Broken to Beautifully Whole: A Compelling Crusade to Break the Silence, Move Through the Trauma, and Heal the Pain - Hardcover

Studer, Cathy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640856390 ISBN 13: 9781640856394

Publisher: Author Academy Elite, 2019

Synopsis

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BECOME STRONGER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL AFTER BROKENNESS?

How can we recover after being hurt or suffering abuse? What choices can help us transition from feeling like a victim to reclaiming our purpose and empowering our potential?

Author and speaker Cathy Studer shares the steps she followed as she moved through her own pain of carrying shame, low self-worth, and humiliation after suffering six years of childhood sexual abuse. She models how it is possible to recover from intense hurt and abuse, and create a life filled with value, purpose and joy.

Through Cathy's journey, you will learn:

* Why we must move through our trauma before it is possible to restore wholeness, experience lasting joy, and develop our true potential.

* Six attributes anyone can use to initiate healing while reducing the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

* Practical actions to indentify and eliminate sexual abuse tragedies.

Together, we can break the silence, move through our trauma, and heal the pain...starting today!

About this title

About the Author:

Cathy Studer is a survivor of long-term childhood sexual abuse. After pulling together the pieces of her own shattered life, she discovered her purpose and now passionately shares the critical components required to becoming whole again. During her journey, Cathy has transformed from survivor to advocate warrior. As a speaker, she is passionate about the mission to drive change and to start defeating sexual abuse. She lives in Ohio with her husband, and a loving yellow lab, and has two amazing children.

Review:

This is a compelling story; one that could have been written by millions of women around the world given how prevalent the experience of child sexual abuse is. The reality is that the shame and the silence Cathy describes is why all those women are caught in the "broken" phase of victimhood should read this book. The passages and the ending IS indeed beautiful.

-Richard D. Krugman, M.D., Chair, Board of Directors for The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect

Cathy's voice stands for strength, hope and possibility while at the same time speaking out against the impacts of abuse and neglect. Leading by modeling a new way, a way of leaning into her pain, and finding comfort and hope by showing others it is ok to grow, expand and specifically to speak about our pasts and the pain in which no child should endure. Cathy's ability to connect with survivors is seamless and honest, joining in with the power of a united voice, Broken to Beautifully Whole ignites the sound, calling to action fellow survivors to transition from surviving to thriving and ultimately transcending. A beautiful read, honest....bold...heard.

-Lori Poland, MA, LPC, Executive Director for The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect

Broken to Beautifully Whole is more than a memoir. It's Information, healing, and empowerment embodied. The ability to take the shards of a shattered childhood and ultimately use them to provide encouragement for others is a communication gift. Cathy's blend of personal story coupled with statistics provides a messsage of strength and healing. She could have remained silent. Instead she chose to speak up and step out so that others may live whole as well.

-Daphne V. Smith, Speaker, Wave Maker, Truth Teller, and Author of What's YOUR Scarlet Letter?

Cathy is a gifted writer who speaks to the pain of childhood sexual abuse with unflinching honesty and self-compassion. By pressing into the pain of past abuse, she opens a conversation about strength and resilience, hope and healing. Broken to Beautifully Whole encourages trauma survivors to join in the conversation in whatever way is calling to them.

-Kristine Carson, MA, LPC, Directions Counseling Group

About this edition

• Publisher: Author Academy Elite
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1640856390
• ISBN 13: 9781640856394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182