Stephanie strickland Writer/Author

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FINDING PEACE WITHIN

Is a story about a woman who started out as a confident, free spirited, self-assured little girl, who was curious about life, but whose spirit was broken. I will share how I looked to others for love and for my worth. Finally, I will share about the day I found the courage to stand up for myself and take back my life. Leaving a relationship where I was mistreated and devalued.

 

Finding Peace Within is my story of becoming the strong, fierce, and unapologetic woman whose faith in God is unyielding.

 

My prayer is that the person reading this book will be inspired and enlightened. I pray that by reading this book, you will be reminded that you are born with everything you need. Your strength and your worth are already inside of you. I hope that this book will help you reconnect with your personal power and love of self, and that you know that you were born perfectly blessed.

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Finding Peace Within is a sure tool to encourage victims of domestic abuse to find the strength to walk in their own peace. Strickland didn't hold back. She tells a candid, transparent story of the ups and downs of years of abuse. Many times, throughout the book, I could tangibly sense her pain. I was there with her in every vivid description of her tears, through the turmoil she experienced as she rehearsed the verbal attacks over and over in her mind, and with every shattering blow that left her for dead. This means I was also there when she garnered the will to say, "Enough is enough!" After walking through every detail of those pages with Strickland, it was a joy to close the book with peace, knowing she'd found her own. If I, someone who's never experienced abuse, can feel this way, I can only imagine what this book will do for someone who knows it firsthand.
-Lantha Ussin

Who this book is for

Through my story, I hope that others, going through similar experiences can gain the insight, support, and courage they need to leave and create a better life for themselves. There is always a way out, and the way out will lead you back to yourself and not only will you find peace within but also learn to only accept the love you deserve. The person reading this book will learn how to reconnect with their personal power and love of self.

Benefits

  • To empower women to seek the love they deserve
  • Encourage women to find their purpose and walk in their greatness
  • To help women survive and overcome abuse
  • To show women how to walk by faith
  • I want women to see and know what abuse looks like
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How often do we stay in relationships that don’t line up with the love we know we deserve? “All too often,” says first time author, advocate and domestic abuse survivor, Stephanie Strickland. But even in the bleakest of situations, Strickland believes there is a way out, a way to get back to ourselves and a way to find the peace we need to, not only survive, but to heal and be made whole. 

In her debut release Finding Peace Within, Dallas, Texas native Strickland, shares her gripping journey of love and abuse and her triumph over it all. She relives her struggles as a teenage mother, high school drop-out and survivor of domestic violence while fighting to find a better life for her and her sons. With some serious self-reflection, deep-rooted faith and a little mixed martial arts, Strickland breaks down the strongholds in her life and makes it through to the other side. 

Today, Strickland is an advocate for women, and believes in sharing her story to reach others who may be living the life she now has peace from. She wants her readers to remove the masks they wear daily, causing them to hide their truth. In Finding Peace Within, Strickland teaches women how to break the cycle of insecurity and inspires us to fight for the life God has promised us by sharing our stories of overcoming with others.

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I like the honesty and openness from the author. It’s her story and glad she is sharing to help other women step away or fight back.
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Stephanie is very candid about her story. This will be a blessing to anyone who is in an abusive relationship and broken or to someone trying to support an abused person
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I read the entire book in one sitting! It grabbed my attention and held my interest until the last line. This book was real, uplifting, and provided a clear picture of what bravery, self-forgiveness, rebuilding, and healing looks like. – Eat.Sleep.-Read.
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The Christian Literary Award 2023 Nominee

Finding Peace Within was nominated for the 2023 Christian Literary Awards!

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PEACE WITHIN

“When you can tell the story and it doesn’t bring you any pain, you know you have been healed”–Iyanla Vanzant” –

            When someone suggested I write a book and tell my story, I quickly said no to the idea. No way am I going to share with the world my secrets and my deepest fears. No way was I going to reveal that the image I presented to the world was fake and a lie. I never wanted anyone to know about my struggles with low self-worth and with no love for self. To the outside world, I was the woman who had it all together. I had a big house, nice cars and the perfect marriage, but what appeared on the surface was far from reality. I had spent years protecting this image the world saw, and that image was important to me. Now I was being asked to remove the façade, and that scared me to death. The fear of people knowing that as a young girl, I had sex, experimented with drugs and alcohol to suppress the unloved and unwanted feelings that were living inside of me was eating away at my soul. What would people think of me once they knew about my suicidal thoughts? Everyone knew I had kids, but how were they going to react when they read I became a mother at the age of 14, at 17, again at 21 and that I also had an abortion. I would be sharing with the world secrets I had kept from my family and only just begun to have the courage to talk about with my therapist. I would have to write about the volatile relationship I had with my mother that involved verbal and sometimes physical abuse that left me confused, lost, and feeling unloved. I thought about how this would affect my mother and our relationship now. It wasn’t perfect, but at least we could be around each other. I thought about the embarrassment I’d feel knowing that people would read that the man I fell in love with was abusive, controlling, jealous and possessive. That he saw me as his property and used me as his punching bag, and I stayed in this marriage for over 20 years. Everyone would know that my marriage was an illusion and how this relationship left me dry emotionally, physically, and spiritually broken. But the seed had been planted. The more I tried to convince myself that I should not write a book, the more God showed me that I needed to write a book. Every time I would overcome an obstacle, conquer a fear, or show myself some love, I would hear this voice inside me saying, “your story matters.” Still, my fears of everyone knowing my past overwhelmed me. Was I really ready for this? Was I ready to share my deepest secrets? Was I ready to be transparent? Was I ready to be judged? After some long sleepless nights, a lot of praying, meditation and some deep conversations with my therapist, I concluded I was. After years of not knowing my worth, loathing my existence, I had finally found peace with the person I saw in the mirror. It had taken a lot of courage for me to grow up and take self-ownership. I am no longer ashamed of my past. I finally know that I am valuable. It had taken me fifty years to learn that. Through God, and my circle, I have finally learned the greatest lesson in life: I am  worthy and my life is significant.

            Peace Within is a story about a woman who started out as a confident, free spirited, self-assured little girl, who was curious about life, but whose spirit was broken. I am going to share how I looked to others for love and for my worth. Finally, I will share about the day I found the courage to stand up for myself and take back my life. Leaving a relationship where I was mistreated and devalued.

            Peace Within is my story of becoming the strong, fierce, and unapologetic woman whose faith in God is unyielding.

Am I still concerned with what people will think? No. I’ve spent most of my life worrying about what people think. There is no peace in searching for approval from others. Peace comes from within.

            My prayer is that the person reading this book will be inspired and enlightened. I pray that by reading this book, you will be reminded that you are born with everything you need. Your strength and your worth are already inside of you. In the book “A Course in Miracles” by Helen Schulman and William Thetford, it says, “you are the representation of how people should treat you.” In other words, the way you treat yourself is how others will treat you.

            I hope that this book will help you reconnect with your personal power and love of self, and that you know that you were born perfectly blessed.

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