“Suicide haunts you as something to hide, something to be ashamed of, something that keeps reminding you that your family is damaged, scarred . . . Its a dark, ugly secret that you dont want to share.”
From bestselling author and self-help guru Lucinda Bassett, comes an intimate and empowering memoir. A few years ago, Bassetts husband and business partner, David, committed suicide after an agonizing years struggle with mental illness. Lucinda and her children were devastated. Unbelievably, within just a few months of his death, she lost her brother, and then her mother. And to add to the overwhelming anguish she was already experiencing, Lucinda was then forced to sell her business during an economic downturn. In this gripping account, Bassett digs deep inside herself to uncover the patterns of guilt, blame, anger, and shame she experienced throughout her life, and how they resurfaced and related to these horrific and painful recent tragedies. Her remarkable story is one of complete and candid intimacy, personal introspection, courage, pain, perseverance, and, ultimately, healing.
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Founder and former CEO of the Midwest Center For Stress and Anxiety, Lucinda Bassett is a nationally acclaimed motivational speaker and bestselling author of
The Solution (Sterling),
From Panic to Power (Harper Collins), and
Life Without Limits (Harper Collins in hardcover; William Morrow in paper). Her life-changing techniques for conquering anxiety and depression have been shared with a variety of major corporations such as AT&T and Mc Donalds, and professional associations such as LPGA and the AIDS Foundation, as well as many educational institutions. She has appeared on hundreds of national radio and television programs including
Oprah!,
The View,
Live with Regis and Kelly, and
Robert Schullers Hour of Power. Bassett and her emotional wellness solutions have been featured in a variety of high-profile publications including
Health,
Family Circle,
Cosmopolitan, and the
Journal of Clinical Psychology.