Texas Teen Births Still High Says CDC Report: Dr.Trevicia Williams Says More Mother Daughter Workshops Are In The Works

Unfortunately, according to the Center for Disease Control, Texas still has the nation’s 4th highest teen birth rate. Dallas is #1 in the nation for repeat teen pregnancies. As a former Texas child bride, and, subsequently teen mom, this issue is very dear to my heart. So, I’ve partnered with local school districts, e.g., Dallas, I.S.D., Highland Park, I.S.D. and Frisco, I.S.D., to make free workshops available to mothers and teen daughters. It takes positive role models, interventions such as the free workshops, qualified professionals and supportive communities for programs to be successful. Plano Women’s Club has contributed to the community changer program I implemented last year, and, more businesses are learning about it. However, without the support of communities, free workshops are not possible.

Dr. Trevicia Williams Says Additional Mother Daughter Workshops Are Forthcoming

News is spreading fast about Dr. Trevicia Williams, DFW Schools & Women’s History Month!

Many are preparing for spring break and the annual celebration of women during Women’s History Month. Dr. Trevicia Williams is extending Women’s History Month’s theme of education and empowerment locally through a vibrant celebration. Forbes.com is talking about it and many Dallas Fort Worth Texas mothers and teen daughters are sure to be spreading the word about Real Beauty Inside Out: A free effective communication and healthy relationship workshop provided by Dr. Trevicia. See what Forbes.com is saying about it: http://specials.forbes.com/article/0etR3YZfbR6y6 .

Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You (TM) Mobilizes 500 Entrepreneurial Women to Sashay for a Cause: Reduce Texas Teen Pregnancies

Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You (TM) Mobilizes 500 Entrepreneurial Women to Sashay for a Cause: Reduce Texas Teen Pregnancies

 DALLAS, Nov. 1 /Send2Press/ — Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You^TM and Dr. Trevicia recently unveiled a campaign to deputize 500 professional and entrepreneurial women in the beauty, health and wellness industries to collaborate to inspire and educate teenage girls ages 13-18 and reduce teen and unplanned pregnancies in Texas. Helping Dallas Fort-Worth teenagers and families cope with the increased stress levels associated with peer pressure and self-esteem crisis.

Texas is second in the nation for teen pregnancies, and, every 10 minutes a child is conceived. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, only 40 percent of teenagers who have children before age 18 go on to graduate from high school, compared to 75 percent of teens from similar social and economic backgrounds who do not give birth until ages 20 or 21. Self-esteem is a crisis. A Dove study, Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, shows 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members. 

During the Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You^TM Campaign, Dr. Trevicia Williams will energize women to get involved with the movement and sashay for a cause on January 11. Drawing from her own bounce back experience along with over a decade of academic studies in human behavior, she inspires people to think higher while teaching them how to overcome obstacles and become effective. Dr. Trevicia Williams will take snippets from her tell all book: There are Pearls in the Pain of Every Experience. It’s about currents of faith, hard decisions and perseverance and ways to bounce back from near life shattering experiences. It’s about faith and adversity and use of inner strengths. “I’m amazed when I hear the life stories of young women auditioning for shows like American Idol. Success requires an awareness of inner strengths and greatness,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. “With the right perspective and positive attitude, any obstacle, barrier or life storm can be surmounted! Motivation and education helps stimulate awareness, raise living standards, improve choices and increase self-esteem: Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You (TM) campaign does that,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams.

“We have to educate, motive and expose teens to positive role models,” says Dr. Trevicia.

Through a ground grassroots project, Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You^TM and Dr. Trevicia will reach 100 teenage girls to improve self-esteem, educate and inspire teens to discover themselves from the inside out and grow while bringing families closer, and encouraging individual health and well-being. “With the right perspective and positive attitude, any obstacle, barrier or life storm can be surmounted! Motivation and education helps stimulate awareness, raise living standards, improve choices and increase self-esteem: Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You campaign does that,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. In turn neighborhoods are strengthened and communities are helped across the Metroplex . To learn more, visithttp://www.treviciawilliams.com/news-Dr-Trevicia-article125.html .

The campaign, referred to as Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You^TM, is partnering with local businesses to serve as locations for free tickets. A win-win strategy design to allow free access to an empowering move and drive traffic to local business owners in the wellness and beauty industry.

To find a local retailer with free tickets to the January 11 event near you, please visit http://www.millenniumprofessionals.com/Beauty-Inside-Out-Dallas-Fort-Worth.html.

The Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You^TM campaign is not surprising coming from a woman who had an arranged marriage at 14 in Texas.  Former Texas child bride, Dr. Trevicia Williams will deliver a powerful keynote at Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You an event where women will sashay for a cause, be celebrated and exposed to information about balance & success.  “Motivation and education are vital to success,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams.

Dr. Williams is a psychologist, trainer and speaker with over a decade of academic studies in human behavior. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston-Downtown, Master’s degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and Doctorate degree from Walden University. Dr. Williams’ passion for helping women optimize their potentials takes her into community based organizations speaking to girls and women about overcoming adversities. Dr. Williams is also a woman of titanium faith. “I love inspiring others to realize their potentials but I can’t overlook how potential obstacles in life became strength and character builders. I enjoy giving back. Getting this message out is the most important thing I can do in my life,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. ###

Former Texas Child Bride Dr. Trevicia Williams Speaks during National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Month

Not an ordinary story from a woman who had an arranged marriage at 14 in Texas. Former Texas child bride, Dr. Trevicia Williams will deliver a powerful keynote at Beauty Inside-Out May 5: A celebration of women, balance & success. “Motivation and education are vital to success,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. It’s also a timely event for awareness since May is the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy month. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, only 40 percent of teenagers who have children before age 18 go on to graduate from high school, compared to 75 percent of teens from similar social and economic backgrounds who do not give birth until ages 20 or 21. Self esteem is a crisis. A Dove study, Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, shows 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members.

