I AM Dr. Diane

Growing up, I did not think I had any significance. When my father passed away, it was just my mother left to raise six children on her own. When times got hard, my mother had to work different jobs to stay in survival mode. Out of the six children, I am the second oldest. My mother needed me more than ever to help around the house and to care for my siblings. I cooked, cleaned, and was the in-house babysitter. In taking on these responsibilities, I lost my childhood. I did not have the opportunity to fully experience what a child should experience in life. Instead, I was given adult responsibilities at a young age.

When I turned eighteen I got married and started a family, which then became my duty as a wife and a mother to manage my household and care for my family. As I grew older, I was in search of something, but could not understand what it was. It was not until later in my young adult life when the question of significance came to light. I did not know who I really was outside of my family and what my significance was here on earth. As I took on leadership roles, the question of significance still remained.

In her book, Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God’s Image, Hannah Anderson writes:

This need to understand ourselves, to wrestle with who we are and where we fit in the world, is fundamentally a search for identity. It is a journey to discover . . . a search, not simply to discover what it means to be a woman, but more important: what it means to be a person, what it means to be you. (Moore 2014, 18)

I AM Success came from an "Aha Moment." One day I turned on the television and the daytime reality show Starting Over was on. It followed individuals who were overcoming issues that held them back from leading a purposeful life. Life coaches Rhonda Britten and Iyanla Vanzant would help them to discover their purpose and significance by showing them how to connect the dots of who they really were and why they were here. I had never seen this show up until that day. When I began to watch, I suddenly had a burning feeling in my stomach. Then it clicked! This is what I am supposed to be doing—helping others to discover who they are and why they are here. It was an “aha moment,” a great discovery as to what my life purpose was. Once I discovered this was what I was to do, I began to map out a plan of how to help others discover what they also were meant to do.

My goal is to help you re-imagine your life and let go of thoughts and behaviors that  undermine you, so that a renewed and fulfilled you can emerge. With  extensive experience in Life Coaching and a vast history of client success, my individualized approach will help you attain your goals.