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Tanya is available for speaking engagments and consulting to foster parents, agency's and just plain advice to a teen in need! Growing up in the system after a few group homes and foster homes was no easy task from 5-21 years old.. Remembering what it was like as a foster kid, wondering around in the dark after being abandoned and abused, never knowing the answers to life or that I had the power to change it with my thinking! My foster mother was always encouraging me and preparing me for what I am today- Foster parents role are vital and I hope I can share something that will help you raise positive leaders! As a former runway model in Paris/NY I learned that "what you look like is not nearly as important as what you say to someone to change or save a life!" I want to share words of encouragement. Help anyone who was in foster care or works with kids in care and I want kids to start taking control of their lives now-with your help, they can only succeed! You can ask questions or be enlighten with a word! no judging just a blog family that supports each other. come daily to get words of encouragement and food for thought on how to raise our future leaders!

  • Awaken the Giant Anthony Robbins
  • DVD, The secret, Rhonda Byrnes
  • The Art of Happiness, Dali Lama

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

thinking out of the box

Hi blog family!



hope you enjoy this beautiful day, made just for you! I found an old pic from Paris with my kids..that i have posted before..but today,

thought of the day:
I was thinking of  the 1st time I went to Paris to model (years ago!),  I had only been one other time before to visit..I did not know anyone. I knew my birth grandpa had ties but i did not know anyone, until I got off the plane!
I had just officially "aged out" of foster care,  (i signed myself back into a place at 18 because i had no family and no where to go).....
I was at one of the best fashion school's in NYC and had no money to finish, so when someone from the model's club , (a designer) told me to go on faith,  I packed my bags with $250 and a plane ticket and went!
I found an agent in less than a week, found friends that took care of me better than any family! And I found that life is a big "lottery" waiting for you to win IF you go out of your comfort zone!!

I realize sometimes you have to step out of "THE BOX" - the traditional way of doing things...to get what you were destined for! Once you step out and look across the room at the box, you will say.....that box is SO small!

Take good chances and try doing things a little different if your not getting results, life has great plans for you if you keep showing up everyday and keep trying....WE NEVER GIVE UP!! XO

TANYA

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