Join Sierra Dean as she speaks with first-time author and entrepreneur, Sharla White, as she tells a portion of her life story and overcoming trials and tribulations using love as her weapon. TIMESTAMPS  00:00 - 00:00 | Anchor by Spotify 00:00 - 01:04 | Welcome Author Sharla White  01:05 - 04:15 | Introduction  04:16 - 06:50 | Book: Love is My Weapon  07:12 - 09:12 | Writing & Publishing Process  09:24 - 11:42 | Getting through the process of writing your story  11:45 - 13:25 | Navigating through Codependency  13:26 - 16:40 | Learning to Forgive  16:53 - 26:20 | The Importance of Sharing Your Story  26:27- 29:15 | Write Down Your Pain  29:18 - 32:59 | Courageous Power Houses  33:00 - 34:55 | The Transformation Group  34:56 - 38:33 | Closing Remarks  39:00 - 41:15 | Book Recommendation for 2022 41:16 - 43:58 | Get Connected!  ______________________________________ Therapy is encouraged to help you through life trauma. It’s great to talk with someone who doesn’t know your story versus someone who does. You will be able to speak freely and openly to uncover the root of your situation. Learning How to Forgive  You have to be able to forgive yourself before you forgive someone else.  It lies deep down within you in order to bring it to the surface.  Forgiveness is for you and the betterment of you to move forward.  Show love through your darkness. The Importance of Sharing Your Story Limit the negative thoughts, fears, and anxieties that come to mind when sharing your testimony. It’s not about the people involved that shaped your story, it’s about the lives that you can change. You are free to voice your opinion! Take every negative experience and make it positive Learn to inspire one person at a time. Let It Out! We tend to hold in a lot of negativity internally that needs to be let out. Write down how you feel, share it with someone else, or get rid of it, but let it out! Consistently letting it out will lower health risks moving forward. Be You! Don’t let anyone change who you are as a person. You can’t better anyone else if you can’t better yourself. Keep pushing forward and put God first in your life. Your relationship with God starts first.  _________________________________________ Website  https://www.sharlawhite.com/ Book | Love is My Weapon https://www.walmart.com/ip/Love-Is-My-Weapon-9798728470397/798881323  Facebook Community | The Transformation Group https://www.facebook.com/thetransformationgroup  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/limw_2021 Email  authorsharlawhite@gmail.com  Book Recommendation | The Daily Bible NIV