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    A Journey to Self-Love: Growing from Abusive Relationships
    A Journey to Self-Love: Growing from Abusive Relationships
    A Journey to Self-Love: Growing from Abusive Relationships
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    A Journey to Self-Love: Growing from Abusive Relationships

    By White Gerbra

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    A Journey to Self-Love is a love story about a very sensitive girl, Sylvia, who grew up feeling lost and unloved by her parents, while also struggling to cope with their abusive relationship at home. In her teenage years, she meets Lesley, the love of her life, who soon just seems to mirror back how she really feels about love and herself. Her life then turns into a rollercoaster of mixed emotions, love, adultery, and near-death experiences. Read how she grew strong from a life where at some point, death seemed as her only option. This book is full of life lessons from growing out of abusive relationships into stronger self-confidence, inner peace, and self-love, all based on a true story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateSep 14, 2016
    ISBN9781504344692
    A Journey to Self-Love: Growing from Abusive Relationships
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    White Gerbra

    White Gerbra is a living example of nurturing love and inner peace. She has a BSc degree in tourism and is a certified angel card reader and trainer. Listening, understanding, and feeling what people mean is her greatest gift. She frequently guides others into a state of love and peace.

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      A Journey to Self-Love - White Gerbra

      Copyright © 2015 White Gerbra.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Balboa Press

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5043-4468-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5043-4469-2 (e)

      Balboa Press rev. date: 09/14/2016

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      Contents

      Dedications

      How it all started

      Growing up and falling in love

      The secret love for my best friend

      Handling a stormy relationship

      Ignoring relationship red flags

      Dying before letting go

      How to choose what is best for you

      Love is the bridge between you and everything

      -Rumi-

      Dedications

      For the source of higher consciousness who inspired me to share my message with the world.

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      How it all started

      M y name is Sylvia, I was born in a family of 3 children, where I was the first child of my parents. I had a younger sister and brother.

      I grew up having a very joyful time with my brother and sister. We lived in the rural areas and my parents had a beautiful large farm, where we could enjoy nature at its best. I loved wandering in nature, looking for singing birds and unique flowers. I could sit under a tree for hours and watch the branches dance on the rhythm of the wind. Whenever I felt unhappy or frustrated, I could escape into nature, followed by my loyal and best friends, my beloved dogs. I could talk with them for hours and they would always give me that innocent and loving look, as if they could really understand me and felt compassion for my situation. This would calm me down immediately in case I was upset. After my wilderness therapy, yes that is how I called it, I could go home again, feeling strong, centered and completely in harmony with my life and the people around me.

      But suddenly, there came a time when things at home started to change. My Parents could not get along with each other anymore, and fights between them were beginning to occur more frequently. At first I thought that this was just a stressful period for them, because they had some sudden financial issues. I thought that things would change back soon, just as they were before. But things did not get better, the opposite happened, things got worse. My parents were often fighting right in front of us. But moreover, involving us in their fights, asking us to pick a party. This pressure of being asked to choose between the two people you love the most in your live, was killing me. I could not choose a side, because I loved both my parents very much, and I wanted them both to love me back also. So whenever this happened, I just sat there silently, but in my mind screaming for help, asking them to stop, just stop! It is hard for a child to digest fights between their parents, for most of the times they do not understand why this is happening and feel so powerless for not being able to solve this problem, frequently resulting in self blame. Children are also more open to feel love or fear, for they are like sponges, absorbing every energy that is around them. The best thing to do as a parent is not to fight in front

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