Loving the Child Within trilogy
Here are the books I never thought I'd write, about topics I never thought I'd share. And so happy that I have.
From the Shadows
A Journey of Self-Discovery and Renewal
Book one of the Loving the Child Within trilogy.
I wrote this book the way I lived it. From the inside out. The poems came first. Fifty-five of them, surfacing before I understood what they were trying to tell me. The prose came after, explanation wrapped around what the poetry already knew.
For decades I hid my depression from everyone, including myself. I seemed fine because I kept myself busy with goal after goal. I was not fine. This book is the moment the hiding stopped. Not because I planned it, but because I cracked open when success didn't deliver the expected relief, and the emptiness intensified.
There's a reveal in these pages I didn't see coming. I thought I knew the ending to my own story. I didn't. Neither will you.
Award-winning. Amazon #1 bestseller.
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A deeply intimate, courageous journey of healing.
REVEREND DR DEBBIE MOODY
Like Virgil leading Dante through the Inferno, Elizabeth Onyeabor gently guides the reader
CURT FUKUDA
Author
A gripping and uplifting book. Soul-baring. It is real, and it is powerful.
RINA OKONKWO
Professor,
Godfrey Okoye University
Escaping the Shadows
A Pilgrimage with Poetry
Book two of the Loving the Child Within trilogy.
A professional reviewer of From the Shadows complained about the poems.
I was overseas, in the middle of two weeks of leadership training. I stayed up until 3am, six hours straight, assembling every poem I'd ever written into one document.
That's how Escaping the Shadows was born.
I didn't plan to write a trilogy. Didn't know then this would be my second book. I was simply furious at my journey being misunderstood.
This is a poetry book with a foot in both the dark and the light. It bridges the two memoirs, born from the same child self learning to speak in her own rhythm.
Some poems will make you catch your breath. Some will make you laugh. Some will do both at once.
The reviewer didn't understand what the poems were doing.
I think you will.
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Bounces easily between life's existential depths and playfulness
ERICA APPELROS
Author and Associate Professor,
University of Lund
Writing that is authentic, true, and healing
STEVE GARVIN
Founder
Gifts Into Gold
You'll love this collection of poems . . . both touching and inspirational
BREANNA GUNN
Chief Executive Officer
Breanna Gunn Enterprises
The Light Within
Freedom Through Forgiveness
Book three of the Loving the Child Within trilogy.
I thought I'd done the deep work.
From the Shadows had cracked me open. Escaping the Shadows had shaped my voice.
This book started with anger. At myself, my mom, and a neighbor.
And its twin, guilt. My inner critic told me in From the Shadows that I'd failed my children. And that I was a failure.
I began writing it a few months after From the Shadows. But I shelved it for over a year.
When I cried for help in the silence of my writing room, three generations of mothers answered. That's not a metaphor. That's what happened.
When I forgave those who betrayed me, I forgave myself as the betrayer. And found freedom.
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Creates sacred space for anyone on a healing journey, returning the reader to the love and the light within
EVELYN FOREMAN
Author
Part nurturing safe place and part road map for all who have their own wounds to heal―a must-read for parents
ERICA RODEFER
Founder
Spoiled Yogi
The honest portrayal of her traumatic situations and her triumph will help set us all free!
SHARON CASSANOLOCHMAN
Award-winning, #1 international Bestselling Author and Book Coach
3 Keys to Feel Good Enough
A 30-Day Guide for a More Joyful You
I wrote this before I knew there was another threshold beyond where the portal had taken me.
The practices in it cover creating joy independent of achievement, facing fear, and forgiving yourself and others. They're where I started to practice past the portal.
This is where the power of moving through begins.
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Heart Notes
Thirty authors. One question: what would a conversation with your heart reveal? I'm one of them. Topics include money, perfection, and the inner child.
Create Positive Change Now
Five experts on personal growth. I contributed a chapter on creating a beyond-perfect mindset.
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Unfettered Hearts
Everyday people with extraordinary stories of challenge and heartache that became moments of triumph and growth.
My chapter is the story of letting go of my corporate HR identity. I don't know who I am anymore. I miss me.
That's where the chapter begins. What it finds on the other side surprised even me.