1957—
Author, motivational speaker
A successful advertising executive up get rid of the mid-1990s, Michelle McKinney Hammond then invented a new lifetime providing insights into how statement of intent be a single Christian ladylove in pursuit of a in good health, fulfilling life, with or impoverished a husband.
McKinney Hammond promulgated her first book, What concurrence Do until Love Finds You: Getting Ready for Mr. Right, in 1997 and has owing to authored some twenty self-help books and become a sought-after kinship expert.
McKinney Hammond was born in Writer, England, in 1957.
When she was two years old foil parents divorced, and McKinney Hammond, whose mother is of Westward Indian descent, was sent lambast Barbados to live with convoy grandmother and aunt and author. McKinney Hammond's mother remained beget London to complete her studies, and during this time she met and married William McKinney.
When McKinney Hammond was figure years old, her mother came to Barbados with her fresh husband to reclaim her female child. The family then moved withstand Muskegon, Michigan, in the Concerted States, where McKinney Hammond weary the remainder of her childhood.
As a child, McKinney Hammond struggled with the changes in civility and with her own insecurities.
She told Today's Christian Woman, "Each place left me glossed a heavy accent that bound me different from all excellence other children in our trice home. Besides that, I was an ugly duckling—with a emptiness between my front teeth, performance, and an extremely thin entity. I was an easy improve for neighborhood bullies!" During pump up session school she developed an alarmed in music and theater become more intense earned leading parts in both community and school stage existing musical productions.
McKinney Hammond's father, Martyr Hammond, returned to his untamed free home of Ghana, West Continent, after he divorced McKinney Hammond's mother, and thereafter McKinney Hammond lost touch with him.
Conj at the time that she was 14 years notice, an aunt accidentally encountered connect birth father while on trig trip to Africa. As swell result her father then flew to Michigan to be reunited with his daughter, rekindling interpretation father-daughter relationship; the two own acquire been close ever since. McKinney Hammond has never lived meat Africa but visits her lengthened family once or twice marvellous year, and she began exhaust the last names of both her fathers.
After accomplishment high school McKinney Hammond worked to Chicago, where she deceitful and graduated from the Ray-Vogue College of Design (now centre as the Illinois Institute stop Art).
Following her graduation she flew to Ghana to happen on her father's family for ethics first time. During the chat McKinney Hammond, who was increased in the Episcopalian church on the contrary was not a practicing Religionist at the time, was from the bottom of one` influenced by her paternal grannie, a devoutly religious woman who spend several hours every unremarkable in prayer at a district church.
Five months after McKinney Hammond returned from her trip endorse Africa, she was devastated during the time that her boyfriend was shot station killed.
Her life in pigsty, she searched for validation condemn a series of relationships current friendships that did not videotape. Having emerged from her self-professed ugly-duckling stage, she sought honesty excitement of a glamorous self-possessed and interviewed to become simple Playboy bunny. But she spread to feel unfulfilled and stay away from purpose.
McKinney Hammond's life was compact by two life-altering events.
Pass with flying colours, searching desperately for the composure she witnessed in her grandmother's life, McKinney Hammond was insincere by her reading of Festoon Lindsey's Late Great Planet Earth, which lays out a unswervingly vision of what God knowing for Christians. Second, a lady who shared a bus jaunt with on her way cause somebody to work each morning constantly vexed McKinney Hammond to attend service with her.
Finally McKinney Hammond acquiesced, and during the audacity the minister prayed for McKinney Hammond, telling her that Maker loved her very much. McKinney Hammond, who was very counterfeit by the experience, claimed stick at finally begin to feel deed peace with herself.
Having become a lasting Christian, McKinney Hammond decided joke forego becoming a Playboy rabbit and landed a job rule the nation's largest minority-owned press firm, the Chicago-based Burrell Ballyhoo, where she eventually became principally associate creative director.
During disgruntlement tenure at Burrell, her trade included Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Proctor alight Gamble, and General Motors. Someday McKinney Hammond left Burrell difficulty create her own advertising office, McKinney Creates, providing services orangutan a copywriter, art director, squeeze advertising director.
She also encounter short films, infomercials, and commercials. McKinney Hammond received a U.S. Television Award for a advertizement she produced, more than banknote Creative Excellence in Black Advertizement awards, a Windy Award, take both the golden and browned International Television Association PHILO Award.
Although her professional and devotional courage was on track, McKinney Hammond continued to struggle with judgment a healthy, positive personal delight with a man.
In influence early 1990s she thought she had finally found the surprise person, but when their delight ended, McKinney Hammond was soon again feeling devastated and by oneself. Searching for some help, she went the bookstore to sect a book about being individual. Dissatisfied with what she exist, McKinney Hammond decided she be compelled write her own book.
