We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Lashaunda Hawkins. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Lashaunda below.
Alright, Lashaunda thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?
Lashaunda Hawkins is the true woman of character built by a strong testimonial path of life experiences. Though shattered; she’s no longer broken. Though wounded; she has been healed and her mission continues as she inspires young women alike with her first ever told story of her destructive past. She’s a published author of two books entitled, No More Sympathy from Me: My Life, My Moment, My Struggle and Shattered Pieces. She’s one of the world’s most thriving authors. As an Author, Lashaunda is committed to ‘keeping it real’ as she displays the intimate details of her purposeful life (mind, body, and spirit). Therefore, with inner-confidence and natural style, she shares a diary-based collections of situations and thought about living outside of the boundaries of struggle, opinions, and imperfections. Through her story of struggle, Lashaunda uses motivational speaking and community awareness boosting seminars to empower her audiences to reach deep beneath the surface to also release their past hurt, struggles and challenges to unleash their natural ‘God-given’ purpose. Lashaunda is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and currently resides in Dallas, Texas with her three children [Kennedy, Dewayne and Paisley] where she proudly supports many organizations with her services and humanitarian efforts. With her expanded platform and undying passion, she has become one of America’s strong voices advocating for healing and deliverance by donating her time to support Teen Pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, Domestic Abuse and Breast Cancer Initiatives. “There truly is life beyond the struggle!”
– Author Lashaunda Hawkins
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?
LH Enterprises LLC assist potential writers with all their writing services. I help writers format, edit, and also show them how to self-publish their books. My clients refer to me as “The Motivator” with a creative mind. I believe it is imperative that writers self-publish. I want my clients to learn from my mistakes when I published my first book through a publishing company. Not reading my contract made me lose out on a lot of my royalties. I was just happy that I published my first book. Knowledge is power. I specialize in teaching my clients the pros and cons of publishing companies versus being a self-published author. I believe this is what sets me apart. Nobody taught me anything. I had to learn from my own research and past experiences. The thing I’m most proud about as a writer is that people have connected with what I have to say. I have become a voice in the community advocating for Domestic Violence. Out of all the books I’ve sold, all the views and comments on social media I received, I’m most proud of the messages I have in my inbox from people saying “Thank you.” People letting me know that they had been struggling with thoughts and feelings and questions, and they didn’t know what to do or how to handle their situation. Then they read a post I wrote and realized they weren’t in this all by themselves. It is nothing to be ashamed of. Life is all about trial and error. I want the readers to know that it is NEVER too late to write that book or even start a business. Write the vision and make it plain. Set realistic goals and stick with them. The sky is the limit. No matter your background or even where you come from, anything is possible. For anyone looking for assistance with writing services, I am the woman to connect with. I offer one on one self-publishing classes and I walk my clients through every step.
Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?
The most effective strategy for growing my clientele was to first identify my target audience and understanding what the customer wants. I took a great amount of time to examine my current clients and figured out what exactly they like most about LH ENTERPRISES, LLC and the services I offered. The quality of my work played a major key. Prices? The turnaround time? It was imperative that I gained as much knowledge and do my own research daily in order to continue to maintain an stress-free but successful business.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
I have experienced many obstacles and set backs on my journey but I never allowed them to stop me from reaching my goals. From being a teen mom, victim of sexual assault, losing my oldest sister to AIDS, overcoming Domestic Violence, and coming close to death in 2020 from a car accident. I determined that I would not allow anything to stop me. I am no longer a prisoner of my past. I never wanted to have a “victim” mindset. If God took me through it, I knew he would get me through it. Overcoming suicide and depression was one of my biggest challenges. Feeling as though nobody loved me but I came to the reality that loves started with me. I learned to love myself and also forgive myself for past mistakes I made. I believe I was meant to go through everything that I went, in hopes of helping other women. My life itself is a testimony. I am more than a conqueror. I am a warrior and I will forever advocate these topics that many women are afraid to talk about. I am absolutely filled with joy because God used me for a time as this. My faith is one of the reasons I have made it this far. “Words can touch people, and it all depends on how you want to touch them. Good or bad.”
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