Breaking The Ties That Bind You

By Sharon O'Maley

We often stay bound up with ropes and chains that keep us trapped in negative behaviors, toxic relationships and history driven reactions when someone ticks us off.  You do not have to stay stuck in places you hate and then feel powerless.  It takes time, as I have found true in my life, but those ties that bind us do start to fray and snap in the end if we use a few tools consistently.  This is not a book with all the answers but it is a book of some of my experiences and techniques I've learned in the process. Are you looking for freedom like I was a few years ago when I walked away from a cultish religious organization. My journey continues as freedom is intoxicating after you start breaking ties that open up that sphere of freedom. 

 

It is not about being perfect in your eyes or in others eyes but it is about developing new strategies to stand strong for what is best for you in particular situations. "Today there may be one key, one strategy, one mindset or one promise to make to yourself that will unlock the door to your freedom." I am learning new things as I continue on this journey and am excited to share as much as I can with you, my reader because it is no fun living behind bars in the darkness.  "Many times, we need time to form the new before the old breaks loose and breaks loose for good, not for just one month."  But let me tell you that the pursuit of freedom will take you to places that will surprise you.  You do not have to miss out on this adventure.

 

First you must "Identify the Target" that you want to learn how to adjust, reformat and do better at.  That is the title of the first chapter because that is a must be if your journey is successful. The 2nd chapter is just as important. You must "Personalize the Decision to Change" so the journey will yield results that bring sunshine and freedom. Chapter 3 will explain the "unmagic" of the 21-day challenge but it also is effective and approached with consistency. The 21-day approach has to be done with a sense of finality because day 22 does not  mean back to old habits. Chapter 4 is scary because "Recovery May Be Messy" as we delve into the ties that have us bound up. 

 

A self-help book like "Breaking The Ties That Bind You" would not be complete without addressing the role of forgiveness in the journey we plot out so we can be better. But you may be surprised at the angle I approach forgiveness from.  This chaper is worth the entire book. Lastly, as the ties break and snap for good, you may find the need to recraft the code you live by. We will talk together about how to rehone your code crafting skills. 

 

Add this book to your must read this year then pass it on to your inner circle of friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sharon O'Maley
• Release date: Aug 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223235231

Sharon O'Maley

Sharon Finch O’Maley was born in Xenia, Ohio to a preacher and his wife, Ralph and Ruth Finch.  She moved with her parents and older sister, Marilyn, to Indiana, New Jersey, Colorado, and back to Ohio and to Nebraska through her childhood.  She graduated from college with a degree in Elementary Education.  She taught school for the following seven years.  Her dream of being a missionary in a Spanish-speaking country came true in 1982 when she went to Costa Rica for five months.  In 1986, she was assigned to go to the Dominican Republic for three years.  Many of the stories in “At the Break Of Dawn” are her experiences with the people she loved so much.  Sharon is presently living in Austin, Texas and is the mother of a daughter, Ruth who attended University of Texas in Austin, Texas and is now married to her high school sweetheart, Steve Largaespada and has two young sons.  Sharon has been published in various magazines, newspapers, and daily devotional books. She is a daily blogger on Dr. Strains CBD.

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Author Profile

A person with glasses and a necklace Description automatically generated Sharon Finch O’Maley was born in Xenia, Ohio to a preacher and his wife, Ralph and Ruth Finch.  She moved with her parents and older sister, Marilyn, to Indiana, New Jersey, Colorado, and back to Ohio and to Nebraska through her childhood.  She graduated from college with a degree in Elementary Education and taught school for many years in the USA and Dominican Republic as well as Costa Rica. 

Her dream of being a missionary in a Spanish-speaking country came true in 1982 when she went to Costa Rica for five months.  In 1986, she was assigned to go to the Dominican Republic for three years.  Many of the stories in At the Break Of Dawn are her experiences with the people she loved so much. 

Sharon is presently living in Austin, Texas and is the mother of a daughter, Ruth who attended University of Texas in Austin, Texas and is now married to her high school sweetheart, Steve Largaespada and has two young sons. 

Sharon has been published in various magazines, newspapers, and daily devotional books, Sunday School quarterlies and wrote over 1100 blogs in three years for Dr. Strains CBD.  She is currently a long-term substitute teacher at Liberty Hill High School.

Introduction

You may have selected this book because you thought you would learn all the things you do not know about being free.  I do not have all the answers, so want you to know that from the beginning. But when we are searching for truth and for a pathway that will free us, you may only need one key.

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When you go home, you do not need an entire ring of keys to open the lock on your door.  You need one, one key to open the door to the haven where you can relax and find comfort with a spouse or your children.

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Today there may be one key, one strategy, one mindset or one promise to make to yourself that will unlock the door to your freedom.  The other thing I have found is that I do not have the inner fortitude to break all the ties in one fell swoop that have kept me bound up.  These are ties that have kept us all from defeating destructive thought patterns or unattaching ourselves from toxic relationships that keep us trapped within our history of pain and betrayal.

CHAPTER 1

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Identify the Target

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