“Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman is a memoir that turns time on its head, circling through terror and joy with eloquence and becoming its own sacrament of resistance.” —Foreword Reviews, 5-star review At eighteen, Yvonne Martinez flees brutal domestic violence and is taken in by her dying grandmother . . . who used to be a sex worker. Before she dies, her grandmother reveals family secrets and shares her uncommon wisdom. “Someday, Mija,” she tells Yvonne, “you’ll learn the difference between a whore and a working woman.” She also shares disturbing facts about their family’s history—eventually leading Yvonne to discover that her grandmother was trafficked as a child in Depression-era Utah by her own mother, Yvonne’s great-grandmother, and that she was blamed for her own rape. In the years that follow her grandmother’s passing, Yvonne gets an education and starts a family. As she heals from her own abuse by her mother and stepfather, she becomes an advocate/labor activist. Grounded in her grandmother’s dictum not to whore herself out, she learns to fight for herself and teaches others to do the same—exposing sexual harassment in the labor unions where she works and fighting corruption. Intense but ultimately uplifting, Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman is a compelling memoir in essays of transforming transgenerational trauma into resilience and post-traumatic growth.
The journey for women to become a full mature Bride in Christ is filled with challenges to unmask false identities and unveil false intimacy.Yvonne Martinez offers a candid and bold approach to heal issues of identity, femininity and sexuality, and exposes both the source and the path to heal today's crises of the feminine spirit.Breakthrough walls of fear and shame to conquer the spiritual issues that hold back this generation of women from receiving their full Heavenly inheritance and Kingdom authority.Women, join this epic supernatural season and be equipped to release the mother's heart of God.
You may have had one or many upsetting, frightening, or traumatic things happened to you in your life, family, or community.Take Back Your Life contains information, ideas, strategies, and spiritual connection found to be helpful in relieving and preventing troubling feelings and symptoms as a result of traumatic experiences.
Yvonne Martinez Ward is a gifted poet who has written her first collection of prose poems. In Nature's Joy, the author reveals her ability to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary. She writes about the richness of nature in simple details, true emotions and in a lyrical style that expresses a spirit of adventure, self-discovery and spiritual renewal. Ward's insights are profound, revealing the miracles in everyday life inspired by her natural surroundings. Her poetic, reflective style is an expression of what is beautiful about life. Nature's Joy is a book of gratitude that comes from a love of the physical world, faith and one's humanity.
Unresolved emotional anxiety and pain no longer need to breathe down your neck or hang round your ankles, keeping you bound. Dancing on the Graves of Your Past is an invitation to say goodbye to your past, rise to your feet and take ownership of your partnership with the living God. Experience His presence unashamed, unafraid and free. He is waiting so let's begin...
Declarations awaken and bring life to words. What are His words to you? Write your declarations to God and record His words to you in Yvonne's I am a Woman - Healing the Feminine Spirit Journal to help you build your communication and relationship with God. Can be used alone or in conjunction with "I am a Woman - Healing the Feminine Spirit" book authored by Yvonne Martinez.
A Workbook for girls restoring dignity, identity, and destiny. I am Brave workbooks contain information, activities, and Christian Kingdom principles offering healing for the soul, spirit, and the body. Workbooks contains eight modules with interactive lessons, activities, and new experience opportunities. Each module facilitates a personal encounter with God, connecting hearts to His, through the journey of discovering their Kingdom identity. I am Brave workbooks are currently being used to restore identity, dignity, and destiny to girls in orphanages, with sex trafficked girls, and women in recovery. Best facilitated by an I am Brave leader. Leadership training manual available soon. FMI visit www.iambrave.info
You can experience the journey to freedom with I am a Woman ~ Healing the Feminine Spirit, Experience the Journey Companion Workbook. The journey for women to become a full mature Bride in Christ is filled with challenges to unmask false identities and unveil false intimacy.Yvonne Martinez offers a candid and bold approach to heal issues of identity, femininity and sexuality, and exposes both the source and the path to heal today's crises of the feminine spirit.Breakthrough walls of fear and shame to conquer the spiritual issues that hold back this generation of women from receiving their full Heavenly inheritance and Kingdom authority.
