Tina Turner: You don't need another hero

A woman that wanted more out of life, and got it

Let’s start off with the basics:

1. She was born on November 26, 1939, as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. She was the daughter of sharecroppers.

2. She described that her mother never loved her in her autobiography.

3. She was married to her ex-husband Ike that abused her. She ended up fleeing in the middle of the night into ongoing traffic to get away from where she and Ike were staying.

   1. Past her separation from Ike, she was left with nothing but her name and two cars.

4. She made a remarkable comeback in the 1980s as a solo artist, releasing the album "Private Dancer" in 1984, which included hits like "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "Let's Stay Together." an album that her label gave her two weeks to produce.

5. She met her husband who gave her one of his kidneys when hers were failing, and were together until her death. This was an almost 40-year love story.

So, what can we learn from Tina Turner’s life about power, creation, and finding joy despite the trauma that life has given us?

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1. Give Yourself A New Name

Like many other women that we have studied, Tina Turner is not her original birth name. Tina was the name that she was pressured into taking by her ex-husband, Ike Turner.

This feeds into the psychology of creating an alter ego. Your alter ego allows you to transcend some of your initial self-limiting beliefs. Her name had to be important to her since that was the only thing that Tina fought for when she got divorced from Ike.

Some other important women in history to give themselves a new name include: Marilyn Monroe, Erykah Badu, Hedy Lamarr, etc. While some other women had alter egos such as Beyonce (Sasha Fierce), Nicki Minaj (Roman), Lady Gaga (Jo Calderone, Mother Monster), etc.

Action Item: Craft an alter ego that is a superstar! She is insanely confident and well-spoken. Try to be her for a couple of days!

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2. What is ahead of you is greater than what is behind you.