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A ngela ing down. I lost lots of

All three pillars of
my life came crash-

money, my marriage
wasn’t what I thought it
was, and my non-profit
to succeed through faith, commitment, and a blueprint
Beating the odds
group went away.

was, and my non-profit group went away. All of
this happened in a matter of days. The days and
weeks of recovery that followed was an agonizing
trip straight up hill. I’d always been an overcomer
and by sheer grit and determination I began to
rebuild my life. But something was wrong. I didn’t
know what it was. I just couldn’t put my finger on
it. All I knew was that something was stopping my
success from moving forward.

That’s when I went to a Blueprint for Success
Workshop. I played full out. I was open and
honest about my failures and my feelings and boy
did it pay off! Turns out my life was more like an
onion. Through each of my life experiences I had
unknowingly layered a negative interpretation
of my value. These negative interpretations (lies)
ive years ago, my life hit a roadblock. Up until crept in and revealed themselves every time I
that point I was enjoying the fruits of my labor. tried to move forward. These wrong beliefs told
FMy life consisted of successes in three areas- me I had no value. That I couldn’t do it. Thanks
business, personal, and non-profit. In business, I was to the BFS workshop, I was able to peel away that
Contributing Author: ANGELA DECOTEAU
venturing into my first commercial real estate pur- onion, one layer at a time. I cried a lot! But they
chase. I had bought and sold residential property but I were tears of freedom. I’m no longer a prisoner
wanted to do more. I considered my personal success of those negative thoughts. I’m free to be the real
to be the work I had put into a marriage that had me.
lasted 32 years. Although we had numerous obstacles
in our relationship it seemed we were finally on easy
street with the children all gone. My non-profit love
was the work I did for 25 years for a people group
through speaking and mentoring them. It was my
pleasure to pour into these people who live all around
the US. I had a loyal following and was beginning to
see the second generation enjoy the success of living
out my teachings.

But on that day five years ago, all three pillars of my
life came crashing down. I lost the commercial deal
and lots of money. Through a shocking revelation, I
came to realize my marriage wasn’t what I thought it

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