Local author and speaker Fanell Williams is a social worker whose career has raised awareness of the problem of human trafficking and advanced the need for trauma-informed care in society. Fanell’s website shares about her own personal journey of healing and can be accessed at the following link: https://fanellelane.com/home/

“When we hear the word heal, healed, or healing – what do people usually think of? Sickness…but specifically physical illness and ailments. However, healing is not just physical – but mental, emotional, and spiritual as well. Wherever one may be unhealed affects EVERY other area of one’s life. I was watching a movie a year or so ago (unfortunately, I am unable to recall the name of it), but something was said in the movie that sparked this expansion of looking at sickness or illness differently. A lot of physical or bodily issues, diseases, and illnesses may be due to soul and heart issues. Why? Because the body you see is a tangible thing, which means when it comes to illness and sickness, something has infected internally and manifested externally. “

“Healing is a process and it is continual. Healing is to make whole or to restore to health. Words that are similar are cure, repair, remedy, and reconcile. Words that are opposite in meaning are harm, hurt, and wound.

“Know that what harmed, hurt, or wounded you – It is possible to heal. Trauma, which includes those events that caused harm or hurt intrudes in every part of your life. Healing intervenes to mend that trauma.”

Fanell’s new book, “Chosen by God: Learning Your Identity and Position in Life” chronicles Williams’s personal journey while combining scripture, affirmations, application, and reflection.