In my Tuesday's Treasure post yesterday I featured a new website - AHAlife.com - that was created by my 85 Broads colleague, Shauna Mei.Shauna spoke at a recent 85 Broads Power Breakfast, and gave us all some background on her life and new passion.
Everyone in the room was moved when she described her journey from a child born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China to attending MIT, working at Goldman Sachs, and living and working in Manhattan as a fashion industry executive in successful firms she either founded or co-founded.
She also shared with us that when her Mother found out she was pregnant with a girl, she insisted on keeping the child despite pressure to have an abortion. Shauna said that her Mother felt that the child that was inside of her was special and would grow up to achieve great things.
Her Mother was also told that the fetus had a heart defect. Again, she held fast to her conviction to see the pregnancy through.
Shauna's accomplishments bear witness to how right her Mother's intuition was.
Miraculously, her heart has healed on it's own, eliminating the need for life-threatening surgery.
Miraculously, her heart has healed on it's own, eliminating the need for life-threatening surgery.
Courage to survive, courage to compete, courage to press on regardless.
These are traits that drive Women of Courage to achieve greatness.
And thanks to the courage of a Mother, passed on to her Daughter, Shauna now inspires us to do the same.
These are traits that drive Women of Courage to achieve greatness.
And thanks to the courage of a Mother, passed on to her Daughter, Shauna now inspires us to do the same.
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