Powerful New Book By A Charleston Based Former Emmy-Winning TV Anchor & Tech Exec Nina Sossamon-Pogue Encourages Resilience In The Face Of Today’s Adversity

CHARLESTON, S.C., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Job loss or career change. Health challenges. Financial struggles. The country is undergoing an enormous challenge, on so many levels, because of the pandemic. But there is a resource to help the nation through this difficult chapter.

A new book, This is Not ‘The End’: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life (Morgan James Publishing, April 7, 2020, Trade Paper, 140 pages $14.95; ISBN: 978-1-6-4279-806-7), provides an insightful roadmap for anyone in a major life event who feels that life will never be the same. This book was scheduled to be released, August 18, 2020, but was rushed to press because of its timely message.

How do you overcome adversity, trauma, change, or life-altering moments? How resilient, optimistic, or empowered are you to find a way to live with a significant negative event and meet the challenges and opportunities posed by it?

“While today may be a miserable part of a really crappy chapter in your life,” says author and speaker Nina Sossamon-Pogue, “This is Not ‘The End’ helps you see that your life is not ruined.  You’re just in a tough plot twist, and better days are ahead.”

Nina knows firsthand, having experienced a number of life-changing events that could have permanently put her on a dangerous path.  She has managed to live a successful and happy life despite suffering major setbacks and unexpected events.

Nina, since age five, defined herself as a gymnast.  On the United States Gymnastics Team with Mary Lou Retton, her dreams got derailed when she fell short of competing in the 1984 Olympics. As a highly recruited NCAA gymnast, her aspirations were crushed by a career-ending injury. But that didn’t stop her.

She went on to pursue a career in journalism. After being named Charleston’s Favorite Newscaster for seven straight years, she lost her job due to budget cuts. But that didn’t stop her.

Nina also got divorced in her mid-30’s and was suddenly a single mom of two. But that didn’t stop her.

She landed at another TV station and went on to win the Emmy for Best News Anchor in the Southeast. But a horrible accident threw her life into darkness. She ran over her co-anchor’s 11-month old baby in their driveway, crushing the boy’s skull. Miraculously, he lived and made a full recovery. The event left her flirting with self-sabotaging and suicidal thoughts. But that didn’t stop her.

Nina went back on the air, then joined the leadership team at a tech company and then became an author. Nina provides strategies and insights on how anyone can get through the worst chapters of their life.

“While this book was not written with COVID-19 in mind, it addresses emotions that so many people are struggling with now”. says Nina  “It empowers people to take control in uncertain times, job loss, trauma, failure, uncertainty. No matter what has happened, author your own script. Bad things happen whether you are the victim, or the cause of them. Major events move your story in a new direction. You are still the author of your life story. All the pages ahead are still blank. Your choices become your story. You can control the actions and the words of the main character. Failure, loss or adversity often comes before achievement and fulfillment. This is a plot-twist. You get to determine what happens next, THIS is Not ‘The End’.”

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