The Secret You Hide Holds You Back

Stephanie is the author of "The Secret You Hide Holds You Back: How Letting Go Sweetens Life And Makes You Free. " that will be release in the beginning of 2023. Innate writer, started writing speeches in high school and even had one of her poems published in a unique historical collection “The Young Pegasus Anthology.” Her professional writing career started immediately following high school when she landed her first job in television news. By the time she was 19, she made her debut reporting on the local San Antonio NBC-affiliate weekend newscast. She has been a TV news anchor and reporter in major markets, a national cable TV show host, Fortune 200 Corporate spokesperson, a newspaper writer, a video producer, and a video editor. As an author her experience in: journalistic writing, creative writing, promotional writing, curriculum and course design writing, television and documentary scriptwriting, speechwriting and proposal writing; are the skills that helped her developed her business and later on the writing of her book. Behind the scenes of her book is a captivating love story between Stephanie and her husband Gary Mattingly, who she met 35 years ago when they were TV anchors at the same time, and in 2017 a Facebook post rekindled our acquaintance and launched a long-distance courtship that was all the rage on social media. Stephanie arrived as an author because of her media-savvy husband’s steadfast support. Everyone has secrets that holds them back, we all have the notion that it is best to keep secrets hidden – to protect us from the judging eyes of others; to remain in denial about the mental, emotional, and physical impact of hurtful circumstances; to project the image we want others to have of us. In her book, Stephanie reveals 13 Secrets we all guard and explains how letting go, to live a sweet life. Here's the link for you as the listener can get involved and how to get a free, pre-publication copy of her book in exchange for an endorsement: https://calendly.com/sharewithstephanie/mentalwellnesspodcast.