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Shatter the Walls of Secrets and Shame At thirteen, Cecile Bibawy is told that her best friend is part of a committee of evil psychiatrists who watches the family around the clock. A few of her closest friends and family members are not to be trusted and pose a great danger. If only she could know that these things are not so. Truth to a budding teen is whatever your mother says, and it is her mother that says it -- but only to her. No one else can know. When stigma traps her in a glass room of secrets, Bibawy finds herself stuck within walls named shame, fear, neglect, and loneliness. A real tragedy of mental illness is the secrecy that encloses those who struggle inside glass rooms, crystalizing their isolation. The caregivers struggle, too. In this account, Bibawy breaks free, learns to love her mother, and discovers the ability to love herself. By telling her story, despite the suffocating confines of family, culture, and stinging, penetrating stigma, Bibawy reveals how God shattered the glass, raising her mind to discover an ocean deep desire to instill hope for caregivers of the mentally ill, inspire them to tell their story, and remove the shame that secrets and stigma infuse. Are you held captive by your secrets? Are you hiding yours or your loved one's struggle with mental illness? Open these pages to discover: - solutions instead of secrets - belonging instead of banishing - real love instead of fear Loving Her Mind pieces together the shards of hope based on the author's experience of caring for her mother through which she discovered a stigma-slaying life.

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Cecile tells the story of how she overcame shame and loss of hope to discover and love the beauty of her mother's soul and mind. Loving Her Mind is a must read for families and friends of persons with mental illness. -Xavier Amador, Psychologist and Author of I'm Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! Discover that you are not alone in your experience with caring for a person with mental illness. In Loving Her Mind, you will be enCOURAGED to tell your story instead of hiding it, reach out for help and break the stigma surrounding brain disease. -Yousry Armanios, M.D. M.A., Addiction Specialist and Church Counselor Cecile's sincerity and vulnerability are absolutely inspiring and encouraging. Her courageous account of her family's journey with mental illness is incredibly needed and I am grateful for it. Loving Her Mind is a book that I will be regularly giving to my patients' families. -Mena Mirhom, MD, Columbia University Medical Center Bibawy masterfully and exquisitely retells a firsthand account of one of the most mysterious and misunderstood disorders in the field of psychology. Loving Her Mind is a must-read for anyone who desires to build empathy and understanding around coping with mental illness. -Patrick McMunn, Professor of Psychology Loving Her Mind will help a family member or friend of a person with mental illness find hope and courage to tell their story and break down the stigma that prevents healing. -Hossam Guirgis, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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Cecile Bibawy has a never-ending desire to spread the truth about mental illness, inspire people to tell their story, work toward ending the stigma that keeps people sick, and promote the health of mind, body, and spirit. After sunrises and coffee, that is, when she's not writing, she's exploring the pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty with her children as she and her husband classically homeschool them. She teaches Zumba classes and tells her stories and struggles to anyone who will listen. Bibawy was a public relations practitioner for Faith Mission Homeless Shelters in Columbus, Ohio and also promoted Job Corps for a while in Upstate New York. She is available for key-note speaking about her story to your people. Find Cecile at cecilebibawy.com, Facebook, Instagram (@sincerelycecile), on her front porch, and at her favorite coffee shops.

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