Tracie is a Proverbs 31 Ministries national speaker and author who has spent the last ten years inspiring women to live intentionally for Christ and be the woman God called them to be. Through her genuine, transparent messages laced with her southern charm and personal stories, Tracie helps women to:
- Find peace and joy in Christ by building an intimate relationship with Him
- Recognize how to hear God’s voice in their every day lives
- Break free from the pain of mistakes and heartaches by trusting in God’s promises
- Learn to see themselves from God’s perspective instead of their own
- Recognize their lives have been divinely designed by God
- Embark on an adventure of faith to uncover their God ordained purpose
- Learn to have a joyful optimistic outlook on life and a transformed heart and mind despite their circumstances.
Tracie is the author of three best selling books, with the most recent being Unsinkable Faith: God-filled Strategies for Transforming the Way You Think, Feel and Live (2017). When we change the way we think, we can change the way we feel and live, even if our circumstances remain the same, because a positive mind will always lead to a more positive life.
In addition, Your Life Still Counts: How God Uses Your Past To Create A Beautiful Future is a popular choice, which equips women to discover spiritual healing and newfound peace and joy, and discover the life of purpose God divinely designed for them – not in spite of their past, but because of it. Thousands of women have expressed how this book changed their life completely and has freed them to love themselves and trust that God has a beautiful plan for their lives.
Her first book, Stressed-Less Living: Finding God’s Peace In Your Chaotic World, which teaches women the physical, emotional and spiritual dangers of living a stressed out life, and offers biblically based principles to discover a life of peace, even when circumstances are not peaceful. Countless women have called this book a “life saver” and felt Tracie was telling their own stories, empowering them to make changes in their own lives and discover happiness and joy.
She is also a contributing author to the popular Zondervan NIV Women’s Devotional Bible, and the Encouragement for Today Daily Devotional Book.
Tracie is on the Proverbs 31 Speaker Team and travels across the country to share encouragement from God for everyday living. She is also on the Proverbs 31 Writer Team and is a monthly contributing writer for the Proverbs 31 Ministries Encouragement for Today devotions, with an estimated daily reach of nearly three million people per day. In addition, Tracie serves as the Manager of COMPEL Training at Proverbs 31 Ministries, a division of the ministry which teaches and encourages writers on the craft of writing for Jesus.
Tracie lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has three wonderful children ages 17, 20 and 23 who have become her best friends. Her most favorite things include spending time with family, writing and speaking, playing tennis, hanging out with friends, Christmas, peppermint mocha coffee, being outdoors, the beach, the lake and everything summer.