Karol Ladd, bestselling author of the Power of a Positive series, is a gifted communicator and dynamic leader. She is also the founder and president of Positive Life Principles, Inc., a resource company offering strategies for success in both home and work. Karol is a popular speaker to women’s organizations, church groups, and corporate events across the nation. She devotes her time to several different ministries, which encourage, strengthen, and help women around the world, and recently started an outreach to moms of at-risk kids in Dallas called Engage Positive Parenting Initiative. Her most valued role is that of wife to Curt and mother to daughters Grace and Joy.

"Karol takes us from the woes of life to thriving through our circumstances. She carries us through the process of valuing our past, rethinking our present, and conquering our future. She shows us that merely surviving is not a viable option, but thriving with determination and commitment can help us live abundantly through a life we didn't plan." -- Dr. Thelma Wells, president, A Woman of God Ministries; speaker, author, television personality, professor, mentor