Today we’d like to introduce you to Teresa Page
Hi Teresa, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
From a young girl until now, writing has always been a lifelong passion and the medium to fully express my thoughts, feelings, dreams and beliefs. I did not take notice of my writing until I was in high school. Going through my pro-black stage, I wrote my first social awareness piece called “My Black People” and took a chance to deliver it as my talent in front of a packed house during a fifth Sunday Youth service. When I saw the entire congregation jump to their feet for a standing ovation as I said my last word, I knew there was something to my writing and how I could verbally express what I had written.
Over time, my writing developed in my undergraduate and graduate collegiate papers and branched into writing and delivering messages for Sunday Morning worship; poetry for celebratory events and songwriting for the choir I directed and the duo group, Page II, which included myself and my sister, Kimberly. As time progressed, my writing and speaking matured to create a self-esteem and self-worth workshop that was presented to various audiences of children, teenagers and adults across countywide summer programs, faith-based conferences and community colleges.
I never thought authoring a book was possible until I crossed the paths of two amazing authors when I was working with the public school system in North Carolina and while I was earning my MBA in Georgia. One specialized in children’s stories and the other specialized in corporate subject matters and higher education curriculum. I am not sure if I understood how well-known and influential these Women were in their worlds, I just remember taking large brown envelopes to both of them to read my poetry or my previous public speaking messages and to tell me what they thought. The honest feedback I received from both ranged from “Inspiring!” to “This is too preachy!” to “Add a background story to each poem so that it does not become white noise among other poetry books.” to “Expound more on this point to motivate Women.” to “You don’t belong in this office!”.
The culmination of the aforementioned and countless other experiences shaped my decision to write my first book. However, I did not act on my decision until I heard about the untimely death of my favorite orator, Dr. Myles Munroe, whose overall message was not to die old, but to die empty and finished. It was that night in 2014 that I picked up my laptop and got to work with a sense of urgency. Once I learned that self-publishing was a thing, I was empowered to move faster and published, “My Journey to Wholeness: The Sojourn Continues” in 2015; “My Journey to Wholeness: Love Letters From The Throne – Volume I” in 2019 and my newest release, “My Journey to Wholeness: Love The Success Factor” in July of 2024.
I did not set out to design it this way, but as I look back, this entire series chronicles the experiences and life lessons I have learned since I arrived here in Atlanta. It demonstrates my ongoing journey as a Woman being healed of her past, reconciling her worth, discovering her purpose, experiencing love, finding her place in the world, stepping into the fullness of her entrepreneurial leadership and delivering the message of Love in Dominion to her assigned sphere of influence. While some experiences shared are unique to me, they are also universal. I hope readers will learn from my challenges; understand that there are no shortcuts in our individual journeys and will take heed to the suggested resources. Doing so will perhaps reduce the number of bumps and time loss in route to their own destinies.
As of present, my writing and speaking has evolved and I am excited for the possibilities ahead!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
My journey has not been a smooth road—not even a little bit. In chapter one of my book “My Journey to Wholeness: Love The Success Factor”, I express how I was introduced to my purpose to help Women take the lid off of their capacity in the middle of a Women’s History event in downtown Atlanta in 2015. At the time, my first book was in the publishing process and I was confident that I had all the core lessons, platforms, expertise, skills and abilities to carry out the mission. Out of genuine excitement, I took off full speed ahead by repositioning myself in the city; acquiring a business space and hosting book related events. I did all of this by utilizing that which was designed for my basic living needs to finance this new purpose. Creating a vacuum and growth of debt I could not recover from, I lost everything.
It took three and a half years to recover from my premature actions. But do not judge my overzealousness too quickly; for I learned that God’s plan for my life counted on my overzealousness to put me in a protected environment to address my finances, trauma and health. The plan for my life counted upon my overzealousness to place me in a protected environment of purpose development to learn the truth about Love as the most atomic superpower available to Mankind that gives us an edge to be powerful in leadership; innovative in business; fully present for our teams and stakeholders and benevolent in our community service.
While I do not want to relive those days, truth is, I would not have met the leader I have always been under normal circumstances. I would not have learned that I could not help Women take the lid off their capacities until I unscrewed the lid off my own. I would not have learned that purpose, activated in its appointed time, gives us access to the wisdom, provisions, promises, opportunities and people necessary to complete our life’s work successfully!
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Teresa K. Page, LLC Leadership Development and Coaching Services?
After serving the public education, private higher education and federal government sectors for the past 20 years, I am excited about my new career adventure with Teresa K. Page, LLC Leadership Development and Coaching Services as an emerging author, speaker, coach and mentor!
With a vision to become a trusted resource to support faith and professional organizations that prioritize Women’s upward mobility, my set apart mission is to employ the effective power of Love as the ultimate success factor to renew Women’s leadership mindset with fresh fire and purpose!
With an open globe approach, I am excited to serve the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan locally and the world virtually through the following mediums:
• Love The Success Factor Women’s Leadership Conference: A 5-part series designed to practically demonstrate how God’s Love empowers Women to lead, create and generate wealth in the fullness of our equality, purpose and business.
•The Women’s Leadership Mindset Series Podcast: A new initiative designed to spotlight business leaders as they share their entrepreneurial stories, resources and guidance to inspire others to step into their dream career or business.
• Public Speaking: The opportunity to deliver motivational messages that connect themes, current events, personal experiences, practical resources and achievable concepts to energize audiences to a specific course of action.
•Coaching & Mentorship: Short-term solution-focused coaching experiences to help clients set specific goals, identify barriers, imagine solutions and design a feasible plan for goal achievement.
• “My Journey to Wholeness” Book Series: A three book collection of real-life circumstances, lessons and methodologies I learned in Love, Purpose, Leadership and Dominion over the course of 13 years.
• The Author’s Corner: A new collection of home decor, glassware, sportswear, journals, bed & bath accessories and book gift boxes designed with tangible reminders of what Love can empower us to do!
Through my events, services and content, it is my goal to support leaders, teams, congregations and communities to re-energize the leader within; realize their unfulfilled dreams and inspire the next generation of 21st century leaders!
Organizations may contact me via my website to start building a working relationship.
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Risk taking is both my superpower and my Achilles’ heel. If my heart and passion ever connects to a cause I believe in, I am jumping in feet first, whether I have a parachute or not. My “all-in” approach should never be looked upon as recklessness. It just means that I am willing to assume all of the risk of failing with the same intensity I am willing to assume all the credit of success.
Anyone that knows me know that I am very methodical when it comes to the logistics of what I want to create. I can see the big picture and knock it down into workable details. This requires brainstorming, researching, studying, planning, designing, creating contingencies and execution.
Sometimes the execution works as planned. Sometimes the execution requires a nip and a tuck. Sometimes the entire execution has to be scrapped to go back the drawing board. The key is having a willingness to do whatever it takes until we reach our desired outcome, as well as having a keen sense of discernment of when to let go, if necessary.
If I had to sum up this question, I would leave the second verse of Labrinth’s “Let It Be”,
“Baby, this is Russian roulette and it ain’t my gun.
Hallelujah, I ain’t dead yet and I’m still going strong.
I don’t know about tomorrow, but the battle ain’t done.
They say losers are forgotten and I just might hit the bottom.
But we owe God to take the leap and let it be.
Let it be!”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://teresakpage.squarespace.com/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TERESAKPAGE
- Other: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teresa-k-page-llc
Image Credits
Terrell Pickney of TPHILMS
Carmina Rodriquez of Carmina Rodriquez Photography
