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What is a Bregdan Woman & Why Do You Want To Be One?

Good question!

This is Ginny Dye. My fiction readers actually coined this phrase.  I write a best-selling historical fiction series called The Bregdan Chronicles.  As of November 2024, there are 21 books, but more are coming.

Back to why you want to be a Bregdan Woman…

I don’t know any woman that doesn’t want to be a Bregdan Woman – even if you don’t really know what that means yet.  I believe every woman longs to live their life with courage, hope, purpose, boldness and compassion. 

Me too! 

My passion is to empower every woman to be a Bregdan Woman through this daily newsletter with what will be stories of thousands of women from around the world.  My readers asked me to do this – now our vision is to reach MILLIONS of women all over the world!

I wouldn’t be who I am without the influence of thousands of other women.  No, of course I don’t know all these women personally.  Well, at least not in the flesh.  I believe I know them personally because I know their stories… I’ve researched their lives… I’ve seen where they came from, and where they ended up. 

These women gave me hope when I had none.  They gave me courage when I was terrified.  They motivated me to press through when I wanted to (and sometimes did) curl up into a fetal position and give up on life.  They helped me overcome the abuse of my childhood and become a powerful woman.  Not perfect – but oh, so powerful! 

All of this will be blended into I Am A Bregdan Woman.

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When I was trying to decide what to call my historical fiction series, I was searching online for different names and terms.  I stumbled on Bregdan.  Bregdan is a Gaelic term for weaving and braiding.  I fell in love with it instantly because it reflects my beliefs about history.  I believe every life that has been lived until today is a part of the woven braid of life.  I believe it takes every person’s story to create history.

Before I started writing the Bregdan Chronicles, I created The Bregdan Principle.

And, yes, that means you.  One thing I like to do is read this aloud, substituting my I/My to make it more personal.

Every life that has been lived until today is a part of the woven braid of life.  It takes MY story to create history.

MY life will help determine the course of history.

I may think I don’t I much of an impact.

I DO.

Every action I take will reflect in someone else’s life. 

Someone else’s decisions. 

Someone else’s future. 

Both Good and Bad.

I also happen to believe women are incredibly powerful.  I believe we have the ability to make a massive impact on the world… and on the lives around us.  That belief has led me to create a vast array of powerful women characters in the Bregdan Chronicles.

Still, it was a reader who wrote me one day (several years ago) and told me that she aspired to be a Bregdan Woman. 

I was intrigued and asked her what she meant.   Her response brought tears to my eyes.

That was the beginning.  Without my saying a thing, I began to hear from more and more women saying they wanted to be like all the Bregdan Women they were reading about. 

The term took on a life of its own. 

I sent out an email to the thousands of readers on my mailing list, asking them what it meant to them to be a Bregdan Woman.  Hundreds of readers responded with thoughtful, insightful, heart-breaking, humorous, life-changing responses.  I’ve kept every one of the letters and emails I received – and continue to receive on a regular basis.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve ever read one of my novels, or ever intend to read one.  Every woman longs to be a Bregdan Woman. 

Every woman longs to live their life with courage, hope, purpose, boldness and compassion, and so much more.

I know I do.

My wife, Suess Dye, co-owns our publishing company (Bregdan Publishing, LLC). More importantly, she is a gifted poet and writer.

When we decided to do I Am A Bregdan Woman, we knew we would do it together!

I want you to know that Suess and I don’t believe we’re experts on how to be a Bregdan Woman.

We don’t believe we have all the answers for how you will become a Bregdan Woman.

We’ll tell you in advance that we don’t always live out the things we’re going to write about.  We try… but we’re human.  We mess up.  We fall short.  We don’t always do the things we know we should do. 

I struggle with the belief that when I write this newsletter, people will scrutinize me more closely and look for all the ways I’m not being a Bregdan Woman.  As a very private person, that’s not particularly appealing to me.

But…

So be it.

We’re choosing to write this newsletter because we believe it’s critically important.

We believe these words should be heard.

We believe that doing this will change us as much as it’s going to change everyone who reads it.

I suppose I even believe it’s a good thing that people will be scrutinizing me.  Perhaps it will motivate me to work even harder at becoming, and being, the woman I long to be!

Bottom line?  We’re all on a journey.  I’ve decided that it’s okay to take the risk of walking this journey with every single woman who reads this newsletter. 

Perhaps you’re at a place, today, that you’ve never been in before.  This is your time to break through into becoming the woman you long to be. 

Are you ready for the Journey?

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