Defying Fear
Finding the Courage to Embrace Your True Value
Endorsements
"Dr. Nancy Meyer’s book, Defying Fear: Finding Courage to Embrace Your True Value, is incredibly inspiring and offers practical advice for those who have experienced setbacks that challenged their faith and worth. She draws on biblical truths, well-known quotes, and personal experiences that allow her readers to experience sustainable breakthroughs and fulfillment and success in life."
—Mark Long, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Leader FCA Endurance
“It is such an honor to endorse this amazing book, Defying Fear: Finding the Courage to Embrace Your True Value. Dr. Nancy Meyer has a very experienced, multifaceted story, and in the spirit of helping others, shares her wisdom. I wish I had a resource of this magnitude while trying to navigate life when mine fell apart. I felt as though my family and I were on an island. Knowing you’re not alone because someone overcame and was victorious gives one hope.
"Dr. Nancy has mastered business, parenting, exercise, nutrition, and much more through her strength, perseverance, and spirituality. This book is a much needed wealth of knowledge. Many counselors know what they’ve learned from education. Nancy’s firsthand experience will have an impact on countless lives and create a positive ripple effect. All of us encounter obstacles in life. Nancy provides a blueprint of how to survive and thrive. It had to be difficult to revisit the darkest of times in her life. I’m thankful for Dr. Nancy Meyer's strength and keeping the faith!"
—Ginger Mumpower, Ginger Jewelry
"In Defying Fear: Finding the Courage to Embrace Your True Value, Dr. Nancy Meyer captures your interest immediately. Though the story is fiction by literal standards, it grips you even more when you know it is all based on fact. She has taken parts of many women’s true stories to create a compilation character she calls Lila. This story is startling, sometimes scary, with moments of surprising humor. But what I found most gratifying was how inspired this book left me. Yes, Lila endures unfair abuse, but she proves to us that when we defy fear, we can learn to courageously embrace our true value. I am stronger in mind, body, and spirit, because I read this book. As Dr. Meyer reminds us, we all have a little Lila inside of us, including the best parts."
—Anita Agers-Brooks, International Speaker, Common Trauma Expert, and Best-Selling Author
"Dr. Nancy Meyer has painted a portrait of a true heroine in Defying Fear: Finding the Courage to Embrace Your True Value. Her composite character Lila is an avatar who embodies the very soul of a survivor. This heartbreaking story of physical and mental abuse will strike a familiar note with women of the Me Too era. Lila will inspire those who endure the pain, suffering, and desolation of domestic abuse and who discover their inner strength, overcome fear, and bravely forge a new path towards self-fulfillment. Lila encourages readers not just to survive, but to thrive and strive for their personal best."
—M. C. Cannon, Community Developer
—Patricia V. Cunningham
PhD, Immunology; Former Research scientist; President, LEEPS Foundation, a private foundation that gives grants to charitable organizations that use animals to help people, especially those who have experienced trauma or who have special needs.
—(Mrs.) Darnell T. Barnes
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
—Melinda Jackson
MD., Ph.D., FAAFP
—Kathryn Davis
Nursing Practice & Clinical Integrations Manager, MSN, RN., Roanoke Triathlon Club President
—Elwood McAllister
Retired Minister
—Dr. Micheal Perusich
Motivational Speaker
—Seth Bryant
Lead Pastor New Hope Christian Church