About Me
One thing I have learned over the years is that everyone does not start out life on a level playing field. We are all born into this world; some of us are born into the lucky gene pool and some of us were not. I was one of those that was not!
I was however over the years one of the lucky ones that learned that we all have a choice of how we are going to live our life. It doesn't matter where you came from it still comes down to how well you play the hand that life has dealt you. Your past can drive you to success or hold you back from it. It's up to you to make that choice.
From Dumpster to Diamonds, Renee Melby Speaks!
I was however over the years one of the lucky ones that learned that we all have a choice of how we are going to live our life. It doesn't matter where you came from it still comes down to how well you play the hand that life has dealt you. Your past can drive you to success or hold you back from it. It's up to you to make that choice.
“The only thing in the world you can change is yourself
and that makes all the difference in the world.” —CHER
An experienced entrepreneur and dynamic women-based business executive, Renee has founded 3 successful businesses that have all provided life-enhancing experiences for her female clients.
Her passion for helping women start new lives comes from her own experience beating the odds as a single mother who struggled and won her own success.
Says American Business Women's Association endorsed business author, Mary Kurek, "Renee is a born coach and trainer. She is always working with her clients and those who work as part of her team to help them find the success that is right for them."
Renee's current business direction has her working with many well-connected women entrepreneurs who also have a dedicated interest of women's overall physical and financial well-being.
Her passion for helping women start new lives comes from her own experience beating the odds as a single mother who struggled and won her own success.
Says American Business Women's Association endorsed business author, Mary Kurek, "Renee is a born coach and trainer. She is always working with her clients and those who work as part of her team to help them find the success that is right for them."
Renee's current business direction has her working with many well-connected women entrepreneurs who also have a dedicated interest of women's overall physical and financial well-being.
Renee is quickly becoming one of the most sough after life enhancement coaches in the industry.
From Dumpster to Diamonds, Renee Melby Speaks!
From Dumpster to Diamonds. ~ Renee Melby
A child that was a victim of repeated sexual abuse who as an adult, became a victim of domestic abuse, a young mom that gave up on her dreams to do what any good mom would do; work.
Few people know my story because I've always hidden it, that fear of what others might think but I remember my past all too well.
It's sad when the most prominent part of your childhood memories are unwanted touches of painful sexual abuse. Being told "The doctor said if I don't do this I'll die by one or "This is the way I show you I love you." by another.
Many times you grow up with the thought that thats what you deserve in life and different forms of abuse becomes a vicious cycle that carries on into your adult life. Apologies and the words, I'll never do that to you again. The days of being told the only thing I had going for me was that I had all my teeth. You start to think if you love that person enough they will stop. Take it from me...they want!
Any childhood dream that you had was not going to be coming true, dreams were meant for the lucky ones or those born from the lucky gene pool. Life was hard. There were days of of diving in a dumpster just outside a well to do neighborhood just before christmas to be able to put something under the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. There were days of making potted meat and mac n cheese casseroles because that's all you could afford and there were days of sleeping in your car with everything you owned and your childs car seat as his crib because you're too proud to ask for help. You don't want anyone to know your secrets.... Life goes on, you either take it lying down or you stand up and fight. You have to learn to love yourself enough to get out and I don't mean by way of body bag and toe tag.
In 2002 I received the best Christmas present I could have ever received, a book written by Dr. Phil McGraw entitled Self Matters... If you are reading this and my story speaks to you, I would like to recommend that book.
Those words zinged off the page as if he was sitting right across the table from me. After reading his book I ask myself; Are you going to stay in this situation and let this life happen to you or are you going to live life? I chose life.
I dusted myself off, went job hunting, found a good job and when I was asked to fill out the address on my paperwork I broke down in tears that very first day. I took a deep breath and said, I don't have one. I had left with my son and the clothes on my back and headed for the domestic violence shelter. I won't bore you with the details but I worked my way up in my job to a managment position and was taking control of my life.
A few years later and after meeting who is now my husband and best friend. I left that job to open my own brick and mortar business. Not long everyone seemed to be losing their jobs for one reason or another the economy was the pits. My husband lost his job after 29 years in as well, lost his retirement too. He came to work with me at my event center and we decided to open up a Salon and Day spa and a coffee shop as well. We offered gifts, florals and travel arrangements for honeymoon getaways. Everything you needed for a magical beach wedding.
I was on top of the world. We were making dreams come true for so many people and I loved every minute of it. There was no doubt in my mind that I would continue doing that for the rest of my life, my goal was to build a huge event resort. I loved helping others but still something was tugging at my heart and I was still missing out on life. Working from sun up to sundown and beyond. I was simply going through life and watching each day pass me by.
In essence, I was still in hiding. My trials and tribulations must have had a purpose. I now truly believe that my purpose is to help others that have gone through or that are going through similar circumstances that I went through. To teach others that anyone at any age, from all sides of the track can live, dream and make those dreams come true. I am on a mission to show as many women as I can how to stop playing with the hand that life has dealt you and to learn how to stack the deck!
