J-Smoove presents his audience to a world where we are picked to survive. He has a special guest, Gwendolyn Taylor, who has her masters in social work and organizational leadership. She joins his platform to discuss her book titled "Picked to Survive". Each chapter of the book talks through the trials, tribulation, trauma, and lessons learned that has surrounded her life in adulthood. Relationship issues, lies, deception, her home being burglarized, her battles with cancer, and losing her sister to cancer. Despite all of these misgivings, Gwen still carries a positive mindset. She uses her personal story as a testimony of hope to benefit others.
J-Smoove and Gwen remind the audience that while we are alive and breathing, it is imperative to realize that we have been picked to survive. The time is now to start our journey and leave our legacies. But, in order to do that, we have to know who we are and what is important us, which requires much reflection and examination.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What it means to be picked to survive
- The significance of reflecting and examining both the pleasant and unpleasant events in our lives
- The importance of acknowledging our losses and still being grateful for what we still have
- How to build strength in our weakest moments
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