Donna-Leigh is an expert on resilience. - CEO/Co Founder of The Dream Guards Perfect P.E.A.C.E Program and Dream Guards Ambassador Program. - 2018 International Women’s Day Leadership Ambassador in Social Justice & Equality. - Qualified Personal Trainer/Youth - Mental Health First Aider - Lifeline Suicide Prevention Counsellor - Children’s Author. As a survivor of childhood trauma and domestic violence where she was separated from everything familiar in her life..her family and her community Donna-Leigh is passionate about helping others tap into their resilience within and build their community connections. Her mission is to help reduce the serious side effects of bullying, abuse and … [Read more...] about TENx Video – Donna-Leigh Perfect
Hire A WordPress Expert
Who Would Have Thought Writing A Children’s Book Would Have Taken Me On A Journey To Find A Wordpress Expert?Sipping on my double shot flat white at my favourite Gold Coast Cafe “Blackboard”early Friday morning in the middle of January, my publisher Ocean Reeve walks in. It’s our first of many author mentoring sessions we are about to embark on to ensure a successful promotional book campaign. Settling in for a 2 hour session, we start working through the marketing plan when Ocean asks Donna, how far have you got with your website?“Excuse me, what website?” I replied.“Every author needs a website Donna-Leigh, it’s how you promote your books, your blogs, your newsletters, webinars … [Read more...] about Hire A WordPress Expert
Sunday Morning
Shaking like a bag of nerves... is probably an accurate way to describe how I was feeling on that cold wet Sunday morning, when I called publisher Ocean Reeve to read my children’s manuscript for the first time, over the telephone.It took me by surprise how quick he replied to my email that Sunday morning when I introduced myself and my first children’s book title “Rescued” in the series The Adventures Of Jessie and Rocky Rockstar. Just call me and we can have a chat.... he suggested, so I did. I figured there was nothing else to do on a cold wet Sunday morning than to stay snuggled up in bed and talk about my book I had just written.How many words is it? He asked “Only 900” I … [Read more...] about Sunday Morning
Children’s Book Challenge
I’m always up for a challenge...but a Children’s Book Challenge? If you had said to me “You’re going to be a children’s author by the end of 2018” I would have laughed out loud. The reality is, that is exactly what happened and it all started with the Children’s Book Challenge. It was the 15th of August and my husband, International Entertainer Michael Bennett was having his weekly chat with his mentor. From my desk where I was replying to a school principals email on our Dream Guards tour of resilience, I overheard Michael saying “Yeah, I want to write my memoirs. I’ll write a chapter a day while I’m entertaining on the next cruise and check in to see how your writing is going too Ace. … [Read more...] about Children’s Book Challenge