Nicole Sheppard

Finding Your Voice Amid the Trauma and Drama of Everyday Life Nicole Sheppard

As a woman, I find myself being a virtual hat rack. I wear so many different hats and each one demands more than the last. I'm a wife, mother, aunt, sister, mentor and friend. Those are just some of the hats that I wear and each one demands a significant amount of time effort and engagement. Due to my having to wear so many different hats I often have lost my own voice and authenticity in the process. This book was written to women everywhere regarding the drama, trauma and comma in their lives. Over the last decade I found myself increasingly swallowed up in the landscape of my life. As a mother, so much of my time is spent making sure that my children get a correct and right start in life. That means checking homework, mentoring each one so that they can become the powerful person they were designed and born to be. As a wife I've been supportive of my husband's practice, his career, and his masculine needs. As a female in general there are requirements that we find ourselves forced to follow. This book is not meant to bemoan or complain about the fact that being a female requires all these different hats. Rather it is a celebration of all of those hats and a blueprint of how to wear them and still maintain your authentic voice. In the midst of all the hats that I wear, the one that I seem to leave in the closet most often than not is the one called me. My voice had gotten lost in the shuffle of having to speak and address all the needs that surround me. This book was written for me to find my voice and at the same time help you to identify and accept your own voice.