Unbecoming You
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Unbecoming You is a coming of age story that celebrates all that is unique in each of us, especially those most shunned and misunderstood in society. It forces us to take a look into our darkness as a means to discover the light within us. The stories of a gender-fluid boy, a single mom, an ex-convict, a lesbian and a female genital mutilation survivor play out through the book, as the author seeks to challenge the reader to unveil that which is hidden within. A painful yet triumphant reveal about the Self, this conscious journey into the unknown brings to the forefront one universal truth: we are very similar even in our uniqueness. We must Unbecome who we think we are in order to fulfill our dreams of a new earth. Unbecoming You gives us a chance to collectively shift our consciousness to that of more love and more kindness. --REVIEWEinstein echoed many others when he said, A problem cant be solved at the same level of thinking that caused it. The challenge is that the culture that created the problem cannot solve the problem. Something has to change, and the only proven way to change is to step out of the system, see it from the outside-in in an open, fearless, objective way and then to step into the system, whatever that system is, be it your marriage, your family, your community, the business you run, the place you work, the church you belong to, etc. The challenge is to step into the system and use the practical wisdom to make the necessary change from the inside-out. Stepping out of the system we call our life is easier said than done. Bernice Angoh offers a bridge, in fact a dozen bridges that allow us to step out. She refuses to douse reality with the sugarcoating of affirmations and positive thinking. She refuses to provide the three step model or five easy stages to make your life great. Instead she takes us by the hand into the darkness. She illuminates what this means with story after story of what it means to Unbecome to let got
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