Meet the Women Behind the Stories
The Co-Authors
Five women. Five journeys. One shared decision to tell the truth about what it took to keep going.
Deborah S. Risper
Visionary
Founder & CEO of Deborah Risper Inc. and visionary behind the She Did It Scared™ movement. A six-time award-winning author, publisher, and speaker, Deborah is also Editor-in-Chief of Women of Excellence Magazine and host of the Discussions with Deborah podcast. Her mission: helping women turn fear into faith, purpose, and action.
Christina Atkins
Contributing Author
Christina Atkins is a financial consultant, nonprofit executive, and philanthropist dedicated to helping people and communities build lasting financial and social impact. As the Executive Director of Heaven Has A Heart, she leads initiatives focused on youth development, economic mobility, workforce readiness, and international partnerships that create opportunities beyond borders.
Her Doing It Scared moment was buying a one-way ticket to Belize and trusting God to lead her into purpose beyond fear.
Rose Hargrove
Contributing Author
A transformational family coach, mentor, and founder of The Difference Co., Rose helps individuals and families break unhealthy patterns and build legacies rooted in faith, wisdom, and purpose. Marked by significant loss and unexpected hardship, her story is one of resilience and the courage to keep saying "yes" even when the path ahead wasn't clear.
Nicole Bright
Contributing Author
A Strategic Decision Advisor and speaker who helps women navigate life's hardest seasons with clarity, composure, and control. Her signature C3 Framework grew out of her own journey through uncertainty, and now equips women to quiet emotional noise, trust themselves again, and lead through transition with confidence instead of just surviving it.
Kenya Anderson
Contributing Author
Pastor Kenya Anderson is a breast cancer survivor living with a rare autoimmune disorder, who has turned her hardest seasons into testimonies of God's faithfulness. Founder of the God's Daughter ministry, she empowers women to embrace their identity and walk boldly in their calling, believing every setback is a setup for God's greater purpose.
