About
Hello!
I’m Amber Williams.
My Story…
In October, 2021 life changed dramatically for me when I became a widow in my late-40s. Carl, my husband of 13 years, was gone and I mourned.
I hadn’t planned for an independent life at this point. We had a marriage where we depended on each other for support, understanding, and growth. Who was I going to depend on for those things now?
As time has moved forward (regardless of my attempts at stopping it), I have grown in my new role as a widowed, single woman, and I have been reinventing my life.
Life, Reinvented
Let’s back up a few years.
Since 2004, I have been a Registered Nurse. That part of my story started in 2001, before I knew Carl and while I was teaching English in Mozambique.
I returned to the US with the intention of becoming a nurse so I could return to Africa. In 2006, I was blessed with the opportunity to spend five months in Zimbabwe working in two mission hospitals.
Throughout my nursing career, I have worked with the adult and pediatric populations, mostly in oncology.
I became a Nurse Educator in 2017 and worked at an academic cancer hospital for almost six years.
Inspired in Mozambique
As part of my reinvented life, I resigned from my hospital job, started a business, sold our home, bought a new house and moved to a different city.
All in one year.
The Golden Graph was initially started as a writing and photography business. While I wanted to help others write their own stories, I realized that I really wanted to help them transform their lives!
I made a few adjustments, and now The Golden Graph exists to fulfill my mission of helping people find hope, healing, and recovery.
That happens through coaching: asking questions; helping you dig a little deeper into your story; and supporting you as you make the changes you desire for your life.
Every person has a story.
Every story has a path.
Using your goals, I’ll support you on that path.
These days…
My Experiences…
20 years as a registered nurse
17 years in oncology nursing
13 years as an Oncology Certified Nurse
Adult and pediatric oncology experience
Outpatient oncology clinics
Worked in contexts where death and dying was consistently a theme
African bush hospitals - delivering babies, surgical first assist, HIV testing, well-baby clinics
Nursing Experience
Professional presentations - podium and poster
Conducted nursing research
Experience writing abstracts and research articles, academic papers, grant and scholarship applications
The majority of my career has been at The Ohio State University’s The James Cancer Hospital, an academic research hospital
Research Experience
6 years as an oncology nurse educator, specializing in cancer treatment and symptom management
Instructor at Mashoko School of Nursing (Zimbabwe)
Curriculum design and development
Education Experience
Leadership roles as charge nurse
Chair/co-chair for various hospital committees
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certified
Leadership Experience
Worked in hospitals and clinics in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Taught English in Mozambique
Provided humanitarian aid in Albania and Kosova
Served with a campus ministry in Ukraine
Worked in bush hospitals in Zimbabwe