Vera Gilford

A former litigator, Vera Gilford J.D. has analyzed and challenged business financial records to determine their authenticity and accuracy. A former certified circuit court mediator, Vera has served as a liasion to transform relationships between federal women employees and management for win-win results. A former business owner and operator, Vera understands the hard work and daily challenges required to be successful in business. She also knows how to make the hard decisions necessary for success.

Vera has been recognized as Outstanding Business Person of the Year and has received numerous awards for significant achievements in law. Ten years litigating business and financial issues and ten years operating a small hospitality business, Vera has personal knowledge of the hard-to-see blind spots that threaten or sabotage business.

After defying the odds through a major health challenge that caused a transformation early in her career, Vera vowed to live healthy and happy, while she strives to achieve something meaningful. Vera believes that if you find the point where your father’s path crosses your mother’s path you will find your purpose in life. Her father, a businessman and sports enthusiast crossed her mother’s spiritual path at a point where Vera found her calling.

Vera’s mission is to help leaders self-express. Some people self express through their business. Other people self express through their talents, relationships, or their accumulation of wealth.

In addition to creating great writing, Vera’s passion is to help small businesses transform through turnarounds, and to help individuals transform in areas of health, finances, and relationships. A trained spiritual counselor with a gift of insight, Vera applies transformation principles in business.

Vera’s passion for life and health compelled her to co-author with Nathaniel Johnson, a nutrition and health researcher, “The Secret to Losing Weight and Preventing Disease," where you see how good health starts at the cellular level. Until the cells are nourished you continue to crave food, adding excess weight to the body. You also learn about food combining and cleansing the blood.