Brokenness, Baggage and Blessings: An Anthology of Resiliency Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781732630307)

For over 18 years Althea Bates has worked in social services and workforce development. Growing up in a strong Jamaican family that always encouraged her to dream and work hard Althea has found her way to becoming more than she had initially set her eyes onto. She has found herself functioning as an Entrepreneur, a Professor/Lecturer, a Nonprofit Leader, Directors for various organizations and most recently an author and a Champion for women empowerment issues. Ms. Webber-Bates currently operates as the CEO and Founder of A. Bates Consulting which provides a range of training -related consulting services to nonprofits/municipalities relative to topics and areas in youth development, case management, workforce development and human services practices. Project Resiliency has become her additional passion/pursuit as a social movement that seeks to encourage and empower women of color in areas of self-care and resilience related to mental, physical and emotional health while providing connectivity and supports to other women of color through resilience circles (organic meetups in a local park), conferences, workshops and summer seminars. Watching true relationships bloom in others motivated Althea's own desire to write her own stories; to heal others, as she healed herself. Althea Webber-Bates continued her work as an author & co-author putting forth book projects including: Favor in Failure (2018); Life Balance for the Women on the Rise (2017) and Soaring into Greatness (2017) as well as Brokenness, Baggage and Blessings (2018). In finding her voice and owning her journey she also found in herself the gift of presenting high energy messages that takes the audience through her own personal journey and the purpose she found as she built her Resiliency. Throughout her years as a motivational speaker and author Althea relates to teens, adults and corporations alike inspiring and motivating them to begin the process of healing through empowerment. Today Althea seeks to facilitate personal and professional growth while motivating her audience to find their resilience personally and professionally using their narratives to facilitate the path to success.