inspiration Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/inspiration/ S.O. What! Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/summerowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-Summer-Owens-S.O.-What.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 inspiration Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/inspiration/ 32 32 152051023 From Pain to Power: 15 Years After My Memoir, Here’s What Confidence and Resilience Created https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/ https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:42:14 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24247 The number 15 has defined two of the biggest turning points in my life. I was 15 when I became a mother—unprepared, afraid, but determined.And my son was 15 when I published my memoir—an unfiltered story of my journey, my mistakes, and my fight to become the woman and mother I wanted to be. Now, […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/feed/ 0 24247 Turning 46 with a Gift for Grads – Two Life-Changing Books https://summerowens.com/turning-46-with-a-gift-for-grads-two-life-changing-books/ https://summerowens.com/turning-46-with-a-gift-for-grads-two-life-changing-books/#respond Thu, 15 May 2025 23:43:15 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24198 Every year on my birthday, I reflect on the gifts life has given me – not the kind wrapped in bows, but the kind wrapped in pain, struggle, and unbreakable purpose. As I count down to my 46th birthday one week from today, I can’t help but think of how much that day- May 22nd- […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/turning-46-with-a-gift-for-grads-two-life-changing-books/feed/ 0 24198 A Night of Resilience, Reflection, and Scholarship Awards for Resilient Students: My Heartfelt Reflections https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/ https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 21:00:41 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24169 I’m still feeling the impact of the 3rd Annual S.O. What! Awards and Scholarship Soiree, and I can honestly say it was one of the most powerful nights of my life. Standing on that stage, looking out at a room filled with people who believe in the power of resilience, transformation, and hope—it reminded me […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/feed/ 0 24169 Carlos Malave S.O. What! Success Story https://summerowens.com/carlos-malave-s-o-what-success-story/ https://summerowens.com/carlos-malave-s-o-what-success-story/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:00:42 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=22424 I love new friends!  Especially those with incredible stories of strength and resilience that inspire me and so many others.  Carlos Malave is one of the newest speakers in the agency that currently represents me for my college speaking. When I met him, I immediately noticed his smile and warm personality.  I had no idea […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/carlos-malave-s-o-what-success-story/feed/ 0 22424 Stephanie Jackson S.O. What! Success Story https://summerowens.com/stephanie-jackson-s-o-what-success-story/ https://summerowens.com/stephanie-jackson-s-o-what-success-story/#respond Sun, 05 Sep 2021 05:00:30 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20695 It’s amazing when you look back over your life and think about the people you’ve met on your journey. And how they inspire you today. A freshman like me, Stephanie Jackson became my line sister and soror in 1998. She became a young mom like me soon after that. Also, like me, she was looked […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/stephanie-jackson-s-o-what-success-story/feed/ 0 20695 4 Reasons to Ensure Saying “Happy Mother’s Day” Helps Not Hurts https://summerowens.com/4-reasons-to-ensure-saying-happy-mothers-day-helps-not-hurts/ https://summerowens.com/4-reasons-to-ensure-saying-happy-mothers-day-helps-not-hurts/#respond Wed, 15 May 2019 22:56:59 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=8040 The post 4 Reasons to Ensure Saying “Happy Mother’s Day” Helps Not Hurts appeared first on Summer Owens S.O. What!.

]]> https://summerowens.com/4-reasons-to-ensure-saying-happy-mothers-day-helps-not-hurts/feed/ 0 8040 Chapter 39- Celebrate Your Life While You Have It https://summerowens.com/chapter-39-celebrate-your-life-while-you-have-it/ https://summerowens.com/chapter-39-celebrate-your-life-while-you-have-it/#respond Sun, 27 May 2018 21:20:24 +0000 https://summerowens.wordpress.com/?p=4791 If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time or just know my story, then you know my birthdays are “special”. Y es, everyone’s birthday is special, but my birthday is also the anniversary of the day I got pregnant by someone I did not know. A day that changed everything about my […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/chapter-39-celebrate-your-life-while-you-have-it/feed/ 0 4791 Unlucky or Just Making Bad Choices? https://summerowens.com/unlucky-or-just-making-bad-choices/ https://summerowens.com/unlucky-or-just-making-bad-choices/#respond Sat, 17 Mar 2018 20:32:00 +0000 https://summerowens.wordpress.com/?p=4777 Minimizing our place in life to be about luck simply relieves us from responsibility for our circumstances. It says we think we have no control over our situations, and that we don't feel accountable to or powerful enough to change what we don't like.

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]]> https://summerowens.com/unlucky-or-just-making-bad-choices/feed/ 0 4777 How My Life Became a College Course https://summerowens.com/how-my-life-became-a-college-course/ https://summerowens.com/how-my-life-became-a-college-course/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:31:11 +0000 https://summerowens.wordpress.com/?p=4148 When I walked onto the campus of the University of Memphis as a freshman and mother of a two-year-old in 1997. The last thing I ever imagined was that I would one day be a professor on that same campus. When I chose business as my degree the next year, I never thought I would […]

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