The books

Written so that someone may tell, and someone may understand.

One book is in the world. The others are still becoming.

In progress

An Essential Guide through Cancer: Breast Cancer. By Monique Semien, MD with Rev. Windi Braden, RN.

An Essential Guide through Cancer — Breast Cancer.

By Monique Semien, MD with Rev. Windi Braden, RN

Written so that every reader may remember they are far more than a diagnosis.

Published 2022

Adults Abused as Children, from a 12-Step Perspective.

By El Chess, collaborating writer Rev. Windi Braden

“Someday she would tell.” Windi spent five years — with no AI tools, only listening, interviewing, and care — distilling what El Chess spoke into print, so a child’s promise could finally be kept.

Where to find it

In the beginning

A memoir

The Quiet Voice of Remembrance

A working title, drawn from the first listening. A story of walking through the complexities of the modern world while remembering the deeper wisdom beneath it.

Read an excerpt

In the beginning

A book of dreams

The dreams that have guided a lifetime will be told whole, not sampled.

Coming soon

Not yet available for purchase.

  1. In development

    The memoir

    The Quiet Voice of Remembrance — still being written, not yet a book in the hand.

  2. In development

    A book of dreams

    The dreams that have guided a lifetime will be told whole, not sampled.

See what is arriving

These books are companions, not a substitute for medical, psychiatric, or trauma-informed care. They are written to inform with honesty, comfort with compassion, and leave room for hope.

Rev. Windi Braden, RN (Ret.)

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