About You Are Enough
You Are Enough is a photobook of 9 women who have faced adversity in their lifetime and have overcome it. They defeated issues with self-esteem, anxiety, depression, mental health, infertility, illness, crisis, disabilities, and body image to become independent, stronger, and more confident women.
Society and social networking platforms show us beautiful photographs of what we should look like and what we could look like if we use the right products, followed the right diet, exercise daily, and use the right products. They tell us that we, too, could be supermodels and be worthy of love, acceptance, and value but even by following a vigorous routine we somehow still fall short. Due to issues such as low self-esteem, lack of confidence in ourselves, and poor body image, we are made to feel unworthy and unloved when in fact the image they are selling us is unrealistic without proper lighting, filters, photoshopping, and excess plastic surgery.
In this book, each woman shares their story, along with raw, unedited photographs taken by the photographer and the owner of CJ Photography, Cynthia Harkinson. They have chosen to tell their story and use unedited photographs to show they are beautiful and they are enough, just as they are in true form without society’s interpretation of what they should be through photoshopping and filters. Each of these women knows they are enough just as they are and you, too, are enough, just as you are.
The Foreword is written by radio personality, public speaker, child rights activist, and author Laurie Ann Smith.
Writers and models include Layla Anthony, Cynthia Harkinson, photographer, Donna Kshir, Cynthia Probst, Brittany Nelen, Lee Roberts, Laurie Ann Smith, Denise Maris, Michelle Whitney and Katrina Caitlin.
You Are Enough was published by Donna M. Kshir and Lee Cougardawn Roberts of Northern Books.
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Author Bio:
Donna M. Kshir is an author, publisher and columnist featured in over 50 publications. She is a writer who seeks truth and justice for children exposed to abuse. She speaks out and writes against these injustices done onto children. Donna’s work has landed her on the bestsellers list 16x. Donna is also a child rights activist, founder of Advocates United for Humanity, and creator/radio personality at AU4H Radio, Two Nanas Radio, I Am Renovo, The B-Hive with Glenie B and The Daily with Donna. She is a force behind Conner’s Law-Kentucky. Currently, she is fighting to open the Pennsylvania central registry, making it public like Megan’s Law with her best friend and sister advocate Lee ‘Cougardawn’ Roberts.
Gladys Caroline is a pen name Donna uses to pay tribute to her late maternal grandmother. A woman who truly impacted her life.