Roslyn Franken is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and proud cancer survivor. She has been called a "Master Storyteller".
"Roslyn Franken’s is a powerful voice for teaching, for learning, and for inspiration!"
Her presentation has been described as "Emotionally charged...Uplifting... Breathtaking.”
Roslyn talks about hope and positivity in overcoming life's challenges
In her GOLD award-winning book and stage presentation entitled, Meant to Be, Roslyn tells the story of her parents amazing survival, love and triumph over tragedy as Holocaust and atomic bomb survivors. She reveals how her parents survived captivity continents apart during World War II in the most extraordinary of circumstances to meet, marry and make a beautiful life despite the trauma of their past, and against all odds. The book has been adapted as a screenplay for a feature motion picture currently in development.
"A daughter’s moving tribute to her parents, full of heartbreak that leads to uplift." - Kirkus Review
Her parents are real-life examples of resiliency, perseverance, and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Their awe-inspiring story gives us all hope that we can suffer unimaginable tragedy but with the right attitude and an open heart, we can still find love and joy in the aftermath.
Roslyn also tells how diagnosed with cancer at 29 with a tumor in her neck resting on the main artery to her brain, she turned to her parents' examples of strength, resiliency and perseverance as inspiration in her fight to beat cancer and overcome many other life adversities.
In this page-turner book and stage presentation known for leaving audiences filled with awe and inspired with hope, Roslyn shares the lessons learned from her parents that we can all learn from to live our best lives, and make our world a better place.
"This is such a powerful story everyone needs to hear!!"
Roslyn was the first guest speaker to address the Parkland School Shooting Survivors. See Roslyn's Youth Speaker Program.
Known as the first guest speaker to address the Parkland School Shooting survivors
Roslyn's Parkland school presentation to the class shot into by the gunman in 2018 marked the launch of her Youth Speaker program in the United States.
"Roslyn was able to bring such a positive experience to my students as they were feeling so down about everything. She not only spoke about her parents’ wartime experiences but also about their positive outlook on life. She brought so much brightness and hope to the students and just watching the way they were watching her when she spoke was just amazing.“ ~ Ivy Schamis, Educator at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Roslyn reveals how 10 years after beating cancer, she fought back once again only this time to win her battles with food, weight and self-image obstacles, once and for all. She offers the Lighten Up for Good Wellness program for corporations and other groups that is based on the principles of The A List book.
The book and her Lighten Up for Good Corporate Wellness Speaker Program features her own personal health and weight loss journey and real-life cases from her weight loss coaching clients. Roslyn applies knowledge from her Masters degree in Human Systems Intervention, Coaching Certification, and MBTI® Personality Type Assessment.
"This is an easy-to-read book, with true-life stories from the author to add credibility to her message. She can talk the talk because she has walked the walk. " - Amazon 5-star review
Roslyn Franken has been featured on numerous television and radio shows and newspaper and magazines across North America and abroad with recent television appearances on NBC Daytime, ABC Action News and Spectrum Bay News 9.
Roslyn Franken is also co-author of Death Can Wait: Stories from Cancer Survivors, a fundraising book for cancer research and cancer patient programs. A strictly fundraising book for cancer research and cancer patient programs.