I stepped way out of my comfort zone and become a network marketer, something I did not believe in and never in a million years thought I would do. My dream has grown so big that it can only be achieved if God intervenes.
I still want to open a resort however I want that resort to be centered around women and children who need a hand up not a hand out. Through my Network Marketing company, I can create a residual income that will finance that dream and own my time (full time) to teach and coach other women to regain their health and increase their wealth by taking ownership of their life.
I don't want to be 70 years old sitting in a rocking chair wondering where the heck did my life go... where did I travel, what did I see. Did I live my life to just arrive safely at my grave? I have learned that I can dream again and I can make those dreams come true by stacking the deck through network marketing.
Until you step out of your comfort zone and make a choice to live your life you will always be a victim of something, sometimes that something is you. Becoming an It Works distributor has brought me back to my higher power and my higher purpose.
My story isn't over yet and neither is yours. Together we can start writing a new chapter in your life too. Can I get you a pen?
Love and Belief,
Renée;
Learn to use the same strategies a broke young mother used to go from victim to victory!
A child that was a victim of repeated sexual abuse who as an adult, became a victim of domestic abuse, a young mom that gave up on her dreams to do what any good mom would do; work.
Few people know my story because I've always hidden it, that fear of what others might think but I remember my past all too well.
It's sad when the most prominent part of your childhood memories are unwanted touches of painful sexual abuse. Being told "The doctor said if I don't do this I'll die by one or "This is the way I show you I love you." by another.
Many times you grow up with the thought that thats what you deserve in life and different forms of abuse becomes a vicious cycle that carries on into your adult life. Apologies and the words, I'll never do that to you again. The days of being told the only thing I had going for me was that I had all my teeth. You start to think if you love that person enough they will stop. Take it from me...they want!
Any childhood dream that you had was not going to be coming true, dreams were meant for the lucky ones or those born from the lucky gene pool. Life was hard. There were days of of diving in a dumpster just outside a well to do neighborhood just before christmas to be able to put something under the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. There were days of making potted meat and mac n cheese casseroles because that's all you could afford and there were days of sleeping in your car with everything you owned and your childs car seat as his crib because you're too proud to ask for help. You don't want anyone to know your secrets.... Life goes on, you either take it lying down or you stand up and fight. You have to learn to love yourself enough to get out and I don't mean by way of body bag and toe tag.
In 2002 I received the best Christmas present I could have ever received, a book written by Dr. Phil McGraw entitled Self Matters... If you are reading this and my story speaks to you, I would like to recommend that book.
“You can BS your friends, and I’ll BS mine,
but let’s not BS each other!” ~ Dr. Phil McGraw.
I dusted myself off, went job hunting, found a good job and when I was asked to fill out the address on my paperwork I broke down in tears that very first day. I took a deep breath and said, I don't have one. I had left with my son and the clothes on my back and headed for the domestic violence shelter. I won't bore you with the details but I worked my way up in my job to a managment position and was taking control of my life.
A few years later and after meeting who is now my husband and best friend. I left that job to open my own brick and mortar business. Not long everyone seemed to be losing their jobs for one reason or another the economy was the pits. My husband lost his job after 29 years in as well, lost his retirement too. He came to work with me at my event center and we decided to open up a Salon and Day spa and a coffee shop as well. We offered gifts, florals and travel arrangements for honeymoon getaways. Everything you needed for a magical beach wedding.
I was on top of the world. We were making dreams come true for so many people and I loved every minute of it. There was no doubt in my mind that I would continue doing that for the rest of my life, my goal was to build a huge event resort. I loved helping others but still something was tugging at my heart and I was still missing out on life. Working from sun up to sundown and beyond. I was simply going through life and watching each day pass me by.
I remembered something else that I had read in that book.
"Not living faithfully to your authentic self creates a void, an ever-present feeling that you are incomplete. You find yourself wondering whether you should be doing something different with your life. There’s restlessness, a yearning emptiness that won't go away. It’s as if there is a hole in your soul and if that is the case, you have given up control and are living a life defined from the outside in, rather than from the inside out".
I stepped way out of my comfort zone and become a network marketer, something I did not believe in and never in a million years thought I would do. My dream has grown so big that it can only be achieved if God intervenes.
I still want to open a resort however I want that resort to be centered around women and children who need a hand up not a hand out. Through my Network Marketing company, I can create a residual income that will finance that dream and own my time (full time) to teach and coach other women to regain their health and increase their wealth by taking ownership of their life.
I don't want to be 70 years old sitting in a rocking chair wondering where the heck did my life go... where did I travel, what did I see. Did I live my life to just arrive safely at my grave? I have learned that I can dream again and I can make those dreams come true by stacking the deck through network marketing.
Until you step out of your comfort zone and make a choice to live your life you will always be a victim of something, sometimes that something is you. Becoming an It Works distributor has brought me back to my higher power and my higher purpose.
My story isn't over yet and neither is yours. Together we can start writing a new chapter in your life too. Can I get you a pen?
Love and Belief,
Renée;
Learn to use the same strategies a broke young mother used to go from victim to victory!
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