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Bertha Rogers Looney in my grandmother's dress
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Embracing Legacy and Resilience: How to Honor Legacy and Foster Resilience Through Symbolic Actions

I'm not sure how I came to the realization of the importance of embracing legacy and resilience, but I have learned to love the power in journies of those who have come before me. Especially, because I am a black woman, I appreciate…
Celebrating an anniversary- The 10th anniversary of Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother

10 Ways to Use the Life After Birth book to Help Teen Moms

When I published my memoir, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, my number one goal was to help teen moms. I ultimately created a powerful, trauma-informed curriculum that promoted academic excellence and…
Summer Owens showing Unshakable Confidence and Resilience: Empowerment for Success
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Building Resilience Through Unshakable Confidence: A Journey of Self-Discovery

Over a decade ago when I began speaking on resilience, the topic of confidence and ways to build confidence were always on my mind. I learned early on that for me, believe I could do something, was essential to me pushing through to make it…

Collaborating. Not Competing. Women Celebrating Women.

I am a woman, hear me roar. Women are strong when we want to be weak. We laugh when we want to cry. Sometimes we cry (or even laugh) when we want to run away. We are mothers, wives, sisters, and friends. Also, we are caregivers to our children,…