The Bankable Book Collective: The Launch

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 7pm CST

The Bankable Book Collective: The Launch hosted by The Bankable Speaker Academy is a curated author showcase featuring writers from the Bankable Book Intensive who have transformed their ideas, expertise, and lived experience into published works designed to inspire and transform audiences all over the world while opening doors. Because at our academy we believe every serious speaker must have a book!!

So this is not just a book launch.
It’s a celebration of authority, clarity, and courage—and a reminder that a book can be more than a passion project. It can be a platform and a positioning tool to impact the masses.

Join us to celebrate our newest authors:

Dr. Janice M. Beal, LPC - I stopped to take care of me

Tysha Randle - Invisible work Visible Power

Amber Lane, LCSW - Bloom while you Wait 

Shadawn McCants, LPC - Healing in your Heels

Rochelle Jacobs - Arrested Development

Yolanda Davis - The Trusted Advantage 

Chef Dee Dee Coleman- A Mother's Recipe: A Daughter's Journey Cookbook

 Dr. Shana D. Lewis - ONE: Own, Navigate, Elevate You & Everyone Around You

RESERVE YOUR FREE SEAT NOW!

What to Expect

At this launch, you’ll experience:

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  • A collective celebration of authors who followed through

  • Insight into the stories and messages behind the books

  • Up close & personal meet & greet with the authors 

  • Moments of inspiration, reflection, and clarity
  • A powerful reminder of what's possible when people act on passion with purpose
  • Highlights and readings from each featured book

     

     

    Some attendees will leave inspired to write their own book.

    Others will leave with a breakthrough in purpose, leadership, life or direction.

     

    Either way, you will leave with more than you came.  

Who is this Experience For? 

Supporters who want to celebrate the authors and be part of something meaningful

 Anyone seeking inspiration, clarity, encouragement, or a breakthrough moment

Speakers, coaches, and leaders exploring how books elevate authority and impact

Aspiring authors who know there’s a book in them—even if they haven’t started yet. Come get inspired.

About your host:

Dr. Shana D. Lewis, or Dr. Shana, as she is known, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Executive Wellness Coach and The Bankable Speaker Coach for experts & practitioners. She has a rich educational background that includes a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education. As the visionary behind SDL Enterprises Education, Training, & Consulting Services, LLC, Dr. Shana brings over two decades of expertise in supporting women's mental health to a broader platform in addition to her expertise as a mental health expert.

In her latest endeavor, Dr. Shana is passionately dedicated to coaching and mentoring fellow experts, practitioners, entrepreneurs and coaches in the art of leveraging their expertise and building a speaking brand from the stage and by writing books. She is committed to helping them transition from one-to-one service to making a more significant impact by serving one-to-many. Dr. Shana's vision is to see experts & practitioners emerge as speakers, authors, TV personalities, coaches, and trainers, thereby enriching the world with their knowledge and compassion and increasing their impact, influence and ultimately their income. In her Bankable Speaker Academy, Dr. Shana mentors experts & practitioners in crafting a bankable brand that the world eagerly anticipates for their breakthrough.

As a result of this expertise, Dr. Shana is a sought after international keynote and motivational speaker, trainer, and leader in business and the women’s empowerment and wellness. She delivers powerful, high energy keynotes to audiences all across the country about a variety of issues including domestic violence, women’s issues, wellness, spiritual issues, mental health issues, self-care and transformation. As a result of her expertise in these areas Dr. Shana has been featured on several media outlets including CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, and ABC as a mental health expert on LIVE with Kelly & Ryan and she is a 5 time author and 3 time Amazon Best Seller!!