Hello everyone, My name is Chesca, and I am excited to be part of this community. My journey to digital marketing has not been a straight path. Life has brought many storms my way, but those experiences have shaped my purpose and vision for the future. For 18 years, I was married to my husband, who struggled with bipolar depression. Supporting someone through mental illness can be an incredibly lonely journey, especially when many people do not understand what you are facing. Sadly, I lost my husband to his illness, and suddenly I found myself carrying the responsibility of providing for and raising my children on my own. I spent 19 years in the corporate world, working long hours, weekends, and public holidays to make sure my children were cared for and had the opportunities they deserved. While I am proud of what I achieved, the reality is that many precious moments with my children passed by while I was focused on survival and providing for my family. Those moments cannot be replaced, but they have taught me the true value of time and freedom. Over the years, the pressure, stress, and emotional toll of corporate life became overwhelming. Constant customer abuse, lack of support, and feeling like just another number eventually affected my health and well-being. I knew I had to make a change. Today, I am choosing a new path. I am stepping into digital marketing with determination, passion, and a desire to build something meaningful. My mission is to help others create a life that feels like home, no matter what challenges they have faced. I believe that our difficult experiences can become the foundation for something powerful and positive. My personal motto is: "Touching Your World, Making It Home." I am here to learn, grow, connect, and become the best digital marketer I can be. Thank you for welcoming me into this community. I look forward to learning from all of you and sharing this journey together. Warm regards,Chesca

So I'm quietly working through everything that I've missed in the past month / 6 weeks, and this particular item under Classroom - How to Elevate Your Ava Experience, is precisely what happened to me, and where I am now. As in exactly! It feels like a prophecy come true! Going to be awesome moving forward with "someone" who "gets" it!

Hi all. I just disappeared off the radar for more than a month now. We were in Mozambique, and hubby got malaria. There I was - foreign country, foreign language, desperately ill husband who couldn't even lift a glass of water to his mouth... I didn't realise it at the time, but I think my body went into shock. Into a kind of depression. I went onto autopilot with the mechanical "must do" things of life, but couldn't even face Ava or writing a note to my mom! I'm slowly recovering, and Ava will take me slowly back to full production, I reckon! I thank God for my husband's recovery, and his continued recovery, and for my own recovery. And I thank Ava for the roadmap as I carefully put fuel into my tank again!

I must applaud myself for still being here and showing up like i am doing, checking in every single day without fail, because the old version of me would have given up a long time ago. The old version of me used to give up easily and fast, i used to lose interest quick fast, and i always used to tell myself that it was not working. Now this new version of me knows that i create my own stability by taking action, and by staying in the game long enough for luck to find me. I am grateful. I see the transformation. in the way i think, the way i show up, and in understanding myself better each and every day.