This show ended up turning into more then I had origionally planned. My life took a turn for the unexpected the night before this show was on and I was an emotional mess, but with the wonderful, loving guidance of our guest speaker and my online friends and listeners I was able to see what I needed to do.

This show is very powerful, for those that know me as upbeat, happy and all around energetic it might surprise you to hear me sad and scared…but this show did what is was meant to do it helped me heal from a scary situation and I hope that it helps someone else as well.

Diane Terregan is a wonderful poet who turn some of her painful moments as well as joyful moments into a wonderful expression of creativity in her new poem book.

Diane , is author and a woman business owner for over 15 years! And wrote a self help divorce book for women. The book is primarily about financial independence in preparation for divorce, relationship issues and many more of the prickly problems surrounding the topic of divorce.

Diane’s newest publication is her poem book. You can read more about Diane and purchase her books at http://www.firewalkerpublications.com

I am grateful for where I have been,
Where I am going,
For the process it took to get here,
For the trials, the learning,
Even the pain.

I am grateful for the loneliness and the fear,
That led me to discover what I had inside.
Grateful for the strength, the power,
For the beauty that is in me.

I am grateful to those who went before me,
And stood up to make a difference
So that my experience was more bearable.

I want to be part of the solution,
So that other women’s lives will be blessed.
That women down the road will be better off
Because of how I dealt with my experiences.

The circle goes around,
And I want to be a part of that circle.
If other women have an easier road because of the work I have done,
Then the past and the pain will have served a purpose.

~~Sharilee Guest, 2003

Sharilee Guest
Founder, AmericaTakingAction.com National Education Network
Founding President, Bookwise
Winninginthemargins.com (Use passkey: freedom)
Consultant, Simply Fun
Distributor, That’s A Wrap
Affiliate, Bare Foot Books
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Healing is a process.
There is no end.
I peel off layers like the skin of an onion.
Just as I reach “the end” something happens
To remind me that I have room to grow and progress.
A purpose, a goal.

Healing involves friends, family, God, self
Agencies, tears, books, tragedies,
9-11, deadly weekends in Salt Lake City.
All are opportunities to revisit
The horror and violence of my past,
To maneuver through another piece of the process,
To come through stronger than I was before.

Healing is progressing to peace without forgetting the pain.
I hope I will always cry when I hear the cries of other women.
To travel back with them, to feel their pain,
Not from sympathy, but from empathy,
From having been there.

Healing is the peace of coming to terms with my past;
Forgiving myself for staying, for not leaving sooner.
For marrying him in the first place.

Healing is learning to set boundaries in healthy ways,
In knowing that some will lie about me,
But in being able to let go and let God.

Healing is the calm, the peace;
I am ENOUGH!
The joy of having my children
The relationships we have created.
Knowing that my children and I are enough!
Our home is enough!
We are MORE than enough!

Healing is the music, the magic, the peace,
The beauty, the calm, the thrill,
The ease with myself and where I am,
And who I am becoming.

~~Sharilee Guest, 2003

Sharilee Guest
Founder, AmericaTakingAction.com National Education Network
Founding President, Bookwise
Winninginthemargins.com (Use passkey: freedom)
Consultant, Simply Fun
Distributor, That’s A Wrap
Affiliate, Bare Foot Books
Come Hang Out at Yuwie!!
7 Great Lies of Network Marketing
Successful Network Marketing