"A resource for survivors of emotional and sexual abuse that offers practical steps to self-mastery and healing"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Childhood -- Adulthood -- Employment -- Parenthood -- How to begin the journey of self-empowerment -- The paralysis of fear -- Self-mastery -- Self-esteem -- Analyze to change -- Controlling emotions by understanding the brain -- Bringing it all together -- Physical -- Human relations -- Emotional/mental wellness -- Financial survival -- Money: making it -- Managing it -- Spending it -- Shelter -- Food -- Utilities -- Clothes -- Children's clothes -- Shopping -- High priced stores vs. economy priced stores -- Credit cards -- Knowledge saves money -- Save it -- Invest it -- Reality check -- Conclusion -- How "a wallflower no more" got her name -- References -- Power and control wheel -- Resources.