Allison Graham is a business growth consultant, speaker, and best-selling author of "Married My Mom, Birthed a Dog: How To Be Resilient When Life Sucks." Our discussion came just about at the time of the creative culmination of the book, keynote speaking and related business launch that she had first conceived of more than a half-decade ago.

Though Allison has achieved and enjoyed a significant level of success helping businesses and business people become more effective with their sales and networking, as you will hear, she has long had a passion for wanting to contribute to the personal development field in an effort to be a help to others.