Book Review: Sacred Journey to Ladyhood A Woman's Guide Through Her Write of Passage: The Longest Journey Begins with a Single Step by Connie Omari

Title: Sacred Journey to Ladyhood A Woman's Guide Through Her Write of Passage: The Longest Journey Begins with a Single Step
Author: Connie Omari
Genre: Personal Transformation 

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Book Summary: Sacred Lady is a term coined by Connie Omari that emphasizes the highest degree to which
a woman creates her best self. Connie begins the sacred journey by inviting her readers to understand the ways in which a lack of a rite of passage for women in the United States severely hinders our emotional and psychological welfare. Recognizing the absence of such a formal ritual, Connie models the concept of a Sacred Lady by utilizing her clinical, educational, international, and spiritual experiences to create a rite of passage specific  to the needs of women in the United States. The concepts included along this journey are self confidence  intimate relationships, intuition, family, personal identity, and spirituality. By utilizing these themes, Connie incorporates her knowledge of evidence-based practices and her relationship with God to educate and empower her readers. In doing so, Connie dares to challenge societal norms and expectations, uncovers avenues for embarking upon personal healing, and creates a pathway for her readers to empower themselves, their families, their communities, and the greater world. Interested readers, Connie welcomes you to join the Sacred Journey to Ladyhood.

Book Review:
This is a well-written book and easy to follow along with. This book helps the reader to recognize the phase they are in at this point in their life. This book provides examples, stories and guidance to help with your personal transformation. A few journal pages and worksheets are included in the book for the reader to unitize. The reader will be able to move back and forth between the chapters as needed. There are also questions throughout the chapters to answer.

I highly recommend this book and will be sharing it with the ladies in my empowerment group. 

About Author: 
Connie Omari is a licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor. Her theoretical orientation is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which is an evidence-based practice that emphasizes the concepts of mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, as well as emotional regulation techniques. In this present work, Connie utilizes her practice in DBT to conceptualize common themes inherent in young women and then provides a thought-provoking, spiritually motivating, and empowering journey to assist them in their transition to Sacred Ladyhood. 

Connie received her bachelor of arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in psychology and African American studies. As a college student, Connie traveled internationally to broaden her scope of understanding of the unique challenges inherent in minority communities across the globe. Connie's philanthropic experiences were mainly fixated on the African Diaspora and included Ghana, West Africa; Cape Town, South Africa; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. After college, Connie received her master of arts and her master of education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she majored in psychological counseling with an emphasis on multiculturalism. She is currently pursuing her PhD from Regent University in counselor education and supervision.

Connie's compassion for mental health and minority affairs is deeply rooted in her childhood. She was raised in the small town of Norwood, NC, a quiet community in the South eastern part of the United States. Connie currently resides in Raleigh, NC, along with her husband, Daniel Omari, and their Maltese, Jazz.