Letters to the Brokenhearted: Woman-to-Woman Advice on Refocusing, Rebuilding, and Reloving

Take a quick glance over your shoulder. Odds are, at least one of those women standing behind you has been brokenhearted for years--raising kids, running businesses, even playing the field--all with the burden of the past still hanging on their shoulders. Or is that woman you? We ladies hide it well because we believe we have to. Whether our hearts were broken recently or years ago, many of us struggle with trust, new relationships, and how we see ourselves. We don't have to be brokenhearted anymore. We can embrace lives that enable us to fully trust, fully love, and fully live. "Letters to the Brokenhearted" speaks passionately to the woman in need of a strategy to finally heal, stay strong, and take her life to the next level by: Refocusing on the strengths in her life; Rebuilding what has been damaged; and Reloving with a new purpose. After all...this is your life, right? It's time to start loving it!

About the cover design: Kintsugi is a Japanese art that beautifully illustrates the powerful transformation of going from heartbreak to healing. It is the craft of using gold to repair and rebuild broken pottery pieces that become repurposed art pieces that represent the beauty of renewal. Our broken pieces, our flaws, and our imperfections imbued with beauty and purpose, are worthy of being pieced together with gold. Kintsugi finds beauty in our scars and reminds us that the process of healing enables us to create an even greater, even more unique, even more beautiful, and a wildly more resilient version of ourselves.

About the Author
Larde, Pamela A.: - Pamela is an associate professor of qualitative research and higher education at Mercer University, a fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and a certified life coach. She holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, a master's degree in College Student Affairs from Azusa Pacific University, and a Ph.D. in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service from Cardinal Stritch University. Her research focuses on interpersonal relationships, self-motivation, inspiration, resilience, and post-traumatic growth. She facilitates speaking engagements and training sessions for audiences across the country. Additionally, she has written three books, has contributed chapters to scholarly publications, and presents her research extensively for national and international audiences.