When Encouragement Turns Into Action...Why It's Great To Help Your Friends Pursue Their Passion

I met J. Yasmin a little over three months ago. It was a Monday morning, and I was quite grumpy so my energy wasn’t where it normally is. J. Yasmin was the perky new employee…I greeted her with a handshake as cold and limp as a dead fish. She skipped back to her new desk and waited for the other employees to arrive at work.

By the afternoon, I warmed up to being back at work. LOL. I decided to re introduce myself to J. Yasmin…and the conversation never stopped. I discovered that we had more in common than not, and I communicated more with her in 3 months than I have with people I have know for 3 years. I’m so glad she was open to re engaging again, because how I first “showed up” is not really the person I am - the person she now knows.

A few laughs, Starbuck runs and conversations later - we both discovered our aspirations for becoming published authors. J. Yasmin had already amassed a fan following of her daily inspirational writings.

I shared information with J. Yasmin about a project I was working on with Shannon Anderson — co authoring a book. She had been encouraged before, but just didn’t have the will and confidence to publish her work.

So her and I strongly believe that our paths crossed for a reason….it took my encouragement and the fact that I could connect her with a platform (that was not scary and a was a safe place to explore what it takes to be a published author) without the stress of carrying a book all on her own.

And here we are….we are both co authors of a book that will be released in October 2019 called Broken, But Not Forgotten. It’s a powerful, powerful collection of stories by 10 women who have poured their everything into their chapters.

This entire opportunity was masterfully orchestrated by best-selling author and motivational speaker Shannon Anderson.

Here’s what to look out for in our book from J. Yasmin:

Author: J Yasmin

Chapter Title: “But I said…NO!”

Reason for participating in this project: I chose to participate in this project because I needed and wanted to share my story, so other’s can see that positive growth in life is possible after experiencing traumatic events.

Favorite quote: “Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.” ~ Michelle Obama

Co Author J. Yasmin

Available in October 2019