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Your Shine Was Never the Problem.

Pre-order Blackballed While Brilliant-the truth is ready.

You were never too much. You were just in the wrong room. Dr. Shekina Farr understands the experience of leading with excellence, only to be silenced by systems threatened by your brilliance. In Blackballed While Brilliant, she breaks the silence around workplace sabotage, institutional gaslighting, and leadership betrayal—and offers a powerful pathway forward.

Through her signature SHINE Method™ (Survive, Heal, Identify, Navigate, Elevate), you’ll learn how to:

Rebuild confidence after betrayal
Heal from invisible wounds that traditional leadership books ignore
Reclaim your unique edge as a leader
Set boundaries that protect your purpose
Turn your pain into a platform for others

For Organizational Leaders: A Blueprint for Cultural Transformation

Blackballed While Brilliant isn’t just a survival guide for individuals, it’s a strategic resource for organizations committed to fostering inclusive and empowering environments. HR professionals, DEI consultants, and leadership development strategists will find actionable insights to:

Identify and address systemic barriers that hinder diverse talent
Implement the SHINE Method™ to cultivate resilient and authentic leadership
Enhance retention by creating spaces where brilliance is recognized and celebrated
Transform organizational culture to support equity and inclusion

Ready to rise through what was meant to ruin you?

This isn’t just Dr. Farr’s story. It’s a mirror for every leader who’s ever been dimmed.

Reserve your copy today and take the first step toward reclaiming your brilliance—or empowering it within your organization.

Whether you’re an individual ready to lead with sovereignty or an organization striving to uplift and retain top talent, Blackballed While Brilliant offers the insights and tools to illuminate the path forward.

This book is for you if:

You’re a Leader or Professional

You’ve been overshadowed, sidelined, or underestimated despite your brilliance.
You’ve experienced sabotage, gaslighting, or unfair barriers that tried to dim your light.
You’re determined to reclaim your power, heal from the hurt, and lead with unstoppable brilliance.

You’re an Organizational Leader, HR Professional, or DEI Strategist

You recognize that high-performing talent is often silenced instead of celebrated.
You want to understand, and dismantle, the systems that undermine brilliant leaders.
You’re committed to fostering a culture where brilliance is not just seen but elevated.

Pre-order Blackballed While Brilliant today and let’s rewrite the leadership story together.

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New Book Drop Coming...

The Making of a Formidable Woman

What does it take to be truly unshakable?
In The Making of a Formidable Woman, Dr. Shekina Farr, educator turned global confidence architect, offers a riveting and raw account of becoming. Blending memoir, mentorship and message, this book invites women to reframe adversity not as evidence of defeat, but as the heat that forges their sovereignty.

More than a journey through challenges, this is a manifesto of reclamation.

With clarity, conviction and catalytic insight, Dr. Farr equips every reader to lead from a deeper place of confidence--one not handed to her, but built from within.

If you've ever felt underestimated yet unrelenting, this book speaks your language.