We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Angela Jackson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Angela, appreciate you joining us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
Angela Rena & Co. exists to primarily help people become their best selves by learning to spread love by living in their purpose. Everyone has a purpose but how do you know your purpose? At Angela Rena & Co. we focus on helping people connect with their purpose, help them tell their stories through books or films, and create programming that speaks to the heart of humanity which encourages individuals to walk in Love while living in their purpose.
Angela, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I am what is known as a Creative Dula. I help people give birth to their purpose and direct their gifts to meet the needs in their path. As a Creative Ddula, I wear the hats of a degreed counselor, educator, life coach, and editor. To fulfill my role as a Creative Dula I have a business called Angela Rena & Co. My business allows me to help people write books and scripts, and assist clients with mindfulness coaching.
In addition to assisting adults with walking in their purpose, I work with young people on mindfulness through my non-profit The SHARE Program. Our youth connect to their purpose by providing creative services in the community. Currently, our youth program has teamed with Guardin’ Roots to assist young people in connecting with the educational and therapeutic properties of the garden, developing strong social-emotional tools, and developing healthy relationships with the elders in their community.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
In my book, L.E.A.P., Lifes Evolution A Process I share the three P’s – Perspective, Persistence, and Passion. LEAP is a lovely collection of poems, prose, and short stories dedicated to the journey of life. In my book, I explore the idea of leaping into your best life by using the three P’s to guide your path to your best self. LEAP was written for everyone who yearns to explore life’s most intimate parts and gain wisdom leaning on others’ experiences as a connection for understanding their own experiences.
LEAP is one of 10 books I have authored under my pen name, Angela Rena. I don’t use my last name when I am an artist. My professional name is Angela Jackson. I made the distinction for myself so I can delve in as the artist and not have to be the educator, counselor, editor, mother, daughter, sister, or mate. Angela Rena is my creative tone and is free to create outside the box. Angela Rena is my expression of how I fly in the earth realm.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
My creative journey is powered by LOVE. I know we were all created by LOVE for a purpose and I believe we all find fulfillment in life when we are walking in our purpose. When I meet people of all ages all of my conversations lead to their purpose. In all people I find, a cause or a desire that is important to them, I find something that they do well (their gift) and a need in their community that would benefit from them walking in their gifting.
Imagine if our K-12 school system focused on helping our youth identify their gifts and then guided them to develop their gifts and gave them opportunities to express their gift. If we developed intentional schools we would meet all of the needs of our society and have happy citizens. Schools would not be dreaded but they would become true institutions of learning. In my way, my services in both my non-profit and for-profit business are an elixir to the sickness the public school system has created by not taking care of the people the earth’s most precious product. My mission is to creatively share the truth that is, LOVE.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://angelarenaandco.com
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Angela Jackson