The Big Silence: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing

Quiet your mind, and the silence will help you hear your inner voice—the  one that says, "Stay strong enough to forgive, to heal, and to have  hope."

In her stirring, vulnerable new memoir, Karena Dawn  reveals what it was like to grow up with a mother suffering from severe  mental health issues, and how, during her teenage years, she desperately  tried to escape her own inner demons. Addicted to pain-numbing drugs  and crippled by severe depression, Karena learned how to use grief as a  teacher, releasing herself from guilt and shame and finding the inner  strength to go from abandonment to forgiveness, from hopelessness to  healing.

Karena's bold and brave memoir shows us how staying  silent about mental illness only reinforces the stigma. At the heart of  her story is the eternal struggle we all share—how to move past the pain  and suffering of our personal battles to experience life's joys.  Through the healing power of nature, meditation, and fitness, Karena was  able to forge a path to self-discovery and find peace.

Ultimately,  The Big Silence reveals how a journey of self-love can lead to a  renewed sense of identity and a life filled with hope and optimism.