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In So Many Freakin’ Secrets, Janet Cheney takes her readers on a journey through her own 1950s/1960s-era dysfunctional upbringing: a life full of secrets, unaddressed emotions, and unhealthy behavior patterns that cultivated a climate of abuse. Punctuated with humor and unusual spurts of joy, Cheney is stymied by unspoken family themes of suppressing grief, hiding abuse, eating away your emotions, "don't talk/don’t share," and withholding love and affection. It all becomes the catalyst to find self-love and learning that all are worthy of love, just for being born.

The soul's journey is one that discovers the true nature of the divine and each soul is love itself. Peeling off all layers of reality, only awareness and love remain. My poems have healed and transformed me, by sharing them I hope they will heal and inspire others.

Now or Never: Shine Baby Shine is a memoir by Karen Wright, who tragically lost her 18-year-old daughter. Through her grief, Karen realized she no longer knew who she was. She felt abandoned by God. She felt alone. She had no dreams, no desires of her own. Karen realized she had been living with the labels and expectations others had put upon her. Now, her identity was completely shattered.