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St KITTS, November 14, 2021 – A Kittitian woman in Coastal Bend, Corpus Christi, Texas, coaches women to overcome their past trauma.Belkis Clarke said she experienced childhood sexual abuse when she was in primary school and was in a dark place where she attempted suicideIn a KRIS 6 News feature, Clarke said she attended a seminar for people who’ve experienced childhood sexual abuse because she was tired of feeling hurt and pain.“Though a bad thing has happened to you, however a thing happened to you, it did not have to continue to impacting your life in negative ways, you can take control,” said Clarke.Clarke said it was in the seminar she knew she wanted to offer support for women to overcome traumatic experiences and heartbreaks.Clarke is a personal coach and motivational speaker where she offers online or in person one on one sessions to help identify the impact and obstacles in your life experiences due to past trauma, in three distinct sessions she calls, heal, rise and fly.“I go into companies and offer empowerment and facilitation and even training. So that is what I bring to the space for women, I step into the chaos basically and help people to find calm and clarity whether it’s in a corporate setting or in a one on one setting,” said Clarke.“Though a bad thing has happened to you, however a thing happened to you, it did not have to continue to impacting your life in negative ways, you can take control,” said Clarke.Clarke said it was in the seminar she knew she wanted to offer support for women to overcome traumatic experiences and heartbreaks.Clarke is a personal coach and motivational speaker where she offers online or in person one on one sessions to help identify the impact and obstacles in your life experiences due to past trauma, in three distinct sessions she calls, heal, rise and fly.“I go into companies and offer empowerment and facilitation and even training. So that is what I bring to the space for women, I step into the chaos basically and help people to find calm and clarity whether it’s in a corporate setting or in a one on one setting,” said Clarke.“When I met Belkis, she actually transferred my life,” said Johann Thurton. Thurton is a client of Clarke and said she was in a very dark and destructive place.“She helped me a lot and I told her it is the first time I’ve felt uh what happiness was,” said Thurton.“With women, mental health is so important regardless of the community or who you are because we need to have that support we need to have those life coaches and what she does is profound,” said Cynthia Mack who is a Client of Belkis Clarke.Clarke has been a motivational speaker for more than 15 years and has been in Corpus Christi since 2018. She said she wants to continue to be a light for women of all backgrounds especially black women.“Black women, we are suppose to be strong. We are suppose to show up and we’re suppose to get things done regardless of how its impacting us regardless of how we feel,” said Clarke.And what does coastal bend black excellence mean to Clarke?“We are here. But excellence suggests to me that its a space that opens up to allow me the opportunity to be propelled and advance into what was unique to me and to be celebrated and appreciated for it,” said Clarke.