This Is Your Captain Speaking: Reaching for the Sky Despite a Lifetime of Abuse, Depression and Fear
- ISBN-10
- 1734893540
- ISBN-13
- 9781734893540
- Series
- This Is Your Captain Speaking
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-04-24
- Author
- Courtney Schoch
Description
As a young girl, Courtney thought her life in Atlanta was completely normal. Raised by both parents, she didn't notice thecomplexities that filled her life with pain and dysfunction until she began high school. Her violent childhood and decision to drop out of high school eventually led to an unexpected teen pregnancy. In an effort to put the pieces of her life back together, she married an abuser who introduced her to the adult entertainment industry.Life spiraled out of control after several near-death experiences. A change in career, a divorce, and a new family still left herwanting more until she stumbled across a coupon in an entertainment discount book that would lead to facing her fearshead-on and would change the trajectory of her life. In This Is Your Captain Speaking, Courtney shares the difficultand intimate details of her life to encourage and inspire you to own your story and not let it own you.BioCourtney Schoch is a mother, commercial pilot, flight instructor, public speaker, nonprofit founder, runner, leadership consultant, and author. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Utah Valley University in 2010 and a Master of Aeronautical Science with specializations in Space Operations and Aerospace Safety Systems from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2014. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio. She enjoys nature, science and trail running. Courtney has run marathons on four continents with a goal of completing a marathon on all every continent and a 100-mile endurance race.Learn more about her at courtneyschoch.com
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- 2021-04-13
- 202 pages
- Paperback
- Azul International Group LLC
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- 2013-10-29
- 288 pages
- Ebook
- Thomas Nelson
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