Write a series of memoirs

Clients often come to me with stories of trauma, tragedy, and a sense of hopelessness. They are often desperate to "get better" and to stop living without the hope that healing will ever happen. \n\nWhen I listen to their stories, I can often relate to their sadness, frustration, hopelessness, and despair.\n\nAs I think of things to say that will help them explore their pain in a non-threatening and compassionate way, I often think of what has helped me in my own healing journey. While everyone's journey is unique, I can empathize with them because I have "been there" in that frightening place, where it seems as though all is a waste, and yet with the hope that this cannot be all there is. \n\nWhen I have shared my story with friends, colleagues, acquaintances, I have often been told that I should write a book. Not only because some of the things I have been through are so "out there", but because they are often amazed that I am where I am in my life despite what I have been through...that my story would give hope to those who wonder if there is "any hope" for their situation. \n\nI have read many memoirs of others who have been through hellish childhoods, or have had hellish experiences, and I am always left feeling a sense of awe with how they came to their own place of healing and are able to write about their experiences. \n\nI also think that maybe "one more memoir would be too much"...so I guess that once I am ready to confront that self-defeating thought, then I suppose I will begin writing my own story.