After four years in the darkness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Teresa woke up—in slow and painful fits and starts. Like a process of birthing and with the sensation of tearing wide open, she was given life again. The essays and reflections in Mending Broken form a brief composite; with the eye of a therapist who has studied the academics and mechanics of trauma for years, and with the personal experience of a survivor, like any ohter, Teresa takes you on a jounry of one woman trying to find her way out of painful darkness, and into the light of healing and recovery. This journey includes yoga, meditation, finding faith, and reclaiming love. It is a mental, emotional, and spiritual journey from broken back to wholeness.