I became familiar with DETRA DENISE when I used her story from the popular Instagram Humans of New York in my university writing class as the basis for a lesson. Who knew that years later, I’d be dealing with a different kind of lesson and getting the insight from the woman herself. Detra spent 34 years with her abusive pastor husband until she finally made a harrowing escape literally getting out of the car on a highway and getting into the car of a stranger who she prayed had stopped to help. The immense bravery this took is almost beyond comprehension. She had to start over again with nothing. After many years of working several jobs at a time to get by, she caught a break when she became beloved by millions when her story went public. She is a performer, a song bird, finally allowed to live outside of her cage, she does her one woman shows in NYC. She’s full of life. She’s never gonna let anyone keep her down again. She’s got spunk. And She’s kinda famous for puffing on a good cigar and she has her own line of cigars now, Called Detra’s Story. I think that’s really sweet. And she’s here with us to fill us in on the details from the beginning.Connect with Detra: Website: https://www.detrasstory.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onewomannyc1/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/detra.denise.52/Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/detra-thomas-59491617b/Email: [email protected] MITZI: I love the way we can see ourselves in others and begin to get in touch with the things that affect us, shape us, the things that fuel us forward and the things that may be holding us back. Self-discovery is the magic key to unlocking your potential. It’s my calling to help people to tap into their own personal strengths and I have several ways to guide you on that journey. I have a free monthly newsletter. You’ll get an inspirational life improvement tool straight from the lessons of life in your inbox the first of every month. https://www.mitzicampbell.com/newsletterI have a free Facebook group. Here I give you a weekly prompt, every Monday, to help you noodle on some aspect of your life, from your childhood or in your story so you can learn more about yourself and others and make sense of this human experience. https://www.mitzicampbell.com/free-fb-groupI have Life Story School. This is a 12-week program to take you deep into the heart of your story. You’ll learn about how to use tools of the mind like metacognition, introspection and Bloom’s Taxonomy to take you to the levels of thinking where real transformation is possible. You’ll also build out your life story on a real timeline for you, your kids and future generations to see who you are, why and how you can use the data from your story to be at your absolute best from now on. https://www.mitzicampbell.comYou can work with me privately to go through your story in a way you never have before. If you’ve been through years of therapy, you’ve read tons of books, you’ve worked with coaches and nothing has worked, there must be something you can’t see. That’s where I am at my best, helping you discover what has been hiding inside of you. This is some of my most rewarding work. https://www.mitzicampbell.comMy students