Beauty from Ashes

Sixty-Eight percent of children are abused by a family member in the United States according to the National Statistics on Child Abuse. Child Abuse can have a lasting effect on Adulthood whether it was Neglect, Psychological, Physical, or Sexual.  

As a Therapist for the last Eighteen Years, I have counseled with Adults, Youth, and families who have experienced some type of trauma in their childhood or present-day lives. Beauty from the Ashes will examine in detail Celebrity Case Studies of Trauma and Abuse as well as dysfunctional character traits like Codependency, Attachment Disruption, and Abandonment Syndrome. Beauty from the Ashes will provide several roads to healing and self-affirmation.

Many of the Celebrities discussed in this book rose from the ashes of their past and created something beautiful from it and we celebrate their accomplishments. One can choose to remain a victim and allow pain to transform you into a bitter resentful Individual who harbors self-hatred. The guilt, humiliation, and shame from abuse especially sexual abuse cause you to blame yourself but it is not your fault.  In essence, you try to rationalize with yourself thinking maybe I could have stopped them or told someone and my life would have turned out differently.

Beauty from the Ashes will expose all the insecurities experienced as a result of childhood trauma and abuse and help the reader begin a path of wholeness and healing. Something Beautiful can be birthed from your pain if you decide to become a victor instead of a victim. God has given you the power to transform and live out your purpose on Earth.