ROCK BOTTOM TO LIFE COACH
EDWANNA BARNES SURVIVED ADDICTION AND NOW ADVOCATES FOR OTHERS Edwanna Barnes knows what it feels like to hit rock bottom. Now she is using her experiences to help others. The licensed life coach battled a drug addiction for more than 20 years before overcoming it. In those years, she nearly lost everything. The journey she is on now is about redemption and advocacy for others. Barnes lost her mother at only 3-years-old and was raised by her grandmother. By age 21 Barnes was a single mom who had trouble making ends meet. She worked as a telephone operator and also as a caregiver at a nursing home. She dabbled with drugs to heal from a broken relationship—but her desire to feel numb led to a deeper addiction. Eventually she became a booster
who would steal with the intent to sell items for money. Edwanna left her children for a neighbor to look after, but when she hadn’t returned for a longer than usual time period, the neighbor called police. Her children were taken into custody and she lost her rights. This sent her spiraling out of control. “It really hurt me but rather than get clean, I used more drugs,” she admits. For nearly two decades Edwanna was in a cycle of ridding herself of drugs and then relapsing again. While prostituting she was often raped and beat. Once she was kidnapped and prostituted out until she was able to escape. Unhappy with the life she was leading, Edwanna turned to Christ. She joined a church and dedicated
"You have to forgive yourself first." herself to the ministry. She also got married. Her husband encouraged her to get clean and to stay clean. Both she and her husband leaned on the church for support and guidance. Edwanna was able to regain custody of her children.
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Edwanna earned her Life Coach license from Bloom University . She has dedicated herself to helping others pull themselves out of bad situations.
“It really hurt me but rather than get clean, I used more drugs." Although she strived to put her past far behind her, she faced more obstacles. Edwanna was given a prison sentence for a probation violation stemming from driving on a suspended license. During her 8-month stint in prison she met women who shared her trauma of abuse and betrayal by people they loved and trusted. Edwanna became a friend to the women she met and encouraged them to embark
on a new life. This would be her inspiration for becoming a life coach. After her release, she focused on repairing her relationship with her children who experienced being in and out of foster care. While Edwanna’s sons offered forgiveness, she says repairing her relationship with her daughters was much harder. “You do the best you can when that happens,” says Edwanna. “But you can’t beat yourself over the head for it —you have to forgive yourself first.” “You have to shake the dust off of your feet and let it be a testimony,” adds Edwanna, now the owner of
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Edwanna has been clean for 27 years. She earned her license to become a life coach in 2019 from Bloom University. She has been a game-changer sharing her story while coaching many others to take back control of their lives. She has helped clients find jobs, start businesses and improve their relationships with family.
“My clients are going to have game changing transformational experiences,” says Edwanna. “I’m someone who they can call on to talk to and someone who is going to hold them accountable for their goals.”
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