From Broken to Blest: Embracing the Healing That Awaits You is a compelling, riveting story, a powerful case study/memoir of one woman’s journey living with brokenness due to
untreated childhood trauma, and later, subsequent mind-body illness throughout adulthood.

When I was asked to write the foreword to this book, I felt quite honored. At the time of the request I did not personally know Adele M. Gill. However, Adele’s co-author, Dr. Verna Benner Carson is not only a good friend of mine but a collaborator with me on many publications and public presentations. I knew that if Verna was involved, that the manuscript had to be excellent and indeed it is.

From Broken to Blest: Embracing the Healing That Awaits You is a compelling, riveting story, a powerful case study/memoir of one woman’s journey living with brokenness due to
untreated childhood trauma, and later, subsequent mind-body illness throughout adulthood.
Reading this extraordinary book could be life-changing, even life-saving, for anyone who has felt unloved or not good enough in their life as a result of untreated childhood trauma or other
trauma.

Adele grew up with a mother who was mentally ill and was hospitalized in a mental institution for a year and a half when she was just 6 years old. Her father was in the Mafia and began
introducing Adele to his ‘underworld life’ around the age of 4. As a result of being the focus of her mother’s harsh angst, and witnessing her father’s underworld activities first-hand, she endured significant, untreated childhood trauma throughout her youth. Adele went on to experience severe mind-body effects throughout her adult life, due to the untreated childhood trauma she endured in her youth.

Brokenness experienced in childhood often leaves people unable to make sense out of their pain later in life. Adele’s journey is a testament to the ability of God to heal and restore mind-body wholeness, even in the face of adversity. Her story exemplifies challenges associated with Health
and Spirituality, a far-reaching topic I have written about for decades together with my colleague, Dr. Verna Benner Carson, the co-author of this book. Adele’s story is one of untreated childhood trauma, and subsequent disability and infirmity, endurance, resilience, forgiveness,
healing, redemption, and eventually, by the grace of God, triumph. Most of all, it is a bold witness to the healing power of prayer and placing one’s trust in the hands of a loving, merciful, faithful God.

In 2010, while struggling with the daily challenges of her mind-body illness, Adele discovered a concept that she calls the Mind-Body-Faith Phenomenon©. She has continued to explore and develop this theory together with the co-author of this book, Dr. Verna Benner Carson. As a
result of the Mind-Body-Faith Phenomenon©, which includes prayer and belief in God’s healing power, Adele has been able to heal, experience maximal wellness, and has abundant peace and joy to share with others.

In addition to Adele’s compelling story, this book also offers readers the extraordinary opportunity to go from broken to blest in their own lives through The Healing Workshop
section of the book. The Healing Workshop was developed with the understanding that some readers may experience a stirring of their own painful childhood trauma issues through reading this book. That is, after reading this book, some may experience the pain associated with
memories long forgotten, denied and put aside. The co-authors of From Broken to Blest: Embracing the Healing That Awaits You have developed and shared this valuable resource section, The Healing Workshop, to gently help readers who have experienced emotional trauma to heal in body, mind and spirit. The Healing Workshop provides readers with the opportunity to gently revisit those memories in a healing context. In that way, for people who are open to their own truth, this book may truly be a God send.