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What if the most difficult person you need to confront is yourself? After the end of a twenty-four-year marriage and repeated losses in relationships and friendships, Raquel Ploum recognized herself as the common denominator and began a prolonged period of self-examination that changed the direction of her life.

Elba Raquel Ploum is the author of Meant for MORE: Uncover Repressed Trauma to Find Your Fuego Within. She is a tenacious and vivacious firecracker born to a Honduran immigrant and raised in the Louisiana heat. She was the second youngest of six siblings.

Raquel has a passion for global travel, and she has lived in Sun City, South Africa; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; and on both coasts of the United States. She prioritizes personal development and participates in healing retreats and coaching for personal growth.

After a lifetime of suppressing trauma, Raquel dedicated a few years to intentional solitude and taking an honest, in-depth look at herself. She found aspects she did not like and committed to working on them. While reflecting on her life, she organically created her 4-Step Emotional Intelligence Formula, a process to acknowledge and evaluate your inner world.

Now, she is that vivacious girl again, and spends her time dancing, reading, shooting pool, and soaking up every minute she gets to spend with her two grown children Ashley and Elijah, her granddaughter Mia, and her four-legged fur baby Gracie.

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