This book is to address two issues our young people have to be subjected to at an alarming rate in todays world. The size of the community or geographical location doesnt have anything to do with these happenings. Racism and bullying. So many of these young people that are targeted, become victims and even statistics, either by the hands of their tormentors or their own hands. I wanted this victim to be victorious in dealing with her situation. Hopefully someone reading this, and knows of such a situation, will either go to a mature person and let them become aware of what is going on. Especially if you are a victim. If you are responsible for such horrible acts, you need to stop. If you cannot not, you need professional help and please tell a parent, teacher, clergy person, or councilor, and ask for help. If you are a third party once again, tell a mature adult of the situation, and never join in. The stats for high school deaths due to bullying are 4,400 per year in America alone. Fourteen per cent of bullying victims consider suicide and seven per cent attempt it. A bullied teen are two to nine times more apt to consider suicide. This practice is being started earlier than high school as Americas children keep maturing faster.
There are some things in life people never get over. No matter how much they want to. Many experience abuse, financial disaster, serious illness, death of loved ones, and other common traumas making them believe they’ll never move past the pain, but through research and true story compilations, author Anita Agers-Brooks offers emotional, practical, and spiritual insights from experts and people who have survived intense trauma—and have made it through seemingly impossible situations.
It takes courage to harness the strength to create a body of work that makes one truly look at themselves in the mirror. In "52 Weeks of Passion and Pain", Anita explores the dark places within herself and lays them on the page. Just as she encourages her audience to "stretch. Face the truth. Accept it.", she lends the reader a front row seat to her own journey of doing just that. Her debut collection - part poetry, part prose - is not for the faint of heart. As the up and coming author strives to present her best and truest self to the world, her body of work is a revealing testament of struggle, suffering and survival. Whether in the form of letters to her younger self or tear-laden lines of verse, Anita's intimate narrative conveys the vital importance of accepting one's truth, but living it as well. "52 Weeks of Passion and Pain is a stellar and sobering gift by an author whose talent for the written word, and the sincerity with which she shares it, is sorely needed in todays world.
Book Review and Book Overview... Praise for Flowing Passion! “Anita’s concepts and credence will profoundly affect all aspects of your life. In this book, Anita truly opens her heart and soul and shares her pain, love, struggles, and passion for life - with conviction. You will laugh, cry, and deeply experience her pleasures and hurts. If you want to be inspired and uplifted from where you are today, to a place of enlightenme...then rush out and pick up a copy at your earliest convenience. It’s one of those reads that you don’t want to hear about from someone else; you want to experience the flow of the words for yourself. Dr. Amy Hymes, CEO, HNA Management Consulting Author of “Yes You Can! Reaching your Potential While Achieving Greatness” ############################################### Flowing Passion is a book that is filled with strong emotions. It will inspire you; it is filled with excitement and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend you get your copy today. It will uplift you! Kirkland DJ Grant Hattiesburg MS ********************************************* Flowing Passion is filled with such wonderful expressions of love, pride, gratitude, humility, healing, and spirituality. It touches on every facet of life and relationships, and creatively puts into words those experiences that many of us share, but are limited to nothing more than our laughs, cries, moans, or groans of ecstasy......... Margaret McNeil, Dale City, Virginia ************************************************ Move over Maya Angelou,because Anita A. Hymes has arrived. This is a must read book. Once you pick it up you can ́t put it down. This book is about Life, Love and Pain. It will make you sad,cry and laugh. Flowing Passion-I enjoyed immensely! I hope book 2 is coming soon. Until then I will keep My Passion Flowing. Linda Cooley, Gautier MS ################################################# Flowing Passion" by Author Anita Hymes is an inspirational masterpiece that any woman can identify with. The life experiences are shared so passionately that they will indeed keep one´s passion flowing for a long time after the completion of reading this book. It will truly inspire and uplift you. I highly recommend you get a copy! Easter LaRoche Victim Advocate ################################################# This is a great book that inspired me with deep emotions, I enjoyed it! Lydia Simmons, Charleston SC Get you Copy today! ################################################# Book Overview”.... The book Flowing Passion... Continue to be strong and walk in faith for God will never leave or forsake you. He loves you more than life because you are so precious in His sight. The line above opens Anita A. Hymes’ “Dear Woman of God”, one of the poems in her latest book of poetry- Passion: Bold, Beautiful, and Inspiring Words. To write, they say, is to bare one’s true self into the world but Hymes sees it as a way to truly heal the soul. By a writer who is inspired by God and life experiences, Hymes’ Flowing Passion: Bold, Beautiful, and Inspiring Words is an anthology of poems and lyrical verses that sprung out of the poet’s heart and soul. With compositions such as “Why Are You Still Single?” and “Let It Go”, Flowing Passion truly captures life’s complexities and subtleties. "Flowing Passion" is a book of uplifting and inspiring poems and creative writings that will stir your passion deep within and bring healing to the soul. This book reaches deep inside your soul and emerges with encouragement, strength and faith!
My best friend, Preacher, is being just that. His sermon today is on fathers and I am his congregation. "Dads are light. They have no roots. One strong wind, and they're gone. Out of here. History." With a click, a bang, a whisper--or no noise at all. There are so many ways that a door can close, but it's not just the closing; it's the knowing. And thirteen-year-old CJ knows too much--about losing his father, about his family's pain, and especially about what it means to hold things together when times are the toughest. In this beautifully written and powerfully moving novel in poems, Hope Anita Smith tells the story of a young man's struggle to accept a father who has walked out on his family. Here, in CJ's words, is a portrait of hurt and healing, and finding the strength to open the door again. The Way a Door Closes is the winner of the 2004 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award and the 2004 Bank Street - Claudia Lewis Award and is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Nicole Kennedy grew up without ever knowing her father. Her mother on the other hand made her feel like she was not loved. At six, Nicole was told by her mother that she was raped, thus her conception. Despite this shocking revelation, she still had the urge to look for the one man that had been missing in her life. Nicole would have to endure physical, emotional, and verbal abuse that went on for several years even into adulthood. Amid the trials and tribulations, Nicole mustered the courage to move on with faith. Follow Nicoles journey to find her father in this inspiring story of how one woman Refused to be Broken.
Sometimes we choose to forget. Other times, we have the misfortune of carrying and will never forget. As we travel through the journey of life, regardless of the road we're on, each step is a lesson learned and with the knowledge obtained, we are molded into the person shaped by circumstance. Untrue Ties is the real life events of a woman who began her journey with love and trust, only to be scorned and broken by the people she adored and called family. In her darkest hours
Let Go is a collection of poems that challenges the reader to look beyond the gamut of preconceived ideas, prejudices, egotism, and superiority. It is in casting aside these traits that every individual is perceived as being created in the image and likeness of our Creator who is Love. Love is the primordial characteristic of our true self. We are called to filter out all that is not of our true nature and begin tabula rasa—with a newness of vision in heart and mind—if we are to restore the dignity and worth of every human person and uphold the value of our created order.
Hurt, confused, guilt ridden and angry, so begins the story of Francie Roberts. An aspiring teenage model who along with her cousin Barbie Roberts starts out in Wisconsin and head to New York City. The city of fabulous clothes, and unlimited adventure. Unspeakable tragedy and loss in Francie's life plays a part in her not being able to accomplish her dream of becoming a high fashion model. An unexpected plot twist unfolds in this heartfelt book and takes the reader on a whirl-wind of emotions. And Francie finds herself returning to her devious ways of the past filled with lies and betrayal. This fiction account of the author's imagination paints a portrait of memories from her own childhood, familial love and how it has endured through the years. So captivating, it exhibits ways in which terrible pain and family chaos can be redeemed in fragments through love and forgiveness. This book teaches about life, death, grief, faith, holding on, and letting go. It will surely make reader think about the things that are sometimes taken for granted. See our beloved Barbie come to life and bring her family members together on a special holiday in this beautiful story that will clearly warm the hearts of millions of readers around the world.
Fourteen and Trapped! By: Josephine Anita Ware Fourteen and Trapped! is the shocking true story about a teenager who, after being assaulted and becoming pregnant at 14, is married off to her aggressor and forced to suffer years of physical and mental abuse. However, throughout the fear and the pain, whenever the world seemed darkest, she found the Grace of God and His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and protection, guidance, and purpose in listening to that still-small voice, the gift of the Holy Spirit.
