About the Book
In Healing a Shattered Soul, Mindy Corporon invites readers to join her search for inspiration and hope after domestic terrorism took the lives of her father and son. Headlines about the attack circled the world. Now, Mindy takes readers inside her family's struggle, the support of their faith community and her commitment to courageous kindness.
A popular speaker, teacher and writer, Mindy has dedicated her life to encouraging kindness, faith and healing in congregations, companies and communities. Among the programs she has co-founded with this vision are the Faith Always Wins Foundation and Workplace Healing, LLC. She has traveled widely to lead workshops and speak at conferences, and also works with online events.
She explains that she wrote this book "for those who are seeking inspiration; for those who are searching for a glimmer of hope and faith; and for those in need of necessary, supportive relationships, even in the hardest times."
In his Foreword, best-selling author and pastor the Rev. Adam Hamilton writes, "Mindy Corporon's story helps us understand how one survives tragedy, and says to the reader, 'If Mindy can survive this, and can do what she has done, then surely I can survive the adversity I face and can bring something good from it.' "
The book's Preface is a heart-felt appeal to readers from another mother who suffered a tragic loss to domestic terrorism in recent years. Susan Bro is the mother of Heather Heyer, killed in Charlottesville, Virginia. In her Preface, Susan writes, "Mothers lose their children to violence every day, and yet many have no time to grieve and receive little to no public support or attention. We must hold space in our hearts and minds for them as we continue to overcome hate with love. People say, 'Love always wins.' I say that is true when we practice that love in meaningful ways that make a difference. I see Mindy Corporon as one of those mothers doing exactly that. We never want other mothers to experience the pain and loss of losing a loved one, especially a child, to hate. I am honored to call Mindy Corporon my friend. Her book offers hope in a time of pain, pointing the way forward with faith and love. Read it and be encouraged to find your own way forward through pain and loss."
About the Author :
An entrepreneur and thought leader, Mindy Corporon's professional career includes serving as CEO of a successful wealth management firm. Reaching the pinnacle of her professional career, Mindy was in the middle of raising two talented boys when tragedy struck. Mindy's father and oldest son were murdered by a white-supremacist intent on killing Jews. Mindy's life purpose changed from guiding people financially to helping people find space to learn about our differences and discover commonalities. With compassion and forgiveness Mindy shares with audiences around the world, encouraging people to overcome life's challenges, one day at a time. Along with her family, Mindy started the Faith Always Wins Foundation promoting dialogue for the betterment of our world through kindness, faith and healing. The Foundation engages communities, businesses and schools in SevenDays(R) Make a Ripple and Change the World programs. As a co-founder of Workplace Healing, LLC, Mindy is helping to change our corporate culture from primarily a head-based environment to include a path for heart-based conversations. Life disruptions touch every human. Our co-workers have the unique ability to be part of our healing strategy when they know what to say and when to say it. Most recently, Mindy started a podcast called Real Grief Real Healing. Her programs welcome real people to talk about their life-altering experiences and what steps they take to find healing. She also formed a group named R.E.A.T. Black and White Friendships (Respect. Engage. Appreciate. Trust), which is dedicated to creating friendships that will change the world for the better. She believes: Each of us can always do more, to shine a light on peace. Adam Hamilton is a best-selling author and the senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country. Susan Bro is the mother of Heather Heyer and a Co-Founder of the Heather Heyer Foundation. The foundation carries on the legacy of Heather, a young paralegal with a strong sense of justice who was murdered by a domestic terrorist on August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Review :
In response to a neo-Nazi's murder of her son and father in 2014, Mindy Corporon has filled her world with love, compassion and kindness. But as Healing a Shattered Soul reveals, that doesn't mean she has avoided profound, intense, at-times debilitating pain. Hers is the sort of grievous wound caused by the type of extremism that those of us who are members of 9/11 families know only too well. This book gives you the privilege of sharing both in Mindy's grief and in her remarkable hope, which is rooted in faith. Let this book heal you so you can help heal the world.
Bill Tammeus, journalist and author of Love, Loss and Endurance: A 9/11-Story of Resilience and Hope in an Age of Anxiety
Just as Mindy Corporon describes in this memoir, I know the trauma of losing my own children to unjust and unexpected causes. Through the unjust tragedy of personal loss, we have become colleagues with far too many other parents around the world who have suffered similar heartbreak. As grieving, surviving and leading parents, we are Christians, Muslims, Jews and members of other religions as well. All of us share in the faithful call to speak out and advocate for justice, freedom and peace for all. As a Muslim, my faith urges me to save human lives from destructive hostilities. Islam teaches us: Whoever takes an innocent life, it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. We must inspire others, including our community and political leaders, to take positive actions to build, not destroy. I urge everyone to read Mindy's memoir and let her family's story inspire action for equality, harmony, and peace across the many lines that divide us in this world.
Izzeldin Abuelaish MD, author of I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
While suffering is draining, forgiveness is filling. I believe this. As a Black woman in the US, freedom and liberation is a constant struggle. It is an ever-present suffering that appears in big ways at times and in seemingly small ways at some of the most unexpected times. In order to have the energy, passion and commitment to go to battle every day, I need the "filling" that forgiveness brings. I use it to remember the limitations of hate and the expansiveness of love. Hate cannot restore. Only love is restorative. I believe that the solutions to our problems are three-fold: in the heart, in the action and in the legislation. I am inspired that Mindy is relentlessly focused on the heart. We can make a ripple and change the world and Healing a Shattered Soul gives us much insight into how we can act on that belief.
Dr. Nicole D. Price, speaker, trainer and author
Each of us will struggle at some time in life. Some of our struggles are monumental as in Mindy's story. Others are shattering in other ways: a failed relationship, economic downturn, the death of a loved one. Regardless of what causes us to struggle, Healing a Shattered Soul can help us discover what we can do to find a way to crawl through what Psalm 23 calls the "valley of darkness." As Mindy shares her personal journey, she does not preach at us. Rather, she opens the door so that we can walk alongside her, revealing that loss and love, hurt and healing, faith and freedom all go hand in hand. As she was advised by her pastor to "keep listening," Healing a Shattered Soul is a must-read for all of us who need to keep listening to find healing and hope in a broken world.
Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff, Senior Rabbi of The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah in Overland Park, Kansas