Life in Full Color showcases the beautiful, vibrant, and inspiring paintings of a professional artist. Yvonne's art invites you to experience an appreciation of the magnificent world we live in through her expressive, color-filled paintings. The artist describes herself as a colorist and shares the beauty of the world she inhabits through the richness and expressiveness of her art. This book will inspire one to feel the passion behind Yvonne's artistry and to see just how one artist paints the beauty of the world she lives in. Life in Full Color visually captures the spirit of a painter who's creativity knows no boundaries and who's personal response to beauty is primarily visual. She is also a writer and the author of "Living the Artist's Life". www.yvonnemward.com
Experience the healing journey with Dancing on the Graves of Your Past companion workbook. This exceptional workbook walks the reader through interactive process and prayer into freedom from the past, soul ties, orphan heart and more! Embrace His Presence unashamed, unafraid and free. He is waiting so let's begin...
Living the Artist's Life" is an introspective book about how one becomes an artist and taps into that interior creative spirit. The author shares her musings on art-making through this collection of insightful and engaging essays. The reader is given a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the inner workings of a painter. Yvonne invites you to follow her along on her artistic journey to see just what "makes her tick" as an artist. Being an artist is not just what Yvonne does, it is what she is, with every fiber of her being. This book reveals how art is an integral part of this artist's life and a motivating force in everything she does. Through her writings, the reader can feel the passion behind Yvonne's artistry, which also fuels her highly personal response to the beauty she sees in the world.
This is a second, revised edition, of this title in Yvonne Martinez' Dancing on the Graves of Your Past series, bringing awareness and healing insights into betrayal, soul bonding, addictions, discerning of spirits, and the 3 Heavenly realms and their significance in the healing process of trauma resolution.
This book provides a new insight on feline ultrasound. From cranial to caudal, feline species has been thoroughly scanned, detailing for each body region the scanning technique, as well as ultrasonography of both the normal and the diseased organ. An additional chapter on ultrasound-guided sampling is available in the digital version
Partner with creative expression and activate your prophetic gifts through creativity, declaration, acts, evangelism, testimony, and more! Access Heaven and change the world!
We pray with declaration to exercise our authority as Jesus commissioned. Our declarations unlock Heaven and Heaven's power is released. Nothing happens in the Kingdom until a declaration is made. When God spoke He demonstrated the power of prophetic declaration.From the place of rest and faith in the accomplished work of Jesus' death, blood and resurrection, Prayers of Prophetic Declaration partners with God's Word to release His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven!
Dancing on the Graves of Your Past Support Group Leader's Guide is a hands-on ministry tool teaching you how to build, maintain, and facilitate group ministry for hurting people. With companions, Dancing on the Graves of Your Past book and workbook, you will utilize proven emotional healing models, efective prayer ministry, prophetic insight, as well as emotional and spiritual guidelines to help you heal broken hearts and set captives free.· How Ministries are Birthed· Why Begin a Group · How to Get Started· Forms Your Group will Need· A 10 Week Group Curriculum· How to Handle Conflicts and Difficult People Includes Dancing on the Graves of Your Past book and workbook.
This volume addresses processes of human mobility in times of crisis from different scientific perspectives and at a global and trans-regional level. The first part sets out to discuss established paradigms in migration studies and politics in order to suggest new approaches to analyse mobility, migration and to challenge boundary making approaches. The second part presents empirical cases from Latin America and Spain to demonstrate how migrants challenge, negotiate and mobilize citizenship and belonging. The third part deals with the question how belonging is produced and identity is constructed at a transnational level. New information and communication technologies, human mobility but also the mobility of concepts, ideas and values foster these collectivization processes across and within physical and symbolic borders.
God's presence is accessible and available. Using Angel Feathers to chronicle your experiences and encounters will encourage your faith, energize your creativity and exercise your prophetic gifts. Angel Feathers can capture ideas, testimonies, dreams, songs, poems, or revelatory words as you write, color, draw, highlight, illustrate, collage, and celebrate your relationship with Him!
This special workbook for anyone who has suffered the tragedies of physical and sexual abuse, emotional neglect, rejection, or loss, uses biblical principles and scripture to guide readers through prayer, journaling, and daily devotional exercises.
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