were sick or unstable or incapable of helping themselves. and the different twist that i saw to the whole thing is that, "no, wait a minute. people with anxiety and depression are creative and intuitive and futuristic thinkers, and they have a vivid imagination. and if you could take all that creative energy that they're turning inward and making themselves sick with and turn it outward where it belongs, these people could conquer the world." >> i learned what i was missing, and it lit a fire under me that i don't know anybody could ever put out. my world opened up, and my life opened up, and my heart opened up, and my mind opened up. and the things that i probably should have been doing or could have been doing for the first 30 years started happening.

i was not living. and i'm living now. >> the program is utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy. it helps you to learn to identify how your own thinking is impacting your feelings and that your body is responding to your thinking and creating this panic and anxiety. medication can relieve the symptoms of the anxiety disorder, but the medication really doesn't do anything at all to correct the negative self-talk that's going on. >> yes, you can take medication. yes, you can self-medicate with alcohol, but that's not gonna help you in the long term. and that's not the kind of message you want your children to see. you want to be self-empowered. you want to know that no matter what, you can pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get your energy and your confidence back no matter what's going on around you. and that's what this program does. >> the macho image-- it's hard for people to open up. it's hard for men to open up, to get them to admit their weaknesses, to show their

emotions, to really come up with a plan of action, to take control of their life, and just admit their fears. >> in fact, i've been told that, by a psychiatrist, that my defense mechanism is always on. [laughs] i'm always denying that there's a problem and that it's the way that it is. same thing with pain is, that's the way that i get through my life day to day: i deny that i'm hurt. i think one of the hugest breakthroughs that encouraged me to start the program was the information, and something i had never heard from one of my doctors is that i wasn't sick, i didn't have a disease, that it was a condition that basically i had developed throughout my life and that i didn't have to be cured from it, that i could teach myself and use the tools that were provided through the program to get over it. >> i like the way that it made me realize that i was causing

the problem, and i think that's one of the things that took me a long time to get into my head, but as it went on and on, i think i finally realized that nothing outside is making this happen. it is me that's causing it. >> life for me now is amazing. i can seriously say that i'm just--i'm blessed, and i'm so happy. i could have never been on a plane, you know, before and fly for six hours by myself, but i'm just my own safe person now. i don't rely on others to cheer me up all the time. i can do that for me now. >> you cannot put a price on what it gives you. it gave me my life back. it made me find me. >> the attacking anxiety and depression program is something that i keep in my car, i keep on my ipod. i go back to it all the time. it's like having a good friend that's sitting in my car with me. if i'm worried, i'll put in the "worry" cd, and i remember that that doesn't do me any good. "it doesn't do me any good to worry.

what can i do to change that?" and you know what? sometimes we need that friend. we need that, "you know, you can do this. you might have forgotten that you can do this, but you can do this. i've seen you get through worse things." and that's what it is for me. >> it's time to take control of your worry, anxiety, and depression. it's time to put an end to the fear and "what if" thinking it creates. please, pick up the phone and call right now for a wonderful free cd that will show you how to finally free yourself from the obsessive worry, fear, and exhaustion that's caused by anxiety and depression. you can get your life back. you can feel good again. call now for your free cd to learn how. >> just to get that freedom and be able to appreciate the things i had really, really--it was more than help. it was a dream come true. every day in my prayers i thank god for that blessing. >> i think the program gave me a new way of looking at things and looking at life, and it

made me feel like i can do anything. >> keep practicing the skills, and it will work. and i'm proof that it works. >> we want to help you help yourself. you can control your anxiety, stress, and depression, and we can show you how. call now. >> it hit home. there were people that had exactly what i had. >> life now is much, much, much better. i feel like i can handle my life now. >> it's amazing. sometimes i have to step back and say, "oh, my god. i used to do that. i used to worry all the time. i used to make myself sick. i just am so happy with where i am in my life. >> the midwest center saved me in so many different ways that i could honestly say that i'm no longer scared to death. i feel like i'm a part of something now. this program really works. >> you have a right to be happy. you have a right to not feel anxious and depressed. life is supposed to feel good.

