Businesswoman Natasha Morgan has faced numerous challenges in her life that have knocked her down, but she continues to get up and persevere in spite of these challenges.
An Unbreakable Woman is her breakthrough book, which details the challenges she has faced and how she has overcome them, offering hope and inspiration to all.
Born into poverty, Natasha was the second eldest child of a teenage mother and faced physical and sexual abuse from a young age.
Her journey of struggle did not end there, and life never seemed to be in her favour.
At 17, she was a single mother begging for milk for her child, and later became a single mother of three after her divorce.
Natasha not only had to fight to overcome the abuse she suffered and being born into poverty, but she has also had to fight for her health.
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She was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome later in life, diseases that are incurable and lifelong.
At one stage she was at death’s door due to a virus that sent her into organ failure and septic shock and her recovery was called a miracle by doctors. All the struggles Natasha faced led her into a deep depression, and at one stage she contemplated suicide.
But her perseverance and her faith in God gave her the strength to get up yet again and focus on finding and fulfilling her purpose.
For many years, Natasha lived with the shame and guilt of her abuse, feeling worthless and like she was damaged goods. However, over time she came to the realisation that the abuse and hardships she had endured were not her fault and were not an indication of her worth.
This understanding led to the motto of her book: your condition is not your conclusion.
Natasha uses this as a way to remind herself of how far she has come and that all the hardship she has faced will shape her rather than defeat her.
Furthermore, Natasha turned to religion as a way to deal with everything life had thrown at her. Having grown up in a religious household, she attended Sunday school from the age of four, and over time her relationship with God had developed even further.
“I learnt that prayer is a conversation between myself and God and that I can speak to Him about anything that is in my heart,” Natasha said.
Today, thanks to her willpower and strength, Natasha is considered a fearless and passionate woman in the business world.
She is a successful entrepreneur who started a Johannesburg-based air conditioning company, making her mark in a male-dominated industry.
She is also married to her best friend and has four children and three grandchildren.
In An Unbreakable Woman, Natasha details her journey from living in poverty in a two-bedroom house with nine people to being the successful businesswoman she is today. She describes her journey as one of hope and reflection, inspiring you to believe there are better days ahead despite the challenges thrown your way.
Her wish for readers is to never accept defeat and never accept any less than what they deserve.
She also wants people to seek their purpose in life and fulfil it as she has done.
In a country where one in five girls experience sexual abuse, one in three children experience physical abuse and one in six witness abuse, Natasha could have become one of the unfortunate statistics in South Africa and ended up involved in crime, addicted to drugs or even committing suicide.
Instead, her strength, perseverance, tenacity and belief in God helped her get up after every hurdle thrown at her, becoming a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to many.
Her book has received rave reviews from readers from all walks of life, being described as an inspirational masterpiece by one reader.
Another reader recommended the book to all men so they could understand the pain women suffer as a result of the actions of men.
Natasha is continuing to add to her amazing story and is passionate about empowering others. She is pursuing her life coach certificate. Despite living with physical challenges due to a medical condition, she remains steadfast and fully dependent on God to get her through each day.
She continues to pursue a life of impact and purpose and has recently transitioned into a new career as an inspirational speaker, where she promotes her personal mantra that whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.
For more information on Natasha and her book, visit her website or her Facebook page.
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