Books

Some ideas begin as conversations. Books give them somewhere to live.

Leadership. Visibility. Resilience. Family. Purpose.

Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle’s books extend the work beyond the stage and into the hands of readers. Each title approaches transformation from a different direction, but every book begins with the same belief: experience becomes more powerful when it helps someone move forward.

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Why I Write

A book can outlast the room. It can meet someone exactly when they need it.

Writing gives ideas a longer life. A keynote may begin a conversation, an interview may introduce a new perspective and a classroom may create a breakthrough — but a book allows the reader to return, reflect, underline, question and apply.

That is why the collection moves across leadership, public presence, illness, hope, family and water safety. The subjects change because people enter transformation through different doors.

“Different stories. Different audiences. One purpose: help people move forward.”

The Collection

Different books. Different pathways into possibility.

Mindset · Purpose · Perseverance · Transformation

Secrets from the Streets

One Question. One Moment. One Message the World Couldn’t Ignore.

Inspired by the viral School of Hard Knocks conversation in Beverly Hills, Secrets from the Streets expands a raw, unfiltered moment about respect, purpose, perseverance and believing in yourself when nobody else does.

The message reached millions of viewers and sparked thousands of responses around one enduring truth: your environment does not define your potential, and your mindset can change what becomes possible next.

“Transform Goals To Greatness!”

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Leadership · Purpose · Legacy

Transform Goals to Greatness™

A 90-Day Integrated Leadership Companion — From Vision to Legacy

The flagship leadership companion translates the Transform Goals to Greatness™ philosophy into a practical journey from clarity to legacy. It is built around the G.R.E.A.T. System™: Get Clear, Recognize Your Value, Elevate Through Action, Amplify the Impact and Transform and Teach.

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Visibility · Presence · Authority

The Red Carpet Code

Behind the Scenes. Beyond the Spotlight. The Mystery Unlocked.

The Red Carpet Code explores what it means to claim your space before the invitation arrives. Drawing from years spent working behind the scenes in public relations, entertainment and media, Dr. Marie challenges the idea that visibility belongs only to stages, titles or red-carpet moments.

“The red carpet is wherever you step.”

Presence, posture and decisions create the platform — not the other way around.

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The Red Carpet Code book cover by Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle

Humanity · Resilience · Hope

I Am Not My Illness!

Personal Stories of Inspiration and Hope

For two years, Dr. Marie shared deeply personal stories through her weekly Health Matters column for the Los Angeles Wave Newspaper. Those conversations with people facing illness, caregiving, uncertainty, loss and recovery became more than articles. They became reminders that people deserve to be seen for who they are, not simply for the condition they carry.

The book is for anyone who has felt overwhelmed by a diagnosis, exhausted from caregiving or afraid of losing hope. Its pages center perseverance, faith, love, resilience and the determination people find when life changes without warning.

“You are not your illness. Your story still matters.”

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Children · Families · Water Safety

Coach Bobby and the Water’s First Hello

An Interactive Story About Water Safety, Trust and Taking the First Step

In Mimi’s Curiosity Compass™, every introduction begins with preparation. Before Mimi meets someone new, Emily and Clay give her a Discovery Kit — safe, child-sized tools that help her listen, ask questions and learn the rules before she enters the water.

Coach Bobby is Clay’s college friend, an aquatics professional and a big man with a heart of gold. He teaches Mimi that swimming does not begin with a big splash. It begins with water safety, trust and one carefully supported step.

“Open the book. Follow the compass. Join the discovery.”

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Coach Bobby and the Water's First Hello book cover by Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle

Transform Goals to Greatness G.R.E.A.T. System Workbook cover by Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle

Workbook · Application · Leadership Development

Transform Goals to Greatness™ — The G.R.E.A.T.™ System Workbook

A Transformational Blueprint for Purpose · Leadership · Visibility · Legacy

Designed as a practical companion for reflection and application, the workbook helps readers move through the G.R.E.A.T. System™ with exercises centered on purpose, self-value, action, influence and legacy.

The workbook is positioned as an official companion to Secrets from the Streets and extends the Transform Goals to Greatness™ framework into a hands-on format.

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Across the Collection

The subject changes. The deeper questions remain.

Who are you becoming?

Leadership begins with clarity about identity, direction and responsibility.

What will you do with what you know?

Experience becomes more valuable when it moves into action and service.

What deserves to be seen?

Visibility can become a platform for credibility, opportunity and influence.

What still matters when life changes?

Identity, dignity, family, hope and purpose remain larger than circumstance.

Author · Educator · Storyteller

The books are another way the work travels.

Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle, MBA, PhD is an author, media strategist, entrepreneur and community leader whose writing sits within a broader body of work spanning leadership, strategic communication, public relations, education, media, community advocacy and global engagement.

She serves as President of the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce Beverly Hills Chapter and leads Platinum Star Public Relations, Platinum Star Media Group and Pitbull PR Agency. Those professional and civic experiences continue to inform the stories, lessons and leadership ideas carried through her books.

The books do not replace the conversation. They extend it — giving readers a way to carry the ideas, stories and questions into their own homes, organizations, classrooms and communities.

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Dr. Marie Y. Lemelle, MBA, PhD
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