“I had a lot of bad dates. But I wrote a lot of good poems.” So maintains Anita Liberty, the caustically funny New York City performance artist who was going along happily healing her hurt by hating and humiliating her detestable ex-boyfriend on stage and in print until the unthinkable happened: she had a good date. And one good date deserves another. And another. And another. And, all of the sudden, Anita Liberty finds herself in a predicament. Getting dumped launched Anita’s career–Will falling in love finish it? Who’s more important: her devoted audience or her newly devoted boyfriend? And on top of everything, Hollywood won’t stop calling and Anita can’t figure out if It wants a serious commitment or just a little bit of no-strings-attached fun. From digging mercilessly into the minutiae of her new relationship to dramatically torching every professional bridge she crosses in L.A., Anita refuses to let a big load of bliss get dumped right in the middle of her career path. “He said that my work was amazing and hilarious and smart and that he can’t wait to see me perform. So I had sex with him.” “My boyfriend asked me to change my look. To something other than contemptuous.” {BARGAIN} Whatever Hollywood ends up paying me for the rights to the story of my life. “It’s easier to go back to fantasizing about perfection . . . than to accept that perfection is just a fantasy.” “Boyfriend thinks I’d rather be right than happy. Boyfriend’s right. But I’m not telling him that.” Through blog entries, film scenes, poems, and to-do lists, Anita Liberty documents the perils and pitfalls of dating, sex, relationships, artistic success, and the kind of true love that sucks the creative life out of you to the point where you just end up staring at a blank computer screen and thinking gooey thoughts about your new boyfriend even though you should be writing.
When you host a program for women, and you open up the phone lines, email box, and Facebook page, you often resonate with their heart-breaking stories. That’s been the case as women have tuned in to Moody Radio’s Midday Connection, a radio show co-hosted by author Anita Lustrea, and shared their struggles and victories. When issues are raised such as loneliness, friendship, mothering, domestic abuse, sexual addiction, and body image, women pour out their hearts. Lustrea has heard heart-breaking stories through the years, and those stories have intersected with her own story of heartbreak. God lovingly weaves these stories into a tapestry to be used for His glory. Lustrea’s story means nothing without the impact of all of the other stories she has heard. Sometimes the church tries to sweep the hard stories under the carpet. Somehow we’ve gotten the impression that the hard things of life shouldn’t be shared. But when you allow your stories to become known, start to interact with the stories of others, and then allow God to work in and through your life, something miraculous starts to happen.In What Women Tell Me, Anita Lustrea tells her story along with the difficult stories of other women. For a long time, she listened to those who said “you can only hurt others by sharing your wounds.” When she realized that was a lie, she saw for the first time that through her wounds, she could be an agent of healing in the body of Christ.
Every tragedy has the potential to leave dreams and destiny in tatters. The death of someone we love, and indeed serious loss of any kind, crushes, paralyzes and immobilizes us. It empowers doubt, releases hopelessness, robs us of energy, and makes us sit down by the wayside in tears and give up. Deep Night, Bright Morning reminds readers that nobody goes entirely untouched by hurt, grief, or pain. As it guides people toward the light and love of Christ, author Anita Cleverly includes Scripture and meditation to help readers find or recover a passion for pursuing God and His calling on their lives. A source of love, hope, and empowerment to serve Christ.
This is a true story about a farm girl’s struggles through life. She fell in love with the first boy that kissed her at the tender age of fifteen. I Remember is a true story of the life she lived, loved, trusted, and endured. She lived and learned about life, sometimes the hard way, in her pursuit of happiness. She smiled and put on her brave face even when things seemed hopeless. She endured very difficult times, dark times that made her incredibly strong. Life is not always easy but is definitely precious. This is her story.
A terminal diagnosis; A fatal plane crash that results in the deaths of an entire family; A job loss and prolonged unemployment, causing financial ruin; Random, senseless murder All of the aforementioned are examples of events that can have a devastating impact on our emotional and spiritual well-being. How do you hold on to your emotional stability and spiritual strength when events profoundly alter the landscape of your life and cause you to question the validity and relevance of your faith? How to Hold On When You Feel Like Letting Go Describes the emotional and spiritual trauma often experienced when we are confronted with a major life storm event; Delineates the insidious process of emotional and spiritual growth on the road to hope and healing; Discusses the positive impact of emotional and spiritual authenticity on the healing process; and Re-affirms that no matter the problem, God is the solution.
I never planned to be among the populous of adult children caring for their aging parents, but when circumstances as abrupt and unwelcome as a tsunami presented themselves, my elderly father came to live with my husband and me. Not only was our coveted retirement lifestyle interrupted, but I was catapulted into a three-year journey that included many a crisis, painful confrontations, encouraging reprieves, and a closure that can only be attributed to divine intervention. Dementia, cancer, and dependency all became facilitators in fostering an understanding and love of my father that finally gave me an inner peace I never thought possible. There are probably millions of stories. This one is mine.
