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She easily sees your potential and pushes you
to achieve. I had the wonderful opportunity to
be coached by her and to participated in two
of her mentorship/empowerment programs.
Her motto “Don’t bury your talent, in-
crease it” totally embodies the work she does.
Coach Shelly is the lady to go to if you are serious
about your goals. She is kind, understanding and
ready to help you on your journey to Step- Up.
After the healthy dose of enlightenment
and encouragement from Soul Sisters in
September, I fell love with body scrubs. I want-
ed to make my own custom product and soon
joined a Bath, Body and Candle making course.
It was God-sent. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and
having the opportunity to provide people with hand-
crafted, natural products is a complete blessing.
- Treasure Fox
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My Journey on Discovering & Embracing My Passion
-Purdey Johnson
As a child, I would ask myself, “Why is mom
spending the entire day in the kitchen?”. I nev-
er understood that. I started to peek into the
kitchen, she would say to me, “Hey, come inside
and see what I am doing, do you want to learn?”
Mom was a great cook and an excellent baker.
Each Sunday, we would look forward to different
treats. She would “cook and bake up a storm”. My
brothers and I would have delicious meals, we
waited as the afternoon developed, to smell the
lovely aroma coming from the oven. Pies, cakes,
sweetbread, pastries, you name it she baked it.
As I grew older, I observed her methodology for
baking her favourite treats. She was patient with
her baking, smiling and laughing as she watched
us enjoying and devouring her delicacies.
I later discovered my uncles and aunts also
baked. No need to go to the bakery if
you can do it yourself, I thought.
I would often visit my grandmother
in the beautiful spice island of Gre-
nada. Well “grannie”, would al-
ways have a sponge cake ready.
She often told me she had to
bake her cakes for the church
harvest or to give away as gifts to
the local priests, friends and neigh-
bours. I never understood how her hand
would be the only machine she would use
to beat her eggs and sugar. I respected her
for that. Today, I appreciate my Kitchen Aid.
During a visit to Grenada, I visited a great aunt.
While looking through her family album, I saw
another great aunt using a mud oven for baking
bread. What a beautiful picture. Ok, so I am un-
derstanding now, I told myself. It is in the genes.
I had many dreams of what I really wanted to
do with my life. I dreamt of becoming a dancer,
actress, singer, marine biologist...the list goes on.  
But I fell in love with food. I wanted to develop
a food brand with healthy options for diabetics.  
Ultimately, I ended up becoming a Quality As-
surance Manager in the food manufacturing sec-
tor, where I have been employed for over fifteen
years working for a leading manufacturing plant
as a Quality Systems Coordinator and an Auditor.
During the past two years, I’ve been expe-
riencing an internal transition of what do
I really want to do with my life, what is my
main purpose. I would often have inter-
nal conversations with myself, and I would
ask God what do you want me to do with my
life once it is in accordance with His plan.
I would often think of questions such as: “Why
am I here”, “What can I do to make people
happy”, “What can I do to make myself hap-
py”, “Am I in the correct career.”.
In March 2018, I started sing-
ing at PRVM. “Yes, one of
my dreams I am pursuing,
and I am going to start
the process”, I told my-
self.   Not expecting while
learning to sing, I would
discover other dimensions
of myself. Yes, I always want-
ed to become a singer, and I re-
spect singers more. I had to train my
body, I also had to retrain my mind. A pro-
cess that has started and still going through.
During my singing process and sessions being
questioned continuously by Shelly; I had a long
crying session with her, after which, I realized I
wanted to make others happy through baking.
As the saying goes, “a mango does not
fall far from its tree”. Yes, my famil-
ial genes were screaming for release.
Sisters 2018
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