I overcame eight adversities that often knock people out of the game
Child Molestation
This horrific life experience many people never get free from. It holds them back and haunts many forever. My experience was traumatic, but with God’s grace, I was able to battle it. This does not have to define you negatively.
Physical Abuse
The cuts and bruises may fade, but the scars are always there, physically or mentally. My situation was not unique, and my healing took time. But I was no longer going to be a victim. And you do not have to be either.
Depression
I was told by my doctor I would never run again after a head-on car collision. And this was the year after I had just completed the London marathon. I was devastated. I had been a track star in high school, college and ran 2 years semi-professionally; how could this be happening to me? There is no “why,” but there is freedom from depression.
Mental Illness
Many people become mentally ill and delusional as a result of experimenting with recreational drugs. I was no different. This was a hurdle that was hard to face and even harder to beat, but I came through it, and you can too.
Drug Abuse
Partying from 9 pm-9 am, 7 days a week abusing drugs in the process was the norm for me at a low time in my life. I thought I was living it up when I was actually falling deeper and deeper down. How would I ever get up again? How will you? If this is your life, you have the power to change it.
Alcohol Abuse
Do you drink to get intoxicated? 7 days a week? This is where I found myself at the age of 30, but I asked for “amazing” and would not let myself stay there. Join me to start your journey to reclaim your life.
Incarceration
Yes, it is true I spent a year incarcerated, moving between Rikers Island, Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, and the prison ward of Bellevue Hospital. An experience like this really hits you hard. But that time forced me to realize what I didn’t want for my life, and I was determined to put that in my past. The experience has defined me but now gives me opportunities to help others in the same situation. You, too, can be a light to others that have had a similar experience.
Homelessness
Wandering the streets of New York in the dead of winter with the flu. Many nights I spent at the YMCA and days just walking the streets. I was not eating a normal diet; I lost over 30lbs., not in a good way. How would I ever turn my life around? This hurdle was difficult, but one step at a time, I picked myself up and turned my life around after asking God for amazing. He answered me, and he has an answer for you as well.
These adversities seem too impossible to overcome. From these challenges, how could one ever attain success? And yet, here I am to share my story and bring “amazing” into the lives of those who need it.
Start your first step to an AMAZING life.
You have not
because you ask not.
So, why not ask for amazing?