Monday Book Club

Happy Monday, my beautiful friends. So today is the day that we get to talk about one of the books that we have published over here at Freedom House Publishing Company. I want to remind you that this company began because I wrote a book four years ago, and today I'm going to highlight that book. I've not actually highlighted this book before, and it felt like it was. It was the book to be talked about today. So this is my very first book, and this is the book that actually launched Freedom House. It's called the Hidden Gifts within the Trauma of Sexual Abuse. So I want you to see this front cover right here. And I will tell you that when I felt the nudge to write a book, it came out of nowhere. And it happened when I received an email from a big blogger. And the email title said, you need to write a book. And when I read those words, something hit me so hard. And I just knew, like, oh, my gosh. I think I was supposed to write a book. And before that time, I had never thought of writing a book ever, ever, ever. It had never even come to my mind. But in that moment, it was like my life shifted. And I knew I was supposed to write a book. And so I just began to pray. And I asked every day, what book would you have me write? God, I don't know. I never imagined writing a book. And I had just come out of the biggest awakening of my life, which was when all of my sexual abuse trauma memories really surfaced from my childhood trauma. And I had been going through serious therapy. I was in EMDR every single week, sometimes twice a week. I was just doing the deep dive. And I knew for certain, for certain, God would not have me write a book on this topic. As I was in the depths of my healing, I was not on the other side. But one day, I was driving down the street towards my house. I always remember this. It was literally almost to my home. And I saw clear as day in my mind's eye. So, like, in my mind, I saw a book, and I saw it from the COVID down. And I began seeing it. And it wasn't like I was showing the whole thing. It was literally like I was viewing it from the COVID down. I saw the words, the hidden gifts within the trauma of sexual abuse. And then I saw this image of hands with this flower growing out of it, this exact cover. And when I saw this, it was like I got punched in the gut, and I just started to cry. And I was like, I'm not writing that book. How can I write that book? There are no gifts in the trauma of sexual abuse. I'm not writing this book. And so I said no to it. But it was the darkest few weeks of my life when I said no to the book, that had already came to me. And so I said yes. And that's when I began to learn how to receive a book, which is what I now teach women how to do. I teach them how to receive a book, not to write their book, but to divinely receive their book. And I am proud to say that this book, my very first book, actually won an award. I have never even shared this. I always mean to, and there's always so much to do. But at Freedom House, we team up with this amazing company that helps early authors submit their books into competitions. And sometimes they win. And my book won, which is just so exciting. So here's my beautiful first book that has a lot of journaling sections in it, as I believe journaling is such an. Such a healing path and one of the best tools that we can use in all of our healing. And I do believe, and I can stand here right now saying that there are so many gifts hidden within the trauma that I've been through. There are so many gifts that is that is hidden within trauma in general. And when we seek for those gifts, we heal quicker, and the trauma begins to become one of our greatest gifts and strengths in life. So this is my book. If you would like to buy this book, you can head over to Amazon. It's on Amazon. And if you have the same nudge in your soul to write a book, then I'm going to invite you to DM me here so that we can meet, and I can help you bring this book to life as is. One of my greatest joys is helping women with learn to receive their books and then publishing it and bringing it to the world to sprinkle light wherever it goes. All right, my dear friends, I hope you have a beautiful Monday, and I hope to be talking to you soon. If you feel the call in your soul to write your book.