Evolving Through Adversity

by Seconde Nimenya

Overview

How can we evolve through adversity and change our lives? It is one of life's great questions. In her book, Evolving Through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self, author and inspirational speaker Seconde Nimenya answers the above question and demonstrates that the best way to get through any adversity is to go through it and grow through it.
Through her own life experiences, Nimenya explains how to apply this theory by what she calls the RRU Model (Reflect, Rectify, and Unite). Her personal credo to evolve through all adversity and achieve any desired outcome is to take time to reflect on who you are, then assess your situation, rectify what you don't like, and reinforce or unite what you do like.
In this book, Seconde Nimenya details her life story, from walking hundreds of miles to school across mountains, being struck by lightning, and having to hide in the bushes when a civil war erupts in her native country, and her family's lives are threatened. Then she undergoes culture shock as she comes to North America and realizes how her cultural background both helps and hinders her in evolving into the woman she wants to be.
Throughout this book, Nimenya's story serves as a source of reflection for readers about their own lives. You will be inspired and empowered to achieve first your own personal peace, and then to help create peace in your community and in your world. You will learn how you can evolve past adversity, forgive yourself and others and discover, love and honor who you are, so you can love and inspire others.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163068807
Publisher:	Common Purpose Training Services
Publication date:	05/21/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	599 KB

About the Author

Seconde Nimenya is the author of five books and the founder and chief diversity trainer at Common Purpose Training Services®. She has spent the past fifteen years as a thought leader on diversity and inclusion in a world of differences. Through her leadership development programs, she advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, in education, and in communities. Seconde speaks at various conferences and summits, inspiring and empowering her audiences to use their life experiences to better themselves and others. She works with business owners and organizational leaders who want to build inclusive workplaces and communities, where everyone feels accepted for who they are and what they bring to the world to make it a better place for all.
With more than fifteen years of experience as a professional in the field of global diversity and empowerment, Seconde gives practical insights and perspectives into various cultural and ethnic groups that form the basis of our contemporary global society. Her presentations go beyond the topic of cultural sensitivity and diversity, as she provides specialized work in areas of resilience, leadership, and character-building.
Seconde Nimenya immigrated to North America in the 1990s, starting out as an immigrant in Canada, where she lived more than ten years, before moving to the United States. In the United States, she furthered her education and received her MBA. She blends her varied educational and cultural backgrounds to create dynamic presentations, using a unique approach that is both inspiring and empowering.
Seconde is a TEDx speaker, and her talk on race and other identity constructs, “We Are Not All That Different,” has been hailed by many viewers as the most inspirational talk of our times. She has received recognition for her contributions on the work on diversity and inclusion leadership, including being the recipient of the 2017 Seeds of Hope Award and the 2019 Bold and Resilient Woman Award, both recognizing her work in bridging the gaps between diverse and multicultural communities, and inspiring people with her personal and professional insights.
For more information about Seconde Nimenya's work, visit: https://www.secondenimenya.com/

Editorial Reviews

Seconde Nimenya has lived a fascinating multicultural life on two continents, and now she shares her story in her part-memoir, part self-help book Evolving Through Adversity. She even reveals in the book that she once had an addiction to self-help books, so I'm not surprised she wrote one, although it is different than any I've ever read before, because her experiences differ so much from most American self-help authors. I hope someday to find out what is yet in store for this remarkable woman.

Print book - Tyler Tichelaar

This book allowed me to understand the life of a child growing up in Africa where education was not as highly valued as the author would have liked. As Nimenya blossomed into a teenager and then young adult, I felt like I was on this journey with her. Her simple messages of inspiration and compassion sprinkled among the pages made this book one I didn't put down until I had completed the whole story!

From Amazon Review - Teresa Rugg

"Evolving Through Adversity" is a must-read for anyone who feels life is unfair, hard or just not going the way you had planned. Seconde, not only has a story to tell, but she tells it in a unique way that moves you from words on the page to images in your mind and ultimately to feelings in your heart. While reading, there were triggers that transported me back to my rural middle-class childhood and when this happened I realized how easy my childhood really was.

Amazon Review - Greg Andersen

Seconde Nimenya is truly an inspiration to so many around the world. This book is both her life story and a road map of how you too can overcome all the adversities in your life. Her book is not just about surviving through tough times, more importantly it is about evolving through your pain and hardship and coming out of it even stronger.

Amazon Review - Patrick Snow

It was a great pleasure to read Seconde's book. I especially enjoyed reading about her growing up. I could also relate to the struggle of balancing work and family, and of moving and living in a foreign country (Norway and England for me).

Amazon Review - J. Hope Corbin