Dr. Connie Bivens wrote this book because she knows what it means to live with both visible and invisible wounds.  She knows first-hand  how both can isolate, shame, and silence a woman. She understands how trauma can teach you to cover up not just your body, but your voice. How rejection, especially in spaces meant to heal can convince you to shrink, sit down, and stay quiet. How scars, whether physical or emotional, can make you believe that if people really saw you, they wouldn’t stay.

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She writes Unmasked not as a story of defeat, but as a declaration of freedom.  Because she survived.  Because she healed.  Because she found her voice again, not in spite of the scars, but because of them.

This book is her offering, her truth, and her invitation. It is for every woman who has ever felt like she had to cover up to be accepted, perform to be loved, or hide to be safe. It is a light in the dark for women who are tired of pretending and ready to be seen, fully, boldly, and without apology.

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Unmasked is not just a title. It’s a testimony.  It says: “I am still here. I am still standing. And I’m not hiding anymore.”