Do You Struggle with Thoughts of Self-doubt or Feel Unworthy?

Shana Francesca often struggled with thoughts of self-doubt and feelings of being unworthy or unlovable. This led to suicidal thoughts, body dysmorphia, anorexia, bulimia, and other harmful practices

That was then…

Today, Shana shares her story on how we can live more joyful and connected lives than we thought possible.

Shana is a  speaker, writer, and entrepreneur.  She has been interviewed on more than sixty podcasts worldwide and has been published in Medium, Authority Magazine,  Shoutout LA, and Emotional Intelligence magazine. She helps people live more joyful and connected lives through the principles of life design. 

"I believe our present and future are transformed when we infuse our lives with intention, we design our lives and realize the power in accepting ourselves as the author of our story.”

We empower people to get back to the place where they listen to their 'knowing,' not their 'wanting'. Wanting is influenced by all the marketing we interact with every day, telling us who we 'should' be and what box we have to fit ourselves in. When we connect to who we were born to be, who we long to become, and who we are becoming, our lives change.

What we create at CONCINNATE is unique to the people we design for - the messy, beautiful, imperfect, and relentlessly divergent lives of our clients. Your life is a series of choices that lead you somewhere close or further away from who you are at your core.

        

Under My Skin is a fast-paced, action-packed suspense, chance-meeting novel.

What happens when two people have a chance meeting on a dark street in the middle of the city...

Ethan Zane is a Real Estate mogul who is focused on building his business until he meets Aria. Aria is a designer who moved to the city to get away from her abusive ex. Aria James is smart, funny, stubborn, and curvy. She knows what she wants and even though she struggles sometimes with believing good things will happen for her, she knows her worth. Things get rough when Aria admits she's falling for Ethan, after all, he's gorgeous and protecting her from her abusive Ex...but Ethan has a secret that could tear everything apart. Will they build something together, or will her Ex and his secret be their undoing?

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Has Your Faith Been Challenged Due to the Loss of a Child?

What is Your Rhythm in Life? You CAN Make Courageous Decisions

Clint Hatton's world was turned upside down on September 23, 2019. The entire world was turned upside down in 2020.

Clint Hatton had to rise from the ashes of the tragic death of his seventeen-year-old son, Gabriel, a licensed pilot killed in a plane crash while living his dream in 2019. How do you not allow fear, loss, or anything else life throws at you but rather be a carrier of hope, living your dream, and choosing to find a way to love and serve others along the journey?

Clint believes we were created to live a courageous life! He burns with a passion to inspire and help you overcome every obstacle our dynamic world throws at you.

Clint Hatton is an author, motivational speaker, personal development and leadership coach, and the founder of BigBoldBrave based in Dallas, Texas. He has been coaching individuals and teams for over twenty years with a proven track record of helping people grow personally, achieve success, and build healthier marriages and relationships.

Clint's interview will challenge you, grip your heartstrings, and help move you to action

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Big Bold Brave: How to Live Courageously in a Risky World contains wisdom and strategies Cline lived by to thrive despite his greatest personal loss.

COURAGEOUS HUMANS, INSPIRING LIVES

Big, Bold, Brave calls you to live a courageous life! Every human is uniquely created to fulfill a divine purpose. If you burn with a desire to inspire others and overcome every obstacle our dynamic world throws at us, this book is for you.

Clint Hatton shares the mindsets, insights, and character traits that have empowered him and his family to rise from the ashes of the tragic death of their seventeen-year-old son, Gabriel, and continue to chase their dreams.

Learn how to:

- Distinguish between natural and unnatural fears.

- Turn your pain from loss or extreme disappointment into a catalyst.

- Remain in a state of gratefulness, joy, and hope despite your circumstances.

- Recognize opportunities and possibilities where others see closed doors.

- Develop your character to love and serve others and live a fulfilling life.

- ... and much more.

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Are You Stuck in Shame or Do You Want to Live in Freedom?

