There was a time when I resented the teenager I used to be. I resented her for not following her dreams. I was angry with her for not standing up for herself. For allowing other people to make decisions about her life. For being so desperate to be loved and accepted that she slowly gave pieces of herself away. Then there was the twenty-something version of me. I carried suitcases full of shame for her. The drugs. The drinking. The cheating. The overeating. The relationships. The choices she...

I started writing my book more than twenty years ago. Back then, I thought I was ready to tell my story. But when I look back at what I wrote, I realize I was still stuck in blame. I could tell you what happened to me. I could tell you who hurt me and what they did. But I hadn't healed enough to understand how those experiences had shaped me, or how I continued carrying them into my own life. Over the next twenty years, life took me down paths I never could have imagined. There were divorces....

When you look around at the world today, it is easy to feel the weight of anger, division, and fear. Everywhere we turn, there are headlines, arguments, accusations, and stories that seem to pull humanity further apart. People stand on opposite sides of every issue, defending their ground with such intensity that compassion and understanding often get lost in the noise. Masculine versus Feminine Left versus Right Reality versus AI Truth versus Distortion paid for by the deepest pockets...