Dr. Tererai Trent is an inspiring and dynamic scholar, educator, humanitarian, motivational speaker, author and the founder of Tererai International. Dr. Trent is one of the most internationally acclaimed voices for women’s empowerment and quality education. Named by Oprah Winfrey as her all-time favorite guest, Dr. Trent’s latest book is called The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams. She tells her incredible story in this episode and you will be so deeply moved, so deeply touched, and so deeply inspired by it. We’ver never heard anything like it and are honored that she would tell us about her astounding life.
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In This Interview, Dr. Tererai Trent and I Discuss…
- Her book, The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams
- The two hungers in our life – the little hunger and the great hunger
- The hunger for a meaningful life
- Asking yourself, “what breaks my heart?”
- The rural community she grew up in
- The wisdom of her grandmother
- That her grandmother was defined by her wisdom
- Her answer to the question she was asked – what are your dreams?
- The moment she was told that her dreams were achievable
- When her mother said to write down her dreams and bury (i.e. plant) them in the ground.
- How she broke the cycle of poverty
- The baton of poverty, illiteracy, early marriage, and abuse that she redefined
- The baton of wisdom, that she received
- The four dreams she wrote down
- When her mother said, “your goals in life will be more achievable when connected to the greater good of your community”
- The difference between culture and customs
- The 8 years it took for her to graduate high school
- Getting into Oklahoma State University but not having enough money to fly to America
- Feeding the deep hunger that says – you can achieve your dreams
- When she reconnected with the woman who first believed in her
- When she finally earned her PhD
- She worked 3 jobs and took 18 hours of coursework and took care of 5 kids getting her food from trashcans
- How she is not a victim, she is part of the solution
- Where her kids are now
- “It is achievable”
- How many girls her work has now impacted
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