Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Childhood -- Adulthood -- Employment -- Parenthood -- How to begin the journey of self-empowerment -- The paralysis of fear -- Self-mastery -- Self-esteem -- Analyze to change -- Controlling emotions by understanding the brain -- Bringing it all together -- Physical -- Human relations -- Emotional/mental wellness -- Financial survival -- Money: making it -- Managing it -- Spending it -- Shelter -- Food -- Utilities -- Clothes -- Children's clothes -- Shopping -- High priced stores vs. economy priced stores -- Credit cards -- Knowledge saves money -- Save it -- Invest it -- Reality check -- Conclusion -- How "a wallflower no more" got her name -- References -- Power and control wheel -- Resources.
Summary:
"A resource for survivors of emotional and sexual abuse that offers practical steps to self-mastery and healing"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.