If These Words Feel Familiar...

This book may be for you if...

• You’ve spent years being the strong one.

• You struggle to rest because you feel responsible for everyone else.

• You carry guilt or shame that doesn’t seem to go away.

• You long to forgive yourself but aren’t sure how.

• You continue to feel the effects of a difficult relationship with your mother.

• You carry pain, guilt, or heartache because of a difficult relationship with your child.

• You put everyone else’s needs before your own.

• You long to understand how your past shapes your present.

• You’re searching for hope after painful experiences.

• You’re ready to stop surviving and begin living.

If you found yourself in any of these words, I wrote this book with you in mind.

About the Book

At nine, I was catapulted into adulthood.

At twelve, I entered an abusive relationship.

At thirteen, I became pregnant.

At fourteen, I was thrust out into the world.

At sixteen, I escaped.

With only an eighth-grade education and no safety net, I began rebuilding a life I never believed was possible—rising above poverty, abuse, and generations of pain.

From being catapulted into adulthood at nine and thrust out into the world at fourteen to earning my college degree, becoming a psychotherapist, metaphysician, entrepreneur, and award-winning author, my journey is living proof that our past may shape us, but it never has to define us.

The Child I Left Behind is more than my story.

It’s an invitation to believe that healing—and a different future—is possible for you, too.