I Rise Up - A Journey to Self Love and Empowerment
This is a collaborative anthology featuring a chapter written by Debra Hillard.
I Rise Up: A Journey to Self-Love Empowerment is a powerful and transformative guide for women who have faced life’s toughest challenges and emerged stronger than ever. This book is a celebration of resilience, self-love, and the unshakable strength that comes from embracing who you truly are.
Through heartfelt stories, personal reflections, and actionable steps, this book invites readers to embark on a journey of healing, self-discovery, and empowerment. It’s for every woman who has experienced adversity—whether in relationships, career, or self-worth—and is ready to reclaim her power, love herself unapologetically, and step confidently into her full potential.
In I Rise Up, women will learn how to break free from the limiting beliefs and fears that have held them back, while discovering the transformative power of embracing their authentic selves. As they navigate their own paths of growth, they’ll be inspired to not only rise for themselves but to lift up and empower others along the way.
This book is an anthem for all women ready to embrace their worth, trust in their strength, and inspire those around them to do the same. I Rise Up is a reminder that no matter the trials faced, the power to rise is always within.
The title of my chapter is Coming Face to Face With True Love.
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"In the early days of my awakening, I often heard the term "self-love." At the time, given my upbringing and the trauma I carried, it felt irrelevant—almost trivial. My focus wasn’t on love; it was on survival. Loving myself was never part of the plan. Surviving others was.
Looking at my history, it’s easy to understand why. I was raised in a family where persecution ran in our DNA, woven into the very fabric of our lives. When you’re under attack from every angle, love doesn’t seem to have a place. And when the overwhelming message is that you are unlovable, the idea of loving yourself feels like an impossible leap. Not only impossible, but unattainable. I was continually told that there was nothing worth loving about me, that I was a bad seed and should never have been born. I was told that my life was a burden to others and given the imprint of “unworthy” to carry for the rest of my life. Proving that wrong, paying for my supposed sins, dictated all of my choices for decades. But there was no way to prove this false, because nothing I could do would ever be enough. "