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WHOLE

How I Learned to Fill the Fragments of My Life with Forgiveness, Hope, Strength, and Creativity

by Melissa Moore
Michele Matrisciani
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A five-point plan to usher you through heartache and toward a stronger, healthier place.
“I know how to kill someone and get away with it.” The words spoken by her father when Melissa was a teen haunt her to this day. Two years later, after confessing that he was the serial killer nationally known as the Happy Face Killer, Keith Jesperson was arrested for the murder of eight women. The pain, guilt, and shame that followed her father’s conviction stigmatized Melissa for years until she figured out a way to use her emotions as fuel to free herself from self-imposed limits and set out on a journey to rebuild her fragmented life.
Through her work as an Emmy-nominated investigative journalist, television host, educator, and advocate, Melissa created WHOLE, a five-step program to better develop her own approach to healing: Watch the Storm, Heal Your Heart, Open Your Mind, Leverage Your Power, and Elevate Your Spirit.
Among other things, she found that the commitment to your core values makes all the difference in getting unstuck; that forgiveness gives the greatest chance of making a future not defined by the past; that there is great value in vulnerability; that creativity is essential to living a full life; and that hope is the basis for everything we feel, believe, and do.
In each phase of the program, Melissa inspires you to embrace your past to find wholeness within the parts of your life that you believe to be “broken.” If you are stuck in the rut of a painful experience—whether depression, trauma, pain, fear, addiction, or guilt—you will find comfort in this book’s advice, self-evaluation, and action plans.
WHOLE is a powerful journey of recovery and awakening that reframes the pain experience so it can be used as a way to invite understanding, growth, and transformation into your life.

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    September 13, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781623367459
      • File size: 1943 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781623367459
      • File size: 1943 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      Starred review from September 1, 2016
      For years journalist Moore kept her past secret: she's the daughter of a serial killer and was raised by a mother who was regularly beaten by her second husband. Finally she decided to choose joy over despair, and went public with her story, becoming a conduit for hope for others with her TV docu-series, Monster in My Family. Here Moore uses the acronym WHOLE to present a five-point program to heal and self-repair. Watch the Storm refers to responding rather than reacting; Heal Your Heart counsels forgiveness; Open Your Mind relates to curiosity and values; and Leverage Your Power stresses heroic action. Finally, with Elevate Your Spirit, she looks to intuition and creativity for guidance. Moore (aided by coauthor Matrisciani) delves into Eastern and Western philosophies, quotes other self-help books, interviews top experts, and samples scientific research. Personal stories are compassionately shared, and occasional exercises and sidebars underscore the advice. Moore's message is positive and powerful and free of self-pity and sensationalism. There is a wealth of wisdom here for anyone, whether he or she is struggling with an unhappy childhood, struggling with his or her own addiction or that of loved ones, or just trying to cope with life issues. Put this at the top of your self-help reading list.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

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