From Pain to Purpose
Writing Coach Shannon Anderson Helps You Tell Your Story WRIT TEN BY: CRISTINA DEPTUL A PHOTOGRAPHED BY : SHANNON ANDERSON/POWER OF PURPOSE PUBLISHING
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hannon Anderson, from Atlanta, GA , got into publishing through tragedy. In 2015, her par tner and music industr y manager was killed in a car accident. She’d been in the music industr y for a while, and he’d been managing her career.
“As he took his last breaths, I knew my life would never be the same. That ’s when I knew that something had to change. I wrote my book , shared my stor y, then other people wanted me to help them do the same. That ’s how I got into coaching and book publishing.” Anderson is also a sur vivor of other traumas, including childhood abuse and domestic violence, but has healed and reclaimed her life.