call now for this motivating free cd and take control of your life. >> there is a changing your life. you have to commit to it. you have to believe that you're worth it. and you just keep going. but if you don't use it, it's not gonna do you any good. i go back to it every day. i live it. it's a way of life. >> i'm a totally different person. i am so in control of my life. i'm so happy. i have confidence. my self-esteem is just fantastic, and i can't even believe that i put myself through that. i feel like i had to probably go through it to get to where i am in my life. it's given me my independence back, and it's totally empowered me to know that i can succeed and do and work at anything i want to do. >> it's literally allowed me to get my life back in order;

whereas before, it was just chaotic. >> i definitely feel like the program saved my life. i mean, i don't know what i would have done without it, because you are your own parachute, and i was the only one who could save myself. it's actually one of my proudest accomplishments. >> it's something i definitely could have used years earlier, and i think it would have helped me even before i had panic attacks. it was a life changer for me, a real life changer. >> i've changed. it's not the world around me that has changed. it's still the same world that i grew up in, but it doesn't scare me like it used to, because i know who i am now. and i know that no matter what happens, good or bad, i will land on my feet and i'm gonna get through it, and good and bad things happen to us all, and it's about choosing whether or not you want to be a victim or you want to be a victor. >> i think this program could

help everybody in the way they think about life. it's full of wisdom about how to live your life in a successful way and in a healthy way, and most of us didn't get that blueprint. so, you know, this program has kind of gathered up thinking from just a huge range of places and made it accessible in one place. >> i mean, life is life, and stress is stress, but the incredible thing about it is, you know when it's coming on and you see that you're gonna be in a stressful situation. you just have the skills to deal with it. you just live in the moment, and that's a definite you'll have to do. don't go sweating about the past and beating yourself up about the past. don't get too far into the future, because you really have no control over the future. and it's to stay in the present moment, and that's where i've been for the last year and a half--staying in the present moment. and my life has been fantastic. >> it was so simple, because knowledge is power. and getting the education and having someone explain to me

what was happening with my body and that i wasn't the only one going through it and that other people have been successful at it-- there's a recipe for success right there. >> because of the attacking anxiety and depression program, i am more confident than ever, any time in my entire life, that i can decide for myself. i can live with my choices. it's like you're unleashing the side of you that's nice, that's normal. it empowers you in such a way that you never even thought possible. it makes you prouder of yourself than ever before. >> this program is for any single person living in this day and age. our lives are so stressful. it's life skills that you need to learn. whether you have problems with anxiety, stress, worry, depression, it certainly helps. and it helps you keep on the straight and narrow. i still pull out the cds and listen to 'em when i'm frazzled or i notice myself going back into some negative phrases and things like that.

>> i have grown backwards. i think i was 80 when i was about 8. [laughs] then in my 30s, i'm starting to play. this is the first time i've ever had a childhood, and i'm gonna have it. i'm gonna experience every single thing about it that i can and i wasn't able to before. and i can now. >> i wanted to illustrate what i was like before the program. basically, i was hunched over, basically like the hunchback of notre dame basically. this is how i'd be walking. just like that. but after the program, check it out. the sky's the limits. whoo! >> it just worked. you get control of yourself and control of your mind and your life. and i took control, and i've been traveling ever since,

and i've got total independence. i went to stay in new zealand for five or six weeks. then i went up to australia for a month, and then i went over to thailand for 2 1/2 months, and i did all of this by myself. trains, planes, and automobiles. >> life now is fantastic. i appreciate each day. i've learned how to slow down. i've learned how to relax. i've learned how to actually do nothing and feel good about it and know that it's healthy to do nothing. i used to have a belief that you had to be doing something productive at every minute or you're wasting your time. and that's not the case at all. that's not being healthy. i'm enjoying life. >> don't let anyone ever tell you that you have to live with anxiety and depression the rest of your life or that you have to take medication for the rest of your life, because it's not true. what you need to do is believe in yourself and go deep inside of yourself and take a look at who you really are. and you need the skills to know how to get your confidence back and be self-empowered so that you can live in the moment

and help yourself. >> i know what it feels like to live on that edge and hoping beyond hope that somebody would just go ahead and push me over and get it over with. i also know what it feels like to have somebody come up and take my hand and walk me away and show me the beauty that, you know, was beyond that cliff. and i'm no better than anybody else. i don't--i'm no smarter. it's taking the program, the attacking anxiety and depression program, and it is attacking all of those bad things that you've been telling yourself, all of those horrible things that you may have learned, and it is putting your foot down and refusing to live the way that you've been living any longer.

you just have to say no. [uplifting music] ♪ >> how long are you gonna let anxiety and depression be your excuse for not feeling good? how long are you going to depend on medications with side effects? how long are you going to suffer needlessly? stop it all with real proven self-help that could last a lifetime. call now for a wonderful free cd that will show you how. it's your life. take it back. call now.