When Tess Scott's third husband left her, she spent weeks with her face buried in the green shag carpet begging God to make him stay.  He didn't. 

But that is only the beginning of the story. Tess was diagnosed with breast cancer three weeks after her marriage was reconciled. Instead of enjoying the honeymoon, she was going through treatment for cancer.

Tess understands what it feels like to have never-ending stress including parenting an adopted son with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), two sons struggling with substance abuse, and one who attempted suicide. 

Do you have a 'messy story'? Tess is on a mission to encourage others who have endured much to realize they are not alone. 

Tess Scott is a speaker and an award-winning author of Listen Sister - Finding Hope in the Freakshow of Life.

Most of us will relate to Tess's story in some way and all of us will enjoy her humor as she shares tragedy, heartbreak, and extreme stress in raising EIGHT children.  

Tess lives by the motto - "Sometimes what seems to be the worst timing is actually the best." She explains this in her interview and asks if you are stuck in shame -- or would you rather live in freedom?  You will enjoy her interview:

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Listen, Sister! Finding Hope in the Freakshow of Life is a hilarious collection of short personal stories that turn awkward memories into much-needed encouragement. Each tale of real-life shenanigans points out glimpses of God in the every day and directs women to the source of true joy in their stress-filled lives.

“You’ll laugh out loud and wipe a tear as you read, and you’ll want to purchase several copies of this book for your friends who have also had a less-than-perfect life. Listen, Sister is filled with practical, biblical wisdom, and it points the reader to a hope-filled future.”  

 

—Carol Kent, Speaker, and Author of When I Lay My Isaac Down (NavPress) 

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Could you use a dose of encouragement wrapped in uproarious laughter and grounded in truth? Book Tess to speak to your group today. www.tessscott.com  Check out tons of testimonials from Event Planners here: Tess Scott Testimonials - YouTube

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Do You Know How to Overcome Fear or Challenges

When Melony Brown was two years old, she had a significant stroke. She did not choose an overcoming attitude as a child, but her parents instilled it in her. They did not allow her to use lack of coordination, left-sided weakness, or balance issues as an excuse. 

Melony is an author, speaker, and host of the Challenges Won't Stop Me podcast. Fighting to overcome life's challenges and thriving is the message she lives by and shares with her audience. 

Decades of neurological struggles and brain surgery tried to stop her, but she chose to fight to overcome them instead. Learning everything those challenges were meant to teach her and grow in her, Melony desires to encourage, inspire, and motivate women to fight to overcome the challenges intersecting their paths. 

With God guiding the way and a backpack filled with your essential gear, you are primed and ready to overcome any challenge that dares to cross your path. It is time to…..JOURNEY ON!

Melony shares several stories including an Auschwitz survivor and a young girl who was kidnapped and sex trafficked. After escaping, she had her tattoo removed which branded her as a 'slave'. She started a business helping other women remove these memory scars including tattoos from prison, gang membership, and abuse. You are going to enjoy Melony's interview:

On her podcast, she has interviewed over 135 courageous women who fought to overcome a wide range of challenges. 

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Are you prepared to survive when one of life's tough challenges rudely intersects your journey? This journey through life is tough, but you're tougher.

In Challenges Won't Stop Me, author, podcaster, and speaker Melony Brown invites you to join her for an eight-mile journey in which you will create a personalized survival guide that will equip and prepare you to survive the rugged terrain that is sure to mark your path. Do not be afraid or discouraged as the master navigator, God, will be with you and fight for you.

As you engage and interact with the text, you will

• color visual symbols, which remind us of each piece of your gear's purpose.
• discover how Bible characters fought to overcome by consistently using their gear.
• draw inspiration and encouragement from others who have fought to overcome.
• reflect and answer questions related to your journey and what you're learning.

Melony not only survived several of life's tough challenges, but she also thrived while fighting to overcome those unexpected turns. In Challenges Won't Stop Me, she shares the strength, wisdom, and grit she's gained, as well as all the 135+ overcomers she's interviewed have gained. Their written stories and podcast interviews can be found at www.melonybrown.com.

