The Global Achievers Issue 8/2020 | Page 31

Mistie Layne is on a mission to make TRANSPARENCY a game-changer in the world.

After going from medical school to prison for killing somebody in a car accident behind a horrific crack cocaine addiction, she used writing to pull herself up and save her own life. Her best-selling book, What Goes Up, was written from behind bars while she faced a forty-year prison sentence. After serving 2.5 years in prison, she returned to society and rebuilt her relationships, life and career. Nine years later, on the exact same day her wreck killed somebody, her first grandchild was born with severe brain damage from a birth injury. Immediately, she blamed herself and thought it was her punishment for her past.

She became distant and the GUILT of it all put her back into her past where she felt toxic all over again.

Mistie realized she was letting her past rob her of her future and was tired of hiding behind SHAME and GUILT. She decided it was time to