WHY IT
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HEY THERE.
IT IS WEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER 27TH.
LET'S GET ACHECK ON YOUR TRAVEL
FORECAST.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT
AND STEAMY ACROSS THE STATE OF
FLORIDA WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW
90s AND YES, THE POTENTIAL FOR
STORMS AS WE'LL SEE PLENTY OF
MOISTURE.
AS WE HEAD UP THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST, A LITTLE MILDER WITH
THE 70s AND MARIA WILL BE
PUSHING OFF AND AWAY FROM THE
U.S. COAST.
AS WETAKE A LOOK AT THE CENTER
U.S. IT WILL BE COMFORTABLE
WITH LOW 70s IN CHICAGO, UPPER
70s IN KANSAS CITY AND A RAIN
AND WINTRY MIX -- 87 AND 78 THE
HIGH IN LOS ANGELES.
IT IS TIME TO MEET ANOTHER
SOUTH FLORIDA SURVIVOR.
CHANTELANDERSON IS THE PICTURE
OF CONFIDENCE.
SHE DIDN'T ALWAYSFEEL THAT WAY.
NOW, SHE'SSHARING HER
CONFIDENCE WITH OTHERS.
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TALL, ATHLETIC AND BEAUTIFUL,
CHANTEL ANDERSON IS A RETIRED
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE TURNED
CONFIDENT COACH.
WE CAN LOOK AND JUST JUDGE A
BOOK BY ITS COVER, BUT EVERYONE
HAS A STORY, EVERYONE HAS BEEN
THROUGH SOMETHING.
FOR HER THAT STORY STARTS IN
CALIFORNIA WHERE HER PARENTS
DIVORCED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG
GIRL.
SHE STRUGGLED FINANCIALLYAND
SAYSER MOTHER LASHED OUT.
IT WAS PHYSICAL ABUSE.
SHE SAYS SHE BATTLED EATING
DISORDERS.
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WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS
LIKE THAT, YOU START TO
QUESTION, OKAY, WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING TO ME?
DID IT HAPPENBECAUSE I'M NOT
WORTHY OF BETTER.
BASKETBALL BECAME HER
OUTLET.
THAT IS WHERE I FOUND SO
MUCH OF MY CONFIDENCE, WAS MY
ABILITY TO GO ON THE COURT AND
JUST BE GOOD AT SOMETHING.
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SHE WAS OFFERED A
SCHOLARSHIP BUT ONE FINAL NIGHT
OF FUN BEFORE MOVING TO
TENNESSEE CHANGED HER FOREVER.
2 WEEKS BEFORE I WENT OFF TO
COLLEGE I WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED AT A PARTY.
AND -- THAT WAS THE END --
LIKE, MY WORLD JUST CRASHED AND
IT FELT LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO
, UM, THE STRAW THAT JUST BROKE
THE CAMEL'S BACK.
SHE DIDN'T LET THAT HORRIBLE
EXPERIENCE STOP HER FROM
ACHIEVING HER DREAMS.
SHEGRADUATED AS THE HIGHEST
SCORING PLAYER IN HER SCHOOL'S
HISTORY.
SHE WAS PICKED SECOND OVERALL
IN THE 2003 WNBA DRAFT, BUT
EVEN DURING HER PLAYING DAYS
SHE STRUGGLED WITH DEPRESSION
AND THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE.
SHERETIRED IN 2009 AND FACED
WITH A NEW CHALLENGE, WHO WOULD
SHE BE WITHOUT BASKETBALL.
THROUGH ALOT OF SELF REFLECTION
AND FATE SHE FOUND HER
CONFIDENCE AND BECAME A
CONFIDENCE COACH.
IN WALKING AWAY WILL HELP
YOU LET GO.
THROUGH HER WEB SERIES SHE
SHARES HER STORIES IN HOPES OF
HELPING WOMEN FIND CLARITY AND
ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
FOR HER IT'SPART OF HER ONGOING
JOURNEY OF SURVIVAL.
WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH ME
DIFFICULT THINGS THERE WAS
POINT WHERE WE'RE IN IT AND
TRYING TO SURVIVE.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU GETTO THE
OTHER SIDE OR WHEN YOU GET
THROUGH IT ENOUGH WHERE IT
DOESN'T JUST BECOME ABOUT YOUR
SURVIVAL, BUT YOU CAN LOOK BACK
AND REACH BACK AND EXTEND THAT
HAND TO HELP PULL SOMEBODY ELSE
ALONG THE PATH THAT YOU JUST --
MAYBE YOU'RE ONLY 2 STEPS AHEAD
BUT YOU CAN REACH BACK AND HELP
SOMEONE I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU
BECOME A SURVIVOR.
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IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA
MOTIVATION CHANTEL HAS GIVEN A
TALK WHICH YOU CAN WATCH
ONLINE.
WE'LL LINK IT ON OTHER WEBSITE
CBSMIAMI.COM.
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INSPIRING STORY.
THANK YOUFOR WATCHING.
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HAVE AGREAT DAY.