About the Book

Book: Fierce Wholeness

Author: Robin Meade

Genre: Nonfiction

Release Date: March 5, 2020

When the Bible talks about the third- and fourth-generational curse, that’s so true. If the curse is not broken by you, then who will stop it dead in its tracks? Dealing with forgotten pain, things you stuff down just to survive, is serious business. But that’s what Robin Meade did. Growing up, she was criticized, put down, and stomped on—by her own family. She chose to bury her pain.

Fierce Wholeness: Finding Myself after Childhood Emotional Trauma is Robin’s story—in all of its raw and messy but authentic and beautiful transparency as she unpacks the trajectory of her life from childhood to adulthood and seeks to repair the dam that had been busted, the riverbed that had been washed away, the landscape that had been obliterated by her family of origin.

Readers who grew up in the clutches of the branches of emotional abuse will be empowered by Robin’s story because of the freedom that Jesus gives. Robin’s story is raw and authentic, and readers will be encouraged by how they too can find fierce wholeness in Christ.

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About the Author

Robin Meade grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but now she walks with God in the beautiful suburbs of Chicago. For nearly five years she has led and taught as part of the women’s ministry team at New Life Brookfield Church. She loves her dog and great food, but mostly she loves Jesus, and strives to encourage people to experience God’s restorative healing and for God to be glorified through it.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Q: Why did you decide to pursue a career as an author?

A: I first wanted to write as a child but writing was not encouraged. As an adult, I went to the same writer’s conference for 9 years before I was brave enough to pitch a book to a publisher. And now here I am with my first book published and more writing projects in the wings. So I guess I’m ‘this’ old deciding to pursue a career as an author.

Q: What was your first published work, and how was it received?

A: My first published work was an article about communication and how to create a communication strategy. The article was well-received. I had been teaching communication strategy in the curriculum for my management courses.

Q: When you are writing, what does your daily schedule look like?

A: I make a schedule to set my expectations about how long I’m writing or how many words I will commit to write. I make a list of everything else I need to do and put it in another place in my schedule so I can see that I have time for everything if I just follow the plan. As long as I have taken the dog for a walk, I won’t be disturbed. She knows when I turn the computer off, I’m done working.

Q: When researching the faith of people in history, what do you look for to determine how strong a person was in their faith in God?

A: This is an interesting question. I look at the actions of the person during their life and where their faith is reflected, how well they love people, what hardships they went through and how they communicate their faith on the other side of these hardships.

Q: The perception is that non-fiction is harder to write than fiction. Is that true for you? Why or why not?

A: I think writing is hard when you don’t know what you’re going to write. For me, either is hard when I don’t have a solid outline. With non-fiction, getting the details correct is important. With fiction, making the setting and characters relatable is the challenge. I need to be able to tangibly experience these myself as a reader and strive to do the same in my writing.

More from Robin

There’s a level of ‘fierce’ that we all need to reach in our journey with Christ; to be real about the journey. When you experience abuse as a child, there is a ‘normal’ way of perceiving your surroundings that’s set, and if not corrected, stays with you into adulthood. My desire for this book is that people who have suffered childhood emotional abuse know they are not alone, that they can experience of healing through a relationship with Jesus Christ. The Bible talks about being ready to give an account and running the race striving for first place and working out our salvation with fear and trembling – some of that has been lost in our Christian culture. Jesus isn’t a wimp or a doormat because he is kind and forgiving and neither should we be. I hope my story will be a blessing to many in their faith walk, to get to their level of ‘fierce’.

Blog Stops

Texas Book-aholic, August 3

My Devotional Thoughts, August 4 (Author Interview)

Genesis 5020, August 5

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 6

Blossoms and Blessings, August 7 (Author Interview)

deb’s Book Review, August 7

Locks, Hooks and Books, August 8

For Him and My Family, August 9

Simple Harvest Reads, August 10 (Author Interview)

Artistic Nobody, August 11  (Guest Review from Joni Truex)

Ashley’s Bookshelf, August 12

For the Love of Literature, August 13 (Author Interview)

Inklings and notions, August 14

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, August 15

Library Lady’s Kid Lit, August 16 (Author Interview)

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Robin is giving away the grand prize package of a basket with a signed copy of the book, the Fierce Wholeness Companion Journal, and $10 gift cards to Joann’s, Starbucks, Amazon and a stuffed moose!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/fe95/fierce-wholeness-celebration-tour-giveaway

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