Her Brave Journey

Her Brave Journey
Author: Swati Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-04-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781646631407

During her almost-final moments when Kiara is pinned down by a man who claims to love her, fighting to breathe, her life at the mercy of her husband, she repeatedly begs him, "Please don't kill me. My parents need me." Even in today's #MeToo era, with women and men sharing their stories of assault and abuse, the topic of domestic abuse is still obscured, especially in the South Asian community. Stuck in this vicious and confusing cycle, Kiara, a member of that community, seeks the strength to challenge patriarchy as she begins to recognize the pretenses of the "white picket fence" dream, where marriage and children are the only measure of happiness and prosperity, and dares to defy it. Her Brave Journey serves as a powerful message to victims and survivors of abuse, in particular South Asian women who battle societal and cultural pressures every day. Go inside the life of Kiara and follow her brave journey as she reclaims her life and discovers her inner warrior.

Brave Journeys

Brave Journeys
Author: David Mixner
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2011-04-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307788695

In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the struggle for equality. Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage From a top-gun pilot in the U.S. Navy to an authority on antigay violence, from a member of the president's administration to a leading Shakespearean actor, Brave Journeys tells the stirring stories of seven intrepid men and women who effectively challenged the status quo and thereby altered the political and societal landscape of the world we live in. In these pages we meet Hispanic-American Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and a passionate crusader against hate crimes; Elaine Noble, the feisty veteran of Boston's busing wars who became the first openly gay person to be elected to a state office in the United States-the Massachusetts State Legislature; brilliant British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who came out as a gay man and an activist in one very public moment on the BBC; Roberta Achtenberg, who braved the venomous homophobia of Jesse Helms in Senate confirmation hearings for her appointment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lieutenant Tracy Thorne, a Navy fighter pilot living his lifelong dream of flight who outed himself on Nightline to challenge the U.S. military's policy against gays and lesbians, fully aware that this would mean the end of his Navy career; and San Franciscans Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, founders of the first national lesbian organization, the Daughters of Bilitis, who have celebrated fifty years together as a couple. Powerful and eloquent, Brave Journeys is David Mixner's tribute to gay men and lesbians who have made a difference. Rich in private bravery and public risk, these profiles comprise a vivid map of the gay rights movement over the last fifty years-and individually they testify to the power of courage to force change against profoundly overwhelming odds.

Made for Brave

Made for Brave
Author: Alyssa Galios
Publisher: Romans 8:28 Books
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781732962538

"Made for Brave is a striking example of how God can create overwhelming good from even the worst of life when we partner with Him"--Amazon.com.

Brave Healing

Brave Healing
Author: Laura Di Franco
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-11-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733073820

You're staring at this book thinking, it's time for me to do this! It's time for me to move through the fear and really live, really go for the joy. I'm here to convince you you're worthy, you're brave and your story matters. And yes, it's time for you to do this! I got you. I was born to write this book and it's time to be out loud with this message. It's time for a brave kind of healing; for you, for me, and for the world. I'll go first. But please, take my hand. It's taken me a couple decades and a career in healing to re-discover the self-worth I lost as a child, transform that pain, and step into my passion and power. I'm a warrior goddess. You might recognize your own story here in mine, so let's get to the important business of healing your shit so you don't have to spend one more day letting your pain paralyze you or only wishing for a life you love. It's my turn to help you be brave and do the healing that'll change everything. With Warrior Love, Laura

With Brave Wings She Flies

With Brave Wings She Flies
Author: Shannon Hoverson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2020-11-18
Genre:
ISBN:

We fill our social media profiles with positivity. In showing pictures of our smiling families in beautiful settings we attempt to prove that everything is perfect. However, lives are not that simple, or always filled with happiness, despite how users might portray it. Sometimes, this pervasive fakeness can leave us numb. When someone - especially a public figure - passes away, it can become difficult to cope with the loss. Realness in times of grief - focusing on both the positive and negatives in a healing journey - provides a refreshing perspective.This book tells the aftermath of the passing away of Mark Hoverson, Shannon Hoverson's husband of over fifteen years. Shannon communicates an honest insight into the hardship, confusion, and uplifting moments that come with a loss. Through anecdotes, metaphors, and humor, Shannon gets real while showing the ups and downs of her life as a newly single parent and business owner. The memoir focuses on the different stages of healing with a loss, from moving on, to helping others throughout the process.

