005: Making Lemonade Out of Lemons

by | May 5, 2018 | Podcast | 0 comments

 

Today we are talking about making lemonade out of lemons. Let’s face it, life deals us some hard times, but we are always left with a choice. Why let those sour moments destroy us when we can use them to make something so much sweeter?

 

Financial consultant, Cheri Blair, and Counselor and COO of Club-ABLE, Dina J. Reh, join the show today to share how they’ve overcome financial and physical hardships in their lives and use their knowledge and experience to encourage and empower others.

 

We Discuss:

  • Creating beauty and opportunity from difficult times
  • Empowering women to grow beautiful financial futures
  • Why many women are lacking the financial knowledge they need
  • Having enough money to live comfortably during retirement
  • Ensuring financial safety for your future
  • Why simply having a savings account is no longer enough
  • Important points to know about investing your money
  • Understanding the effect of compounding interest
  • The pros and cons of saving versus investing
  • How Club-ABLE is helping people with disabilities live more empowered and enhanced lives
  • Dina J. Reh’s journey with illness and disability that inspired her to create Club-ABLE
  • How to join or contribute to Club-ABLE and what services they offer

 

“No matter where you are in life you can always start today.”  –  Cheri Blair

 

About Cheri:

Cheri L. Blair has been serving and empowering women, pre-retirees, and business owners and their families with financial services for over 23 years.

After joining Metlife Financial Services in 1994, she created and presented empowering informational seminars and workshops to inform, support, and inspire “Women Financially” and developed plans and options for women, their businesses, and families.

Cheri joined Michael J. Lucia & Associates in 2011, welcoming the opportunity to partner with the thriving, comprehensive financial services organization, to provide a level of service that offered a more personal experience for her clients.

Throughout the years, Cheri’s philosophy has remained the same. She believes client relationships must be steeped in trust. She understands her client’s financial goals and what is most important to them.

Maintaining a client-centered practice, her client’s needs come first. Cheri supports, guides, and educates her clients in making informed financial decisions for today and the future! Cheri believes in taking a Holistic approach with her client’s, and that information and education are major cornerstones to their success.

 

About Dina:

Dina J. Reh is originally from Toronto, Canada. At the young age of two, Dina was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Dina’s younger days were a consistent fight for survival due to consistent high fevers and a debilitating illness.

Dina also overcame a terrible car accident at age 12 which left her wheelchair-bound and dependent on care from family and caregivers.

Dina has lived in North San Diego County since 1991. 

After receiving her Bachelors in Sociology at the University of California San Diego, She went on to pursue and receive her Masters in 2013 with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of San Diego, pursuing a sub-specialty in trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, disability and sex trafficking. 

Dina has taken her fight for life and inner strength to create change on an international and local level. She has pursued her dream of visiting South Africa 3 times to share her personal story and desire to overcome no matter the struggle. 

With a background in non-profit work, disability, advocacy rights, social justice, AIDS awareness prevention, and poverty as well as anti-trafficking campaigns in South Africa, Dina has both challenged her local community here in San Diego and internationally.

She has inspired and challenged local communities, schools, and churches. In doing so, she has become a pivotal speaker on the important issues of today’s culture. She has been a keynote speaker for Easter Seals, Arthritis Foundation, community outreach programs, and has appeared on local news channels.

Dina wholeheartedly believes that everyone has the potential to live their lives differently and impact this world.  She has battled many challenges throughout her 40 years of disability and continues to pursue her desires to reach higher goals.

Dina’s ability to overcome many struggles as a wheelchair-bound individual has led her to stand on a strong and unique platform as an advocate for victims of human trafficking, disabilities, and domestic violence.

Creating real stories from her personal challenges that empower others and sharpen her local community, Dina has created Club ABLE, which means Actively Building Life Empowered.

 

“There’s power in numbers. The more people that are physically disabled that join Club Able, the more that we can go out to businesses and say we want to change a system that’s been ranked in a way that’s not okay for anyone that’s physically disabled.”  –  Dina J. Reh

 

Resources Mentioned:

Stay tuned for the release of Paula’s new book, Saying the Right Thing: When You Don’t Know What To Say

Learn More About Host Paula Shaw

 

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