Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D.

Author, Coach, Speaker,
Radio Host

Biography

Flora Morris Brown is an author, coach, speaker, radio host, entrepreneur, mom of four and grandma of three. She has impacted the lives of students, educators, business owners, leaders and many audiences during her 40+ year career.Her passion for encouraging people to make choices that lead to their happiness began when she was a junior high inner city English teacher and continued to grow deeper as she worked with university students, her own private tutoring program, and with retailers and business owners.

She is a Professor Emeritus at Fullerton College and hosts the Internet radio show, Color Your Life Happy, www.BlogTalkRadio.com/florabrown , broadcasted live from Anaheim every Monday morning at 11AM PST.

Her most important job has been as a parent of four children and now grandmother of three. You’ll see that as you read the many anecdotes about her children throughout the book.

Here’s what Flora says about parenting, “Why is the most important job in the Universe left up to chance? No application, no screening, no interview. We show up at this job unprepared for what’s ahead, fumbling through with on-the-job training. Parenting is like taking a test based on watching other people take it, but never having actually studied the material yourself. And scariest of all, you may not find out how you scored until decades after the test.”

Her educational background as a USC graduate includes a BA in English with a minor in Drama, a M.S. in Education with a specialization in reading, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. She has written language arts texts, academic articles, curriculum, grant proposals, and motivational guides. She maintains a number of websites, two blogs and publishes two weekly newsletters.

Her book, Color Your Life Happy, promotes making choices that give you the life you want. Here’s what one review said about the book.

“We have coached hundreds of individuals who were emotionally devastated living ‘life.’ They were far from being able to see or feel joy. Flora has put together a tremendous tool to help people experience the joy beyond the pain. Her passionate joy for life will spill over and touch many people in a profound way.” Richmond and Debbie Caldwell, speakers and authors of Changing Your Heart.

Color Your Life Happy is available on and off line from all major booksellers.

The philosophy she lives by is "Nobody becomes somebody without the help of somebody else."

Color Your Life Happy
Create the Success, Abundance and Inner Joy You Deserve

Color Your Life Happy is not a one-size-fits-all approach since each of us experiences happiness in our way. It offers hope for those who feared that they would have to go through a major life overhaul to be happy. Without requiring that we get rid of personal flaws or fix weaknesses, it gives ways to build on our strengths to make the choices that lead to a meaningful and fulfilling life. Color Your Life Happy is based on the premise that the average baby is born equipped to be happy and joyful. Depending on our upbringing and circumstances, as we grow up this inborn joy is developed and flourishes or is discouraged and buried. Color Your Life Happy makes the reader aware that this inner joy is within reach and is a matter of making choices. No major life overhaul is required to carry out the suggestions and activities offered to meet challenges and cope with the inevitable obstacles and adversity.

Recent Press Coverage

Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D., author of "Color Your Life Happy," recently held a meet-and-greet event and book signing at the Anaheim Embassy Suites.

During the event, the Anaheim Hills resident shared her vision for the self-help/personal growth book, highlighting sections that engaged her audience in participatory exercise, using humor to exemplify a realistic strategy for happiness.

And since most people would rather have a happy life than the alternative, the easy-to-read book offers the tools and how to apply them. Practical principles combined with Brown's personal life experiences and those of others she has met along the way serve to define the book's premise: taking control of your life and finding inner joy and happiness. She incorporates positive psychology, ancient truths, poetry, and cartoons in the book to further illustrate her message.

Suggestions and activities in the book help the reader learn to face challenges, cope with unavoidable obstacles and adversity and to make choices that can lead to a meaningful and fulfilling life.

Brown has over 40 years of experience in the educational, writing and inspirational speaking field.

In addition to her latest endeavor, Brown is a life coach, speaker, consultant and entrepreneur who hosts a local radio program, maintains six websites, three blogs and publishes two newsletters. All share a commonality — her positive approach of not only discovering happiness, but to staying happy.

A dynamic motivational speaker with a straightforward every day technique, she customizes her presentation to fit her audience needs whether at the corporate level, a nonprofit organization or an academic group.

She graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in drama; has an M.S. in education with a specialization in reading and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction; and is a professor emeritus at Fullerton College.

Brown lives by the mantra, "Nobody becomes somebody without the help of somebody else."

"Color Your Life Happy" is available in bookstores such as Borders and Barnes and Noble or may be ordered directly from her Web site at www.coloryourlifehappy.com. Additional information about Brown, including future book signings, motivational materials and her services are also available on her Web site.