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Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
About Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is one of the world’s most trusted voices in personal development and peaceful leadership. A bestselling and award-winning author, certified master life coach, speaker, and the visionary founder of the Best Ever You Network, Elizabeth has spent over two decades helping individuals and organizations navigate change with resilience, authenticity, and heart.
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She is the author of The Change Guidebook, The Success Guidebook, The Peace Guidebook, and Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through (with Dr. Katie Eastman), as well as multiple children’s books. Her acclaimed work reframes change, success, and peace as deeply human and accessible—powered by practical tools and grounded compassion.
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Elizabeth is also the co-founder of the Percolate Peace Project, a global initiative inspiring hope, healing, and harmony through daily peaceful action. Her award-winning podcast, The Best Ever You Show, has more than 8 million downloads and features world-class leaders, authors, athletes, and changemakers.
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Diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies at 25 — including multiple near-fatal anaphylactic reactions — Elizabeth has become a passionate advocate for safety and awareness through her speaking, writing, and work with nonprofit organizations such as FAACT and MedicAlert Foundation.
A graduate of St. Ambrose University with a degree in journalism, Elizabeth also attended Harvard Business School for Leadership and is continually committed to learning, growth, and service. She lives in Maine and South Carolina with her husband, Peter, and their rescue pets. They are the proud parents of four grown sons, who continue to be among her greatest teachers.
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Elizabeth’s mission is simple and unwavering: help people rise, thrive, and lead their lives with peace, purpose, and integrity
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Leadership Positions
CEO of Compliance4
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is the Chief Executive Officer of Compliance4 and a veteran of the financial services industry. Throughout the 90s, Elizabeth helped test, train and implement the EDGAR system nationwide and implement modernization and the SEDAR System in Canada, as the Director of EDGAR and Regulatory Services at Merrill Corporation, Integreon and American Financial Printing. Elizabeth has chaired several EDGAR conferences with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as, trained internal customer service and sales executives and several firms such as Aetna, Chase Manhattan Bank, Dewey Ballantine, Preston Gates and Ellis and more. Elizabeth graduated with honors in 1991 from St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa and attended Harvard Business School. Elizabeth is the recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Finance — Leaders Award for her significant contribution towards the financial sector from FiNext. She and her husband Peter reside in Maine and have four sons. Her husband Peter serves as the firm's President and CCO.
CEO of Best Ever You
As the CEO and founder, guiding spirit and energy behind the Best Ever You brand, Elizabeth brings audiences together with the encouragement and inspiration. She understands firsthand the challenges of life, work, family, change and struggle can bring and has worked with people worldwide to illuminate their light within and help them uncover their best life and a better way forward.
Forbes Business Council
​Elizabeth's Articles​
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Conquering the 5 Ds of Successful Focus
Eight Ways To Conquer Your Fear Of Change As A Leader
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20 Ways Leaders Can Effectively Support New Managers
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Eight Tips For Best Navigating Change As A Leader
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20 Key Skills Leaders Should Learn To Enhance Their Work And Lives
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You've Been Rerouted, Now What?
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Food Allergy Awareness
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino has multiple life-threatening food allergies (Anaphylaxis) to peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.
Elizabeth was featured on the cover of MedicAlert Magazine, which was mailed to over one million people.
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Elizabeth wears a MedicAlert for Anaphylaxis. She has multiple, life-threatening food allergies. Elizabeth serves on the board of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team (“FAACT”) as a spokesperson.
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In 2020, Elizabeth teamed up with bestselling children's book author Sally Huss to create the bestselling children's books A Lesson For Every Child: Learning About Food Allergies and Dream Big with Food Allergies
Chief Cookie Baker
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino has held hundreds of storytimes and baked and donated thousands of nut-free chocolate chip cookies for adults and kids all around the country. Her cookies were loved by Robin Williams.
Mrs. Maine 2006 & 2001
Miss Iowa National
Teenager 1988
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino was Mrs. Maine United States in 2006 and Mrs. Maine International in 2011. In both, she dedicated her platform to children’s literacy and stroke awareness. Elizabeth was the 2011 Go Red for Women winner.
