Born To Rise – Inspirational Memoir by Lorna Blake
Born To Rise encompasses a young woman’s journey from abandonment, abuse and rejection to her empowerment and success. It tells the story of a young girl who felt counted out, discounted and knocked down by the hand she was dealt at birth.
From being abandoned by her father at birth to abuse by her mother, the death of her beloved grandmother and sexual abuse by a stepfather, she felt she had been walloped by life.
How could she possibly climb out from under it? With the strength of her ancestors encoded in her DNA, she refused to stay down. She found a way to courageously rise from obscurity to infinite possibility.
She shares her story with humor, eloquence and wisdom to inspire others to recognize they too have the power to climb out from under and create a fantastic comeback from life’s setbacks.
A story of resilience that proves rising is always possible.
About the Author
Lorna Blake is an international Motivational Speaker, Author & Success Coach.
She was born to a poor teenage mom on her grandparents farm in rural Jamaica. During her early years she experienced poverty, abandonment & abuse. At age 19 she boarded a plane on her own and moved to Canada where she struggled for several years to find herself and her life’s purpose.
Her passion for helping others has led her to live and work in five different countries where she’s taught, coached and inspired thousands from many cultures and walks of life.
Her compelling story of confronting the truth of her paternity was featured in an anthology No More Chains: It’s Time For Change (2018) and a film/documentary of the same name which played in select theaters (2019).
Her memoir Born To Rise is an autobiographical account of her life and lessons learned from the school of setbacks.
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