Magnificent Strength of Heart is a memoir published in 2020. Belinda McDanel shares stories of violence and political unrest in El Salvador in the 1970s. Ironically the order of 1,000 memoir books was delivered to Belinda on January 6, 2021. She never thought she would see the same unrest in the United States such as riots, assassinations, protests, and shootings in public places, as she witnessed in El Salvador. These days the unrest in the United States is getting worse. How do you prepare for life’s toughest adversities?
What Belinda Offers
Belinda creates material for women in the second half of life redefining faith and spirituality beyond fear. With special attention to connection to spirit breaking beyond traditional Christianity. Find inner peace even during adversities.
How will it make your life better?
Pay attention to your body, your heart, your mind and your spirit with worksheets, journals and questions designed to help you delve into your inner world. Develop resilience for life’s toughest adversities by doing the heart work.
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- “Return to Peace with a ten-Minute Ritual.”
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Teen girl finds inner peace, even in a country torn by war
A powerful true story of perseverance and the enduring strength of the human spirit. After violence in the streets, a teen girl finds peace in an evening spiritual ritual.
True story.
5 stars — Amazon
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“Riveting”
— Drama Teacher
“Beautiful”
— Pastor
“Intriguing”
— journalist
Discover inspiration from a teen girl who finds peace even in a war-torn country
With inspiring stories, author Belinda Perez McDanel, has you laughing and crying over her three-year ordeal that started when she was 12 years old and ended when she was 15 years old, nearly 16.
Instead of Prom and High School friendships, she witnessed violence and terrorism on a weekly basis including kidnappings, bombings, armed assaults and assassinations. She lived in the capital of El Salvador with her missionary parents and two sisters.
Belinda is honest about her inner struggles during that time. At first she wanted to give up and just end her life when all her dreams and expectations came crashing down. But then she read stories about survival in a magazine called Reader’s Digest. The characters suffered but were brave. Because of them, she decided to be brave and that changed everything.
Watch her discover inner strength she didn’t know she had. Using a journal and an evening ritual she found inner peace. Even after a day of violence by the time her head hit the pillow at night, she returned to peace.
How are you so resilient?
The question I’m asked most often is: How are you so resilient? More than one therapist said to me, “You should be more messed up than you are, considering, the trauma of your childhood.” Why is this so? How did I become resilient?
First, I selected a narrative that I wanted to live out during life threatening situations. Intentional decisions how I wanted to show up to life’s adversities and traumas. In my workbooks, I show you how to do the same.
Second, I learned how to change narratives from one to another. For example, I would announce to myself, “I’m in crisis mode.” Then after the shoot-out or riot, I would again announce to myself, “Crisis mode is over. I’m safe.” This sounds simple, but there is a great advantage to be adaptable in violent and unpredictable situations. Every evening, I would return to peace with an evening ritual. I share how to develop a ritual for your self.
Third, I leaned on my family and my faith with special attention to mental health. Let’s face it, not all faith communities are healthy.
Hi I’m Belinda Perez McDanel. Pastor turned writer. Seminary-trained and Certified Transformational Life Coach at your service.
In his book, Hiding in the Pews, Steve Austin writes: “I’ve seen damage done by well-meaning Christian communities who didn’t have a clue how to handle the situation and were just doing the best they knew. But they still did damage.”
I’m here to help you prepare for the times when life is unexpected, unexplained, or unimaginable.
– Belinda McDanel
