Mentorship is a gift one human gives to another and may be one of the most profound methods of growth and transformation, both personally and professionally.

I recently reconnected with Kimber Leigh after not interacting with her for more than a decade. We both had met through the local film community in Arizona, but our paths took us in new directions, new lives, new marriages, new everything.

I felt an immediate to draw to Kimber while authoring and working on the marketing team for the compilation book by Diane Dresback called ‘From Us For You: Inspiring Stories of Healing, Growth and Transformation’ available on Amazon and one of the themes that kept coming up was mentorship. She has a devoted mentor of six years, the incomparable Somers White and also serves as a mentor to people across the country.

I have always desperately wanted a mentor and am one to a young, 15-year-old, so naturally I wanted to learn from Kimber about what a meaningful and successful mentorship looks like and the immense benefits of stepping into the role of both a mentee and a mentor.

Kimber is a bestselling author, filmmaker and founder of The Wow Factor. I got so much from this conversation with the beautiful and generous Kimber, and I know you will too. I’m honored to be able to share this wisdom with the world about how one women went from rock bottom to stepping into and owning her greatness.