"Tarra’s book was compelling from start to finish! It is horrifying to read that an intelligent, educated, personable woman from a middle-class family could be BRAINWASHED and give up more than a decade of her life! It is also gut- wrenching and seems unbelievable. Thankfully, her account of the road back to herself and recovery is equally as compelling and spectacular. Fortuitously, she found a form of therapy that could heal all aspects of herself--her feelings, beliefs, trauma and lost relationships. Bioenergetics, in the hands of her talented and caring therapist, brought her to a self she had never known; back to her body and life itself. Over many months and years with much support from therapist and groups, she pealed-off layers to uncover the true feelings lost to her from her lack of support as a child and her years as a victim. This culminated in the awesome knowing that she could LOVE HERSELF, trust and believe in and express herself. Tarra’s account of her healing steps continually challenged me to check within myself to see if I had fully claimed and healed myself; my “little girl within”. It gives hope and reassurance to the reader that healing, and life, are indeed your birth right... and attainable."