The Pen is Mightier: One Person’s Leap of Faith – My Guest, Dr. Carolyn Wiley. “Stories are the lifeblood of humanity; writers are its vessels.” ~ N. Gaiman   My guest this week found herself taking the easy path early in her life.  Finding the thing we are really good at is not the same thing as pursuing the thing we are passionate about.  The problem with pursuing passions can be, we might find ourselves in uncomfortable places and the fear of failing at our passion can be overwhelming. This is where you must take an absolute leap of faith and realize life is too short to play it safe.  Dr. Carolyn Wiley found herself building a strong foundation in mathematics, but eventually those years in teaching would pay off when she and some colleagues took on the challenge of writing and updating a Statistics book.  This book would eventually be adopted as part of the curriculum and distributed to hundreds of universities all over America. That taste of success as a writer lit a fire and over the years Dr. Wiley began to imagine what could be if she went all in as a writer and a publisher.  After careful consideration and meaningful prayer she decided to quit her job as a teacher and start her own company, Rose and Pearl Publishing.  Tune in to hear about how chasing her dream led her to writing about the story of local firefighter hero (Pat Hardison) that nearly died in a house fire and later received the first ever successful full face transplant in the world.  Mr. Hardison was a guest on the Motivate with Coach Camp podcast and you can listen to his interview by clicking the link. If you are interested in learning more about my guest or the services her company offers you can reach her by going to her website https://roseandpearl.net/ And you can purchase “Facing the Fire” on Kindle:  https://amzn.to/469znQs Paperback:  https://amzn.to/4mQAJ9C and Hardcover:  https://amzn.to/3K7KVfq   Please continue to listen and support this podcast and be sure to check out my social media content on my website http://MotivateWithCoachCamp.com   Also, if you are interested in becoming an official sponsor of this podcast please click the link below to learn more.  This episode was recorded at SRP Studios and Produced by Shelby Row Productions LLC ShelbyRowProductions.com     👉 SPONSOR THIS PODCAST -  https://bit.ly/443wPRj 🔗 WEBSITE - http://www.motivatewithcoachcamp.com 📺 WATCH - YouTube and Facebook 🎧 LISTEN - Apple and Spotify   This episode was recorded at SRP Studios and Produced by Shelby Row Productions LLC SRPStudiosLLC.com