ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m JoAnna Simon

I know what it feels like when life shakes your ground. At fifteen, I broke my back in an accident that left me paraplegic. Doctors said I’d never walk again. Yet, through faith in Jesus Christ, discipline, and determination, I learned how to rise again.

As a young immigrant in the U.S., I faced new challenges—learning a new language, navigating college with learning disabilities, and battling depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. There were moments I thought I couldn’t keep going, but my Savior carried me through.

Later, while still in college, I traveled to Colombia and was shot. For a year, I lost the ability to walk again. That season tested me deeply, but it also shaped me. I discovered resilience, courage, humility, repentance, and the sustaining power of Christ. With my family’s love and the strength of my faith, I rose again.

Through all these trials, one truth has carried me: with Christ, we can rise no matter how many times we are knocked down.

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Now, I Help Teens and Parents Thrive

As a Wife, Mother, School Counselor, Associate Counselor, and Intentional Thinking Life Coach, I help pre-teens, teens, young adults, and their parents navigate the challenges of growing up and raising kids in today’s U.S. culture with faith, resilience, and confidence.

I help teens:

• Embrace their strengths

• Build confidence in Christ

• Trust their choices

• Unlock empowerment in every area of life

I help parents:

• Strengthen family bonds

• Support their teens’ growth

• Guide with confidence and faith

• Foster holistic development—spiritual, socio-emotional, intellectual, and physical

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