Learning to Choose Yourself with Deborah Santana

About this episode

Deborah Santana discusses her memoir and journey of self-discovery after her marriage to Carlos Santana.

Author, activist, filmmaker, and business leader Deborah Santana discusses her deeply personal new memoir, Loving the Fire: Choosing Me, Finding Freedom. Deborah shares her rebirth following the end of her 34 year marriage to musician Carlos Santana and the exhilaration of reclaiming her voice, identity, and freedom. Anyone facing change and transition and looking to heal and transform will find a lot to learn from Deborah's story. About Deborah Santana- Deborah Santana is an author, business manager, and activist for peace and social justice. Her non-profit, Do A Little, serves women and girls in the areas of health, education, and happiness. With a passion to provide educational opportunities for girls and women, Ms. Santana collaborates with organizations that work to prevent and heal relationship and sexual violence, improve the lives of America's abused and neglected children, and a worldwide community of artists and allies who work for empowerment, opportunity, and visibility for women artists. In 2005, she published her first memoir: Space Between the Stars that told of her experiences growing up as a bi-racial child, and her coming of age. Ms. Santana has produced five…

People in this episode

Host: Diane Ray

Guest: Deborah Santana

Topics covered

• self-discovery
• personal transformation
• memoir
• women's empowerment
• social justice
• healing

Keywords

• Deborah Santana
• memoir
• self-empowerment
• personal growth
• women's rights
• social justice
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Do A Little

Books & works: Loving the Fire: Choosing Me, Finding Freedom, Space Between the Stars, Road to Ingwavuma, Girls of Daraja, School of My Dreams, Powerful Beyond Measure

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