We were lucky to catch up with Alex Robinson recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Alex, thanks for joining us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

Yes. My plan for my professional career for many years was to gain an associate degree in Nursing. I was an exam and final semester shy of completing the two-year degree when I made a decision to step back, due to not wanting to risk my GPA and fail. I was supposed to return and complete the program, but I got a reckless driving conviction. At that point I decided to return to being a contractor in the petrochemical field. This line of work was familiar to me. I had worked in the chemical plants since the age of 18. Upon returning to the petrochemical field, I began to question myself and pray on what I could do to get off my tools, do something I enjoyed, and had experience in. I gained interest in field safety. My mentality was that I liked to help people. I took on the challenge. I loved my job. It was a challenge, and I was up to that challenge! I really got a lot of management perspective and was able to be a resource for others. I was challenged to do investigations, presentations, and speak in front of people. I got married, had an infant daughter, and divorced in a short period of time. Along with other struggles within myself as a woman, mother, and employee I really just had several “Come to Jesus” or awakening moments. As I was going through processing how I felt about certain areas of my life, I began to see and feel the need for me to slow down and spend that quality time with my children to train them in the way they needed. Through a God based epiphany, I began to really seek my calling as a mother and a woman.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am in the process of building the service, as we speak, it has been a process! A little about myself. Well, I am a single mother to an 18-year-old son that I had at 17-years-old, and I have a 7-year-old daughter, who I have been in a custody battle over for the past four years. Things are all working out but because of this challenge within my family dynamic, I have a stronger desire to meet a need with women. I originally started Blessings Women Helping Women with the intent of fully funding with my income. Thankfully that has worked well but we are now looking into a different approach to fund free activities and events for women. We want to provide women with monthly activities that promote wellness. Wellness in areas of social, occupational, spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and environmental. The intent is to have a community outreach for women that serves as a support system, initiates inspiration amongst one another, and serves as a positive unbiased platform within our community. Blessings Women Helping Women works to help women who feel isolated. We at times are going through the motions without purpose or uninspired. Some of us struggle in our identity as we gracefully age and our young girls are being sucked into a world of confusion. As a result, most of us must endure life without mentors, spiritual mothers, or friends who can assist us in a healthy manner when things go wrong, when we feel alone, or when we just want to be in a positive or uplifting environment. Blessings Women Helping Women wants to bridge those gaps. I am most proud of the motion forward and the heart posture of Blessings Women Helping Women to genuinely influence the culture.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

When I first decided to run towards my purpose in life. My family dynamic was immediately shattered. My heart was crushed and I was in a crisis state of mind. With no one to lean on or listen, all I had was God. I had never experienced depression, insomnia, or anxiety before. Here I was a strong independent woman and mother that felt empty and vulnerable. Through persistence, my relationship with Christ, and knowing that this dilemma was going to create in me a better person. I had a real-life experience of how trauma can mold a person, if the person allows. On February 2019, my daughter was taken from me. Not because I was a bad mother but because I was naive. The feeling of manipulation and the lack thereof of people that cared versus ones that pointed and judged was less than par to anything I could have ever imagined. Frustration turned into anger. The anger turned into rage. Rage turned into incarcerations, stays within psychiatric facilities, totaled vehicles, and hospitalizations. I realized I had to heal and needed peace. A peace that surpasses all understanding. God gave me that. I am alive and I plan on walking that out for the rest of my life, in the attempt to shift the culture.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

To succeed in my field of work staying humble is a must, understanding that everyone communicates differently, communicate in excellence, have patience, set personal boundaries, set expectations, lead by example, hold people accountable, be of your word, take nothing personally, and make time for you.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Blessings_women_helping_women
• Facebook: Blessingswomenhelpingwomen
• Other: [email protected]

Image Credits
Photography by Monique. The Picture Man by Jeffrey Govin. Crystal Marie Photography.