DEBORAH BISHOP
“One person can make a difference.”
Her Role: Deborah Bishop is an acclaimed intuitive life coach and personal development performance artist (combining speaking, original songs and comedy).
Her Services: The artist developed her life-changing “YES Method” to help individuals from all walks of life break through personal barriers to meet their greatest potential. Her work as an intuitive life coach and a personal development performance artist centers on the premise that anything is possible when you can say “YES” to it and allow it in. Knowing how to say “YES” however means also know how to say good bye to the past, habits, patterns and fears. Deborah’s stirring solo presentation, the “One Woman Show“, uses heartfelt stories, humor and musical performances to inspire audience members to their next level of greatness.
Special Mission: At the heart of all she does, Deborah is truly motivated to be the voice for those who don’t have one. Through her newly founded A.C.T. One Alliance (Action Creates Transformation, One earth, One people, One Heart) non-profit organization, she plans to partner with other non-profits to help provide a solution — “by the people and of the people” — for the preservation of wildlife and the wilderness, both land and sea. Through the power of an online community donating as little as twelve dollars a month, she intends on raising funds to not only work locally but to create funding for mass purchases of land (and aquatic regions) for rehabilitation and sanctuaries, globally.
Deborah’s Message: “I am teaching others how to have successful futures that are free from the sometimes heartbreaking disappointments of the past,” said Deborah, who shares her “YES Method” during individual coaching sessions, group presentations and Keynote Performances. “Success isn’t possible if we allow negative past experiences to impede our unlimited potential. The problem is however that we don’t realize what’s really going on because it feels like that’s just the way life is, because that’s how we’ve come to know it. This is where the work is. Releasing the past, it’s hurts and struggles is what is required to really achieve whole life success.”
Her Journey: The youngest of four kids, Deborah grew up in a dysfunctional family atmosphere of sexual (non parental) and emotional abuse. The arts were her primary escape. Her personal struggles continued after she left home as a runaway at age 12. The artist later developed a serious abdominal illness that required 11 surgeries and the loss of two unborn children. She also was the victim of a “horrible crime” at age 21 and eventually sent the perpetrator to prison. Close to losing all hope, Deborah dramatically discovered the way to “build a successful life from almost nothing”. To move forward, she had to let go of hurts that were holding her back. Through self-study and much healing work she learned how to love and forgive herself, separating her rocky past from a promising future and building a bond with her Parents that she cherishes to this day. She credits therapist Keith Saunders as being the first person to give her a glimpse of how to use her personal experiences and weaknesses (now strengths) to say “Yes” and help others. Over time and many uphill battles Deborah finally found her way and The “YES Method” was born.
Background: Deborah grew up in Vancouver, Canada, as a highly recognized performer in the arts, studying at the Royal Conservatory of Canada and winning numerous awards. Her childhood music, dance, vocal studies and performances helped lay the framework for professional careers in business, music, literature, theatre, public speaking, and education. While in Los Angeles, she founded an interactive positive entertainment company, a workshop and seminar business that lead to a talk radio and tv talk show a theatre companies, and a highly lucrative personal development company.
Since moving to Nashville in 2005, she has coached hundreds of professionals and individuals to success; penned a book of affirmations, also the outline for the Just Say YES Life Curriculum; developed her acclaimed “One Woman Show” (based on the “YES Method”); performed her music at numerous entertainment venues; and has developed her YES Method program into a certifiable Coaching Training.
Career Highlights: Singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, dancer and actor since childhood.
Actor, Vancouver Playhouse and Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, early 1990s.
Demo singer and working artist with four band projects in Vancouver, mid-1990s.
Actor in commercials and independent films in Vancouver, mid-1990s.
Producer, live jazz music show, West End Pub in Los Angeles, late-1990s.
Actor, Hollywood TV, film and theatre communities, 1995-2005.
Performing country-pop musical artist, Pacific Coast region, 1995-2005.
Founded personal development company Way Out Women, Los Angeles, 1995.
Radio/TV talk show guest host, “Global Lightwave”, L.A., Seattle, N.Y. and Boston, 1995-1998.
Founded Brain Brew Entertainment interactive events company, Los Angeles, 1998.
Recorded award winning album “Just My Alibi”, Los Angeles, 2004.
Founded Right On Enterprises a Personal Development company, Los Angeles, 2004.
Founded Just Say International, Personal Development, Positive Media and Entertainment Company and successful Life Coaching Pratise in Nashville, 2005 to present.
Produced the YES Festival in Nashville, 2009.
Developed her brand as a “Personal Development Performance Artist” produced and performed her “One Woman Show” and YES Method Coaching Certification Program in Nashville, 2007 to present day.
Recording new album, Inspirational genre. Ongoing, Nashville and Los Angeles. 2010-2011.
The Arts: Deborah is a critically acclaimed recording artist, composer, actor, author, writer and poet. Her first album, “Just My Alibi”, was named the “Best Independent American Album” in the 2005 Los Angeles Music Awards. She celebrated with a special performance at the CMA Festival in Nashville. She received praise as a leading actor in the independent film “First Cousins Once Removed”. An award-winning poet, she has written and produced plays for various theatre companies and served as a columnist for The National Singles Journal.
Appearances: Appearances (speaking, teaching and/or performance) include the Palette Gallery in Nashville, Tenn.; Phoenix Bookstore in Arizona; the New Age Bible and Theosophical Society in Los Angeles; various Rotary Clubs in the Los Angeles area; and Association in Los Angeles; the U.S. Navy, various Rehab Centers, and Safe Houses, and corporate training and team building performances in Greece (with the artist formally known as Baby Face) and in Hawaii as well as across the nation.
Counseling: As an intuitive life coach practicing her YES Method and healing arts practitioner, she has counseled hundreds of people to fuller lives, more successful business, better health and wealth on every level.
The Future: The artist/speaker’s mission is to take her “Just Say Yes” message to a worldwide audience while also developing a presence online and in the media. She is currently booking speaking / key note performances, scheduling workshops and retreats as well as presenting Tele-Seminars.
Education: Music Studies, Royal Conservatory of Canada Program.
Classical Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance, Royal Conservatory Repertoire and other studios, Vancouver / LA.
Vocal training with Pacific Evergreen Youth Choir, and various coaches including Lis Lewis, Vancouver / LA
Acting Studies, Breck Academy, Stella Adler, David Legrant in Vancouver / LA.
Preliminary Law Studies, Vancouver City College.
Creative Writing, Vancouver City College.
Years of Therapeutic Studies in neural linguistics, cognitive therapy techniques, cognitive and accountability coaching practices, color therapy, sound/vibrational healing, kinesiology, energy techniques, apaula healing, eastern and east indian as well as native american practices and the I AM Teachings.
Contact: Deborah Bishop, Just Say Yes International, Nashville, TN; Phone: (615) 376-9905 or (800) 582 2772 E-Mail: LiveALimitlessLife@gmail.com