Picking up the Pieces and Creating a Life I Love

By Stephanie C. Smalls

After going through difficult situations and feeling broken, you have to learn to find ways to navigate your new normal. You must discover yourself and love who you are while in the process, living in truth, health, and love.

In Picking Up the Pieces and Creating a Life I Love, author Stephanie C. Smalls shares her personal story of finding herself in a challenging and life-changing situation, a divorce. Combined with her experience as a certified, professional life coach, she offers tools and reminders of how one can navigate through the art of finding happiness while moving forward and learning about who you are and relying on the power you hold inside yourself.

This memoir reminds you there are times in life you feel shattered, but you possess the ability to transform. You don’t have to stay hurt or broken. You can choose what kind of life you want to pursue while valuing yourself and your journey. Ask yourself the following questions: What do your pieces consist of? Where do you draw strength from? How do you put those pieces back together to create a life you love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781982270384

Stephanie C. Smalls

Stephanie C. Smalls is a certified professional life coach who is deeply interested in personal growth and self-development. Her core competencies include a depth of emotional intelligence, learning agility, innate curiosity, respect for differences, and a willingness to be in service to others. She is self-motivated to contribute her best to whatever she pursues. With the gift of good insight into people and situations, she is a natural coach. As evidence of that fact, many people in her professional and personal life turn to her for a listening ear, to benefit from the provocative questions she asks, and to help them sort through and detangle complex challenges. Authentic, respectful, patient and present, people readily trust Stephanie. That trust creates space for candid, open dialogue, which is the quality of communication that supports clients in achieving life-changing breakthroughs. She specializes in authenticity and fulfillment, women’s empowerment, self-love and discovery, dating after divorce, mindset awareness, and growth goals. Visit her online at www.smallscoaching.com.

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Balboa Press rev. date:  07/21/2021

DEDICATION

To my mother and father – Veronica Smalls and Isaac Smalls – who have given me a life-long supply of love, support and laughter.

To my mentor – Teressa Moore Griffin – who encouraged and believed in me as a writer long before I did.

To everyone else – Love yourself and know that you are enough.

CONTENTS

The Broken Piece: Divorce

The Girlfriends Piece: Loyalty And Lack Thereof

The Healing Pieces: Therapy, Growth, Transformation

The Self-Discovery Pieces: Me, Myself, And I

The Dating Piece: Great Men!

The Love Piece: Unexpected And Open

The Happily Unmarried Piece: Joy And Fulfillment

The Wellness Piece: Whole Foods/Plant-Based Lifestyle

The Cathartic Pieces: Journaling, Meditation, Prayer

The Next Piece: Life Coaching Purpose

THE BROKEN PIECE

DIVORCE

O ur marriage had been in demolition mode for those last few years, until the end was finally imminent. Unhappiness, disappointment, and silence had been consistent guests in our home. I think most people want to hold on to what is familiar, what feels normal and morbidly safe, but when you open your mind and