Raw & Real: How to Live Your Best Life

By Samantha J.

Raw -N- Real, “How to Live Your Best Life” is a book that Samantha J felt was needed for a lot of us to move forward in life and be happy doing it. She talks about different people who have dealt with many things in life and learned to bounced back to ensure they could now “Live their best life.”
We all have problems with many upsets of life. Samantha will discuss everything from Divorce, Acceptance, Abuse, Depression and Forgiveness. There are so many people that have had the worst past and end up creating the best future by simply learning to forgive their past life experiences and move on. You will learn how your strength can be your breaking point for a wholesome life and how to become a true survivor. You will see through her chapters things you can give up on in order to get up on a new level of life. With painful honesty and fearless truth, she will unveil the process of healing in order to move in a direction of peace. She encourages, entertains and even kicks a little butt to convince and give you the confidence to become the confident man or woman that you’re designed to be.
Samantha will share how to change your focus and energy, not fighting the old but building a new you. With unflinching faith and tenacity, The RAW -N- REAL , “How to Live Your Best Life” gives you passion and grace about life without giving up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728331478

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© 2019 Samantha J. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Published by AuthorHouse  10/14/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-3148-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-3147-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019916144

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Contents

Biography

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Introduction

Chapter 1     Indifferent Life

Chapter 2     Selfie

Chapter 3     Unhappy Place

Chapter 4     Suicidal Mindset

Chapter 5     Death Do Us Part

Chapter 6     Family Resentment

Chapter 7     Acceptance

Chapter 8     Embracing The Baggage

Chapter 9     Your Truth

Chapter 10   Living Truth

Chapter 11   Children

Chapter 12   Abuse

Chapter 13   Depression

Chapter 14   Forgiveness

Chapter 15   Live Your Best Life

Biography

Samantha is originally from the Low Country of South Carolina, raised partly in Early Branch, SC. She has lived in many states, and now resides in Tucson, Arizona. Samantha is married and has one son and five bonus children.

Samantha is a certified Life Coach, helping people change their lives one day at a time.

Samantha is the author of other books in which she has been writing for over ten years, such as: The Women Cheater, Stepping out of Hell with High Heels On and Toxic Side Effects.

Samantha attended the University of South Carolina studying Criminal Justice and worked in the Law Enforcement field for over thirteen years. She went on to pursue her education at Kenneth Shuler’s Hair School of Design and became a licensed cosmetologist and a beauty consultant. Samantha continued her education at American InterContinental University, where she received a degree in Business Management. She has now been employed with a Telecommunications Company for sixteen years. She is very active in building up women and men to become all they can be. She enjoys cooking and traveling. Her motto is: Living life and loving it. Samantha is a public speaker and travels giving inspirational insight to life.

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my best friend and my world, God. Your spirit has been there from day one and has never let go. I thank you God, my lord and savior for being my protector and allowing me to live life and understand no matter what, you are always there to pick me up.

Acknowledgment

First, I would like to thank God for allowing me to make this my seventh project. Two which are anthropologies. I thank him for allowing me opportunities I would not have had without him.

My husband, James, my ride or die who’s always down like four flat tires. I love you babes and thank you for nine years of growth. I thank God for putting you in my life when he did. Thank you for being my best friend.

To my mother, Apostle Ruby Martin, thanks for teaching me and allowing me to understand who God is and what my purpose in life was about.

To my father, Morris Orrs, even though we are getting to know each other it’s been a blast and I thank God for bringing you in my life. God’s timing is always on time.

To my family members that I love so much and have been so supportive; Shanta’, Sholanda and Annette, with cousins like these, what more could a girl ask for. Thank you all for your continuous support. To my cousin, but like my sister, Cynthia Copland you have been there when I needed you the most. Thank you for being my big sister and most of all my backbone. You have never let me down and have always had my back. I love you.

To Evette Elder, Bernice Mitchell, Rasheba Major, Charlene Zeigler, Tabitha Jeffcoat, Camille Brewer Williams and Kisha Mayshack you are my ride or die chicks and the sisters I never had. You have given me so much encouragement, when I wanted to stop and did not want to move forward you ladies have always been on my side and I love you for it.

To all of my children that I have had a part in your lives, thank you for allowing me to be a light in your life. No matter if I birthed you or not, you are all the loves of my life and I wish nothing but joy as you are now adults and I know God has you all.

To Susane G. Bloomfield, a special thank you for the editing of this book.

To Corretta Doctor my friend and agent thank you so much for your guidance in all I go out to do. You are the best.

To all my readers, thank you for your dedication, and I will continue to bring more to you!

Smooches and love you all!

Samantha J.

Introduction

We have all had problems with many burdens in our lives and moving forward can be difficult at times. It’s painful to think about it most of the time. You sit back and wonder, how did I get through it all? You realize that we all must go through it for God to bring you to it. Blessings come your way and it’s senseless to think that we ignore it due to so many things running in our minds daily, so we don’t see it.

Today in society people are committing suicide, having failed relationships, drug addiction, and lost