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    Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale
    Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale
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    Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale

    By Courtney N. Williams, Felonesecia West, Kinedia Brown-Diggs and

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    §§ Foreword §§

    "As women, we often allow the weights of our pasts to prevent us from being all that we were designed to be; our absolute very best version of ourselves. These eight amazing authors shed some insight in this anthology: Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale" that addresses issues many are currently bound by.

    Read with expectancy and allow the weights of guilt, shame, condemnation, past hurts, betrayals, loss, divorce and any other negatives that have held you back, BE REMOVED. Give yourself permission to—EXHALE!

    Read and begin your path of Empowerment, Release and Liberation!

    "Sometimes we have to take a long hard look at our past; light a match, toss it and no longer allow our mistakes to hinder our future. We boldly declare: IT IS FINISHED!"

    Regina G. Mixon

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRegina Mixon
    Release dateMay 5, 2018
    ISBN9789781643682
    Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale
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    Courtney N. Williams

    Courtney N. Williams Courtney N. Williams currently resides in the Southern California area where she is employed with the federal government as a Supervisor. Courtney serves on the Board of Directors of God's Storehouse Ministries and as the Coordinator of the Adopt a Family during the Holidays Program. Courtney is also a contributing writer of the newly released book "To God be the Glory: The Manifested Glory of God". Courtney is the daughter of Finley and Connie Williams. A graduate of Cal State University Dominguez, Courtney holds a  M.A. in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. Contact information: courtneynicolew09@gmail.com for speaking engagements.

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      Women Waiting to Exhale - Courtney N. Williams

      REGS BOOKS PUBLISHING

      Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture

      quotations are taken from the New Kings James Version and English Standard Version of the Bible.

      Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved under International Copyright Law. Contents and/or cover may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the express written consent of the Publisher.

      Women Waiting to Exhale—

      YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO EXHALE

      ISBN 978-1-64136-052-4 Paperback

      ISBN 978-1-6436-892-0 EBook

      Copyright ©2018 by Regina G. Mixon

      Regina Mixon Enterprises

      P. O. Box 5397

      Torrance, CA 90510

      www.reginamixonenterprises.org

      Published by REGS Books Publishing

      P. O. Box 5397

      Torrance, CA 90510

      Dedication

      We dedicate this book

      to the one who begins and ends it all; to the only one who can heal; to the one who brought us together to do this collaborative book –

      God!

      To God be the glory!

      Acknowledgments

      We each would like to acknowledge our many family members; whether biological, church, job and/or business, as with any and all others that are believers or believers in progress.

      Your support in one way or another has helped us to become the women we are today.

      We salute and honor you—the true wind beneath our wings!

      §§ Foreword §§

      "As women, we often allow the weights of our pasts to prevent us from being all that we were designed to be; our absolute very best version of ourselves. These eight amazing authors shed some insight in this anthology: Women Waiting to Exhale: You Have Permission to Exhale" that addresses issues many are currently bound by.

      Read with expectancy and allow the weights of guilt, shame, condemnation, past hurts, betrayals, loss, divorce and any other negatives that have held you back, BE REMOVED. Give yourself permission to—EXHALE!

      Read and begin your path of Empowerment, Release and Liberation!

      Sometimes we have to take a long hard look at our past; light a match, toss it and no longer allow our mistakes to hinder our future. We boldly declare: IT IS FINISHED!

      Regina G. Mixon

      Contents

      Introduction:

      Chapter 1 Self-Forgiveness (Self-love, relationships & your purpose being revealed) ....... Courtney N. Williams     2

      Chapter 2 God’s Timing is not Our Timing: Never Give Up on Your Dreams and Desires...Felonesecia L. West  26 

      Chapter 3 Life after Death: Coping with Loss (Bouncing back after loss, various stages of grief, relationships) ...Kinedia Brown-Diggs 

      41

      Chapter 4 Breathe, Relax, Exhale...Lattreta White            58

      Chapter 5 Looking in the Mirror (Self-esteem and self-love) ...Raven M. Hunter    83

      Chapter 6 Married, Divorced, What Now? Divorce is Not the End (Bouncing back from divorce, self-esteem, self-love, relationships) ...Regina G. Mixon      102

