12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life
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If You Want to Change the World, Start with Your Own Life
Whether you’re determined to tackle the problems of the world or simply want to keep life’s challenges from holding you back from the life you desire, this book is for you.
On Purpose: 12 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power and Change Your Life features contributions from experts and strategists who want to help you:
- Move beyond limiting beliefs, fear and complacency.
- Develop authentic confidence to boldly pursue the opportunities you really want instead of just accepting what comes your way.
- Recover more quickly from setbacks.
- Break patterns of chaos that sabotage your productivity.
- Develop a different mindset around money in your business.
- Build a platform and tap into the power of storytelling to grow your business or further your cause.
- Make your health a priority by practicing your own definition of self-care and developing a more natural lifestyle.
Authors & BIos
Isha Cogborn
Isha Cogborn is the founder of Epiphany Institute, where
she helps people connect their purpose and passion to
their profession.
As a nationally sought-ought speaker, three-time author
and podcast host, Isha couples two decades of experience
helping corporations and individuals make a greater impact
with the resilience birthed from being a teenage mother on
welfare, corporate layoffs and a bout with homelessness
after a failed business venture. In 2017, Isha also founded
Startup Life Support to help entrepreneurs overcome the
fear, overwhelm and isolation of starting a business.
Isha earned a degree in Broadcast & Cinematic Arts from
Central Michigan University and is member of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc. The Michigan native now lives in the
Phoenix area, where she enjoys Netflix binges and Peloton
rides.
Ita Udo-Ema
Ita has been creating digital media for the past fifteen
years. With a degree in computer animation from the Art
Institute of Phoenix, Ita has co-produced three independent
feature-length films, two network affiliate television
programs, and published over 200 online videos.
In 2005, Ita founded the media studio, View from Above
Entertainment, and works as an above-the-line video
producer.
Tandra Garvin
Tandra Garvin is the owner of Golden Trinity Health
Care and an entrepreneur at heart. Tandra is fully
involved in all aspects of her patient care with over
twelve years of experience. Her work spans the
health care spectrum from bedside to mentoring.
Tandra’s primary methodology and approach to health
care is to provide increased levels of preventative
care and wellness education to better the lives of her
patients. Mind, body and soul are her passions and
provide the foundation for the care she gives to all.
Tandra is also a nurse leader focused on educating
and supporting nursing students through internships,
providing feedback, and sharing her experience. One
of her goals is to equip nurses with the knowledge
and skills necessary to practice with confidence and
provide quality care. She also uses her expertise to
help other small businesses provide care to patients.
La'Vista Jones
La’Vista Jones is a multifaceted resource, helping her
clients bring order to the chaos of life and business. She
believes her clients can learn how the price of success
doesn’t have to include burnout or broken promises to
themselves. By discovering a better way to run a business,
clients learn to make themselves and what they love a
priority.
As an author, speaker, strategist, and coach, La’Vista is
leading a movement of women who want more from life
than frazzled days and sleepless nights. La’Vista has an
inspiring message that challenges the archaic and often
coveted idea of work-life balance. Her unique magic is
helping women get ‘ish done, without burning themselves
out.
La’Vista is the founder and CEO of 31 Marketplace, an
agency that blends systemization and self-care, making
both simple, personal, and effective.
Although she is a proud native of Ohio, La’Vista currently
resides in Arizona. She enjoys living life with her favorite
guys — her college sweetheart and husband Stewart; their
son, publicly known as The Cub; and their Mastiff fur baby,
Bulldozer.
Sarah R. Adams
Sarah R. Adams is an award-winning multimedia producer, freelance reporter, writer, and educator with over 20 years of professional experience in broadcasting and higher education. She has extensive experience as a television producer, on-air personality and host, radio news reporter, and author. Adams is also an experienced managing nonprofit public relations and promotions, as well as providing media consulting services. Adams currently teaches multimedia writing, media onair performance, and media criticism courses for Central Michigan University’s School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts.
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Veronica Armstrong
Whether she’s coaching leadership teams, executives, or women who simply desire to break out of their invisible box so they can live life on their terms, Veronica’s mission is to help women find the clarity and confidence they need to go after the opportunities they deserve.
Veronica is the founder of Leadership Life Support, which she created to help professional women become better leaders from the inside out. She’s now extended her services to support women taking responsibility for their lives so they can live life on their terms.
