JC (Jackie) Gardner

JC (Jackie) Gardner

MD, US
JC Gardner is an award-winning, best-selling author, an international speaker, writing coach and ghost writer who champions aspiring authors and helps women reclaim their destiny.

 JC Gardner is an award-winning, best-selling author, an international speaker, writing coach and ghost writer. She has written five books, along with contributing to numerous publications. Her latest novel, "Heated," is an urban dramedy about a single mother's plight to do better despite her negative circumstances. It is the recipient of a 2018 IPPY Award and an Amazon best seller. JC is also a mentor and writing coach as an instructor with the nonprofit organization Youth Writer's Rock, coaching and guiding youth as they become published authors. The first product went on to also become an Amazon bestseller and an award winning short film.

JC was a closet writer for many years due to a devastating blow in her past that silenced her creativity and almost derailed her God-given gift of being an entertainer and storyteller through the written word. After a phenomenal, spiritual breakthrough, it was clear that what God has placed in your heart, no one can take away. She is a natural born writer; it is infused in her D.N.A. and believes everyone's D.N.A. makes them Deliberately Not Average! After years of living in a cloud of self-doubt and fear of rejection, she uses her platform as a Transformational Speaker to serve women who are ready to discover their destiny and live up to their fullest potential. Using real life examples, faith and humor, she provides them with guidance, strategies, inspiration, and accountability to win big!

JC is a manager at an international nonprofit. She has been married for over 30 years, with two successful grown children.

"Stop listening to the wrong voices inside your head. Don't be defeated before you even begin. What God has for you is for you. Go get yours!"

 JC Gardner is an award-winning, best-selling author, an international speaker, writing coach and ghost writer. She has written five books, along with contributing to numerous publications. Her latest novel, "Heated," is an urban dramedy about a single mother's plight to do better despite her negative circumstances. It is the recipient of a 2018 IPPY Award and an Amazon best seller. JC is also a mentor and writing coach as an instructor with the nonprofit organization Youth Writer's Rock, coaching and guiding youth as they become published authors. The first product went on to also become an Amazon bestseller and an award winning short film.

JC was a closet writer for many years due to a devastating blow in her past that silenced her creativity and almost derailed her God-given gift of being an entertainer and storyteller through the written word. After a phenomenal, spiritual breakthrough, it was clear that what God has placed in your heart, no one can take away. She is a natural born writer; it is infused in her D.N.A. and believes everyone's D.N.A. makes them Deliberately Not Average! After years of living in a cloud of self-doubt and fear of rejection, she uses her platform as a Transformational Speaker to serve women who are ready to discover their destiny and live up to their fullest potential. Using real life examples, faith and humor, she provides them with guidance, strategies, inspiration, and accountability to win big!

JC is a manager at an international nonprofit. She has been married for over 30 years, with two successful grown children.

"Stop listening to the wrong voices inside your head. Don't be defeated before you even begin. What God has for you is for you. Go get yours!"

Improving Mindset and Cultivating Purpose

Life events, also known as setbacks, can derail you from not only being fulfilled, but it can also detract from you living your best life. Some of us are so beat down by life's circumstnaces, we can't see the light of day.  Learn how to improve your outlook and rediscover your divine purpose with practical tools and baby steps. The world is waiting. Don't delay, start living your best life today.
EmpowermentInspirational / Life-changing

Overcoming P.O.S.D.: Pillar of Salt Disorder

Past events can be a stumbling block to future victories. Pillar of Salt Disorder refers to Lot's wife in the Bible where she was told not to look back --  keep moving forward, but she couldn't. She had to look back one last time and there she remained, frozen in the wrong direction.

How many of us focus on the past as our guide to the future? I was that person for many years. For some of us, it is a heavy burden, a weight of mammoth proportion. Learn how to release those...
EmpowermentInspirational / Life-changing

Writers Workshop for New and Emerging Authors

So you wnat to write a book but have no idea where to begin. The Writer's Workshop will set you on your way to becoming a published author. Learn how to get started, what makes a good book, tips and strategeis, things to avoid, overcoimng writer's block...and many more nuggets. Great for groups who want to start an anthology, fiction writers, poets, youth group, women's groups, etc. 
Writing / PublishingEducational / Informative

My Personal Journey: From Quicksand to Walking on Water

Imagine discovering your destiny at the age of 12? I knew then I was to be an entertaining fiction author, however, a teacher crushed my spirit and almost derailed my divine appointment. It was devastating -- her humiliation of me in front of 30+ students. I was just a delicate flower at the time, and she destroyed me from the root. Some of us are perennials and can bounce back, but I retreated into myself and squandered my gift for a very long time until I had a spiritual epiphany -- a...
InspirationalInspirational / Life-changing