      Chapter 7 You Have Permission to Fail Epically...It’s Okay to Fail in Love...Roz Roberts  123

      Chapter 8 It’s Time to Heal from the Inside Out (Self-love, relationships & your purpose being revealed) ...Tiffany W. Washington 136

      Chapter 9 BONUS: Abuse is Real: Hurting People Hurt People...Regina G. Mixon  148

      Prayer for Healing

      §§ Introduction §§

      I believe each and every book I write or publish is God-inspired. One day I was thinking about all of the struggles I've been through in life. Over the years, I have spoken with many women who have gone through different things, but just as devastating to them as mine were to me. All of us were looking for answers in one way or another. I believe it was at this point that the Holy Spirit spoke and said that a lot of women are hurting and feel helpless and perhaps even hopeless at this stage in their lives and they are just Waiting to Exhale. You and the co-authors give them permission to exhale by sharing your testimonies in a book and conference.

      In Revelations the 12th chapter, it talks about casting out Satan from heaven, but verse 11 shows how—they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.  Each of us is sharing our stories to set some that have been bound—Free!

      We have all had our Job experiences. God allows the seasons of suffering in the lives of those He has called and chosen to positively impact the lives of others. He puts us on display so that people can see the different thing that’s taken place; often mocking, ridiculing, offering their opinions as to why we're going through and what we should do, without realizing these took place so that He could get the glory. Each woman is transparent with one sole purpose—helping women break free!

      This book is not full of scriptures and Bible verses, although some are included, but rather the stories of these amazing women. The conference will follow suit with some scriptures and many stories taking place.

      Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

      ⁷And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for thema]">[a] in heaven any longer. ⁹So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

      ¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. ¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. ¹²Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.

      Courtney N. Williams

      About Courtney

      Courtney N. Williams currently resides in the Southern California area where she is employed with the federal government as a Supervisor. Courtney serves on the Board of Directors of God's Storehouse Ministries and as the Coordinator of the Adopt a Family during the Holidays Program. Courtney is also a contributing writer of the newly released book To God be the Glory: The Manifested Glory of God.

      Courtney is the daughter of Finley and Connie Williams. A graduate of Cal State University Dominguez, Courtney holds a M.A. in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding.

      Courtney is a very active member of Greater Zion Church in Compton, CA under the leadership of Dr. Michael JT Fisher.

      A favorite quote of Courtney’s is "We do not fear the unknown; we fear what we think we know about the unknown". Teal Swan

      Contact information for speaking engagements or book signings: courtneynicolew09@gmail.com

      Chapter One

      The Greatest Apology of Them All... The One You Owe Yourself

      By: Courtney N. Williams

      Imagine that after years of pain and agony, years of being broken THAT PERSON—the one who left you, the one who broke your heart, the one who lied on you or the one who flat out used and mistreated you finally came back and said I’m sorry, or I apologize, for that hurt I caused you, I was wrong. What type of reaction would you have? What type of peace or relief would you feel by THAT PERSON finally acknowledging the hurt that was cause by their action?

      What if I told you that while there is healing that comes with a person’s apology, or even healing in your forgiveness of a person even without an apology, however, the most healing, restoration and regaining of peace comes from that overlooked apology to yourself? Yes, that is right. I’ve learned through my journey in life that we tend to focus so much on the external, how we treat others, how we expect or want them to treat us, how we feel when we are not appreciated, that we overlook the importance of how we treat ourselves. The decisions we make (or don’t), the opportunities we miss, what we allow from others, taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and financially all have a bearing on our lives.

      If any of these aspects I mentioned made you a little uncomfortable, it is safe to say that you may be in dire need of the power in healing through self- forgiveness. Truth is, if we as women do not acknowledge our areas of hurt that we either caused directly or allowed to happen and begin to unpack that box of hurt that has been stored, we are giving the hurt power, when you have the power to overcome.

      As we travel through this journey of self- forgiveness, I will share some of my personal testimonies that were achieved through this process. I am not at all insinuating that I have completed this journey, as we know that the act of forgiveness is a process that must be consistently repeated to maintain its power. 

      What does it mean to forgive? Merriam-Webster defines forgives in the

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