Living with Shame and Silence is a deeply personal exploration of identity, failure, and the ways we internalize pain when life doesn't unfold as we hoped. Through raw reflection and unflinching honesty, Dr. Lauren Lemons reveals how the weight of expectation-from faith, family, and society-can become a silent cage.
But this isn't just a story of loss. It's a story of reclamation of one's voice, dignity, and self worth. It's a rebuilding from the ashes, of finding voice in vulnerability, and of transforming shame into strength.

Dr. Lemons is an educator, advocate, and international speaker whose work centers on resilience, faith, and building authentic community. As a self-professed data nerd, she writes from a place where lived experience meets academic insight and fierce compassion. For Lauren, hope is not a feeling-it's a strategy. A practice. A defiant act.
She believes in the sacred power of naming our shame, breaking our silence, and reclaiming our wholeness-with laughter, music, friendship, a few too many dogs, and paint often still drying on her hands.
This book is the integration of all she has lived, studied, and survived. For anyone who has ever felt not enough, this book offers a mirror, a companion, and ultimately, a way forward.