Waves Against the Rock: Beyond Negativity to Resilience and Strength
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Safi Okanya is an exceptional woman who has overcome extreme adversity and hardship to become the strong, resilient leader she is today.
In this Safis first book, she reveals a selection of experiences she endured and survived growing up in the Congo, living through the war, starting the first of many businesses at the age of 12, living in four countries and taking on the role of mother and father for her five siblings. Safis dream was to gain an education, become an entrepreneur and under major adversities she achieved her goals.
In this raw and honest account of a very challenging life, Safi shares with you the things that helped her to cope on the days when she felt the most stressed and/or depressed and had lost all her self-esteem. Yet she knew her family and siblings were dependant on her leading the way and she found a way to not give up on life.
Today able to speak five languages, single mother of two children, Safi shares her insights and life lessons learned with her coaching clients and audiences as she gives them tools and tactics to become as strong as a rock and able to overcome the pounding waves and fierce storms of life today.
Whether you are currently facing challenges in your work life, relationships, families or health, you must read this book. If Safi could overcome the huge adversities she was made to endure, you too can be inspired to choose to move beyond your current situation.
Safi J. Okanya
Safi Okanya was born in the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. Her parents were poor, manual farmers who could not afford to educate their large family. In 1993 when the Congo government stopped paying teachers, Safi knew that if she wanted to continue her education, she would have to pay for it herself. After winning a public speaking contest for quoting Bible verses, she was offered a part time job which kick-started her school fees fund. Coupled with starting her own small business selling salt, she was able to pay for her education, even though she was the only girl in the class. In her early 20’s Safi lived as a refugee in a Tanzanian refugee camp where she volunteered 14 hours per day Monday to Friday to allow her time to continue her studies. Throughout these challenging and difficult periods Safi learned that her life circumstances could not take away the person who she really was. She turned her pain into glory and learned how to stand firm like a rock.
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