Dare to be Brave

Dare to be Brave
Author: Barbara Palacios
Publisher: Whitaker House
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1950604047

Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986, Miss Venezuela, and hailed by People en Español as one of the 25 most powerful and influential women of 2014, author and international speaker, opens her heart and shares memories and personal stories from her globe-trotting career as a public figure. Women want to know how to be a good mom, a good friend, a good wife, an excellent professional, and a woman of faith. The author fields questions about these roles all the time. Palacios uses each story as a stepping stone to teach about these topics. She also speaks to women about taboo subjects like domestic violence, facing failure, defending children from abortion, female leadership, and faith in God. The author chose the title of her book to tell women that they can and should dare to be brave and daring to defend values, principles, ethics, and virtues, and to unleash the potential of their talents. She also chose the title as a way of telling her reader, "Dare to discover who you are and be that woman, according to God's original design for you." Palacios wraps up the book by sharing the practices that have made her the woman she is, practices she hopes will help others. She addresses health, internal beauty, faith, and the leadership of entrepreneurial women. She closes the book by telling the story of founding her own organization, called Ser Mujer Líder y Emprendedora Está de Moda [Being a Female Entrepreneurial Leader Is in Vogue], and describing the conferences they have held since 2016 and that she hopes to take around the world soon. In this book, the author seeks to help women leave the past behind and focus on leaving their mark.

Be Brave, Be Strong

Be Brave, Be Strong
Author: Jill Homer
Publisher: Jill Homer
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2011-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1257658581

Jill Homer has an outlandish ambition: Racing a mountain bike 2,740 miles from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide. But her dream starts to unravel the minute she sets it in motion. An accident on the Iditarod Trail results in serious frostbite. She struggles with painful recovery and growing uncertainties. Then, just two days before their departure, her boyfriend ends their eight-year relationship, dismantling everything Jill thought she knew about life, love and her identity. This is the story of an adventure driven relentlessly forward as foundations crumble. During her record-breaking ride in the 2009 Tour Divide, Jill battles a torrent of anger, self-doubt, fatigue, loneliness, pain, grief, bicycle failures, crashes and violent storms. Each night, she collapses under the crushing effort of this savage new way of life. And every morning, she picks up the pieces and strikes out to find what lies on the other side of the Divide: Astonishing beauty, unconditional kindness, and boundless strength.

Amelia's Long Journey

Amelia's Long Journey
Author: John L. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780991544332

For John and Tricia Smith, life couldn't get any better. After years of waiting and praying, they were finally parents, gaining permanent custody of their adopted daughter. And then life couldn't get any worse.In Amelia¿s Long Journey, John tells of the joys of becoming a parent and raising a beautiful little girl, and the terror of almost losing her. With the skill of a journalist and the heart of father, John lovingly chronicles Amelia's life: her early carefree years, her chronic illnesses, the diagnosis of a cancerous brain tumor, the surgeries, the treatments, the remissions, the relapse, the recovery.In a series of heartwarming and heart-wrenching newspaper columns dedicated to Amelia, John L. Smith shares the nightmare his daughter has lived since she was eight years old, and the courage, the humor, and optimism she has shown throughout. Amelia's Long Journey is not only a story about a brave girl's fight against cancer, but a story about a precious little girl's love for life.

Crazy Brave: A Memoir

Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Author: Joy Harjo
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2012-07-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393083896

A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice.

Braving the Wilderness

Braving the Wilderness
Author: Brené Brown
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0812985818

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! “True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.” Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, MSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives—experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging. Brown argues that we’re experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, “True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that’s rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it’s easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it’s a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It’s a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.” Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, “The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it’s the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.”