A certified life and leadership coach, entrepreneur, and corporate executive, Veronica brings value from both her professional and personal experiences, including a life of verbal and physical abuse and three years as a ward of the state being shuffled from group homes to foster homes, before making it to the e-suite in corporate America.
An Ossining, NY, native, Veronica now resides in the Phoenix area, where she enjoys roller skating, reading, and hanging out with her husband and son. You can connect with Veronica on your favorite social media networks and subscribe to her blog at leadershiplifesupport.com.
Rebecca Barranca
Rebecca (Becky) Barranca, MA is a writer, public speaker,
community educator, and women’s ministry leader. Her
goal is to use her blog, beckybarrancalivingnaturally.com
to provide a go-to resource for women who are pursuing
a more natural and healthier lifestyle for themselves and
their family at an accessible cost.
After working as an HR professional, non-profit founder,
and an insurance broker for many years and keeping a very
hectic schedule, Becky knew she needed to make changes
to her family’s stressful lifestyle. Since her first baby was
born fifteen years ago, she has slowly but surely been able
to adapt her household into a less toxic, more organic and
natural, relaxed and intentional home atmosphere.
Becky has spent countless hours researching health and
natural living topics with a discerning eye. While not a
medical professional, she is able to share valuable health
information and natural living ideas through classes and
speaking engagements. The knowledge that Becky shares
empowers individuals to make better informed decisions
about their health, nutrition, and the products they choose
to use in their homes.
Dr. Erika Brown
Dr. Erika Brown is the CEO of Dr. Erika By Design. In her late 30s, she suffered what some would refer to as a quarter-life crisis. She was unfulfilled in her job, her health was declining, and her mojo was a “no-go.” At that point she felt that life had to be more than just working in corporate America. So, she decided to change her mindset and focus on finding her way back to the Erika she once knew long ago.
As a result, she found herself on this crazy, bumpy, exhilarating ride called entrepreneurship. In a matter of six months, she changed career paths, started an internationally recognized podcast, became an author, and began to work with some amazing clients.
Through her work as a coach, consultant, and podcast host, Dr. Erika is working to fulfill her purpose of helping high-achieving women share their story, build their dreams, and execute their vision.
Pamela Smith
Pamela D. Smith is a certified life coach who empowers
women to grow into their next desired level. She knows
what it’s like to feel stuck and wants to help her clients go
from enduring life to enjoying life.
A certified coach with the John Maxwell Team, Pam is
also an award-winning performer and trainer in the airline
industry and author of the books, Harvesting Your Pearls
and Becoming a Better You by Unleashing Your Greatness.
She is passionate about personal growth and with her
support, clients are experiencing results in months that
others take years to accomplish on their own.
With a lifelong passion of encouraging and helping others,
Pam is an avid volunteer, supporting both domestic and
international causes, including serving as a small group
leader focused on personal growth at Faith Christian Center
in Phoenix, Arizona.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling and spending time
with the loves
Clifford Starks
Clifford Starks is a retired professional mixed martial arts
fighter who competed for eight years before stepping away
from the ring to start a family with his wife.
Clifford believes the journey of transformation includes
mind, body and business. All three play key roles in
success, as he has learned through his journey as a
fighter, competitor, and coach. Today, as a personal trainer,
life coach and author of the book, Awaken the Superhero in
You, he helps clients focus on their mind, body, and spirit
to live happier, more fulfilled lives. Clifford has always been
fascinated with psychology which he studies in detail,
while also pulling from personal life experiences.
A graduate of Arizona State University, Clifford ranked
third in the PAC 10 Conference as a wrestler while earning
a degree in kinesiology. Always challenging himself to
improve, he continues to compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Connie Vanderzanden
Connie Vanderzanden is on a mission to help entrepreneurs
live the lifestyles they desire by learning the simple steps,
structure, and discipline to create and save money.
With 34 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience,
a variety of industry knowledge, and her own real-life
business growth journey since 2001, Connie developed the
Going Beyond Revenue Cash Handling System, focused on
cash flow planning that creates profitable and sustainable
businesses.
Connie is a true Oregonian, born and raised in the beautiful
Pacific Northwest where she spends time with her
husband of 34 years and their “fur kid.”
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Published by Isha Cogborn, this book is published in collaboration with Platform for Purpose – an initiative focused on amplifying the voices of diverse experts and thought leaders.
To learn how you can join the Platform for Purpose Initiative, visit PlatformforPurpose.com