How would you feel if you found out that your birth mother had given you to a relative as soon as you were born? What would you do if, at eighteen years of age, the husband you loved dearly died suddenly, leaving you with two toddlers and another baby on the way? How do you handle taking care of aging parents, a special needs brother, and five children, all at the same time? Can you escape from a cycle of abusive relationships? Find out how one woman survived these challenges, and more, to live a rewarding life and find true love again."--Back cover.
All of us lose loved ones at some point in our lives--through death, divorce, separations, or moving to a new city. Helping children to cope through those difficulties can ease the pain. This short story is about a boy named Kevin, who befriends a sickly duckling, named Henderson. As they spend time together, their friendship grows and they visit many interesting places. When Henderson returns to the pond, Kevin learns to adapt without his friend. Eventually, Kevin moves and Henderson has to learn to cope. Both find that although they were no longer together, their love and memories last forever.
Too much anger can be costly, both physically and emotionally. Most kids and teens can use their anger in appropriate ways in some situations, and yet be ineffective in others. The Anger Management Workbook for Kids and Teens reduces levels of anger, especially in provocative situations. Kids and Teens will learn effective coping behaviors to stop escalation and to resolve conflicts. Graduated homework assignments allow participants to apply their newly acquired skills. The Anger Management Workbook for Kids and Teens employs the three major anger control interventions by using model presentations, rehearsal, positive feedback and promoting. The Workbook is designed especially for adolescents and pre-adolescents.
This book is about a girl named Anita who didn't understand why so many mysterious things happened to her as a kid and followed her into adulthood. She came from a dysfunctional background and she had seen death many times. Now, she is finally able to talk about it. She is passionate about letting readers know that it's never too late to accept life on life's terms. You need to know how important it is to really find yourself even though there are a lot of tough things going on around you. Don't settle for anything in this world, and just go for it because you are responsible for yourself, so if you don't care for yourself nobody else will. If you are not boastful and full of false pride, you can just thank God for being alive. After losing nine children to the system, the author is patiently waiting for them to return to her. It will be a sign for her that a miracle has taken place because finally her family will be united as one. Once she worked through all of her addictions, she was happy to resume her life with her husband, Victor, in Seattle.
No one escapes this life without heartbreak, emotional pain, and suffering. God promises to heal your wounded, scarred, broken, and shattered heart. Counseling, therapy, and even medications have limits on the depth of healing they can provide. Sometimes only a direct, intimate, specific, supernatural word from the Sovereign Creator of the universe can heal an emotional wound. We have a role and responsibility in our healing relationship with Jesus. God cannot heal us without our active participation, beyond even prayer. We must place ourselves in the proper spiritual and emotional position to receive God's healing word into our hearts. That position is Biblical stillness. When God commands us to "be still," He is serious. God wants us to be still according to His definition of stillness. "Being still" does not come naturally, but we can learn specific strategies and techniques to move into still space. From that posture, we can receive the gravitas of His word that heals us immediately.
Overcoming the Spirit of Offense exposes how the spirit of offense has not only infiltrated the body of Christ but how it has damaged the bride and has kept her from fulfilling her destiny and purpose. Because of the invisible wounds that she has suffered, she walks without much power. The book helps the reader to be able to see and recognize how the spirit operates, and it teaches how to come in the opposite spirit called love in order to get free. It is fully equipped with scripture for validation and real-life situations and testimonies that help the reader with their own similar situations. There are testimonies that not only inspire the reader but also challenge them. A testimony of a young woman named Julia will leave the reader in awe of the Fathers heart and what He can do when we choose to love instead of being offended. This teaching has been used to minister to hurting pastors and prophets, drug addicts and broken women, and when they choose to forgive the offender, they are almost always completely healed, both physically and emotionally. It has been used to teach the unbeliever about the love of God, the price that Jesus paid, and how the enemy pottered them through offense. This is a teaching that bears fruit.
Raul By: Anita Rosas Raul has been disabled since birth. His family moved to America from Mexico when he was ten, in hopes that the American doctors could fix his legs. Raul’s first day at school was so traumatic that he dropped out. The school children couldn’t pronounce his name and they starred at his small legs. He was humiliated. A neighborhood girl befriends him and changes his life. He, in turn, grows to help other disabled children.
