Taking My Life Back: 9 Week Study Workbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481812979)

CROSSOVER FROM VICTIM OF LIFE TO SURVIVOR Learn about one girl's journey of survival and then start your own! In 1989, a father molested his little girl. She was nine years old. This molestation would continue for the next two years. Additionally, this child would be raped three times by three other men. Each violation would take more and more of her identity and self-worth. In her self-titled book, Sophia I'm Back, she says, "By the age of sixteen, I felt like a washed up rag. I felt like - what else!" BUT there was an underlying strength that God had given her to overcome the unimaginable: having parents who were on drugs, being homeless and being pregnant at 15 years old. With a strength that comes only from God, she had a shear determination to defy the odds and stereotypes to become a SURVIVOR and Champion for Success. After watching a documentary on Oprah Winfrey, she realized they had similar pasts. At that moment she said, "If Oprah can decide not to allow her past to dictate her future, then I refuse to be another statistic." From then on, Sophia was propelled into her true destiny...being an inspiration and role model for other women and children to follow. Her critically acclaimed book, Sophia I'm Back, is filled with remedies for past hurts, disappointments, abuse, loneliness and guilt. It tackles many of the myths surrounding sexual abuse and provides the FACTS that every parent and person should know. Those who feel as if their past or current circumstances have kept them bound will find this woman's journey a true inspiration for all ages, genders and demographics. As she so elegantly states in her speeches and travels all over the United States, "The sky is NOT the limit," Sophia A Strother has dedicated her life to empowering others to live, love and laugh.