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Antonia Ragozzino BS, MS
Antonia Ragozzino Quick Facts
Main Areas: Training, Coaching, WritingCareer Focus: Author, Developmental Skills Trainer
Affiliation: www.sincemydivorce.com, www.thesurvivorsclub.com
Antonia Ragozzino is the fresh new author of of “Taking Out The Trash” tales. Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Antonia Ragozzino had spent her early years in Catholic schools in both New Haven and Hamden County.
Antonia left New Haven, Connecticut in 1989 to attend Bryant University in Rhode Island. She studied Computer Science and Marketing. She is extremely well educated, however her personal life took major twists and turns. She writes and journals every chance gets.
From two marriages, two divorces, endless dating and finding her own life, she is well suited to discuss the topic of divorce, finding yourswelf again, finding love again and trying to date again!!
Antonia earned her Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of New Haven and recently decided to transition into training and development in order to pursue her love of helping people.
Her first book, Taking Out The Trash, is receiving wide acclaim locally, in Connecticut with the hopes of following the same fate nationwide.
Antonia is now working on her second book in the series of three. She also has written several published articles including, “Divorce: Stop Hoarding the Hurt” and “Treat Yourself Right After Divorce”, published on www.thesurvivorsclub.org.
She is a professional writer, a developmental skills trainer for a large media company, as well as an adjunct professor for a Connecticut university. Antonia currently lives just outside of New Haven, Connecticut.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Antonia Ragozzino
"You can't have a future with your past still present"
"I want to share “Taking Out The Trash” with divorced women everywhere! Anyone who feels sorry for themselves should toss that ridiculous notion out with the garbage! Be strong, keep trying and please know that just like we have trash every single week, your own trash too will never go away. This is life and our garbage accumulates every single day. The question is, “How will we deal with it?” Just keep it organized, tidy and don’t let it overflow!" -Taking Out The Trash, Antonia Ragozzino
"After 2 divorces, I wondered what was wrong with me?, When in reality, I was choosing the wrong partners" - Antonia Ragozzino, Interview, www.sincemydivorce.com
Getting Started With Antonia Ragozzino
The best way to know exactly who I am, what I have been through and what I represent is to read my book "Taking Out The Trash"...but for all of you, here is the free excerpt.....
Introduction
I am an old fashioned Italian girl, youngest in my family, born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. I’ve lived a lucky, sheltered life with sixteen years of catholic schooling. I have a mom and dad, two older sisters and my grandparents lived next door. I was raised in the proverbial “bubble.” I was not spoiled but I always had nice clothes, good grades, and nothing really ever came that difficult to me. One example would be my car. I got a beautiful car on my sixteenth birthday and my father always filled it with gasoline. I would just drive around until one day my dad asked if I ever realized why the tank never was empty. I was perplexed. I really never thought about it. I literally had no worries and never a care in the world.
I had a serious boyfriend in high school, a different one in college and I married the first person I met after college graduation. The majority of my friends have been in my life since the first grade. We all went to school together and only parted for college. Then, everyone returned home from their college journeys and settled back in our parent’s houses. I was surrounded by the comfort and security of my Italian family and by the close knit community of New Haven County.
I dreamed my whole life of being exactly like my parents and grandparents. I wanted to get married, have babies and take on the same traditions that my parents and grandparents instilled in me. Let’s not forget the nuns at Sacred Heart Academy, the all-girl’s catholic high school I attended, also beat the same lifestyle into us. There was never talk of following your dreams or being a successful strong female in my world. Everyone just got a good education, moved back home and married their high school sweethearts or someone they knew all their lives.
I was not as lucky as all of them. I married right out of college. He was a set up by a man I no longer speak too, go figure! I wanted to get married so badly, I didn’t bother to really get to know the person I was marrying. I really believed I was mature enough to be a wife and take on all of the adult responsibilities. I adapted quite well, except for taking out the trash. The smell made me gag and I just hated it. Everyone has that one dreaded chore that they hate. Whether it is ironing, doing dishes, scrubbing toilets, whatever it is; taking out the trash was mine.
When my marriage took a dive, the trash was the constant reminder of my failure and my loneliness. I blamed my ex-husband and everyone else I dated for all of my woes. I dated and talked to one man after the next like a desperate, single, psychotic idiot! I just figured I would meet a new husband and it would be easy. I didn’t realize I had my own trash to take out before I could be happy with anyone. I had to be happy with myself before I could possibly share a life with someone else.
My inspiration for writing this book was when I looked back and realized I was a disaster after my divorce. I did not know how to date, I thought everyone was old-fashioned like me and wanted to get married. I was completely oblivious as to how to act as a single, adult. When I felt happy and looked forward to taking out the trash, I knew it was time to share my story. After countless hours of dating, interviewing girls in similar situations and watching and observing single people everywhere, I came up with this fictitious rendition of a young woman scorned after divorce with no idea how to date, cope or survive independently.
I want to share “Taking Out The Trash” with divorced women everywhere! Anyone who feels sorry for themselves should toss that ridiculous notion out with the garbage! Be strong, keep trying and please know that just like we have trash every single week, your own trash too will never go away. This is life and our garbage accumulates every single day. The question is, “How will we deal with it?” Just keep it organized, tidy and don’t let it overflow!
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