Today on The Change Maker: Tara Simkins. Tara is a former lawyer turned life-coach, facilitator, and childhood cancer philanthropist. She talks about why she left her twenty year legal career to pursue her new calling as a teacher, writer, and life-coach. Tara is mentor and coach with Soul Shine Lab her program for personal betterment and living life to full potential. She also is co-founder of the Press On Fund for childhood cancer research. Her work encourages people to live in the moment and not give up hope and continue to press on through difficult times.
This show was recorded for YouTube! To watch, just click here: https://youtu.be/OBVyY32PdUY
Find her Online: Tarasimkins.com for her personal or group counseling or on instagram @soulshinelabs To Support the Press on Fund: PressOnFund.org
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The Change Maker
The Change Maker is hosted by Deke Copenhaver. When Deke took over as mayor of his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, the city’s politics were broken and riven along racial lines. No group trusted any other group, so nothing got done.
From 2005 through 2014 Deke was a catalyst in helping to transform Augusta, attracting businesses to spur economic development, implementing social programs that impacted the lives of Augustans on a daily basis. He focused effort on communities that had been neglected for years.
No serving as the Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, Deke remains committed to being a Change Maker while helping others realize their potential to impact their communities for the better. For his work, he’s been recognized on multiple occasions by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians.
Deke currently authors a monthly column on leadership published by the Georgia Municipal Association. Deke earned a BA in Political Science from Augusta College and is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design.
A passionate athlete, Deke has completed five Ironman 70.3s and several half marathons. He and his wife, Malisa, reside in Augusta with their dogs Sarah Bet, Buddy, and Johnny.