More Myself

'Gathering the raw pieces of my experience and holding them up to the light has, for me, been a transformational exercise in truth telling. I've spent so many years withholding parts of myself, sacrificing my spirit to make others feel comfortable. I'm done with dimming my light. Writing this book has been about meeting myself, with all my wounds and vulnerabilities, exactly as I am -and then, at last, having the courage to reveal my full face. It has been about realizing that, in order for the truth to set me free, I must first be brave enough to birth it. 'Alicia Keys.