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Dr. Magie Cook | Entrepreneur & Founder, Part of a 9-Figure Exit, Coach, Author, & Philanthropist.

Dr. Magie Cook

Entrepreneur & Founder, Part of a 9-Figure Exit, Coach, Author, & Philanthropist.

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Dr. Magie Cook
Biography

Born as Magdalena De La Cruz Cook Garcia, Magie grew up among 68 other children in an orphanage in Mexico. With no formal training, she taught herself how to play basketball and earned a spot on the Mexican National Team, only to have her dreams put on hold after a collarbone injury. Determined to create a better future, she later immigrated to the United States on a basketball scholarship at the University of Charleston.

While in college, Magie began making fresh salsa for friends, and word quickly spread. Professors and staff started requesting her salsa, unknowingly planting the seed for what would become her multi-million-dollar company.

After graduating, Magie faced extreme hardship, struggling to find a job and eventually becoming homeless. A turning point came when a friend entered her into a Fresh Salsa competition in West Virginia, which she won unanimously. With just $800, she launched Maggie’s All-Natural Fresh Salsas & Dips.

With no formal business training, Magie fearlessly cold-called grocery stores and expanded distribution nationwide. She mastered production, sales, consumer marketing, and team leadership, building a thriving company from the ground up. In 2015, at the peak of its success, her company was acquired alongside Garden Fresh by Campbell’s Soup for $231 million.

After selling her company, Magie returned to Mexico to give back to the orphanage where she grew up. As the U.S. Program Director of the Give New Life Orphanage, she focused on combatting human trafficking, leading a team that rescued 31 children from the Cartel and sex trade.

Today, Dr. Magie Cook shares her powerful story with corporate audiences, teaching research-backed strategies on resilience, mindset, and navigating change. As an inspirational keynote speaker, business expert, and author, she has worked with Fortune 100 and 500 companies, showing leaders how to leverage personal strengths to unlock new opportunities for growth.
 

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Why Adversity is the Key to Future Identity

In this powerful and deeply personal keynote, Magie takes the audience on a journey through the defining moments of her life—moments marked by hardship, struggle, and seemingly insurmountable adversity. But rather than breaking her, these experiences became the blueprint for her transformation. This talk explores the universal truth that adversity doesn’t diminish us—it refines us. Through raw storytelling and lived experience, Magie reveals how life’s toughest challenges shape us into stronger, wiser, and more purpose-driven individuals. She introduces her signature 3R Framework —Resourceful, Resilient, and Relentless—a mindset model born from lived experience that empowers audiences to rise, rebuild, and reimagine who they’re meant to become.

Program Takeaways:
* Learn how to reframe adversity as a catalyst for strategic advantage
* Learn how to use mental conditioning tools like power declarations and future       mapping to attract the future you desire
* Learn how to practice future-casting to align daily actions with long-term purpose
* How to learn from rejection (“No”) and use it as redirection toward greater impact
* Learn how to identify and remove internal and external roadblocks that are silently sabotaging your success and more!
 

Mindset With Magie

In this powerful keynote, Magie shares what it takes for team members to create a permanent mental shift for success, how to uncover and leverage their ‘why’, and how they can visualize their journey into the future. Using research-based studies rooted in psychology and language, Magie skillfully weaves practical mental strategies with how she’s integrated these in her life experiences. Leadership and teams who understand the potential for greatness leads to organizations that have happier employees, greater productivity, more creativity, and stronger leadership.

Program Takeaways:
* Learn Magie’s techniques for creating a mindset shift when times get tough.
* Researched-backed examples of how mindset can make or break success.
* Inspired to take action through Magie’s against-the-odds story.
* Take greater accountability for performance at work and in life.
 

Together We Rise

In today’s rapidly changing world, organizations that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are better equipped to adapt and succeed. This keynote, led by Magie Cook, a Latina who overcame adversity to achieve the “American Dream” and build a multimillion-dollar company, delves into the benefits of embracing DEI in the workplace. Drawing on her personal experiences of navigating different cultures and leveraging her skills, Magie shares key insights and strategies for creating a culture of mindfulness and inclusion in your team.
    
Program Takeaways:
* Learn how to break down self-imposed barriers and achieve greater success together.
* Gain the tools to reframe differences as assets and build greater trust.
* Understand the benefits of promoting a culture of mindfulness and inclusion.
* Develop a more positive response to organizational changes.
 
 

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Featured Book

Mindful Success: How To Use Your Mind To Transform Your Lifeby Dr. Magie Cook

Mindful Success: How To Use Your Mind To Transform Your Life

by Dr. Magie Cook

Mindful Success is a compelling story about one woman’s rise from living in an orphanage and homeless on the streets of America to building a multimillion-dollar company from scratch. In this book, you will learn step by step exactly what Magie Cook did to bring herself from such difficult situations and how no matter where you come from, or what situation you are currently in, you can accomplish your dreams using the principles she teaches you in Mindful Success. You will also learn: •How to use your mind to transform your life •Why “No” is never forever •The law of instant manifestation• How she managed to live with 68 brothers and sisters •How to release your breaks and truly experience life •How to release your creative MAGIC •What she calls “The Power” •And so much more! This is truly a story of self-discovery as Magie travels through circumstances few could ever imagine. Her story is inspirational and her lessons are universal. If you are ready to release the breaks and start to live your passion and purpose with no limits TODAY. Then I invite you to begin your journey with Magie Cook’s Mindful Success!

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