Smiling on the Outside: Secrets Sex Shame and the Search for Self-Love

A six-time award-winning book. There is no safety in silence only the loss of self. We hide our dirty little secrets because we fear the judgment of others. Alone we ask Can I bear myself? Can I stand the truth? Until we shatter our secrets and share our stories to be released from shame we cannot find the freedom joy and love thats waiting for us on the other side. Picking up the pieces after the emotional and financial devastation Ann Peck revisits the hidden stories that shaped her self-concept and self-doubt. Anxiety rape domestic violence a husbands sex addiction failed relationships codependency resentments and sexual shame theyre all there in her unblinking search for empowerment and self-love.Recipient of SIX National and International Book AwardsGold Medal -- The Living Now Awards for Sexuality/FemininityWinner -- The National Indie Excellence(R) Awards for SexualityFinalist -- The National Indie Excellence(R) Awards for Womens IssuesFinalist -- The Next Generation Indie Book Awards for RelationshipsFinalist -- International Book Awards for Self-Help: RelationshipsFinalist -- American Book Fest Best Book Awards for Self-Help: Relationships