‘Breaking the Silence from Shame’ to help other victims of abuse heal

AUTHOR’S DEBUT BOOK TACKLES TOUGH TOPIC OF SPIRITUAL ABUSE St. Louis women writes ‘Breaking the Silence from Shame’ to help other victims of abuse heal ST. LOUIS, In recent years, we’ve begun to hear about a different type of abuse—spiritual abuse. But what does spiritual abuse really mean? What are the signs? How does a person heal when they feel spiritually bankrupt? When they are consumed by guilt and shame? In her first book, Breaking the Silence from Shame: My Journey, St. Louis native Wykeeta Lee provides a first-hand account of what victims of spiritual abuse endure in their struggle to overcome the abuse and the subsequent feelings of shame. Lee wrote the book using her pen name Izora D. Summers. The idea of spiritual abuse is not a new phenomenon, nor is it only relevant to those who have been members of cults. It’s a real issue many people are either currently experiencing or struggling to overcome. Although no hard statistics currently exists, spiritual abuse is getting more attention as more victims begin to speak out and share their stories of hurt and harm. Dr. Charles E. “Scully” Stikes, professor of counseling and sociology at Missouri Baptist University, wrote the foreword for the book. “Izora provides an inside-out perspective that is a moving account that could only be done by someone who has been abused and knows the shame that could be so destructive that it never surfaces and heals,” he wrote. In conjunction with the book’s release, Lee will host a launch celebration event June 12, 2-5 p.m., at St. Ann Community Center (1 Community Center Drive, St Ann, MO 63074). The event is free and open to the public. Copies of Breaking the Silence from Shame will be available for purchase. Breaking the Silence from Shame is available in hardcopy, paperback and digital format online through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Walmart.com and WestBowPress.com. A portion of the proceeds from book sales will go to organizations that assist victims of abuse. About the author Wykeeta Lee is a licensed professional counselor. She proclaims her passion to witness persons to be free from spiritual abuse, bondage and shame. Empowered through her relationship with Jesus Christ and motived by her life experiences, she is relentless in her charge to help others recognize they have a purpose in the kingdom of God. Lee lives in St. Louis, Mo., with her teenage son.

PAC-MAN, DONKEY KONG, & GALAGA Coming to the Theaters

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that the studio has brought together an extraordinary number of iconic video game companies, whose classic characters – including PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Centipede®, Galaga, Frogger, Q*bert, and Space Invaders – will be featured in the highly-anticipated action comedy Pixels, starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, and Brian Cox, and directed by Chris Columbus. The film will be released on May 15, 2015.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC GETS ‘TACKY’ WITH PHARRELL’S ‘HAPPY’

Get On Up Movie Premiere

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF GET ON UP AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN HARLEM MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

Rick James aka "Super Freak"

Rick James' Catalog Re-Released in Digital Form on July 8, to Coincide with New Autobiography, Glow Rick James, the “Super Freak” hitmaker singer, producer, innovator and award-winning pioneer in the fusion of funk, R&B, rock and soul was a vagrant hippie in the 1960s who wandered to Toronto, where he ended up playing with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, only to end up a hybrid superstar in the ‘80s thanks to his hit song, “Super Freak.” An incorrigible bad boy caught up in bad boy ways since his passing from heart failure in 2004, he has remained a legendary icon whose contributions to music can be felt in the likes of Prince, Jay Z and Snoop Dogg, among countless others. On July 8, Universal Music Enterprises will reissue James’ entire Motown catalog in a 109-track Complete Motown Albums digital box set, which includes all nine albums and a selection of bonus tracks. The reissues will coincide with the publication of his authorized biography, Glow, written with acclaimed author David Ritz on Atria Books (Simon & Schuster).

Get On Up - Trailer

Vivica A. Fox remembers Ruby Dee