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Humility
After her last relapse, she got hit with overwhelming gratitude and dropped to her knees in humility. That humble feeling really set...


Pain in Love
She remembers when they first locked eyes. She saw his kind heart as he helped her family with the passing of her most beloved...


Summer of '98
It was the summer of 1998 when the memories came back. The deepest, darkest memories. Prior to that she had just finished her freshman...


Drowning the Hurt
She was 12 years old when she had her first drink. It was the beginning of a crazy adolescence. Her mother would scream at her and she...


4th of July
4th of July had always been hard for Celeste...the same way that motherhood was hard for her. It all seemed like too much. On July 3rd,...


Repeating Patterns
She never had a great example of what a healthy relationship looked like. Her father was a heroin addict. She remembers her parents...


Pure Love
In February, 2010, Celeste found out she was pregnant. She had been attending church with her boyfriend pretty regularly and they talked...


Hare Krishna
In 2008, after a horrible relapse, Celeste started spending time at the Hare Krishna temple. Yoga had always felt very spiritual and she...


Yoga
At 24 years old, she began to explore Hatha Yoga. There was something about the connection to breath that really resonated with her. ...


GOD?...
She was 7 years old when she rejected the Bible and the concept of God. Celeste became an atheist at a young age and was unable to...


Intro to "Every Woman: Every Woman Has a Story..."
My mom found her strength when I was 7 years old. She finally stepped into her true potential and created a following and culture to...


Brave and Strong
“I am brave. I am strong.”, she kept repeating over and over again in her mind as she walked into the police station. She had drove by...


Repressed Memories
“They can have my body but the cannot have my soul,” stating this over and over again, hoping to convince herself this was the truth. ...


I AM A SURVIVOR!
Every month, I share a little on each chapter of my book, as I continue to write it. It motivates me to get to writing because I often...


Summer Fun
An excerpt from my book "Every Woman..." In the summers, her mother would drive them into the country where their father was building...
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
Henry David Thoreau

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