On Saturday, Suzahns was at the Orlando Public Library discussing her book and the struggle she went through when losing her job, her husband and moving to a new state all in a matter of months. “I started keeping a journal to make sense of the changes going on in my life,” Suzahns said.
Suzahns tells the attendees that women of color are three times less likely to seek professional help than others. She hopes that her book will help these women of color see that it is okay to get the help that they need.
She read the small group of people in attendance some excerpts from her book. “She has been through a lot and has turned her life around,” said audience member Marilyn Ridley. “I will defiantly read her book.”
“It was my faith that lead me to seek outside counseling,” Suzahns said. “My hope is that my book will help other women through their struggles.”
Her book not only talks about her struggles through this hard time in her life but the need for women of color to stop worrying about what others will say and get the help that they need. She stresses that people can not think of getting professional help as a bad thing.
Audience member Georgia Hastow agrees. “I went through something similar with my first husband and I agree that getting professional help is something that shouldn’t be frowned upon,” Hastow said. “It really helped me.”
Suzahns said that while she sometimes struggled through her counseling, she would not be here today with out it.
For more information or to order the book go to www.asbooks.net. The book is also available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
