In 2008, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino closed the door to her office to think about her life.
When she opened it, she walked through, leaving behind an almost two-decade career in the financial services industry in order to open the doors for the Best Ever You Network. Today, Best Ever You is a revolutionary multimedia brand and platform with millions of fans and followers around the world. She is a tireless champion of others and believes in the need for the individual light within to raise the collaborative power of us and we.
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino is a globally recognized author, speaker, and founder of the Best Ever You Network, a platform dedicated to helping individuals live their best, most authentic lives. With a mission to empower others through positive change, Elizabeth is the bestselling author of The Change Guidebook - How to Align Your Heart, Truths, and Energy to Find Success in All Areas of Your Life, The Success Guidebook - How to Visualize, Actualize, and Amplify You, Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through, co-authored with Dr. Katie Eastman. Her work, which spans across self-help, personal and professional growth and development, well-being, and success, is praised for its practical and inspiring approach to life's most challenging transitions.
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With a passion for helping others unlock their potential, Elizabeth's influence extends through her widely followed Best Ever You Podcast, which has millions of downloads, and the popular YouTube series Real Life that she co-hosts with Dr. Katie Eastman. As a Hay House and HCI author and a frequent speaker, Elizabeth inspires audiences to embrace change, root themselves in gratitude, and live authentically. She is also dedicated to social change, leading efforts to help one million people percolate peace worldwide.
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​Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman are the co-founders of the Percolate Peace Project, a transformative social movement aimed at cultivating hope, healing, and harmony on a global scale. Their Percolate Peace Project aspires to impact 1,000,000 people, helping individuals implement the principles of peace in their daily lives and foster meaningful connections within their communities. Through their leadership, they continue to champion well-being, inner growth, and social harmony, promoting peace on both personal and collective levels.
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Elizabeth is also a frequent speaker, and her work has been featured in places like Good Housekeeping, Daily Om, The Maine Women's Conference, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Thrive, Medium, and more. Her popular “4-4-4 Newsletter” is sent out each week to thousands of subscribers.
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When Elizabeth was 25, she was diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies and has nearly lost her life on multiple occasions, once while six months pregnant with her son Cam. These food allergies and stories are documented in her books and children's books. These experiences have helped Elizabeth become a food allergy advocate helping people stay alive and thrive with food allergies. Elizabeth works with multiple organizations including FAACT and MedicAlert Foundation.
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Elizabeth and her husband, Peter, have been married for more than twenty-five years and have four adult sons, three rescued cats, and two dogs. They can often be found in Maine in their gardens, in the pool, raking leaves, or, depending on the season, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
You can learn more and sign up for the e-newsletter at elizabethguarino.com and by visiting BestEverYou.com.
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.
