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Survival. Hope. Renewal. These three simple words sum up Deborah Ellen Schneider’s life. Through this memoir of miraculous triumph, people suffering from disability, depression and abuse learn how to reclaim their lives.

In 1995, the driver of a two-ton New York City utility truck smashed into Deborah’s station wagon at 50 mph. Her head whipped back against the seat so violently that the headrest broke. The traumatic brain injury (TBI) she suffered reduced her mental abilities to that of a five-year-old child.

Years of chronic pain, debilitating dizziness and therapy followed. Simple tasks took monumental effort. The smallest things, like pulling her hair back into a ponytail, were impossible. As her marriage dissolved and her sons became her caregivers, she was trapped in a perpetual nightmare of post-traumatic stress and haunting childhood memories.

A rehab facility called Transitions and a host of neighbors, friends, family members and even strangers formed a lifeline to hope. With their help, Deborah fought to regain her independence. As she leaned on her faith and her long experience as a survivor, she began an amazing spiritual transformation. She could never be the person she was before the accident, however she reinvented her life and provides hope and inspiration for others.

 

            This is the second book in the Wind Dancing series. Deborah mines her experiences to address the six major issues that often lurk in people’s past: mistrust and abuse, subjugation of individual needs, abandonment, emotional deprivation, entitlement and unrelenting standards. Using her powerful techniques, readers break free of these emotional traps. They create strongholds within their own spirits and secure, balanced lives.

Anticipated release date: Spring 2011.

 

This practical guide to mastering the art of love starts with loving the self. Deborah grew up in an environment where she was taught to constantly berate and judge herself as unworthy. She carried those lessons into adulthood and drove herself constantly to higher levels of success. But nothing was ever enough. Only the impact of a speeding truck could shake her out of that world and into one of true security, real self-acceptance and the deep, abiding love taught by the Christian Bible.

 

            After Deborah remarried, she knew it was necessary to create a sense of harmony. Developing respect and friendship between families after a divorce can be difficult. In this book, Deborah offers guidance and tips on making the most of your blended family. She starts with the messiest step, the divorce itself, to help readers work through the negative feelings that are a natural part of the process. From there she moves readers to a truly loving place where a full house on the holidays always leads to a full heart.