I want you to imagine your childhood full of cold nights in a ragged trailer house with no electricity, feeling the pains of hunger from a lack of money to buy food, and enduring sleepless nights terrified that at any moment you’d hear the crack of the floor as your own stepfather, who’s a pastor, made his way into your room to molest you – at the innocent age of five years old.

These are just a few of the traumatic experiences I had as a child.

Let’s just face it – I’m not supposed to be here. I shouldn’t be here considering the psychological impact this had, let alone been able to accomplish the things I have. The insecurities my upbringing planted in my mind and attached to my heart have taken years to unravel. I understand what it means to feel unworthy – to have the attributes, skills and perseverance to create success, but fighting feelings of doubt and, ultimately, sabotaging my own progress in life.

So, traumatic experiences and all, how did I become the first person in my entire family to graduate college, become an All-American Athlete, professional football player, Hall of Famer, and Start-up Founder? And, most importantly…how do I still trust and love Christ as my personal Lord and savior after my father here on earth shattered who my father in heaven is to be?

If any of these experiences seem unfathomable, keep reading. Learn how I’ve been able to thrive regardless of the circumstances I have been through in my life.

I want to share with you the person who kept my spirit alive. She is a remarkable woman and I have the blessing of calling her my mother.

My mother has unshakable faith and single-handedly built my inner strength by speaking power into me on a daily basis. She rebuilt my confidence when my relatives and peers tarnished my self-image. I went through years listening to people calling me names, mocking my lips and extremely course hair and publicly humiliating our family for being poor.

Even through all this, she taught me how to be my own source of strength and power, and, more importantly, how to forgive myself of the shame and guilt I hid from being molested.

My mother taught me to make do with what I had. And that doesn’t just mean money or material things; it’s life experiences. When we experience hardship, we must be intentional about finding the blessings in our circumstances.

Although not everyone has experienced my personal circumstances, I know I’m not the only person to have fought the ongoing battles with insecurity and unworthiness. I’ve learned that although everyone desires to have success in life, most don’t feel that they are worthy of pursuing what they truly desire out of life.

And that’s what I’m here to talk with you about. It’s about how your child will become one of the many who fall into the depression and anxiety statistic. These are true and real statistics.

If you are worried…you should be. Over the past two decades the statistics on depression and anxiety are on an alarming uptick. And your child is not exempt. In fact, if you are in the middle class, you are more at risk. If you are wealthy, you still are in danger.

But I’m willing to bet that you are a smart parent. You are a mother that will do what it takes to make sure that you raise a happy and self-confident child.

Does that sound like you?

Well, I’m on mission and it sounds like you are too. My mission, much like yours, is to create happy, self-confident children. I have two beautiful heartbeats that I’ve been raising for the past 11 years. And I’ve raised them using the very same concept I’m about to share with you in this FREE BOOK.

This book will be the only resource you will need to create an extremely self-confident and happy child. And I’m giving it to you absolutely free. No strings attached!

The only request I have from you is to use the knowledge. Most people will read my story and think I have something special or got lucky. Don’t be like most parents. Most parents believe they have all the answers and will continue destroying the future they desire for their child to have. When you understand why affirmations are key to developing a happy, mentally healthy, and self-confident child, you will never go back to shame and guilt style of parenting. I promise you that!