She knows what it means to succeed — and still feel the pull toward more.

A career ended, a calling began.

Angela Howell knows what it means to succeed—and still feel misaligned. She constantly felt the quiet pull toward something more. More meaning. More purpose. More life.

When her award-winning, twelve-year career in corporate sales was unexpectedly ended by a devastating injury, Angela faced a season of unraveling that ultimately became a reinvention. What began as burnout and physical limitation became an invitation to rebuild her life with intention rather than achievement as the measure of success.

For the first time, passion became non-negotiable.

Through years of inner work, recovery, creative exploration, and spiritual growth, she began choosing passion over performance and alignment over approval. The result was not just a new career, but a new way of living.

Today, Angela is a best-selling author whose work spans original abstract art, transformational coaching, keynote speaking, and women's retreats—all in service of one mission: helping women exchange comfort for courage.

Angela lives near Nashville, Tennessee with her husband of over thirty years and their rescued cats. She believes reinvention is always available, and that great is possible and far more satisfying than good enough.

My abstract art evolves like life.

It starts out messy and chaotic. I focus on the next right step and trust that everything will eventually work together for good. Intuitively, I layer with color, texture, and expressive marks. For a while, individual facets may not necessarily relate. Then all of a sudden, magic happens and clarity begins to surface. Balance finds its way into the chaos and creates meaning. Shapes take form and I find myself solving a puzzle with clues that have been there all along.

What works? What doesn't? Decisions are made regarding what to keep, what to lose, and perhaps, what to bring back. Sometimes it's difficult to tell. I proceed anyway. Rarely is any move so permanent that it cannot be undone, or recovered. What appeared to be a crazy, disjointed mess becomes intentionally simplified in order to place emphasis on what matters most. I see now how every single stroke had its purpose, regardless of what remains visible in the end.

In life and art, my perfectionist seldom tells me that I'm good enough, or that a piece is “done,” but I've learned to ignore her deception. Life, my work, my art—they are not done, but this is where I am today. Not where I used to be and not where I will be. I'm merely Finding the Gift each day, stopping at interesting places and letting my creativity flow. As I step out of my comfort zone to show more of my true colors, I hope others will be inspired to follow their own heart and do the same.