About Angie Dixon
Who I Am
Tradition says, always write your About page in the third person. Yeah, I’m not doing that.
Who am I? I’m Angie Dixon. I’ve been writing since I was five years old, and I’m not going to tell you how long ago that was, but it was circa about 1973.
I’m wife to one, mom to two, and best friend to another.
I’ve been called “The Self-Help Gal,” but I don’t call myself that. Personal development authors and speakers helped me build a life after crippling and near-fatal mental illness. I’ve never truly wanted to do anything else ever since.
Who am I? I’m Angie Dixon and I’m becoming the person I want to be.
Books and Ideas
I’ve written a number of books, including the personal development titles The Leonardo Trait (two editions), Your Heart’s Work, Procrastinate Later, The Eleven Disciplines and ADDult Recovery: The Twelve Steps for ADD Adults, and the parenting books That’s My Son! Raising the ADHD Boy, Laid Back Kids and .
I have five books coming out in 2013 and 2014, including The Leonardo Trait, 3rd Edition, The Cocky Introvert, Procrastinate Later, 2nd Edtion, Your Heart’s Work, 2nd Edition, and The Eleven Disciplines, 2nd Edition.
I love developing concepts and programs. Some of my ideas that I have developed into books and programs include:
- The Leonardo Trait™: Understanding the characteristics shared by profoundly creative people, and using those characteristics to develop one’s own creativity and thrive in a changing world (2006)
- Twelve Steps for ADD: Using the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to cope with the challenges of Attention Deficit Disorder as an adult (1996)
- Mind Writing™: Speed-writing system for accessing existing knowledge faster and more easily (2004)
- Procrastinate Later™: Method for overcoming procrastination, designed primarily for freelance professionals(2006)
Why I Do What I Do (A Story in Two Parts)
ONCE UPON A TIME there lived a little girl. We’ll call her Angie, because that was her name.
From the time she could write her name (which was difficult because her last name had a Mc and a capital letter in it) Angie wanted to be a writer.
Ever an ambitious girl, Angie decided in kindergarten to write a book. She started by taking 25 sheets of paper off the shelf in her classroom.
Her teacher, Mrs. Carnahan, said, “Angie, you have to put back all but one sheet.”
Angie’s best friend Mark stood up and said, “She’s going to write a book.”
Ever the kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Carnahan said, “Well, she’ll have to write it one sheet of paper at a time.”
Angie took that not as a challenge but as advice. She (I) have written 14 books and ebooks, beginning with ADDult Recovery: The Twelve Steps for ADD Adults, and most recently the second edition of The Leonardo Trait: Create the Life You Were Born to Live.
Part the Second
Why personal development books? Why did I choose non-fiction? Why do I love self-help and personal development so much?
It’s a long story but I’ll try to make it short.
Quite simply, personal development books and programs, along with a good doctor and an excellent therapist, saved my life. In fact, self-help authors did more than save my life. They helped me build a new life after I was hospitalized twice in three months for suicidal depression and other symptoms related to bipolar disorder.
I immersed myself in personal development along with my medical treatment. Personal growth experts helped me become who I am today.
And the person I am today is still in love with the concept of self-help and wants to help others experience the same kind of transformation I’ve undergone.