With a solid 30-plus-year career in mental health, Debra Cady pivoted into course creation for her next chapter. She became a Mirasee student for its education and a Ruzuku customer for its platform — and she’s now excited to be teaching her gift.

Debra Cady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CEO/Founder of Silver Linings International.  SLI offers facilitation, coaching, consulting, and training on how to achieve strength-based, positive change for individuals and organizations.

Danny and Abe talk with Debra about her pivot from being a mental-health professional to becoming a course creator and entrepreneur.

This episode covers:

• Debra’s experience before course creation and how she pivoted into it
• Starting with her pilot course
• Pricing her course properly 
• Working out the educational design aspects of her course
• Her evaluation tools
• How her course changed her work
• Danny and Abe’s debrief

“I was terrified and I was afraid and I did it anyway. And I created a tribe for myself, people who believed in me, and kept the people who didn’t away.”

Debra Cady

Debra Cady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CEO/Founder of Silver Linings International, LLC.  SLI offers facilitation, coaching, consulting, and training on how to achieve strength-based, positive change for individuals and organizations.

Debra combines her 30+ year career in behavioral health, specifically her experience as a trauma-informed manager, with her Appreciative Inquiry Facilitation Certification to deliver virtual training courses that create positive outcomes for the people and systems who work for children, youth, young adults, and other vulnerable populations. Her training has given hundreds of people the tools they need to create better engagement and healing-centered energy in their workplaces and for the clients they serve.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
Ruzuku
Debra’s website: SilverLiningsInternational.org

Credits:
Hosts: Danny Iny and Abe Crystal
Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Assembled by: Geoff Govertsen
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisors: Evan Miles and Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music credits: 
Track Title: Bossa BB
Artist Name: Marie
Writer Name: Chelsea McGough
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Coo Coos
Artist Name: Dresden, The Flamingo
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Grace
Artist Name: Shimmer
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Carousel Lights
Artist Name: Chelsea McGough
Writer Name: Chelsea McGough
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Special effects credits:
24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.