You can be a woman with a meaningful purpose and an extraordinary life.

God’s love can

  heal your spirit. fill your heart with meaning. transform your pain to purpose.

Many women chase perfection instead of pursuing God's purpose for their lives. Norma Joyce Dougherty helps women in crisis overcome their feelings of shame and guilt and discover God's love and purpose so they can become the extraordinary women God wants them to be!

FIND STRENGTH

EXPERIENCE JOY

BE RENEWED

Stop chasing empty dreams and living with guilt and shame.

Isolation

Stress

Depression

Loneliness

Find Strength, Joy, and Identity

Discover the good things God wants for you:

  • Meaningful purpose
  • Peace and contentment
  • Deep, abiding love
  • Forgiveness and healing
  • A joyful and radiant spirit

I’m Norma Joyce Dougherty. I believe you can be a woman with a meaningful purpose and an extraordinary life.

When women in crisis pursue perfection in mind and body but neglect their souls, they feel paralyzed because of guilt and shame.

What remains is a broken spirit and a void in our heart that can’t be filled. That leaves us paralyzed, because deep inside we know we are imperfect.

You don't have to feel that way. I believe Christ can heal your spirit, fill your heart with meaning, and transform your pain to purpose.

Pursue Your Purpose

Discover Your True Beauty

Find Joy and Contentment

Turn Heart Cries into Heart Victories

Let’s pursue God’s purpose together

Throughout my life, I struggled with many of the same issues that women in crisis deal with every day: not belonging, abuse, neglect, abandonment, guilt, shame, and more.

I overcame a broken heart, emotional neglect, and the pursuit of perfection to find joy and contentment in God's purpose for me. I found my value, significance, and beauty in the Lord, and know you can too.

Essential: Finding Worth in Your Work During Uncertain Times 30-Day Devotional

Get a free chapter of Island Girl: A Triumph of the Spirit

When a poor farm girl who escapes her poverty and abuse through fairy tales is suddenly thrust onto the glamorous stage of the national and international pageant world, the lines between fiction and reality blur. Now she must find her real identity apart from a world that just wants to transform her into a marketing protegé.

Actress and screenwriter Sam Sorbo said, “I read Island Girl in about a day! I couldn’t put it down. Norma’s story resonated with me. I hope the film version can reach the millions of young women drifting in our damaging culture of conflicting messages and help them discover their ultimate worth in Christ.”

Women of every age will relate to the identity crisis that Norma experienced – a crisis perpetuated today with the bombardment of marketing campaigns that focus on looking, acting, and being someone we’re not. Choose this triumphant story instead and discover the true beauty that lies within you!

Heart to Heart with Norma Joyce Dougherty

By Norma Joyce Dougherty 26 Jan, 2023
Two of our most recent graduates reflecting radiant faces
Peaceful woman on the beach
By Norma Joyce Dougherty 31 Dec, 2022
I was always pursuing perfection, wanting the best for myself, my family and my life. So intentional doing everything just right, till one day, I woke up and realized I was actually paralyzed by my pursuit of perfection.
Is your heart yearning for something special.
By Norma Joyce Dougherty 22 Jan, 2022
We all have those dreams for something we feel is missing in our lives. We all visualize what life would be like if we were able to achieve or acquire that dream.
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