“I want to share my voice and my thoughts with other women. I want them to know that circumstances shouldn’t deter them from following their dreams or whatever it is they want to do. And I’m ready to give clear direction on how to make it happen.”

“In my workshops the first thing I tell women is, be aware of the choices you have made and the choices you aren’t making. This will come from really examining yourself. Make a list of your positives and negatives in your life always keeping the focus on you. What do you need to change? And once you’ve written them down begin to unlearn the things you feel are keeping you from your dreams. If you slouch in your chair, start sitting up straight.”

“Then you have to make a decision that you want to change. Third, own the mistakes you feel have altered your life. Then look in the mirror and ask yourself are you going to continue to allow it to define you. Get connected spiritually, whatever your faith is, tap into it. I don’t care if it’s Christianity, Islam, Catholicism or Buddhism. Get connected.”

“The way I see it, we all crawl until eventually we can balance, and them we take a few steps and fall down, but we keep getting up until walking becomes second nature. And eventually in life you’ll fall down again, but you fall knowing you can learn to walk again. If through my workshops I’m able to inspire one person, all the while knowing at the end of the day I own myself and I can teach my son to do the same, then I know I’ve done my job.”