Tragedy to Triumph: Testimonies of Trauma and Spiritual Growth: Testimonies of
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This spiritual read will give you a glimpse into Dr. Fatima McCoy-Leonard's childhood as she outlines her experiences with childhood trauma and her astonishing journey to spiritual growth. Growing up in marginalized communities stricken with poverty without her mother and father and the console of a support system to help process her grief,
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Tragedy to Triumph - Fatima A. McCoy-Leonard
Copyright © 2023
Dr. Fatima A. McCoy-Leonard
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author/publisher.
Some names and identifying details have been changed, and pseudonyms have been used to protect the privacy of individuals.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188, USA. All rights reserved.
Book Cover Design: Prize Publishing House
Photography By: Annette Jones
Printed by: Prize Publishing House, LLC in the United States of America.
First printing edition 2023.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023910237
ISBN (Paperback): 979-8-9884324-0-1
ISBN (E-Book): 979-8-9884324-1-8
Pain, Sorrow, and Spiritual Healing
Testimonies of Trauma and Journey to Spiritual Healing to Inspire You to Persevere Through Your Circumstances
I challenge you to take one step forward at a time, eventually releasing altogether.
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Tragedy
Family Secrets and Mysteries
Mother’s Murder
The Sister’s Great Escape
Denial
Abandonment
Where Do I go from Here?
Let Downs and Disappointments
Enough Time Wasted: I Am Ready To Win
Spiritual Awakening: Joy in The Mourning
Renewed Faith
Unbreakable (Walking in Faith)
Epilogue
Scripture Summary
Songs of Inspiration
Reference
Dedication
I dedicate this book to God’s children who are struggling to move past their trauma and seeking direction. Perhaps you want redemption and do not know the steps to take or how to develop a relationship withGod. After reading my testimonies, I pray that you will be strengthened through Christ to overcome your past trauma that may seem paralyzing.
Foreword
I am humbled as this author’s Pastor and Spiritual Shepherd for nearly a decade to pen this message! I am honored to bless this impressive and impactful body of work!
The ills of our society have eroded our confidence in institutions of family, community, and faith-based organizations that have established our healthy being! The complexity and vicissitudes of this generation and those we are privileged to serve must be addressed effectively to obtain any relevance of solace. Whatever our chosen professions, careers, vocations, and pre-wired assignments, there are multilayered challenges, especially post-pandemic!
There is a void of authentic, organic, and transparent commentary on the deep-seated, often suppressed emotions of the residue of childhood and family trauma! An author of this caliber emerges with timely insights into areas of our fractured systems that we desire to disappear!
Courageously Dr. McCoy-Leonard shines a light on the crevices of her childhood trauma and its effects on our emotional stability and well-being. She details through systematic work how she overcomes and invites her readers to prescriptively to the same.
Her insight from years of dedicated work highlights how critical awareness is essential to developing holistic wellness. As stakeholders charged with creating a healthy space for our individual and collective potential future genius being cultivated!
This book details and describes some deep areas of productive examination to empower the reader for purposeful execution. She gleans from her varied experiences to candidly share through literature, scripture, and music in an antidotal way, not to ignore or dismiss the event but to process it in a way that makes it more beneficial and less obstructive.
It is sheer cathartic work as Dr. McCoy-Leonard chronicles episodes and meaningful events she has lived through and defines techniques for thriving through them, not just surviving them. It has been my learned experience that when trauma is faced,
internalizing its impact applying principles that evoke change