Zorka Hereford is a life skills consultant and author of "9 Essential Life Skills – A Guide for Personal Development and Self-Realization".

After earning a liberal arts degree with studies in philosophy and psychology, she worked a combined twenty years for a top financial institution and a number one communications company where she excelled in leadership and training and development skills.

Her website www.essentiallifeskills.net is dedicated to contributing to the personal growth and development of others as well as helping them live well and function to their full potential.

There, as well as finding great personal development articles, you can discover how philosophy, the arts and sports all help make you a well rounded individual physically, mentally and spiritually.