Married to a serial-entrepreneur for almost five decades, Joanne Miller confronts the realities of living that roller-coaster lifestyle while maintaining a stable and peaceful home and family life. Although she thought she lost herself in the process she discovered that the greatest challenges can lead to new life direction and is often much better than Plan A. With many calls to action to challenge the reader, Joanne provides valuable insight into how to make your home reflect the life you want, regardless of one’s circumstances or social status.

“SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!” yells Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) as he enters the cathedral to escape his tormentors. Sanctuary: A place of asylum and immunity. A place of peace and unconditional love. A place to escape from the everyday stressors of life. An attainable retreat accomplished through intentional living.

"Creating a Haven of Peace" provides a formula for creating Sanctuary in your own home. An escape from the busyness and chaos surrounding our families today. Here are very attainable steps to creating the life you desire.

How incorporating the five senses can turn your home into a Sanctuary of peace and love that supersedes the “security” you think money can provide.

How relationship trumps all in building a foundation for peace.

How “being your own boss” isn’t all it’s cut out to be. The myths and realities of living the unpredictable entrepreneurial life.

How The Ugly Year turned into success and unexpected life change and how you can change your own life story.

When the business failed, the IRS was knocking at the door, the kids were hungry and we had borrowed a beat up car from a friend, I assumed this was the beginning of poverty and embarrassment. Instead, it turned out to be the wakeup call for our greatest and most successful adventure.

“Our family never had ‘problems’. We always had ‘Opportunities for Solutions’ and we could get mighty creative with figuring out the solutions!”