Grab your backpack. Let's fill it with the essential gear you'll need to survive, overcome, and thrive!

It's time to JOURNEY ON!

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Something Greater Than You Has Something Greater FOR You

Are you tired of being miserable and broken?

Maurice  Martin has been through his fair share of trauma - from masking the private pain of his childhood to battling depression in his twenties. After becoming an award-winning vocalist and songwriter, Maurice hit rock bottom and it became clear that there was only one way out.

Maurice had to let go of what had been holding him back. Now that he has healed, he is on a mission to equip and empower you to release your limiting beliefs and become the person you were born to be.

During his interview, Maurice shares seven EMBRACE strategies to give you a balance of HOPE.

Focus on the now instead of the future

“Faith was at the center of my healing. Faith gave me the courage to face my past and a renewed perspective to show me my real identity. I learned that my trauma didn’t have to continue to define me and leave me empty. Faith, paired with healthy habits, continues to mature and healthily grow me.”

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Have you ever felt like life got in the way of you living your dream? Like you’re stuck in a rut and there is no way out?

Are you ready to unleash the joy, peace, and fulfillment that you have been longing for?

I've been where you are and the pain of your past doesn't have to control your future anymore! It's time for you to break free from the chains that are holding you back.

Your But Is Too Big was written to foster inner healing and help you find peace. Let me show you how to let go of the pain so that you can embark on a path to live your best life now and for years to come.

Join me on the journey to freedom and discovery. Together, we'll find peace trusting in God's promises and embracing a life filled with hope. With true joy, you'll finally discover the best life has to offer. Stop settling for just getting by: it's time to break out of the rut and soar above it all!

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Never Allow Meager Beginnings Stop You from Reaching Your Ultimate Goals

Dr. Salvatore Forcina survived against all odds. His story is one of tenacity and perseverance.

Dr. Forcina was born in Italy in 1941. This was the time of World War 2 and the war and its aftermath presented locals with few options other than to flee their homes and later, ultimately, their country.

Dr. Forcina has been a general and vascular surgeon for forty years and also trained in trauma surgery. 

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Born in Italy during World War II, Salvatore Forcina was a young boy who survived all odds by living through his young childhood without any real or proper shelter. Like many Italians during this time, a month after turning eight years old his parents followed this migration to Argentina, a developing country at the time rich with natural resources and hope for a more stable life. 

Sent away to live with Redemptorist priests for seven long years as the only available option to study, this young boy struggled emotionally and psychologically with no social outlets and little emotional development. Salvatore's dream to study medicine and help people propelled him to carry on and continue his education, eventually being educated and living on three different continents, each with a new language to learn and master. 

Despite his meager beginnings which provided no social and little educational opportunity and despite the many years and setbacks it took him to accomplish this, his goal was ultimately accomplished because of his sheer determination. This true-life story is motivating, uplifting, and based on what genuine love of family can provide to someone.

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How to Respond to a Cancer Diagnosis of your Child and Survive

How does any parent cope when the doctors tell you that your daughter has an eight percent chance of surviving more than five years?

HOPE is a Way to Escape Your Fear

Michael Schnabel heard that devastating news that left him weak and defenseless – until he formed a support group to move forward to save her life.

In each person's life, some events forever change their course. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie experienced two of these events in fourteen days; the birth of her only child and the discovery that she only had an eight percent chance of living.

She is haunted by the thought that this baby will only know her through pictures and she makes that mental image her motivation to survive.

Michael Schnabel is the author of Daddy’s Girl: A Father, His Daughter, and the Deadly Battle She Won. Michael is a graduate of Northern State University who developed his passion for writing and storytelling during his thirty-year career at Bristol-Meyers Squibb. 

Michael chronicles the powerful story of his daughter's fight to survive her cancer diagnosis to live life with her newborn son and the author's grandson. She became a warrior and provided hope for others. 

