A Spirit Unbroken

Hi, I'm Erica — founder of A Spirit Unbroken, a mom, a licensed social worker, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. For years, I carried a weight that was never mine to hold: shame that belonged to someone else, self-blame that felt like truth, and a depression that often seemed like it would never lift. Despite professional training, healing didn't happen in a textbook. It is happening gradually, honestly, page by page — through journaling, which became the place where I could finally separate what happened to me, from who I am, and where the lie of self-blame began, to slowly lose its grip.

Be Unafraid: To Release Self-Blame and Discover You was created to meet a need I knew firsthand — because a journal like this didn't exist when I needed it most. Every prompt and reflection was written with survivors in mind. It was created out of a belief that healing is possible. How do I know? Because I am living it. And no survivor should have to journey without a tool to support them along the way.