I gained confidence in myself as I learned new skills like public speaking, goal setting, handling rejection, time management, making cold calls and much more. In the beginning, I would shake speaking to only a few people, and eventually I was able to work up to talking in front of more than a thousand. One goal at a time, I gained belief in my abilities, and I started to believe I could achieve anything I put my mind too. But the real magic of the business happened when I began meeting women who wanted to join my team and I recognized I could help them do the same. As I trained, mentored, and encouraged them to achieve their goals, I recognized that this was much more than sales. This business was not only changing my life, it was helping others change theirs as well. Instead of just lighting homes, I was lighting lives, and I began to understand what purpose was.
With energy and enthusiasm, I grew my business developing strong relationships with my customers and helping other women start their own business, earning me the position of Regional Vice President. Although I was proud of this accomplishment, the real lessons came through losing that status only six months later.


Through this humiliating and humbling experience, I learned it is not in how we fall, but in how we rise that counts. It was during this time I realized that you do not need a title to lead. I had to learn that true success is not in recognition, but in the value you add to others. It is demonstrated in how you show up and who you choose to be.
Through these lessons, I shifted my intention and applied what I learned to refocus my energy and earn the position back. Within two months of re-qualifying, I advanced to Senior Regional Vice President, the top position in our global Company, where I remained for many years leading thousands of independent entrepreneurs to realize their personal goals. This experience helped me shape my life moving forward.
As it happens, my business was succeeding again while my personal life was in turmoil. On the outside it looked like I was living the dream, but on the inside, I was struggling to keep it all together. Most days I felt alone, overwhelmed, and afraid. My marriage came to an abrupt and permanent end after twenty years, and in a moment, I found myself forced to recreate my life. This was a very dark and difficult period for me, I had worked very hard to succeed as a mom, wife, and professional, and no matter how hard I tried, it fell apart anyway.
As my personal life crumbled, my business followed suit.
I would like to say it was easy to recover from the shame, humiliation, and defeat I felt after my entire world collapsed, but the truth is, it took me a few years to find my way. With the support of many mentors, coaches and other women, I was able to grow through the experience and make new decisions about who I was and how I wanted to show up in the world.