EMPOWERED YOUTH: About us

ABOUT US

CLAUDETTE DEBO

BACK IN 1980 SOMETHING I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE. I DID NOT GO DIRECTLY INTO A PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE PER SAY, INSTEAD I BECAME A BUSINESS OWNER, A WIFE, A MOTHER, ALL IN THAT ORDER. I QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT THE MOST CHALLENGING, AND DEFINITELY THE MOST REWARDING PART OF MY LIFE WAS RAISING MY GIRLS AND PREPARING THEM THE BEST WAY I COULD, FOR THE LIFE AHEAD OF THEM.

LIKE MOST MOTHERS, I WOULD SEEK ADVICE FROM MY PARENTS, MY SISTER, AND MY CLOSE TRUSTED FRIENDS ABOUT THIS AND THAT REGARDING PARENTING. MY DEAREST FRIEND CAROLE AND I ALWAYS SHARED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF PARENTING WITH EACH OTHER OVER THE YEARS. WE NEVER STOPPED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO HELP OUR OWN KIDS GET THROUGH "KID PROBLEMS." THAT IS HOW WE STUMBLED UPON THE IDEAS WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN THE EMPOWERED YOUTH AUDIO SERIES.

OUR IDEAS PROVED SUCESSFUL AND SINCE WE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO REACH OUT BEYOND OUR OWN FAMILIES, THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WAS TO DUPLICATE OUR IDEAS AND PUT THEM OUT INTO THE WORLD . OUR PURE INTENTION WAS TO HELP EACH AND EVERY FAMILY BY GIVING THEIR CHILDREN EXTRA TOOLS FOR BETTER LIVING. I BELIEVE IN DIVINE INSPIRATION AND WE WERE TRULY INSPIRED TO CREATE THIS COMPANY. MY DREAM IS TO HELP EACH AND EVERY CHILD/TEEN TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE BY BECOMING MORE ACCEPTING OF THEMSELVES. THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO FEEL MORE JOY AND PEACE IN THEIR WORLD.

CAROLE PFEIFFER

I WAS ALSO A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR IN COLLEGE AND WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HOW BRAIN CHEMISTRY AFFECTS BEHAVIOR. AFTER COLLEGE I CONTINUED THIS EXPLORATION IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AND EARNED A PHD. IN NEUROSCIENCE. AFTER THAT I DID A COUPLE OF POST-DOCS, GOT MARRIED, AND BECAME PREGNANT WITH OUR DAUGHTER. I THOUGHT SINCE I WAS PREGNANT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE CHEMICALS AND RADIOACTIVITY I WORKED WITH, SO I DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO EXPLORE ANOTHER AVENUE OF BRAIN FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR, HYPNOTHERAPY. I BECAME CERTIFIED AS A HYPNOTHERAPIST, BE IT A FAR CRY FROM LAB WORK, BUT I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING.

A FEW YEARS LATER, I WAS IN FULL SWING OF MOTHERHOOD, ALONG WITH MOST OF MY FRIENDS. MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD FREQUENTLY TALK ABOUT HOW TO HELP OUR CHILDREN DEAL WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY FACED. WE DISCOVERED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE DESIGNED TO HELP ADULTS, THERE WAS HARDLY ANYTHING FOR CHILDREN. A FEW OF MY FRIENDS ASKED ME TO MAKE HYPNOSIS TAPES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THEY WANTED TO HELP THEIR KIDS WITH SPECIFIC ISSUES LIKE IMPROVING SELF-ESTEEM, CHANGING STUDY HABITS, AND RELEASING ISSUES FROM THE PAST. CLAUDETTE, ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, KEPT SAYING YOU NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS, YOU NEED TO MAKE THESE TAPES ON A BIGGER SCALE. MORE TIME PASSED AND MY SON WAS BORN IN 2001. A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT CLAUDETTE AND I DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF CD'S DEVOTED SOLELY TO CHILDREN. THESE CD'S OFFER CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES BY LOOKING WITHIN AND CONNECTING TO THEIR INFINITE SOURCE OF INNER STRENGTH.

I AM HONORED TO OFFER THESE AUDIO SERIES TO THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. WE HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR VISION. I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS BUSINESS POSSIBLE.