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From Unspoken Trauma to Unbreakable Spirit: Delicia Niami's Journey from Kidnapping to Self-Love

Persistence U with Lizbeth

English - November 08, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
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Being kidnapped as a child by her father and taken to Iraq from America was just the beginning for Delicia Niami.Trauma followed her into early adulthood, through bullying, molestation, and assaults, yet she never considered herself to be an abuse victim.The memories  sometimes flooded her, uninvited and with perfect recall, until Delicia knew it that it had to stop.After much and varied healing work, Delicia is today the author of Kissing Asphalt: The  Courageous True Story of One Child's Unbreakable Spirit—From Kidnapping & Abuse to Self-Love.Connect with Delicia at kissingasphalt.com and learn more about her book series.
You will learn:

Writing about  difficult memories can provide the distance and perspective needed to successfully incorporate them into our lives without shame.

Breaking out of trauma's silence and secrecy changes not only our lives, but has a ripple effect around us.

Undertaking any huge event like authoring a book is best done in community through conferences, critique groups, and other means of accountability.

Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR
Buy Lizbeth a Coffee
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being kidnapped as a child by her father and taken to Iraq from America was just the beginning for Delicia Niami.

Trauma followed her into early adulthood, through bullying, molestation, and assaults, yet she never considered herself to be an abuse victim.

The memories  sometimes flooded her, uninvited and with perfect recall, until Delicia knew it that it had to stop.
After much and varied healing work, Delicia is today the author of Kissing Asphalt: The  Courageous True Story of One Child's Unbreakable Spirit—From Kidnapping & Abuse to Self-Love.


Connect with Delicia at kissingasphalt.com and learn more about her book series.


You will learn:


Writing about  difficult memories can provide the distance and perspective needed to successfully incorporate them into our lives without shame.
Breaking out of trauma's silence and secrecy changes not only our lives, but has a ripple effect around us.
Undertaking any huge event like authoring a book is best done in community through conferences, critique groups, and other means of accountability.


Lizbeth’s links

Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE

OR

Buy Lizbeth a Coffee

Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!

Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.

Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices