I don't have the right to remain silent when I have a story to tell! I have struggled in my life. I am not afraid to say so because every challenge has made me better, stronger, and faster. My children and I were cast into situation poverty when I divorced their dad after ten years of being a housewife and stay-at-home mom. I was on welfare, had not finished college and had not had a job since high school. I share this because I know what it took for me to move from depending on the state to working at the executive level of the state. I know the hard questions that need to be asked. I know the disempowering beliefs that I had to replace with empowering beliefs. I know the personal commitment and sacrifices that needed to be made in my life.
In this book, I share my early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education experiences. I take you along my journey as a parent of two children on opposite ends of the intellectual spectrum: one gifted & talented and one with a severe cognitive disability. I share how I failed at marriage...not once, twice but three times. I tell you about my sleepless tear-filled nights and how my children succeeded despite all we were faced with. I talk about the men I love and the women I love.
This book is not about how to move from welfare to wealth. That will be a subsequent book. This book is about exploring empowering beliefs and disempowering beliefs that positively or negatively affect our personal growth. ___________ happened that resulted in an empowering belief that has led to you achieving your goals in life. ______________ happened that resulted in a disempowerment belief that has you stifled; thus, not achieving your goals in life. Let's talk about what those things were and how to move past them by examining what you have control of and what you will do.
Life is about choices! This is one of the first lessons I taught my daughter. Some of my life choices have been good and produced positive results. Some of my life choices have been not so good and produced not so good results. But I lived and continue to live, not thrive, not survive...but live! It is for this reason that I delve into the life of authorship. This is my story and I am sticking to it!
My background is in education and leadership. Most notably, I've been blessed to serve for over 25 years in public, private, charter and higher education. Currently, I serve at the executive level of state government. Along this path, I realize that I am more attracted to deconstructing why some people excel and others don't. I believe coaching and personal development is my life's work. I know how to move along the trajectory towards continuous improvement and I want you to take that ride with me.
