“BECOMING is one of the most honest and necessary examinations of identity, leadership, and legacy I have encountered.”
Dr. Shante Lyons
Director, Talent Development & Engagement, Zillow Group
IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS
The BECOMING Endorsements
Before these pages reached you, eleven people spent time with BECOMING. Here are excerpts from their reflections, presented in their own words.
“The structure of his writing forces the reader to look in the window and the mirror to become the person they truly want to be!”
Jerry Johnson
Founder & CEO, Axum Advisors, LLC
“BECOMING reminds us that we are never finished—we are always unfolding, unlearning, healing, discovering, and becoming.”
Aja La’Starr Owens
Author • Poet • Artist • Community Leader
“BECOMING is more than a book about growth; it creates a space for us to stop, look at who we have been, recognize who we are today, and think honestly about who we are becoming.”
Keith Ferris
Founder, Mind Over Matter 689 LLC • Consultant • Retired Veteran • Co-Founder, Mental P.R.E.P. & Mental HELP
“Incredibly insightful and deeply moving.”
Lianne Johnson
Executive Director, Avenues Counseling Center
“BECOMING refuses to reduce growth to easy answers.”
Robert Hughes III
Chief Strategy Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Louis • Executive Advisor
“There is radical awareness and acceptance found here.”
Genell Reynolds
Producer, Storyteller, & Content Creator with Nine PBS
“BECOMING is a profound exploration of growth, identity, and self-discovery.”
Tiffany Lacy-Clark
President & CEO, Behavioral Health Response
“After reading BECOMING twice, I know I will never look at life the same way again.”
Dan Cashmere
My Friend, Dan, The True Value Guy
“Rennell, the sower! BECOMING invites us to reflect on our dash in real time and reminds us that life continues to evolve and we must be the seed sowers of our own growth.”
Tracie Berry-McGhee, M.Ed., LPC
Founder of the I Define ME Movement, Therapist, Author & Empowerment Speaker
“Inspiring, awakening, and guiding… BECOMING by Rennell is an amazing book about who you are as a person and how you can lead your life to become your best self.”
Joe Shields
Director of Development, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum
These are faithful excerpts from the endorsements published in BECOMING. The complete endorsements appear in the book.