"I wanted to tell the secret stories that my great-grandmother Blanche whispered to me on summer nights in a featherbed in Iowa. I was eight and she was eighty…"

Winner of the 2006 Gold Medal Award presented by the Bay Area Independent Publishing Association (BAIPA).

At the age of four, a little girl stands on a cold, windy railroad platform in Wichita, Kansas to watch the train take her mother away. For the rest of her life, her mother will be only an occasional and troubled visitor.

Linda Joy Myers's compassionate, gripping, and soul-searching memoir tells the story of three generations of daughters who long for their absent mothers, yet unwittingly recreate a pattern that she was determined to break. Accompany Linda as she uncovers family secrets, finds solace in music, and begins her healing journey. Learn how she transcends the prison of childhood to discover light in the darkness of strife, abuse, and undiagnosed mental illness.

Don’t Call Me Mother is an inspiring chronicle of perseverance, healing, and the transformative power of forgiveness.

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“This must-read book offer writers the safety and encouragement they need to mine the depths of their souls and reclaim their lives” —Maureen Murdock, author of Unreliable Truth and The Heroine’s Journey

…in her wise, tender, and clear book, Linda Joy Myers models the kind of courage necessary to enlarge the creative spirit. Cultivating such courage makes both our writing and living more meaningful, vibrant, and free.
                                                        --Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ph.D., author of Write Where You Are and founder of Transformative Language Arts at Goddard College                                                                                                   

Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story is written by therapist and prize-winning author, Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Myers brings her expertise as a therapist and memoir coach to the page, offering solutions to everyone who wants to write her story. How much truth to tell, how to leave a legacy without upsetting the family, and how to keep writing despite the inner critic are discussed, with creative solutions offered.

The new edition through Iaso Books has been reviewed by ForeWord Magazine and endorsed by the leading experts on writing as a healing tool, Dr. James Pennebaker, Dr. Joshua Smyth, Maureen Murdock, and Michele Weldon.

• Truth and Lie in Memoir writing
• Meditations on Memory
• Affirmations to zap the Inner Critic
• Psychology of writing a memoir
• The Inner Critic
• Stories by emerging writers

Write the Story You've Always Wanted to Write
Answer the questions and challenges memoir writer ask:

• How do I get started, I'm not a writer?
• How do I write the truth?
• How can I forgive and be forgiven?
• What do I include and leave out as a legacy for my family?

Learn How To:

• Choose your stories and structure your memoir
• Handle the secret stories that are the key to healing
• Sort out the ethics of writing about your family
• Use the power of writing to heal
• Bring the people in your past to life with fictional techniquesJoin the right writing group
• Transform your life through memoir writing