Episode 6

Part 2 Abandoning Your True Self To Stay With a Cheating Man

Sharon Matthews Fortune is a proud graduate of Virginia State University, where she obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Besides graduating with honors, Sharon shares that her most cherished accomplishments include being initiated into the illustrious Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. during the Spring of 1987, and later being crowned Miss Virginia State University in 1988. She is a seasoned psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor with over two decades of experience. Throughout her career as a mental health and substance abuse clinician, Sharon worked in various settings to include community mental health and inpatient hospitalization until she founded her private practice in 2003. Sharon is sincere in her efforts to help women understand their role in dysfunctional relationships, and her compassionate spirit and genuine desire to empower her clients to live their best lives led to her writing her first book. She has developed the art of gently guiding her clients, after having lost their way, back to their truth to facilitate healing from the lies that have kept them stuck and defeated. Her vision is to assist every woman who reads this book with creating the relationship with herself and her partner that honors her core values. Get comfortable as she allows me take an exclusive in depth look into Sharon’s new book! She’s been my counselor for over 12 years and her and I share a connection of helping women find themselves. Single Mom’s you don’t want to miss this one. It takes an honest look into why we all might be single in the first place. I read it and it helped me define my part in getting in unhealthy relationships. Don’t get offended, it will make more sense than you think. It was so juicy that I had to break it down into two episodes. We talk about each chapter of her book, and dissect the main topics. The details you’ll have to read for yourself. I hope you enjoy these juicy episodes. It will make you want to buy the book and workbook, bc it will be so worth it.

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The Citizens of Life Podcast

Empowering single working Moms towards wholeness in the entire person ( mental, emotional, physical and spiritual) a process of empowerment I call becoming a Citizen of Life.

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Anya Hildreth

Anya Hildreth is the founder of Anya Hildreth Life Coaching. She was born bi-racial (black Mother, white Father) in the early 80’s in North Carolina. Fluent in two languages she lived overseas as and is well traveled and cultured and brings a broad wealth of knowledge to those seeking guidance in pursuing their goals. She is an in tune Integrative Wellness Life Coach who guides single working Mom's through creating healing, balance, wellbeing and wholeness in our lives. When we get unstuck and start to chase our soul, that is where we find our purpose, a process I call, becoming a Citizen of Life.

She specializes in helping working mother’s navigate and integrate their personal and professional life while discovering their authentic selves, the process of empowerment she calls becoming a Citizen of Life. Her focus is on The Holistic Life Model which uses four key body modalities ( Mental, Emotional, Physical, Spiritual) and brings unique perspective by having lived overseas as a third culture kid for over 16 years, being a twin, a Mom to two, a FT Engineer, and Entrepreneur. She lived in third world Countries across South America, South East Asia, Europe and old Russia navigating life as a bi- racial young lady. After finding herself in her twenties through working through her life’s challenges and counseling, Anya began training as a life coach with Dr. Rachel Eva. Dr. Eva (regarded as one of the best in her field by many) and has taught her the powerful tools and techniques, to live life from a whole-istic approach integrating all four body modalities so they work in tandem to lead the healthy, confident, and in control life that every woman deserves.

She is spiritual, intuitive, and empathetic to the world around her and helps people identify their starting points in their life journey while braking down their core issues. This foundation allows them to get back on track towards fulfilling their life’s ambitions. She takes a deep dive into your self-discovery and will help you recognize your own gifts and push you to bring light to the world.

Anya is well versed in dealing with change due to her life experiences overseas. Starting at a young age, she moved so often (every two or so years), changing cultures, religions, careers, friends, (and a lot of schools) that her passion and gift became showing others how to navigate through change more seamlessly and arrive whole on the other side of life's struggle.

She has lived her life according to the principles of the Holistic Life Model she teaches for over 10 years and became a certified Integrative Wellness Life Coach in 2017. Overcoming many of her own life challenges such as stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, divorce, and two autoimmune diseases ( type 1 diabetes and hypothyroidism) all while balancing a career, two kids, a dog, and maintaining a house ( yard, garden, cleaning and cooking). She has healed her soul, by going through her own spiritual, mental, emotional and physical challenges and was able to become the Citizen of Life that she is now. Anya is a ruler of her own life. Confident independent and trusting in her intuition, she knows she is being divinely guided by God, and her guardian angels, and the universe to assist other women in doing the same. Life is a constant journey of moving forward and getting to the inner core of the soul, and everyone's journey is different. She will help you create healing, balance, wellbeing and wholeness as you become a Citizen of your own Life.