| On the September 18th edition of The Frazzled | | | | mid-life crisis. I call it a mid-life opportunity because it's |
| Entrepreneur Program: The Author as Entrepreneur, I | | | | a time where people take a reflective glance |
| was interviewed by the show's host, H. Les | | | | backwards and say, "Okay, here's what I've done" |
| Brown-an entrepreneur, a Franklin Covey certified life | | | | and they look at the future and think, "How many |
| coach, and author of the new book The Frazzled | | | | years do I have left to do what I really want to do?" |
| Entrepreneur's Guide to Having It All. | | | | It can be depressing if you look at your life and |
| On the show, Les and I talked about how spirituality | | | | you're not happy with where you are and you don't |
| and business go hand in hand. He asked a question I | | | | have a plan to do something different. So, I sat |
| have never been asked. What led you to get into | | | | down and started thinking about where I wanted to |
| theology and how have you incorporated that | | | | be in five years and what I wanted to accomplish in |
| education with your career? | | | | this life. I started planning for positive change. |
| Turning a theology degree into a livelihood is a real | | | | Setting goals brought forth the desire to leave my |
| challenge,but it can be done. Here's how it happened | | | | corporate job and move into a new career as a |
| for me. It was during the time when my eyes were | | | | self-employed business owner. I was already using |
| opened to see things going on with organized religion | | | | my writing skills as an administrative assistant. I was |
| that I was not pleased with-mainly politics and | | | | doing a lot of the correspondence and writing |
| religious abuse of power. People trust the clergy and | | | | hundreds of emails to clients on a daily basis and I |
| the church and many times that trust is used against | | | | thought, "Why not do this as a freelancer and write |
| innocent members. It becomes a game of power and | | | | for other clients?" |
| control. I had been a victim. I was hurt and had many | | | | It has worked out well. It's been a learning process, |
| misgivings about anyone who claimed to be a | | | | for sure, and I can't say there haven't been any |
| Christian, and I was ready to completely give up on | | | | disappointing or discouraging moments. But, overall it's |
| everything ... on God or whatever had anything to do | | | | moved forward very fluidly, very cohesively, and in |
| with church or religion. | | | | an enjoyable way that has caused me to depend |
| I began exploring new paths and different types of | | | | more on my inner voice and inner spirit-that guidance |
| belief systems and came to find the American | | | | we all have and so many times ignore. For me, it |
| Institute of Holistic Theology (AIHT). It looked really | | | | became a new goal and a new challenge to follow |
| interesting and I knew I could learn something there | | | | my guidance in dealing with family, relationships, belief |
| to help me discover a new path that would perhaps | | | | systems, and my career. |
| better serve me. I signed up for the Bachelor of | | | | My study with AIHT had a strong influence on me. I |
| Science program and completed the courses for the | | | | naturally began bringing the influence of metaphysical |
| degree within a few years. | | | | principles, holistic theology, and my new spiritual path |
| Besides my spiritual redirection, a lot of things in my | | | | into my business and into the books I write. And this |
| life changed at that time. I assessed several areas | | | | has attracted a new clientele. I'd say 90 percent of |
| where I felt like what I was doing was not what I | | | | the books I've ghosted, edited, formatted, or |
| wanted to keep doing. During my study, I began to | | | | indexed have a spiritual theme or a healing |
| feel a sense of change on the horizon as far as my | | | | component to them. |
| employment. I think it's part of what some call a | | | | |