Everyone has a story about his or her life. I believe that my story is quite unique in that my life hasn't got to be traumatic to write about it. I wrote my story with the intention of allowing others to see that you can live a well disciplined and ordered life and arrived at where you want to be in life.Yvonne Brown has written three books, A Journey Through My Life, Words To Enhance The Soul and Short Stories which is for children of all ages. She travels extensively. Her favorit...

I cannot particularly recall when or how this endeavor entered into my mind. I believe the Holy Spirit engineered the idea because it was so sudden. He gave me the words, and I simply put them on paper and pen. To attempt this at such a late stage in my life could only be attributed to him. I believe he enhances what we have to glorify God. I pray these poems will open hearts, eyes, and ears to see the living God who wants the best for his children.May the love of God permeate your...

God Did it - aims to inspire you, heal and motivate you to be the best that you can be. I believe that no problem, no situation is unique; dealing with loneliness, insecurities, and forgiveness to name a few. Many of us go through hurt and pain and then we put it in a box and lock the key away hoping that you never have to find the key again. The problem is that it never really goes away, but instead it manifests itself someway, some how. Well, I have decided to open my box by sharing some...

”Our Truth Is Not A Lie” is an audio and e-book with 18 compelling stories about the black experience. There are often times our experiences are suppressed and unaddressed. When we share our truths, it is either disregarded or minimized. Our Truth is Not A Lie, and you will hear us loud and clear. Our voices, visions, and black are ALL powerful and beautiful. We deserve to more than matter. We have all worked extremely hard to change the narrative and build a legacy. Listen to our stories....

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Shalem Institute, this collection of experiential and academic essays offers modern contemplative reflections from new and renowned voices in spiritual leadership.Founded in 1973 by the Rev. Dr. Tilden H. Edwards, Jr., Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation offers retreats, workshops, and groups centered around contemplative spirituality. The culmination of half a century of charitable ministry, this commemorative antholo...

Dead Woman Pickney chronicles Yvonne Shorter Brown’s life growing up in Jamaica between 1943 and 1965 and teaching in Canada from 1969. Told with stridency and humour, the stories include both personal experience and history.Taking up the haunting memories of childhood, along with persistent racial marginalization of Black people, both globally and in Canada, the author sets out to construct a narrative that at once explains her own origins in the former s...

After the sudden death of her eccentric father, Anne Beddingfeld refuses to settle for a dull, ordinary life. Yearning for romance and peril, she gets far more than she bargained for when she witnesses a fatal accident in a London Tube station. But was it an accident?Armed with nothing but a cryptic piece of paper smelling faintly of mothballs and an unshakeable belief in her own wits, Anne embarks on a globe-trotting quest to unmask a killer. Her pursuit takes her deep into the my...

New York Times Bestselling Author, Mary Monroe, writes a powerful and uplifting foreword, and USA Today Bestseller, Naleighna Kai, leads the way with inspirational stories from the hearts of amazingly resilient women to yours. Each contributing author in Healing from the Heart voyaged through various life trials and challenges and came out on the other side triumphant—forging ahead with a soul blueprint for successful lives.These stories are more ...

Unique in its approach, the new book by Yvonne Farrell provides a framework for understanding how effective the channel system is at supporting survival through allowing the body to hide or store trauma, stress and burnout in acts of self-preservation. She looks at how these latencies are created by the different channel systems, why they are created and the cost of these to the individual in terms of chronic imbalance or disease. Patients can become stuck in survival mode and the book exp...

Anger and hopelessness can overwhelm communities. So what can everyday people do to actually grow some good in their own hometown?Growing Good: A Beginner's Guide to Cultivating Caring Communities shows how ordinary people have transformed themselves into volunteers and activists. Centered mostly in the Midwest, this collection of essays brings together the stories of normal people who have rolled up their sleeves to make their community a better place by ...

By extending the cast list of roles implicated in rape’s hidden sphere of harm, this book attentively listens to experiential voices of complainant/witnesses, suspect/accused, police, lawyers, judges and jurors, therapists, advocates, partners, parents, family and friends during the criminal justice journey. Highlighting good and bad practices, it proposes a paradigm shift for inculcating policy reform, arguing the case for implementation science as a framework for embedding change. The bo...

Great Marriage Advice from Leading ExpertsLovers for Life is an inside view from leading authors, speakers, pastors, and seminar leaders to help you strengthen and preserve your marriage.“Powerful. Penetrating. Persuasive.”Bill McCartney, founder and chairman of the board, The Road to Jerusalem; founder, Promise Keepers“Lovers for Life contain...