Hi, I’m Yvonne Gurley a.k.a.

The founder and CEO of Gurley Ink Productions.

Gurley Ink has been such a journey and still is. I started out writing for myself. I initially only wrote poetry. As a child, I would write poems to express and get over my hurt feelings. I began to realize that writing and poetry were healing me. Later on, my poetry transitioned to journaling. When I look back at those journals they were all just conversations with God, prayers I didn’t know how to pray out loud. Sharing my expressions was nothing I ever intended to do BUT GOD had other plans.

From Health Insurance to Inspirational Writer:

I originally worked in the health insurance industry. In 2012 the company I worked for wanted to create something to boost morale on Fridays. The director came up with producing a podcast that aired only in the building. I was a college dropout at the time and to be honest I didn’t feel I deserved the opportunity. Imposture syndrome was getting the best of me. The director pulled me off of claims and firmly suggested I assist with the podcast because everyone knew I wrote thanks to the notebook I kept. I accepted the invite “as a writer”. She said, “no honey, you’re going to talk”. I was so shy back then. I was terrified of speaking. The writing portion was so easy because I could hide behind my words. Needless to say, I wrote and I talked. My co-workers loved my motivation and inspiration segment of the podcast so much that the director suggested I start a blog outside of the company and so I did. Then God urged me to write my first book. From then on I’ve been writing and producing content to inspire and heal ever since.

From College Dropout to Conqueror of Academic Challenges

Praise break, because I’m no longer a college dropout. In 2020 I received a nudge from the Holy Spirit to go back to school. At first, I responded to the Holy Spirit by saying, “every time I ever try college something happens and I always have to quit”. The Lord’s response was “this time you will finish”. Because we serve a God that cannot lie I DID! If you want to check out my original blog site its

www.thoughtsofthetouched.wordpress.com

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by Yvonne Gurley I recently realized that the Grinch doesn’t only appear at Christmas—he steals all year long. Yet, despite the challenges, I hold on

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