The Journey

Hi folks,

This is a scary one for me. I’m used to sharing some of my innermost thoughts and feelings here with you (all nine of my readers 🤣) but I’m not used to asking for help, especially from so many people.

It’s been three years since I escaped the high control group and began deconstructing decades of indoctrination while actively working on my personal recovery in the day to day. Last Spring, I began working on my first manuscript for publication, inspired by the desire to help others on similar healing journeys. It’s this desire to create something positive and worthwhile with my experience, and to transmute years of suffering into something creative and good, that has propelled me forward in doing something I have never mustered the discipline or courage to do before: complete a manuscript and pursue publication through self publishing.

I am super thrilled (and terrified!) to share that I’ve finished the writing of my first book. 🎉🎉🎉

Why is that terrifying?? you may ask. Well, I’ll tell you. It’s terrifying because I have mostly kept my past and my recovery journey to myself. Only a handful of people in my current life know anything about my culty former life. It’s not something I’ve chosen to advertise. At the same time, I’ve always known that I could not, and would not, live with that past as a dark secret hiding in the corners for the rest of my life.

While I am not yet ready to share all, in order to write this book dealing with the early stages of recovery from cultic and narcissistic abuse, it does require me to expose myself as a cult survivor on a grander scale, and for me, that is a scary notion. On top of that high-level self-exposure, writing a book about this journey of recovery, while actively in the midst of it, is deeply personal and vulnerable.

Having said that, this book is not about me or my story. It is about what I have learned and discovered so far on my path of healing. The goal and inspiration for this book is simply to synthesize the tools and techniques I have gathered thus far and distill them into a short, easy-to-read and super approachable guide for others facing the daunting first days, months and years of trauma recovery.

And so, while I am not stepping into any spotlights with this book, I am stepping out of the shadows with the hope that what I have learned and what I am sharing might help just one or two others, at a minimum. The next step to realizing this goal is navigating the self publishing process, and for that, I need a little help.

I’ve created a crowdfunding campaign to assist in raising funds for the self publishing process which will involve line and copy editing, proofreading, cover design, interior design, copyrighting and preparation for distribution. My ask is that you please share this campaign with any and everyone for whom this project may be of interest. Every donation and every share means more to me than you can possibly know.

Thank you for being a part of this journey with me! It’s just getting started….

Link to view and share:
https://gofund.me/d4c6e8e2