Listen to this fantastic story of one family facing the most daunting circumstances and how three generations of a family respond to the crisis. This story illuminates a range of emotions and delivers them with humor, love -- and some miracles!

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How does a young mother overcome an eight percent chance of living to raise her newborn son? She becomes a warrior and provides hope for others. Daddy's Girl is the story of a father, his daughter, and the deadly battle she won.

In each person's life, some events forever change their course. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie experienced two of these events in fourteen days; the birth of her only child and the discovery that she has an eight percent chance of living. She is haunted by the thought that this baby will only know her through pictures until she makes that thought her motivation to survive.

This is a story of one family facing the most daunting of circumstances, at once celebration and devastation. Michael Schnabel, Stephanie's father tells the story of survival and how three generations of a family respond to crisis. Stephanie's courage is fueled by her son's deep brown eyes and unconditional love. Her faith comes from the belief that something greater than us provides what we need - when we need it. Daddy's Girl illuminates a range of emotions and delivers them with humor, love--and some miracles.

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How Do You Move Past the Pain of Life's Curve Balls?

​When your life is thrown a curve ball and you lose your husband at 47 years old -- what then? What about your future? How do you cope?

Kim met tall, dark, and handsome Steve Sorrelle who proposed ten days later.  It was a love story written in the heavens. They raised five children -- life was good. 

Kim Sorrelle began journaling after a breast cancer diagnosis in 2009. Four months later, her husband Steve was told he had pancreatic cancer. Six weeks later, Kim held him as he took his last breath.

Kim is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, director of a humanitarian organization, activist, mother, grandmother, lover of all people, and.....black licorice.

Kim's story will make you laugh....and cry. She is a master at sharing life's tragedies mixed with laughter. 

Kim's entrepreneurial journey included commercial real estate, a golf course, catering, a grocery store, and more. Besides building businesses into multi-million-dollar companies, Kim is proud to have weathered the pandemic storm in the food industry, keeping staff employed, and seeing the company's sales grow beyond pre-pandemic numbers. 

Kim is the director of Rays of Hope International, a partnering organization that works with people in their country who have a passion, a vision, and a mission to help people through business plans, fundraising, sustainability, planning, supplies, and building. Working in countries like Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Burkina Faso, Rays of Hope has enjoyed relationships with hundreds of organizations that are working to help the underserved and vulnerable population. 

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"Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs"

There are so many things that we do not have control over, things that we would not ever choose: cancer, losing a spouse, tragic accidents. But we can choose how we will handle these things. Joy is a choice that anyone can make but not everyone knows how. Facing cancer, becoming a widow, and losing the future, as the author saw it, made her recognize that she had to choose a way to deal with the present.

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Engage with a love that transcends social experiments and leads to a radically transformed life

"Love is patient, love is kind, love is . . ." The words are so familiar they almost lack meaning, a Christianese version of "live, laugh, love." Even non-Christians are familiar with the Love chapter of 1 Corinthians, read at weddings, painted on decorative signs, and preached regularly from the pulpit. But what happens when these verses are taken seriously? What would it take for someone to live out the Love chapter as literally as possible?

That was the question Kim Sorrelle set out to answer during her yearlong experiment. Using 1 Corinthians 13 as a road map, she focused on one phrase at a time, seeking to understand its true meaning and how it could motivate every daily action. She also looked at the ones we do not think too deeply about: love does not boast, does not dishonor others, doesn't keep a record of wrongs, and more.

In her attempts to live the Love chapter to the letter, Kim journeyed all the way to Haiti, where she met people who both tested and displayed love to its limits. From irritating employees to sexist short-term missionaries to curse-wielding women to the profoundly kind nuns, her encounters are filled with rueful self-reflection and comical commentary, as well as a new understanding of the nuances and power of true love in action.

Kim's transformation into someone who truly loves like Jesus will challenge readers to think more deeply about how they can manifest love in their own lives and will reveal the power of Christlike devotion that is unwearied and humble, contented and forgiving. Her exploration is an incredible encounter with the filling, strengthening love of God -- a love that truly never fails.

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