From the acclaimed author of A Mighty Love comes a bittersweet saga of love, friendship, sisters--and sisterhood. . . Half-sisters Asha Mitchell and Saundra Patterson are close even though they have almost nothing in common. Twenty-two-year-old Saundra is a clean-living vegan and yoga enthusiast, about to graduate from college and marry her high school sweetheart. She's also a real daddy's girl who believes that her police detective father is the most infallible man on the planet. Twenty-four-year-old Asha is a fiercely independent career woman and serial dater who has no intention of settling down--or giving up meat of any kind. The two are happily planning for Saundra's upcoming nuptials. But the festivities come to an abrupt halt when Saundra makes a shocking discovery that topples her father from his pedestal and shatters her trust in men--including her fiancé. Shaken, Saundra flees to the only place that feels safe: Asha's house. But will living under the same roof bring healing--or be the worst mistake yet for two sisters who couldn't be more different?
Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smiths professional expertise comes shining through in this book. Just as importantly, her personal experience and wisdom provide wonderful advice and guidelines for all areas of our lives! Douglas Tieman, President/CEO, Caron Foundation, Caron Treatment Centers Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smiths practical wisdom reveals the human hearts desire to be fulfilled. Speaking the language of the heart, Dr. Smith encourages readers to cultivate the mystical dimension of their lives by contemplating ordinary wisdom and living life in an extraordinary way. Fr. Mark Hushen, OSFS, President and CEO, Father Martins Ashley This book is filled with wonderful truths and insights. In many ways, its like the book of Proverbs in the Bible. Dr. Gadhia-Smith has hit another home run! The Honorable John H. Dalton, Former Secretary of the Navy Dr. Gadhia-Smith is a thoughtful, sensitive therapist who has combined her personal and clinical experiences into a unique format that will be helpful to those people who are looking for ways to grow, and are willing to endure the discomforts that this search may involve. George Kolodner, MD, Medical Director, Kolmac Clinic Dr. Gadhia-Smith is a devoted and excellent psychotherapist who has brought healing to many people. She has also listened to her life and now shares these gems of wisdom from across the years. Many of them will resonate deeply for readers and provide light and signs for the journey of life. Rev. Stuart Kenworthy, Rector, Christ Church, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Through the wisdom of God, author Anita Latrice Riddle has written a compilation of anointed, original spoken word pieces within this literary masterpiece. Using various topics, this book of poetry identifies with many, using this specific genre to reach a world in question. This book leads you back to the source. It gives you reason to seek the Master's face again and go back to your first love. In a world uncertain, we must travel.
This revised edition of Undulation shows how just 10 minutes a day can make a difference in how you feel. It gives you step-by-step instructions and the encouragement you need to restore lost movement so you feel better and younger, with less pain. Undulations are unique. Stretching and strength training are important, but they often don't emphasize the full range of motion that we need to do the activities we depend on every day. When we lose our full range, we gradually become stiff and less flexible, so that over time we hurt more and move less. Undulations are small, unstructured movements that lubricate tissues and joints. These non-linear and non-repetitive exercises are like the movements we did naturally when we were kids. This book includes 48 exercises and each one has multiple variations to create a more limber body. The five Fundamental exercises include the foundational movements that are good for anyone, anytime to improve baseline spinal flexibility and body awareness. Additional chapters include undulations specifically designed to target Neck & Shoulders, Low Back & Hips, Core Strength, Posture, To Counteract Aging, Scoliosis, Hypermobility, and more. Wherever you ache, undulation will provide relief'naturally, without medication, without equipment, without expense. You'll have fun, too.
How to Heal Emotional Trauma is a clear and concise guide to recovering from emotional trauma and reclaiming your self-worth and psychological freedom. This book takes you through seven stages of emotional healing: coming out of denial, identifying current feelings, identifying behavior patterns, recognizing beliefs, stopping self-sabotage, letting go of the victim mentality, and utilizing practical tools to develop and increase your self-worth. By reclaiming your true self, you will live and love your life to the fullest. Take the journey from surviving to thriving!
Dreams of Sanity is a story about hope and healing. The author tells how, through dreams and insight into those dreams, she was able to receive healing from early childhood trauma and find her way through deep depression to come out on the other side. It is her desire that this book bring hope and encouragement to those suffering from these kinds of struggles and for them to find their “new normal.”
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