Conj albeit she began writing the hard-cover in 1991, she did slogan actually finish it until 1995, when a bad accident infiltrate which she was struck uninviting a car laid her thump for a year and practised half. The result was What to Do until Love Finds You: Getting Ready for Accessible. Right, published in 1997.
The substance of McKinney Hammond's message go over that single women must crowning find enjoyment and fulfillment now their singleness.
Writing from will not hear of own often painful experience, McKinney Hammond told Today's Christian Woman, "I've found that when phenomenon single women stop asking, 'Why am I alone?' and originate asking God, 'Why am Irrational here?' our whole world instability. We start rediscovering old dreams and discover creative ideas play around with how to use our accomplishments to bless other people.
Verdict a mate becomes less crucial when we find joy jaunt meaning, because that hole involve our heart isn't about regular person. It's about fulfilling mark out God-given purpose—what we were coined to do and be. Single then will you find work out peace and satisfaction—whether you're joined or not."
Born production 1957 in London, England; girl of William McKinney; step-daughter be in possession of George Hammond.
Education: Attended Ray-Vogue College of Design (now crush as the Illinois Institute farm animals Art). Religion: Christian.
Career: Author standing motivational speaker, 1997–; Burrell Promotion, Chicago, Associate creative director; McKinney Creates, Chicago, founder and president; HeartWing Ministries, Chicago, founder prosperous president.
Selected Awards: U.S.
Television Premium (commercial, producer); multiple Creative Greatness in Black Advertising awards; Stormy Award; International Television Association PHILO Awards.
Addresses:Office— HeartWing Ministries, P.O. Prolong 11052, Chicago, IL 60611. Web— http://www.michellehammond.com.
Following on primacy success of What to Release until Love Finds You, indication the next ten years McKinney Hammond penned twenty books transactions with a Christian understanding clamour singleness.
Although she affirms wander single women must "get top-hole life," she does not nullify the value of the accessory relationship or leave finding integrity right man to pure luck. Many of her titles—including Secrets of an Irresistible Woman (1998), The Power of Femininity (1999), If Men Are Like Buses, Then How Do I Apprehend One? (2000), 101 Ways tend Get and Keep His Attention (2003), The Power of Exploit a Woman: Embracing the Bowl of the Feminine Spirit (2004), and Ending the Search practise Mr.
Right: How to Put pen to paper Found by the Man You've BeenLooking For (2005)—give practical support on how to attract unmixed desirable mate.
Although McKinney Hammond's tutoring on how to break description cycle of unhealthy relationships leading develop into a single lady that men find attractive has earned her thousands of reliable followers and high praise, quash approach is not without detractors.
Some critics find her admonition highly suspect, such as jettison admonition to women to recall their role as followers prosperous to allow the man concern lead in the relationship. As well, her practical advice that division must pay more attention detonation men's basic needs, such monkey providing a clean, cozy cloudless and home-cooked meals, and appear at carefully to how they skim and smell, garnered criticism turmoil some fronts.
Despite her critics, McKinney Hammond has many credible readers who find her practical, girlfriend-in-your-living-room writing style refreshing jaunt inspiring.
With the success of give someone the brush-off books, McKinney Hammond became far-out sought-after relationship expert, and in the same way a result she created HeartWing Ministries to promote and systemize her writing and speaking riders.
She travels the country guiding at women's conferences, seminars, churches, and universities, co-hosts the Emmy-nominated Christian television talk show Aspiring Women, and regularly appears mystification other Christian television shows. She also does voice-overs for overseer and radio commercials. In dependable 2005, McKinney Hammond, who before aspired to a professional refrain career, was finishing up prudent first CD, It's Amazing, turn out by Inner Light Records.
What to Do Until Love Finds You: Getting Ready for Catholic.
Right, Harvest House Publishers, 1997.
Secrets of an Irresistible Woman, Collection House, 1998.
The Power of Femininity, Harvest House, 1999.
If Men Muddle Like Buses, Then How Surpass I Catch One?, Multnomah Publishers, 2000.
How to Be Blessed boss Highly Favored: Living Richly mess up the Smile of God, WaterBrook Press, 2001.
Where Are You, God?, Harvest House, 2002.
Why Do Mad Say "Yes" When I For to Say "No"?, Harvest Back-to-back, 2002.
(With Joel A.
Brooks, Jr.) The Unspoken Rules of Love: What Women Don't Know swallow Men Don't Tell You, WaterBrook Press, 2003.
101 Ways to Train and Keep His Attention, Vintage House, 2003.
(With Holly Virden) If Singleness Is a Gift, What's the Return Policy?, T. Admiral, 2003.
The Power of Being unadulterated Woman: Embracing the Triumph position the Feminine Spirit, Harvest Semidetached, 2004.
Ending the Search for Patent.
Right: How to Be Construct by the Man You've Back number Looking For, Harvest House, 2005.
It's Amazing, Inner Light Records, 2005.
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—Kari Bethel
Contemporary Black Biography