personal development Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/personal-development/ S.O. What! Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:58:12 +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 personal development Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/personal-development/ 32 32 152051023 What It Really Means to Live Boldly https://summerowens.com/what-it-really-means-to-live-boldly/ https://summerowens.com/what-it-really-means-to-live-boldly/#respond Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:58:12 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24676 What does it really mean to live boldly? For many people, being bold is about confidence, risk-taking, or standing out in a crowd. But for me, it has meant something deeper. Living boldly has meant choosing to move forward when everything in me wanted to stop. It has meant saying “S.O. What!” to obstacles, expectations, […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/what-it-really-means-to-live-boldly/feed/ 0 24676 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 Embracing Legacy and Resilience: How to Honor Legacy and Foster Resilience Through Symbolic Actions https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/ https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 23:43:21 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=23764 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 and honor the legacy of black women. Last month I struggled through […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/feed/ 0 23764 Graduating Against the Odds: How I Made it to My 20 Year College Graduation Anniversary https://summerowens.com/graduating-against-the-odds/ https://summerowens.com/graduating-against-the-odds/#respond Tue, 04 May 2021 01:02:52 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20233 It’s graduation season, and many students are graduating against the odds. Financial challenges, lack of support, illnesses, competing priorities, too many responsibilities and so many other obstacles keep many people from completing college. But so many did it in spite of the odds. Many overcame tremendous obstacles, self-doubt, and doubt from others…but you did it! […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/graduating-against-the-odds/feed/ 0 20233 Video: Honoring the Dream- 5 Kids’s DC Exposure Trip https://summerowens.com/video-honoring-the-dream-5-kidss-dc-exposure-trip-honoring-the-dream/ https://summerowens.com/video-honoring-the-dream-5-kidss-dc-exposure-trip-honoring-the-dream/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:28:13 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=7857 This is a video by Summer Owens about Honoring the Dream- 5 Kids’ DC Exposure Trip. Watch this out and be inspired by these kids! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m Summer Owens, and my passion is helping youth and young adults realize success no matter what obstacles they face. As an international resilience and leadership keynote speaker, author, […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/video-honoring-the-dream-5-kidss-dc-exposure-trip-honoring-the-dream/feed/ 0 7857 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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