Ellen began work in the tobacco barn on her grandparent's farm in Nickleville, Georgia. There she developed a love of outdoors, an adventurous spirit and a willingness to try anything once.

Ellen used her same passionate energy to hide the secret that her father was an alcoholic. Her mind was cluttered with schemes to pretend rather than plans to live her dreams. She stuffed her dreams in the closet with the secrets and busied herself keeping the house clean, the lawn mowed and volunteering for worthwhile community projects!

Then Ellen discovered her Undeniable Purpose! Ellen's journey to find her own Undeniable Purpose resulted in her

• Entering and graduating from college in her 40s,
• Riding her bicycle across the US, from Seattle to Washington DC in her 50s,
• Buying a house and beginning again as a single adult in her 50s,
• Receiving a Masters Degree in Management in 2005.

Ellen believes that everyone is created for a purpose and that living our purpose becomes our "mission in motion".