San Juan Capistrano Activist Donna Friess Announces Latest Book

Author, historian and international spokesperson for children’s rights Donna L. Friess, Ph.D. announces the HH Publishing release, Ignite Your Spirit!: The Time is Now! The book is a compilation of insightful messages and reflections through Friess’ extensive work as a life coach, grief counselor and as a volunteer with WomanSage Reinvent Yourself workshops.

Considered among her most personal works, Friess shares inspirational stories on life, love, and learning with a focus on working through grief, strengthening one’s connections and making wise choices. Each of the short chapters in the soft cover, large font format book, is her response and reflection to clients’ topics and issues that arose since she retired from teaching in 2011.

Friess says, “This book is truly a synthesis of my life and choosing to be happy despite a traumatic childhood. It is my hope that others will find joy and healing from grief and trauma through this collection of my responses and reflections to a variety of life’s challenging circumstances.”

”Ignite Your Spirit!: The Time is Now! is available at Amazon.com in Kindle format, and soft-back color print. For more information, visit www.drdonnafriess.com.

About the Author:

Donna L. Friess, Ph.D. is a fourth generation Californian, historian, author and life coach. She is Professor Emeritus of Cypress College and award-winning author of Cry the Darkness: One Woman's Triumph Over The Tragedy of Incest. Friess is a grief counselor volunteer, Mission San Juan Capistrano docent and Cultural Heritage Commission chair. An avid equestrian, her most recent work was the history of California’s equestrian stories in Capistrano Trails. Donna is a dog enthusiast, world traveler, speed walker, half-marathoner and portrait artist. She enjoys a rural lifestyle in San Juan Capistrano with husband Ken and extended family which includes eleven grandchildren.

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