Drawing from her own bounce back experience along with over a decade of academic studies in human behavior, Dr. Trevicia Williams inspires people to think higher while teaching them how to overcome obstacles and become effective. Dr. Williams will take snippets from her tell all book: There are Pearls in the Pain of Every Experience. It’s about currents of faith, hard decisions and perseverance and ways to bounce back from near life shattering experiences. It’s about faith and adversity and use of inner strengths. “I’m amazed when I hear the life stories of young women auditioning for shows like American Idol. Success requires an awareness of inner strengths and greatness,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. After her fall on Dancing with the Stars, Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy showed how life really is about falls, tribulations, adversities and getting back up. As Kirstie said, “Dancing is a lot like life: It’s about overcoming adversities.” “With the right perspective and positive attitude, any obstacle, barrier or life storm can be surmounted! Motivation and education helps stimulate awareness, raise living standards, improve choices and increase self-esteem: Beauty Inside-Out event does that,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams.

May is National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and I’m a big advocate for teenage awareness
and education says Dr. Trevicia.

Stress and the Holidays (Christmas, New Year’s ect.)

Taking steps to reduce stress can greatly improve your quality of life as well as balance across work-life roles. Stress is often described as the result of demands exceeding resources. Stress was once associated with men, the primary financial support of the family, who experienced significant stress balancing the struggle up the corporate ladder with the responsibility of providing for his family. Today, women share this ever-increasing stress-load as the world presents them with multiple opportunities for success and wealth. The way women respond to stressors and the environment they create has the potential for enhancing their competitiveness and success leverage. Peak performance is a benefit of well managed stress.

Equally important to women’s work-life balance quest is the need to develop a support system. Not all support systems are created equally though! The key for working women, whether they are entrepreneurs or have a corporate job, is the need to surround themselves with people who will insist that they take time out for themselves. A vital part of a woman’s support system is her social capital. Having loving and supportive friends who are able to not only see that time for self is needed, but gently help by suggesting outlets for balance can be crucial to the success of a work-life balance mission.

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Texas former childbride returns to Dallas armed

According to Texas Department of State Health Services, every 10 minutes a teen in Texas gets pregnant, and, every 10 hours, a 14-year-old teen conceives a child. Texas’ former schoolgirl who was in an arranged marriage by the age of fourteen returns to equip teenagers in Dallas. Does sex education work? Texas’ former childbride/teenage mother, Trevicia Williams, Ph.D. (now psychologist), returns to Dallas armed with inspiration and education as she responds to some tough questions about sexuality, tough choices, and higher education beginning at Alley’s House, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering teen mothers in Dallas, Texas, on November 12, 2009.

Dr. Trevicia Williams’ extraordinary ordeal as a 14 year old African American girl in an arranged marriage in Houston, Texas to a man 12 years her senior from Germany capacitates her to inspire other young girls and women. She credits her titanium faith, tuff choices, education, and determination for getting her through potentially life pulverizing experiences. “Education helps stimulate awareness, raise living standards, and increases knowledge based choices,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. Teenage parenting often averts or postpones education for both girls and boys. While 7 out of 10 teen mothers eventually complete high school or receive a GED, they are less likely than girls who delay childbearing to go on to college.

There can also be serious consequences for the children of teen mothers. Research sponsored by the Robin Hood Foundation compared children whose mothers were 17 or younger with children whose mothers were 20-21 when they gave birth. The research indicates that children born to teen mothers tend to have:

•lower cognitive test scores and more difficulty in school
•poorer health yet receive less health care
•less stimulating and supportive home environments
•higher levels of incarceration
•higher rates of adolescent childbearing themselves

Dr. Trevicia Williams will address the difficulties teens face such as being a child while being a responsible parent to a child and having to create a support system. “It’s about faith and adversity and her use of inner strengths,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. Dr. Williams’ goal of mentoring and educating girls across the U.S. and equipping them with a strategy for realizing their fullest potentials by including them in activities and discussions about tough choices, self-worth, sexuality, body image and self-confidence is part of her commitment to inspire and mission to support the valuable work of community based programs designed to break the generational, economic and social impact of teen pregnancy in the community. “Education and strong role models increases the likelihood that girls and women will pursue their dreams or become leaders,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. She is passionate about comprehensive educational workshops/presentations that provide education for girls and young women ages 16-35.

Dr. Trevicia Williams is a psychologist, author and change management/adversity expert. Her life experiences and accomplishments are crucial aspects of the educational workshops. Dr. Trevicia Williams earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston-Downtown, Master’s degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and Doctorate degree from Walden University
(Details at: http://www.treviciawilliams.com and http://www.dallasweekly.com/health/Texas_former_childbride_returns_to_Dallas_armed.php)

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Rise of Birth Rates to Unweds: The Big Picture

According to msnbc.com and other major news outlets, births to women who are not married is at an all time high. The 40 percent increase of births to single mothers can be explained by a number of reasons: With recent research showing significant increases in women’s earning capacity, perhaps women feel more confident about their abilities to financially support a family. However, the sacredness of sex and the value/importance of having both mother and father as a family unit raising a child is the bigger picture here.

Dr. Trevicia Williams a psychologist and author. Details at: http://www.treviciawilliams.com/aboutdrtrevicia.html

 

 

Source:  www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29754561/ www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/08/out.of.wedlock.births/index.html

A renewed sense of hope…

The audacity of hope revitalized with President Obama’s February 24th speech! “We don’t give up,” said President Obama…We don’t! Knowing that the fundamentals of success are being reassured(education, access to health care, and loan options), entrepreneurs and professionals can use this to pull themselves up and out-Dr. Trevicia Williams