Shattered to the Core
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Her mother's suicide. Thyroid cancer...followed by a preventive mastectomy. Alcoholism. Depression.
Valerie Walsh was Shattered to the Core. Within just a few years, she experienced such extraordinary loss, pain, and trauma that it seems miraculous she was able to make it to the other side. How did she make peace with her past and reclaim her future? In her candid memoir, Valerie reveals what it took for her to overcome her personal hardships and inner demons to live a healthy, productive, and inspired life. This raw, powerful work will bring you to tears-of both empathy and joy.
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Contents
Introduction, 1
Chapter One: Floating-May 30, 2013 5
Chapter Two: Like Mother, Like Daughter 11
Chapter Three: Knowledge Is Power 35
Chapter Four: Reality Bites 43
Chapter Five: My Lovely Lady Lumps 49
Chapter Six: Holidaze 59
Chapter Seven: Decisions, Decisions 71
Chapter Eight: Telling the Family 81
Chapter Nine: Preparing for Success 87
Chapter Ten: Physical Healing 109
Chapter Eleven: Human Love 145
Chapter Twelve: Physical Healing, Final Phase 157
Chapter Thirteen: History Repeats Itself 165
Chapter Fourteen: Epic Simplicity 173
Author Bio 179
Photos 181
