Quick facts
Birth date 23 Sep, 1980
Age 39 yrs
Occupations Conferencier
Psychologist
Writer
Citizenship United States of America
Birth place The Bronx
Education Harvard University
Harvard Summer School
Gender Female
Description American psychologist and writer


Changes are difficult to cope up with life, but changes are essential to see success. Imperfections are part of human life. Humanity is what that makes you influential too. These facts are inferred from the real-life story of Liz Murray. Her father and mother were bad drug addicts. They just started in disco dancing as hippies but ended up as cocaine addicts eventually.

Early childhood days were miserable

Her mother was an AIDS patient. The disease was transferred to his father also in the later years. Her mother died at the very early age. Her father died later on. So right from the beginning, Liz Murray was suffering along with her sister to win her daily bread and butter. She slept in the railway carriages in the night.

She did not have the proper home, shelter, food, or anything for that matter. Her parents were using all the money and even their intelligence to buy drugs. Even though they were very affectionate towards their daughters earlier, they were not able to be affectionate enough when they become complete drug addicts. Drug addiction has changed their mental attitude completely. Withdrawal from drug addiction became impossible for her mother.

Belief in herself

The story of Liz Murray is pathetic. Books that published her biography are selling like hot bread in the market today. Her personal life and marriage details are hot topics of discussion in many social media forums today. We can take a leaf out of her biography book, to draw inspiration in our life.

If there is no object then life becomes Wayward. Fixing right targets gives you a clear-cut idea about which route to travel to reach the target. Liz Murray had a clear-cut mission about what she has to do, amidst all odd circumstances. Interestingly without any proper guidance, she decided to take it one-step at a time. She had dreams. She believes that one day everything will be fine just like her mother.

Challenges made her stronger

Why this Emphasis is made here because when you know your targets precisely then you know how much time you have. What are the tools, strategies, and support that you have in your hand to achieve the target? When you are clear about the game plan then it is not tough to succeed. You can come to a clear-cut Idea whether you will be able to reach the target or not. Again, the target has to be reasonable. If it is beyond your capacity then it is tough to reach them. Liz Murray split her targets. She achieved the targets one after another in quick succession.

Education is precious than money

Liz Murray had the reasonable targets. She wanted to complete her school's studies in 2 years. She was ready to work for it even by shoplifting books. She chose the friends hall and the community halls to spend her nights in studying what she wants. She had the dedication to study well. She wanted to graduate and pursued that too from the prestigious Harvard University.

Words of power from Liz Murray

That is the reason why Liz Murray was able to meet with people like Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton, Michael Gorbachev, and so on. Today she is able to present her biography to the worldwide audience. She lost both her mother and father for HIV. They were severe cocaine addicts. Despite being intelligent, they were not able to bring up their children. Both the daughters were suffering literally because of the incapability of their parents. Lisa and her sister helped themselves in many ways.

She says ice cubes were their breakfast for many days. There were times when they shared the cut toothpaste tubes for dinner. She met James scandal in the high school where she studied. They fall in love with each other. They got married. They are having two children. A boy and a girl. She sees resilience in the orphanage children and advises people about overcoming hurdles in life with a great deal of resilience. The determination is the key to succeed in life. When you have that then you can really come up with excellence. For that, she is taking inspiration from the downtrodden. There is no divorce in her life so far. Her family lives happily.

Last Modified: Jun 24, 2020




Login or Register to comment