"Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. The message is timeless.  There can be many obstacles women face when trying to follow their dreams.  In this recorded SAYge Real Stories event, we hear from Vi and Georgiana, two women who had much to overcome but were unwavering and courageous in following their personal legends. 

Georgiana Danet’s  story starts with eating rock-hard bread and rotten tomatoes from a trash bin and being kicked out to the street multiple times by landlords for practicing yoga in a communist country (where yoga illegal for many years). Her story ends with being an internationally certified Yoga & Tantra teacher, holistic coach, international speaker, book author and sociologist working with thousands of people in 15 countries.  Hear the details of this truly incredible journey.

Five years ago, Vi Nedd-Jackman had no idea that a laptop and a suitcase could disrupt the back end of her life forever. From life on the twin island of Trinidad and Tobago to being trained as a highly successful Dietitian after “ditching a victim’s mindset for a winner’”, her story is one of rising up, determined and unwavering to create her own destiny.  She is now a sought-after certified health coach and a board-certified mental health coach helping many in the greater Chicago area.