Resultados para "Soul" en Mujeres

At age 28, Mira Ptacin discovered she was pregnant. Though it was unplanned, she soon embraced the pregnancy and became engaged to Andrew, the father. But five months later, an ultrasound revealed birth defects that would give the child no chance of survival outside the womb. Mira was given three options: terminate her pregnancy, induce early delivery, or wait and inevitably miscarry. Her story is woven together with the story of Mira's mother, who immigrated from Poland (also at the age of 28) and adopted a son, Julian.

In The Unspoken, author Ashley Haseotes shares her story of hitting rock bottom and finally coming to grips with the reality of her trauma. Suffering deeply and feeling overwhelmed, she becomes debilitatingly ill with chronic migraines and vertigo that leave her confined to her bed for months. Unable to work and take care of her children, lost and disconnected from her life purpose, she stares down feelings of unbridled failure and unsurmountable stress.

Descendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. But while Elizabeth remained a lifelong believer, her younger sisters chose vastly different lives. Seeking their fortunes in the North, Grace and Katharine reinvented themselves as radical thinkers whose literary works and organizing efforts brought the nation's attention to issues of region, race, and labor. In Sisters and Rebels, National Humanities Award-winning historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall follows the divergent paths of the Lumpkin sisters.

The story of soul legend P.P. Arnold is one of musical highs, personal lows and extraordinary endurance. From her origins in powerhouse church gospel, the talented singer's performing career began at the age of just seventeen when she joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. But little did the young Ikette know that her world was about to be turned upside-down...

Using exclusive interviews with Suu Kyi since her release from 15 years of house arrest, as well as recently disclosed diplomatic cables, Pederson uncovers new facets to Suu Kyi's extraordinary story. The Burma Spring also reveals the extraordinary steps taken by First Lady Laura Bush to help Suu Kyi, as well as how former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton injected new momentum into Burma's democratic rebirth.

Imagine everything you have ever known fading away, all around you. In this gripping memoir and powerful workbook, Angel Lyn recounts her upbringing as a devout member of the Mormon church, a dedicated housewife and loving mother of five sons in southern Utah. As challenges within her marriage unfold, she discovers a warrant for her husband's arrest that causes her to undergo an epic spiritual transformation, moving away from a deeply religious mindset to a more profound and spiritual approach to life.

Queen Mother Osunnike shares Tapestry of My Soul as a perfectly imperfect mosaic that retraces the fragmented blueprint of her soul’s spiritual journey. It mirrors her raw, vulnerable, tender sacred feminine power, brilliance, and resilience intertwined with other-worldly imagery and flashbacks of her past and present lifetime soul journeys. Tapestry of My Soul magically weaves her soul’s fragmented remnants back into her original greatness, spiritual perfection, and ultimately wholeness/the perfect sacred union from the inside out.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes “a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press). “The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle “When I say that I was a feminist...

Gypsy Soul: Memoirs of a Hippie Kid is a book based on my extremely unusual life as the child of hippies in rural Montana. I share memories of poverty, trauma, and neglect while preserving the magic of growing up as a hippie kid. This book will have you laughing and crying because it is both hilarious and horrifying. With memories like "Swinger Party Turned Stepdad" and "The Cocaine Scavenger Hunt", you won't even believe the level of "hippie" I experienced.

The Footprints of Her Soul is a story of a little girl who was lost among the people she loves most, her beloved family. She experienced extreme distress and sorrow through the long road of childhood poverty, war, and into adulthood. She had made hard decisions throughout her life journey, causing heartaches and pain. But she survived it all with conviction.

Writing and sharing our birth story was an important part of my healing and returning to wholeness after birthing my son Noor as a stillborn. After having this experience, I started hearing about more and more women who had gone through some sort of trauma in pregnancy or at birth—but they never got to express or share their story or heal their trauma.

A determined truth-seeker craving success and belonging unexpectedly meets her soul, leading to greater self-acceptance, a deeper understanding of the mysteries of life and death, and the realization that every new beginning provides a rich opportunity for healing and personal evolution.

In her search for peace, Kendra writes about her experiences of being single, putting herself first, stepping into her light, and shining as bright as she can. Through self-discovery and putting in the work to find herself along the journey of this thing called life, she shares what she hopes will be a helpful guide to others as they go through life and all that’s unexpected. Ultimately a lesson in learning to let go and release what no longer serves you so you can create space for what is to come.

Take a bite out of life and see how rich it can be! Treat yourself to true stories that celebrate life and capture the essence of what it means to be a woman. Like chocolate, these stories soothe, satisfy, and delight -- better yet, they're good for you! Written by and for women, here are...

Giulia Farnese, a woman who traverses time to find, in this novel, her redemption. Her real story is tachat of a woman who goes far beyond the figure of Sponsa Christi as she was known throughout the world.

RISING ABOVE: Our Transformational Journey to Wholeness After Breast Cancer is a sacred gathering of voices from young women who faced breast cancer at a time when life was just beginning to unfold—when they were falling in love, building careers, becoming mothers, and discovering their truths. The diagnosis didn’t wait. It struck early, shattering timelines and rewriting dreams. But within that breaking open, something deeper awakened.

Spiritual Ink is a collection of personal essays highlighting examples of strength, hope, and inspiration and drawing on the author's experiences as a Child Life Specialist working with hospitalized children and their families.

In Unraveling, Marta Hobbs shares her powerful story of growing up under the oppressive shadow of the Cold War, navigating the challenges of immigration, and overcoming the trauma of feeling like an outsider.

After years of treating patients, Dr. Michelle Choi had a moment of clarity that rocked her to her core: she wasn’t really helping anyone, and after all these years, she had lost sight of herself. The only way to reclaim some decency would be to demand a big change. After working her entire life to become a doctor, Michelle achieved her dream but realized it wasn’t what she expected. Instead of helping patients feel well, she answered corporate medicine’s unrealistic expectations and practiced assembly-line healthcare.

Ever since she was a young girl, Virginia had to face many obstacles mentally, spiritually and physically to fit into this judgmental world. Feeling alone and misunderstood, Virginia faces what life has to throw at her with sheer determination and a bit of luck. When Virginia loses her way along her journey, she encounters forces both light and dark before she finds a genuine connection with the divine and starts to heal her broken soul with her unwavering faith.