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Up from the Water: A Journey of Identity, Grace, and Redemption by Tanya Simpson
Category: Self-Help Affirmations eBooks, Self-Esteem Self-Help, Ebooks
Praise "I couldn't stop reading this book. Tanya's story of overcoming immense challenges and finding her identity felt so relatable and real. Her words are a beacon of hope for anyone struggling to find their way." - Amazon Customer, 5 star review |
ABOUT THE BOOK
In this book, you will meet a little girl with big dreams who was bound and determined to do it all on her own. A little girl on a grown-up journey who found redemption, completion, and a new heart along the way.
At age 17, Tanya Simpson awoke in wreckage on the side of the road to the overwhelming reality that a car accident had stolen away both her first love and her identity. This book is the story of a forty-year journey of a broken girl searching for a new identity – first in music, then in ministry, then through a career in law and business – before finally arriving at the realization that identity does not revolve around what we do, whom we admire, or whom the rest of the world thinks we should be. Identity is so much more than all of those things.
In writing Up from the Water, Tanya came to understand that most of us tend to live our lives on the surface level, especially in a modern, Western culture that is dominated by social media. While we project a public façade of having it all together, most of us privately sojourn through life feeling hopelessly lost. Through weathering life’s storms, we’ve been dismasted, our sails have been shredded, our rudders have been broken, we’re taking on water, and we find ourselves adrift, tossed about at the mercy of wherever the currents and prevailing winds take us. It is only when we are willing and brave enough to cut the tether to our broken boats, jump overboard, and dive fully beneath the surface, leaving behind all of the lies that we’ve been told and the lies that we’ve told ourselves about ourselves, that we can emerge above the water and rise into the identity of who each of us is uniquely called to be.
This is the story of one woman’s journey into and up from the water.
In this book, you will meet a little girl with big dreams who was bound and determined to do it all on her own. A little girl on a grown-up journey who found redemption, completion, and a new heart along the way.
At age 17, Tanya Simpson awoke in wreckage on the side of the road to the overwhelming reality that a car accident had stolen away both her first love and her identity. This book is the story of a forty-year journey of a broken girl searching for a new identity – first in music, then in ministry, then through a career in law and business – before finally arriving at the realization that identity does not revolve around what we do, whom we admire, or whom the rest of the world thinks we should be. Identity is so much more than all of those things.
In writing Up from the Water, Tanya came to understand that most of us tend to live our lives on the surface level, especially in a modern, Western culture that is dominated by social media. While we project a public façade of having it all together, most of us privately sojourn through life feeling hopelessly lost. Through weathering life’s storms, we’ve been dismasted, our sails have been shredded, our rudders have been broken, we’re taking on water, and we find ourselves adrift, tossed about at the mercy of wherever the currents and prevailing winds take us. It is only when we are willing and brave enough to cut the tether to our broken boats, jump overboard, and dive fully beneath the surface, leaving behind all of the lies that we’ve been told and the lies that we’ve told ourselves about ourselves, that we can emerge above the water and rise into the identity of who each of us is uniquely called to be.
This is the story of one woman’s journey into and up from the water.
Tanya Simpson
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tanya Simpson is a best-selling author and dynamic speaker whose expertise is preparing and empowering high-potential professionals to become impactful leaders at the next level. Her debut book, Up from the Water, is already receiving praise from reviewers around the world.
Tanya is an attorney, a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®), and a Certified Professional Life Coach. In her twenty-five years of leadership in the legal and financial services industries, she has developed and implemented organizational change management strategies to lead teams through restructuring and merger and acquisition activity while successfully maintaining employee engagement and retaining top talent.
Tanya holds an MBA from the University of San Diego and a JD from Florida State University. She also holds Product Strategy and Strategic Change Management certificates from Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and a Mergers and Acquisitions certificate from Columbia Business School.
In addition to her corporate activities, Tanya is also the founder of The Music Garden, a faith-based community music center located in Sonora, California.
Tanya lives in the small mountain town of Twain Harte, California, with her Belgian Malinois dog, Sequoia, and tuxedo cat, Zoe.
Tanya Simpson is a best-selling author and dynamic speaker whose expertise is preparing and empowering high-potential professionals to become impactful leaders at the next level. Her debut book, Up from the Water, is already receiving praise from reviewers around the world.
Tanya is an attorney, a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®), and a Certified Professional Life Coach. In her twenty-five years of leadership in the legal and financial services industries, she has developed and implemented organizational change management strategies to lead teams through restructuring and merger and acquisition activity while successfully maintaining employee engagement and retaining top talent.
Tanya holds an MBA from the University of San Diego and a JD from Florida State University. She also holds Product Strategy and Strategic Change Management certificates from Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and a Mergers and Acquisitions certificate from Columbia Business School.
In addition to her corporate activities, Tanya is also the founder of The Music Garden, a faith-based community music center located in Sonora, California.
Tanya lives in the small mountain town of Twain Harte, California, with her Belgian Malinois dog, Sequoia, and tuxedo cat, Zoe.