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Rooted HEIR shares your story of self-discovery and healing from your past traumas and abuse while helping others start the healing process. Why was this an important book for you to write?
I didn’t start with the intention of writing a book my intention was to heal. I knew that I had to stop running, and get completely honest with myself. I had to allow myself to remember, to feel every emotion that either I couldn’t at the time or had suppressed, and to tell what was true to me. I had to tell myself my own story. Writing became an intracule part of my healing process. I couldn’t help but wish that I had someone or something to shed light and guide me while going through all the difficult moments that life was preparing me for. I began to see how this was so much bigger than just me. It pushed me to go deeper, be more transparent, to be as authentic as I possibly could be so that my readers knew I could feel them, I could see them, and I could hear them, because I was them. If by chance somehow Rooted HEIR made it into their lives I wanted them to be empowered and inspired. To know that they matter, their stories matter, and together we can redefine and heal.
I appreciated the candid nature with which you told your story. What was the hardest thing for you to write about?
The whole process was emotionally hard but the most freeing thing I have ever done. There were countless times I wanted to quit and say forget it but the calling was too great. If I had to choose just one thing, I would say the most difficult part to write about was not about what was done to me but the realizations that came to me when holding up the mirror and looking at myself. It is easy to blame the actions of others for why our behaviors may be a certain way, the hard part is getting completely honest with ourself to see where we need to take responsibility. The cleansing the roots to bare good fruit. I had only wished it didn’t take me over 20 years to start the process.
What is one piece of advice someone gave you that changed your life?
“Healing is not leaner my dear, it is an everyday journey.”
What do you hope is one thing readers take away from your story?
Things are not always what they appear to be and we just never know who is dealing with what no matter how it looks on the outside. I truly hope my readers can walk away inspired to continue their healing journey with hope remembering to JKG. We just never know who’s testimony can be someone else’s survival guide.
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Trauma f*ucking sucks! There is nothing gentle, pretty, or rosy about it! Its painful, dark, and lonely. Rooted HEIR is a vivid and transparent memoir that takes you on one woman’s journey of suffering, self-discovery, and forgiveness.
In a span of three days the illusion bubble burst. Christina finds herself sitting in a dark room feeling so small and insignificant. She has a choice to make, more of the same or change. After more than two decades of avoiding the painful truth, running from herself, and pretending it was time to drop the shackles of shame.
Have you ever asked yourself, who am I, when you strip away the titles and roles that you’ve been defined by? Well, she did, and she didn’t have a clue. She needed to hold up the mirror, grab the shovel, and start unearthing the traumas that held her freedom. But where do you start? …At the beginning.
In her own words Christina reveals the most intimate parts of her life from the childhood abuses to her own self-destructive ways, and the lessons she has learned along the way. Rooted HEIR is a courageous story filled with the voice of brutal honesty. Her voice that was silenced so many times now can be heard in hopes that others will know they too can speak. Let’s heal, be empowered, be inspired, and redefine our lives. THE TIME IS NOW!
Rooted HEIR
Rooted HEIR by Christina Somera is a memoir focusing on the traumas and events of Christina’s life and her path to understanding and healing from them. Starting on her childhood and the abuse she experienced that later put a wrench in her relationship with her mother and children, Christina acknowledges the unresolved feelings she’s been burying over the years. Yet, sharing her thoughts and feelings about each chapter of her life continues to bring her closer to the woman she wants to be.
Scared of becoming her mother and her family falling apart, Christina does everything she can to keep her family together but, in the process, grows distant from her kids, struggling to form the relationship she lacked growing up. Constantly seeking validation and love from men, Christina repeatedly tries to fill a hole she’s had since childhood. Rather than taking the time to love herself, she does everything she can to get the men in her life to love her or find new men to love her. All of these struggles Christina goes through are part of the journey she shared in this inspirational book.
From the first page to the last, this book wrapped itself around my heart. It was absolutely inspirational. Christina’s story is a heavy one; after all that she has been through, the steps she took to heal are genuinely unique. I loved this book so much; I don’t often give a 5/5, but Rooted HEIR deserves it. As Christina shares the events of her life and the trials she overcame, she inspires others to heal. I love that there are so many lessons we can take away from this book, the most important to me being that you can’t give something you don’t have for yourself. You can’t properly love or be loved until you love yourself first. Forgiveness and healing are a journey; neither can be rushed, and neither should be put on hold.
Christina’s book is not only well written, but it is empowering and inspirational. Yes, her story is an emotional rollercoaster, but her words prove the steps she took to overcome her past and show her strength. This book is eye-opening because you never know what people are going through, even if they’re smiling. This book definitely has sensitive topics: physical abuse, emotional abuse, rape, and suicide. However, they are all raw truths about Christina’s life that took a lot of strength for her to reminisce and process, reflecting on her strength and courage and inspiring others to keep going.
Rooted HEIR is an intensely emotional memoir about survival and learning to thrive after abuse and trauma. Christina’s story is as inspirational as it is heartbreaking. Through all the trauma, she has found who she really is and is learning to thrive and sharing this message with others so they too can break free from their shells and be who they are meant to be.
Pages: 155 | ASIN : B0BGCS3NHR
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