From Tragedy to Purpose: Building Faith-Driven Impact

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What personal tragedies influenced the guest's life?

Shanna Summers 0:00

My dad committed suicide. My son ended up getting cancer at 17 years old. And my faith has grown because I feel like that God just used those bad situations to turn them around for good and to good things. And so I try to do that as well. I try to turn everything bad that happens in my life around to something good and positive.

Ray Gutierrez 0:27

it takes a lot of grit or I would say self-awareness to have that resilience. Where does that energy come from?

Shanna Summers 0:32

God. He has changed my life.

How has faith shaped the guest's resilience?

Shanna Summers 0:36

Starting at 13 years old, my life changed at a Christian camp that I went to. And ever since, I've just tried to live my life for Him, do what He would have me do, and make an impact on others, be His hands and feet, love on people, be kind to people, and just...

Rudy Mawer 0:59

My name's Rudy Moore, host of Living the Red Life podcast, and I'm here to change the way you see your life in your earpiece every single week. If you're ready to start living the red life, ditch the blue pill, take the red pill, join me in Wonderland and change your life.

Ray Gutierrez 1:13

Welcome to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Red Life edition. For Inside Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today is another powerful woman, a woman in power, Shanna Summers. She is the founder of Greater Vision Academy. Did I get that right?

Shanna Summers 1:30

Yes, you did.

Ray Gutierrez 1:31

Welcome to the show.

Shanna Summers 1:32

Thank you.

Ray Gutierrez 1:33

How does it feel to just finish your episode, having all these cameras, being in Miami, and you were in a studio without air conditioning? Yeah. Quite the resilience here.

Shanna Summers 1:47

But so I was really hot, but I feel famous now. So I'm hot and famous.

Ray Gutierrez 1:53

There you go. I love it. Talk about turning a negative into a positive. Clearly, you're just like still beaming with with with dopamine, as we call it after your episode. But you walked in into the fire going, it's warm here. Let's get it done.

Shanna Summers 2:07

Yeah, I love that you guys let me tell like the real story, which focuses a lot on God. And you guys let me talk about that. And I've just been through a lot. And so I cried.

What impact does the guest aim to have on others?

Shanna Summers 2:23

I didn't want to cry, but I knew I would because I've been through some things that made me cry. For sure. But it was great. And you guys are so professional. And like, I just love that about you guys. I was not expecting this seems like the real deal.

Ray Gutierrez 2:42

Oh, gosh. Well, I'm very prideful of that. Laura and I, we've built quite an empire here the last couple of months, and we've quickly grown to Jason, Kofi, and Anton as well. So we're very pragmatic of what we've achieved here, which is why I'm sitting on the lips. What are we going to learn about you in your episode? You talked about faith and just unleashing you when it talks about your North Star, per se. What are we going to learn about you?

Shanna Summers 3:08

I think you're going to learn that... anybody can do anything because I'm really nobody. I started this journey at 21 years old and I feel like that that's a kid. Like I was a kid and I started directing my first daycare And then some things happened. My dad committed suicide. My son ended up getting cancer at 17 years old. And I've just, my faith has grown because I feel like that God just used those bad situations to turn them around for good into good things. And so I try to do that as well. I try to turn everything bad that happens in my life around to something good and positive. And I learn from it. And then I'm a glass half full type of person. I always try to see the positive. And then because my son is now cancer free, everything bad that happens, I'm just always like, at least we're alive.

Shanna Summers 4:21

You know, my son's alive. My children are alive. And me and my husband are alive. And so nothing is... you know, that bad, I live my life like that. Like, oh, it's not that bad. It'll, you know, it's okay.

Ray Gutierrez 4:36

Where does that, where does that come from? It takes a lot of grit or I would say self-awareness to have that resilience. Where does that energy come from?

Shanna Summers 4:43

God, He has changed my life. Starting at 13 years old, my life changed at a Christian camp that I went to. And ever since, I've just tried to live my life for Him, do what He would have me do, and make an impact on others, be His hands and feet, love on people, be kind to people, and just...