📣 Meet the Woman Behind This Community
Most of you have heard me mention Charlene. You've seen her name, heard me reference her work. She's been in the background — by choice — while we laid this foundation together. That changes this week. She's stepping in directly, and I want you to know a little about who she is before she does. 🤍 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 🔹 Grew up in constant motion: 4 grade schools, 4 high schools, 4 colleges, a different state and city for each 🔹 Sober since 1981: 44+ years of real, lived tools for self-examination 🔹 Experienced the trauma of abuse in early romantic relationships and healing that comes with a good marriage. 🔹 Married in 1990: celebrating 36 years together this year 💑 🔹 Faced cervical cancer: no insurance, had the surgery, came out cancer-free 🔹 In 1996, a contractor laying new sewer lines in the neighborhood put them in backwards — flooding her home with sewage. Every affected home had to be completely remodeled. She spent 7 months homeless, still in school full-time, working part-time, while her husband fought the contractor and an attorney to make it right. 🔹 Crohn's diagnosis in 2000: medication-free by 2011 🔹 Business/Marketing degree + 2 Engineering degrees + 30 years in research, marketing & copywriting 🔹 Started her business in 2008: then learned how to talk to strangers and speak from the stage by going to Toastmasters 🔹 Certified Mindfulness Practitioner 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: 📚 Always reading at least 3 books at once ... fiction and non-fiction both ✍️ Wrote her first poem at 9, her first book at 11, published in magazines as a teen ... and still writing today 🎱 Plays pool competitively in local, regional, and national tournaments 🔬 Loves science ... physics and neuroscience equally fascinate her 💬 Straight-forward ... she will say it directly, no fluff She's not here to sell you a morning routine or a 5-step framework. She's here because she's genuinely figured some things out ... about clarity, self-examination, and what to do when life gets loud.