You cannot teach about something you have not experienced. So, as a certified Educator for 20+ years, who lived a life of abuse that was “normalized” or “ignored” at work, home, and school makes her highly qualified to teach about abuse. “Normalized” means the Bad Behavior/Abuse/Bullying is seen as normal.

Her own lifetime of abuse has made her a woman on a mission to teach, train, and transform today’s female business executives and/or  their Leaders so they can become Women Warriors who have the social tools necessary to take a stand and fight against any type of Bad Behavior!

After being devalued and traumatized for so many years, Dr. Rita has learned that you cannot successfully take a stand against Abuse if you don’t know what you are looking for in this spiritual fight for your future. So, she has taken a very unique science-based biblical approach to narcissistic abuse by asking the following questions: 

• What types of abuse are being used on women living in today’s Human Environment?

• How can women be trained to recognize toxic work environments before the abuse occurs?^

• How can abused women (of all ages) heal and recover from narcissistic abuse?

^ How many more Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein stories does it take for us to realize that women (of all ages) need to know exactly how to protect themselves by using the knowledge and skills for which God has already given them as a gift.

Turning Obstacles Into Steppingstones

Read a first-hand account of Dr. Rita’s struggles with abuse from several faculty members when she attended NJIT graduate school for her Ph.D. 

Rita Thornton’s father had definite ambitions for her and her five sisters: They would become doctors. “You kids are black and ugly. You gotta be able to look after yourselves. And for that you gotta be smart,” he told them often, according to Rita’s sister, Yvonne.

Read the full article at science.org 

https://www.science.org/content/article/rita-thornton-turning-obstacles-steppingstones