Alive to Thrive Book collaboration

Aim

To get the final funds needed to get the book published. The book is a collection of real life stories of failing suicide to now be thriving

Alive to Thrive-Failing Suicide Gives You The Gift of Life     

How it all began  

The book came to fruition when a dream of bringing  together 10 women to share their inspiring stories took place.   Following my own suicide failures and now thriving in my own life, changing the lives of others, I wanted to inspire other women to tell their stories and for these stories to have a positive impact on others. Inspiring them to make different choices and to guide them away from suicide and empowering them that this is not the answer.   

 Bringing the women together -   We first came into contact with each other through my Freedom to Be Life Celebrations Summits, where I brought together 21 speakers to celebrate their lives. Where they were in life, their  challenges and adversities and how they overcame them. As well as celebrating with them the life they are living now. I reached out to some of these speakers with the idea for the book and the pages began to evolve. The women come from across the globe and the book will travel around the world so that its journey and the journeys of these women reach the hands of those who need it  

Some of the women taking part in the book and the Life Celebrations

How the book has unfolded -  

Each of the women set about writing their own life story in a chapter for the book. There were tough times throughout as you can imagine and it took us some time to get it ll out on paper. We supported each other through it all in one way or another and as the stories unfold we realised that it was more powerful than we could ever imagine. Yes it was tough  to write and it will be a tough read, not a book you can read in one sitting, but the proof reading and the editing has shown the great need for this book to guide and inspire others how life can be transformed.   

The women's journeys  

The book covers some intense challenges and adversities, including child abuse, sex trafficking, drug and alcohol addiction, physical and mental domestic abuse, rape, and much more. Showing how in spite of what these women went though and the darkness they faced, their grit, determination and resilience helped them to find their own gifts of life and they now share those gifts with others. Their journeys are amazing and I am proud and honoured to be part of these journeys. The book has helped some of the women step forward in their greatness and share their stories, for others they have created new ways to support those who are dealing with similar traumas, by creating not for profit businesses. It will inspire many more.     

The Vision  

The vision for the book is that it finds its way to those who need it most as well as being a book that can be used as part of school and university curriculums. Our mission is to use it as a resource tool to help and support others and be found in all women's refuges, mental health charities and well women centres across the world.  The vision is for the book to make a positive impact in peoples lives moving them away from the darkness into  life in which they thrive, feeling love, warmth, vitality and supported as well as finding their own gifts to share. 

When someone donates to this fundraiser, we donate a copy of the book when printed to a charity or person of their choice.

This project successfully funded on 31st August 2021