About angie

I’m Angie.
I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE.

In my early career, I anchored the morning news at the top television station in Charleston, SC. I had an agent who believed in me and a shot at eventually becoming an anchor in a national market. I hoped my persistent pursuit of success would fill a void—pain and loss from the past that I hadn’t fully grieved.

My identity became my work. And it wasn’t working.

What I didn’t know then was that I needed to RELEASE a lifetime of expectations and performance. All I knew was that I was tangled in an unfulfilling life, and I wanted out. 

I may not have known exactly the right next steps to take, but I knew that the honest thing was to walk away. To let go. To give myself space to feel my feelings, grieve my past, and leave my false identities behind.

It changed everything. 

I released society’s narrow definition of success and the belief that it held the key to self-worth and true belonging. As I reinvented my life and career, became a mom, and started a blog, I took these lessons with me. I found that true fulfillment came from existing in the right now moments, bravely and vulnerably trusting my heart and being true to myself.

My reinvention remained rooted in storytelling. From penning columns for magazines, launching a marketing and PR company, and planning and promoting live storytelling events, each new task became a dare to try something new. I opened myself up to using my skills and strengths in creative ways without any clear idea of where any of it would lead.

Healing from and coming to terms with my losses has redefined my career and my definition of success, how I parent my children, and the lens through which I live—and continue to write—my life.

My highly-anticipated memoir, Girl in the Spotlight, is my story of transformation—breaking cycles of the past and stepping into a life of courageous freedom—and will be released by Publish Her in October, 2023. Skirt magazine founder and former Publisher Nikki Hardin says, "It's nothing less than a how-to on saving your life."

I live in Charleston, South Carolina, my favorite place on Earth. My secret dream is to become a backup dancer in a music video, but as long as those hip-hop dance routines remain in my head (and my living room), I’ll continue to write and share my story. My hope: To help other women realize they have the power to pave their own way and come home to their true selves—and it starts with the vulnerability and courage to stop performing and start living.

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