D.I.G | A Woman's Guide to Discovering Inner Greatness

The concept for D.I.G | A woman’s guide to Discovering her Inner Greatness was conceived by co-author Melonie Boone late one night in December after falling into a deep sadness and searching for supportive stories following the death of her mother who battled cancer for nearly five years. She searched but kept coming up empty. She shared her story with co-author Yayra Tsikudo, who she met while completing her Ph.D. and they both began sharing some ideas. It turns out, they are not alone in feeling like very few stories were from everyday women like themselves. Born from pain and manifested out of hope, the idea for D.I.G was born.  We hope to bring real-life stories from everyday women to everyday women to inspire. D.I.G  is all about women empowerment.

This book aims to help everyday women discover their inner greatness to achieve success through storytelling from a diverse set of women from around the globe. Chapters will include stories that are easy for women to identify with and provide opportunities for reflection, planning, and growth. 

To date, we have had over 260 women from 20 countries sign up to participate. We have interviewed over 60 everyday women who find ways to D.I.G out of everyday challenges like: 

• Overcoming obstacles 
• Discovering Self Love
• Building Self Confidence 
• Handling Grief
• Managing Superwoman Syndrome 
• Letting go
• Dealing with setbacks 
• Imposter Syndrome 
• Overestimation of abilities 
• Labels and stereotypes