Elizabeth Ann - Shes No Longer Silent: Healing After Mental Health Trauma, Sexual Abuse, and Experiencing Injustice

This collection of courageous stories left me humbled, hopeful, and inspired. The strength, vulnerability, and perseverance these women exemplify moved me to tears, and healed parts of my soul that were unknowingly hurting. Im grateful for their tangible tools and takeaways. Everyone can learn from these powerful voices who struggled in silence, and sang anyhow.

-Krysta Lee is a singer, actor, and author of Mamas Gotta Work and Women Lets Rise www.KrystaLee.com | @KrystaLee111

Angel Kibble, [chapter 11] you have the gift of telling your story in a way that just connects with the people that need to hear this. I was glued to your words feeling everything you went through and even connecting with you through my own experiences of abuse. The way you so elegantly write the twists and turns makes the reader (me) realize that we can decide what is no longer our story and we can rewrite a new chapter. We are in control. Thank you for sharing such vulnerability. You are a voice meant to help many! WoW!

-Bruno Guvremont, Bell Lets Talk Ambassador, Invictus Games 2016 Team Canada Captain

Shes No Longer Silent helped me to reevaluate myself and the negative relationships I was in. This book bettered my life. Authors Kiki Carr and Lori Williamson are a wealth of knowledge. Charleyne Oulton, Sasha Rose, and Angel Kibble are strong story tellers. Mandy Karpoffs unique writing style is gripping.

-Ky-Lee Hanson, award winning publisher, human rights advocate, @gbrpublishing

Kadys [chapter 13] enthusiasm for life is second only to her passionate desire to share her wisdom garnered from her personal and professional experiences. Her masterful use of tools and resources to continue to support and guide herself and others to overcome fear when it rears its ugly head is uplifting and commendable.

-Anna Pavan, Retired Executive Director of an agency that supports women and children

Griping, Powerful, and Raw. Your heart bleeds, savouring each story of strength, loss, fight, triumph and survival. Shes No Longer Silent is a tribute to the wonderment that is to be a Woman. I couldnt put it down and Im waiting for my heart to stop pounding so I can pick it back up and read it again.

-Habiba Jessica Zaman, Therapist

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Chapter One
I Am a Master of Survival; Thanks to My Mental Illness

Chapter Two
Mindset, Mindfulness, and Mental Health

Chapter Three
Can I Get Some Boundaries Please?

Chapter Four
; and Then

Chapter Five
The Best Gift Ever: Discovering Your Value

Chapter Six
Just Get Over It!

Chapter Seven
Let It GO!

Chapter Eight
The Great Escape

Chapter Nine
Those Whom You Trust Can Too Do Great Harm

Chapter Ten
History Repeating

Chapter Eleven
Rise Above the Ashes

Chapter Twelve
Wheres the Silver Lining?

Chapter Thirteen
Fear: The Bottom Feeder

Chapter Fourteen
Polarities & Chaos; Dancing with a Bipolar Mind

Chapter Fifteen
Empowered Vulnerability

Chapter Sixteen
Healing with Spirits and Energy

Chapter Seventeen
One Thousand Days of Gratitude

TO THE READER:

A memoir is ones written personal experience. It is a book of memory. And memory is fallible and unreliable. This book is, therefore, an inaccurate account. It should be read as a story. We have done our best to tell our stories honestly, through the dark glass of hindsight. This book reflects our present recollections of what we lived through. Not only were these lived experiences from deep in our past, they have the ability to cause deep emotional Upheaval. Memories resurfaced, and they are among the stories that we are recounting herein. Resurfaced memories are, too, not infallibly accurate.

So, why write a memoir at all?

To tell stories to protect the marginalized. Specifically, to help women who are mentally and emotionally imprisoned. This memoir is not meant to exact retribution against anyone, which is why names are avoided or have been changed. We share our experiences, to help others in their struggle. All the names, places, and details have been changed to protect actual individuals, living and dead. We have also changed or omitted identifying characteristics and details such as physical properties, and places of residence. Further, events have been compressed and statements have been recreated, as in any story. A story is not reality. A story can be read in one sitting, or read and re-read over a lifetime. This story is not a chronology of events to be used to defame anyone, or to litigate anything.

This story is meant to give solace to those who face adversity alone. People can have different memories of events. In these stories, we share what happened to us, from our individual point of view. It should be read as an honest account, but not a specific one, except to us. There is no malice in our hearts, and no desire to identify anyone. The conversations in the book all come from our recollections, and are not written to represent word-for-word transcripts. Rather, retold in a way to evoke the feeling and meaning of what was said in those instances, as recalled, albeit fallibly.

The reader should know, however, all stories can be corroborated by witnesses, or other evidence. This is our assurance to the reader that they are truly not alone. We share our experiences and struggles to serve as a safe harbour to anyone. This book is intended for good. This is our narrative memory. And memory is fallible and unreliable.

If you are facing any kind of stress, harassment, or feelings of hopelessness, do not wait another moment to reach out for help.

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This book contains stories with adult content and language that may be offensive to some readers. Recommended for mature audiences and content may be triggering for some readers. Subject matter includes suicide, violence, sexual abuse, and mature content.