Today we’d like to introduce you to Teeanna Isaac.
Hi Teeanna, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
After I experienced the loss of my father, I turned into a catalyst for rebirth and dedicated my time to guide others by sharing my journey through grief. I have spent the last decade since my dad’s passing studying grief, vulnerability, confidence, and empathy. Throughout those years, I read tons of grief management books and memoirs that have played a huge role in my healing and want to guide others on their own journey of self-growth.
I’m a full-time Marketing professional, I found it difficult to find time to write my book but I pushed myself because I felt this was my purpose. It was to heal myself then heal someone else.
I’m an author of self-help for both adults and children, I have published books entitled The Beautiful Me and Mindful Marks, an adult activity book to reduce stress and inspire self-love. My publications have been aimed at the betterment of self through confidence-building techniques and activities. My latest book, Why I Had to Lose is a tribute to my father where I encourage those battling loss, suicidal thoughts, and depression to begin on their own self-discovery mission and find their WHY.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It has definitely been a rocky road. I found all my old diaries and read them back. It then hit me that I have all the words and the tools for someone that needs them. I just have to organize them and present them to the world. For the last year, I have been organizing my diaries and I have forced myself to sit with the pain. I have a full-time job so this was not easy and I did not look forward to the time I set aside every night to write because it was always full of tears. Some nights I would pour a glass of wine and just sit at my table crying and thinking how I can’t wait to be done with this book. I would purposely play songs like Dance with My Father Again to get my mind back in that place, it was painful and it felt paralyzing. I would find that weeks would go by that I didn’t write because I just didn’t want to face it.
Writing this book opened up old wounds that I had with my family members and even friends that I thought had jaded me in some way. It also gave me forgiveness toward others, through the research phase I gained an understanding of how people deal with grief in multiple ways and to not judge someone for how they grieve or handle the grieving.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I look at my grief as the reason I found my purpose, what I learned through my experiences, and how It saved my life informs this book. Reading self-help books, listening to podcasts, and finding ways to find joy helped me to find myself again. I’m no expert, I’m not a doctor or psychologist, I’m a woman that saved my own life, and I want to share my story as others did with me. Reading the stories of others grieving helped me to not feel so alone and allowed me to know connectivity and witness alignment within our experiences.
I want nothing more than to offer the grieving a chance to hear my story about how loss helped me to become a catalyst for rebirth and navigating the world with new lenses. In this tribute to my father, I encourage others battling loss, depression, or suicidal thoughts by sharing my own evolution and self-discovery during my most vulnerable time.
I’m proud of the fact that I was able to accomplish writing and self-publishing my book it took sacrifices and lots of time but I’m so happy I did it!
How do you think about happiness?
It makes me happy to see my family all in one place getting along. Writing makes me happy as well if I’m able to journal how my day went I feel at peace.
Contact Info:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.teeannaisaac.com/
- Instagram: Tiaisaac
