Your Dreams Don't Have an Expiration Date with DeLores Pressley!Your Dreams Don't Have an Expiration Date with DeLores Pressley!
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DeLores Pressley shares how a childhood rejection, infertility, and countless "no" moments became fuel for a life of faith, confidence and service to girls. The conversation highlights She Elevates, her use of faith-based affirmations, and her belief that dreams never expire, regardless of age or past pain.
32:56•12 Oct 2026
Dreams Without Deadlines: DeLores Pressley on Faith, Confidence and Girl Power
Episode Overview
- Other people’s opinions about your body or age do not get to decide what you can do.
- You can hold a full-time job and still build a business or ministry if you plan wisely.
- Confidence learned in girlhood can grow into confident womanhood that impacts communities.
- Faith-filled affirmations, spoken in the present tense, can support bold, God-centred goals.
- Painful experiences such as infertility can crush you temporarily, but you can choose not to stay there.
“Dreams don't come with age limits. They don't expire.”
Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of courage, faith, and second chances. In this conversation, DeLores Pressley sits down with host Gina Fox to talk about why "dreams do not come with age limits" and how that truth has played out across her seventy years. You'll hear DeLores share how being told she was "too fat" for ballet at six years old sparked a lifelong refusal to let other people's opinions set her limits.
She went on to teach elementary school for 27 years, launch one of the first plus-size modelling agencies in Ohio, and build a global speaking career that included government work in Turks and Caicos and a memorable appearance on Oprah’s favourite things show. Faith runs through every part of her story.
DeLores talks openly about infertility and endometriosis, the pain of losing the chance to give birth, and her choice to "wallow for about five minutes" and then get up again. She shares how Bible verses like Deuteronomy 31:8 and "with God, all things are possible" keep her steady, and how she uses "faith-o-mations"—faith-filled affirmations such as "I am on Oprah"—in her daily life. A major focus is She Elevates, her eight-year-old organisation for girls.
Through She Elevates Academy, She Shines mentoring, and She Elevates Life school programmes, girls learn confidence, business skills and practical life skills. DeLores explains their upcoming project, *Love Letters to Me*, a book collecting self-love letters from girls as young as eight up to women in their seventies. Throughout the chat, DeLores keeps circling back to one message: you’re never too old, too late or too broken for God to use you.
If you’ve ever thought you missed your chance, this is a gentle nudge to pick that dream back up and ask, "What if it’s not over yet?"
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