Cosette "CoCo" Leary recently published a book called “From Welfare to the White House”; she went from raising four children off $742 per month to getting a position on Capitol Hill. Now she has returned with a mission: to guide others on a similar journey—from simple existence to living out your deepest talents and passions.

I got my mind blown twice, brains splattered across the walls, with several mini-blows along the way. I came away a different person. Perhaps you will too.