Maya Jane Clark

Maya Jane Clark.  Sweet, happy and trusting has made a horrible discovery.  The life she built with her Love is a complete and total lie. Soon, she discovers like something out of a horror movie that the unexplained physical pain, fuzzy memories, and strangers appearing around her have a far more sinister explanation. One that she could have only imagined...

Coming Attractions: The Liberation of Maya Jane Clark HOW DO YOU EVER HEAL FROM ABUSE? This is the true story written by an abuse survivor. She’s ready to share her story with others to help transform their world for the better. We are standing by her side, holding her hand and changing the world with three components in mind: Confidence....

Wow. Hello there. My name is Maya and I am honored to meet you. Sooooooo……. I’ve started this introductory letter oh, about 41 times. Many different versions. Many different ideas. So much so, I’m just spinning round and round and round. Enough already. Time is now. Let’s not burn the day away any longer. Well, I’m scared out of my...

Ms. Sheila’s Affirmation TRIGGER WARNING: (Sadness In Relationships, Abuse, Lies, Affairs) Guys!! It’s Maya. How ya doin’? Can We Head Back to High School English Class, please? My high school years were spent in a mid-sized city in the upper Midwest. It was a small school with high academic standards. Once you reached junior year, you were required to take...

Ms. Sheila’s Affirmation (Part 2) Hey, gang. I’m back. Kitchen cleaned up, and all the Velveeta and chips gave me a food baby named Shannon. OK. We left off with affirmations in the first part of Chapter 2. From affirmations, we will move on to the articles I’ve written and still write today. Now here comes the really cool part....

Vodka with Extra Lime TRIGGER WARNING: (Cursing, Affairs, Sex, Sadness, Lies, Pain) Hi! Are you there, God? It’s Me. Maya. (Flashing back to my favorite seventh grade book by Judy Blume. You can find it for your favorite teenager here.) The abuse delivered to me and my children at the hands of a man named Marc De Saude is extensive;...

Healing From Trauma on the Road to Surviving Abuse TRIGGER WARNING: (None. You can breathe easy!) Let’s Take a Prayer Break, please. Hello all, it’s Maya. Sometimes on this path, the sky gets dark. The clouds gather and the wind picks up. The sky (like my brain and body) just seems to twist and turn in zigzag thunder bolts where...

Cartwheels of Life- Enough Abuse to Make You Dizzy TRIGGER WARNING: (None. This Is Easy Peasy!) Hello, all! It’s Maya. I hope that the day finds you reading this in a happy and healthy state of mind. Me? I’m doing OK. Today is a jumping off point, only about a couple years after the fact. Flashing back and facing forward...

Dear Janey TRIGGER WARNING: (Lies, Secrets, Sadness, Worry, Pain, Affairs, Fear of Sexually Transmitted Infections) Hey! Hello, my friends. Hope you’re well. Happy and healthy. It’s Maya. We are starting my letter to Janey- remember, she’s my good friend of 40 years. I wrote in Chapter 5 that I would be sharing the letters I wrote to people at the...

Janey Letters, continued TRIGGER WARNINGS: (Lies, Secrets, Sadness, Worry, Pain, Affairs, Fear of Sexually Transmitted Infections, Being Drugged and Raped) Hey, Janey. How are you? I’m feeling grateful and thought I’d share. I feel like I’d be remiss not to bring up some key folks. There is a whole cast of characters who rescued me at key moments of my...