We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. Frances Ann Bailey a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Dr. Frances Ann, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
My resilience comes from having strength from God and holding onto his promises. I had someone to ask me how I deal with failure and my response was “Every time I get knocked down; I get back up. When life throws me a curve back, I knock it out the park, and I only fail when I quit, so when it doesn’t work, I try again! I been through too much in my past that every trial and tribulation has built my faith to another level of rest in God. Therefore, I’m unstoppable.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I have a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping women that are in transition out of a domestic violence relationship. My organization educate, equip and empowers them with resources such as education sponsorships, mother with children’s closet, support groups and more. My nonprofit platform was introduced during a national pageant, when I represented and was crowned and held the state title as Mrs. Virginia-Woman of Achievement.
I also recently launched my school called Purpose Zeal Academy that provides marketplace education globally. The school offers life coaching certifications and other courses with instructors in Nigeria, Barbados, North Carolina, Connecticut, Texas, Eastern Shore, and Central Virginia. The Purpose Zeal brand recently partnered with another school named School of the Great Commission and has planted an Eastern Shore Campus for a Bible College & Seminary called Purpose Zeal School of The Great Commission.
My business Frances Bailey Enterprises is currently running its first international book collaboration as well and is looking for coauthors who are looking to share words of wisdom and guidance of how to let go of things holding them back from elevating mentally, physically and emotionally.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Looking back three skills that were impactful on my journey were the ability to build a team. When launching in business or reaching goals, I realized that its only lonely at the top when I go alone, and it do take team work to make the dream work.
Furthermore, in order to build a team, it sometimes involves networking. This required losing fear and showing myself friendly.
Lastly staying committed was an important quality. Faithfulness doesn’t mean perfection. It just means you know your assignment and at all costs you obey consistently. Even when it doesn’t work, you don’t understand, or other misunderstand you.
What’s been one of your main areas of growth this year?
In 2022, I hurt, only to heal. My biggest area of growth was realizing it was ok to set healthy boundaries in my personal life and heal. Growth isn’t just letting people walk over you and not standing up for yourself. Growth is knowing how to address things, realize your triggers, and limit unhealthy access if you need too. Sometimes we condition ourselves to what we only knew, or the generational traumas passed down. I broke several generational curses in last 12 months and embracing the total whole me.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.francesannbailey.com
- Instagram: http://linkedin.com/in/franannbailey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PurposeZeal/
- Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/franannbailey
- Other: Personal Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/frances.collins.7?mibextid=LQQJ4d
