UNBROKEN Road to Freedom: Finding Strength to Fight When Life Beats You Down
A true story of finding and believing in oneself enough to keep going when the world gives up, and you want to quit.
UNBROKEN Road to Freedom is a purposeful memoir that brings readers inside the world of generational familial dysfunction that feeds on poverty, oppression, and domestic violence.
An inspirational book for women, layers of the story hidden in the deep corners of everyday life. Layers that unfold and depict underlying universal human struggles.
The American suburbs are far out of reach as Leigh (Kimberly) and her siblings delve into the world of children lost in transition.
Poverty slowly infiltrates and permeates the daily lives of a seemingly normal family facing financial hardship. Struggles lead the family in a dark downward spiral of homelessness, drugs, crime, incarceration, violence, and abuse. Leigh, fueled by rebellion, refuses to give in to poverty and oppression, and she turns to the streets.
Leigh became a runaway at thirteen amidst the backstory of growing up in the projects where systemic familial dysfunction was normal. Eventually, she placed herself in foster care at fourteen and was forced into marriage at fifteen to an abuser. She then escaped a life-threatening situation in hiding by seventeen.
Leigh knew she had to change the trajectory of her life to survive and truly live.
She pursued an education, confronted her roots, and faced who she was supposed to be. Her unstoppable courage, relentless strength, and determination brings a force against poverty, oppression, and abuse. And toward freedom.
This story is about the power of one person’s journey to leverage knowledge and disrupt poverty to change the world. The story transcends time with tender moments in contrast to harsh realities.
Disrupting generational dysfunction requires overcoming family dynamics and being unapologetic in finding your true authentic self. The story brings light to the intimate details of the mother-daughter relationship and its evolution in society.
UNBROKEN Road to Freedom: Finding Strength to Fight When Life Beats You Down is a journey of surviving one’s family without losing yourself and finding the strength to fight back when life (or someone) beats you down. It’s about embracing fear to find courage as a roadmap toward awakening freedom.
You’ll love this purposeful memoir of hope because it gives us the strength to know we can always take control of our lives, no matter the circumstances.
About the Author
Dr. Kimberly Regan lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. She is an avid writer, editor, artist, yogi, runner, education leader, and ed-tech designer. She started the first K-8 charter school in Nevada (1999). She has served in education for 25+ years.
Dr. Regan is passionate about working with children and their families toward changing the trajectory of poverty through the pursuit of knowledge and a healthy lifestyle: yoga, running, nutrition, and nature.
Her work was featured in local magazines, a division of USA Today, Yoga Journal, and Harvard University. She is an education influencer, yoga instructor, mindset coach, and visionary who is changing the world with grit, perseverance, and tenacity. She also loves the ocean, camping, paddle-boarding, horseback riding, and spending time with her family while finding adventure in the outdoors.
