Unveiling the Secrets: An Encyclopedia by Women for Women (and Those Who Love Them)

by Cindy Urbanski, Shana Hartman (Editor)

Overview

"When women come together and have the courage to be vulnerable, magic happens."

~ Cindy Urbanski, co-editor

Readers can expect nothing short of magic in this new collection of stories, essays, poems, and musings written by women, for women. Those who identify as women, and the people who love them, will find real life depictions about many things often gone unspoken or only in secret, veiled ways in the lives of women. This collection of their stories aims to pull back the curtain and shine a light because the experiences of women matter. The authors hope you toggle seamlessly from a good knowing cry to a laugh out loud good time as you journey with us in our effort at Unveiling the Secrets. Editors and co-authors, Shana and Cindy, are excited to share the following amazing contributing authors...

Kristin Bowen

Taylor Edwards

Melisa Graham

Amanda Soesbee Kent

Mackenzie Urbanski Menon

Rachel C. Patterson

Tonya Reid

Karen Taylor

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781960892065
Publisher:	Synergy Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/18/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	140
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Shana is a former university English professor turned embodied writing coach. She helps heart-centered business owners and thought leaders share the core messages from their life and career experiences in powerful books by using an embodied writing approach that allows people to truly experience their transformative words. As a BodyMind Method© Coach, Shana supports folks in connecting with their inner truth and writing from that place (versus a set of external rules we think we should follow). Learn more about Shana and the books her clients publish at https://shanahartman.com and follow her on Instagram @shanahartman_.
Cindy is a mom of three, for now. (She solidly counts her son-in-law to be as one of her children and hopes to add more to the brood someday when her son finds his person). She loves cooking wholesome food, reading good books, traveling and being in the woods or near the water with her husband and children. She is the Lead Writing Coach for Synergy Publishing and a Yoga instructor, both occupations that tap into her super power of helping people love on themselves. Cindy is fearlessly accepting, wildly authentic, persistently truthful, and relentlessly kind. Connect with her on Instagram: @zen_by_u.

Table of Contents

Foreword ......................................................................................1

A. Astounded ............................................................................. 3

B. Brain Damage ....................................................................... 5

C. Call Me Mama .................................................................... 13

D. Death Becomes Her ............................................................ 17

E. Evoking Partnership ............................................................ 25

F. Freedom .............................................................................. 29

G. Grudges ............................................................................... 33

H. Mind Your Own Hair Business ........................................... 37

I. Issues ................................................................................... 43

J. Just Don't Leave Me Behind ............................................... 47

K. Kindred ............................................................................... 49

L. Letter to Brooke .................................................................. 53

M. Moving on from Mother ..................................................... 55

N. Normalizing the Unconventional ........................................ 63

O. That Old Time Religion ..................................................... 69

P. Period Is Just the Beginning ................................................ 75

Q. Quintessential Courage ....................................................... 77

R. Restoration ......................................................................... 81

S. Suicidal Tendencies ............................................................. 93

T. Tags ................................................................................... 103

U. Untethering ....................................................................... 105

V. Voice .................................................................................. 109

W. What. Not Who. ................................................................ 117

X. X'd Out: Hindsight is 2020 ............................................... 119

Y. Yes! .................................................................................... 125

Z. Zenith ................................................................................ 133

Meet the Authors .....................................................................135

Acknowledgments & An Invitation ..........................................139