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STEPHANIE ROMER, AUTHOR
CHD-HLHS Survivor
Multi-Abuse & Trauma Survivor
Certified Health & Empowerment Coach
Disability Advocate
Licensed Foster Mother
Born with Complex Congenital Heart Disease, Stephanie Romer is one of the oldest people in the world living with half a heart, called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, HLHS: an often terminal heart condition.
Quieting the Clock takes you through the first fourteen years of her life as she fights to survive. She develops a different way of looking at the world, combating the relentless ticking time bomb in her chest and unwavering war on her mind. In the midst of ongoing abuse and medical traumas, she becomes hypervigilant of saving everyone but herself. Battling undiagnosed ADHD, debilitating anxiety and depression, she questions authority and fights for control of her own body by taking life into her own hands. Tick...Tick...Tick...
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
"Stephanie articulately and eloquently, and at times very humorously, describes the dynamic and parallels of growing up in and out of the hospital while simultaneously dealing with various forms of abuse. I found her writing riveting, enthralling, heartbreaking, and I couldn’t put it down."
"This is such a well written book about living with a chronic illness while dealing with things no child should ever have to experience. Her story is heart wrenching, but her bravery is admirable. I laughed and cried throughout this book. Would recommend to anyone!"
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HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO FEEL GOOD? -SR
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Once we are sick of ourselves and/or someone else, we finally seek resources to change.
Tools to build a new identity, relationships, career path, jobs, life and overall future.
If you are ready to face yourself and change what doesn't work in your relationships, health, environment, or spiritual relationship, your next step is to see if you are a good fit for my coaching program.
I implement countless tools that are tailored to your individual triggers, traumas, and belief systems (that you want to keep.) If you don't do the homework, you won't get the results you say you want. Your Ego and hard-wired indoctrinated brain will push back over and over and over again... you have to be relentless at pushing back if you want to win and enter into a new realm. The realm of having the power to condition your own mind, how you need it to be to carry you through the life you choose to build and live while on earth.
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This is a vetting process because I do not just work with anyone. I work with people who are motivated by pain, passion, or plans for their future. Those who are ready to create long-lasting change, not temporary talk-therapy that can keep you on a hamster wheel for years. People ready to dig-in and do the dirty painful work that will transform your life forever, to meet the part of you that is waiting - the HEALED version of you aka the REAL you - that is underneath the trauma and triggers, and the "dirt" planted into and on top of you by other's unhealed trauma and triggers. THIS IS NOT YOUR IDENTITY. This is not yours to carry.
These are the parts of you that need to remain buried, while we work together detoxing the poison instilled by others. This will allow your true heart, mind and soul left for dead or hypnotized long ago to resurrect.
I am your personal guide to help you dig yourself out of the ground that others placed you in. When you are ready to meet the you that was put here on earth to move mountains, build empires, and shift society, fill out the 30 second application below.
THE FUTURE NEEDS THE UNMASKED VERSION OF YOU. CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU.
-written by Stephanie's actual brain, not AI or any form of CHATGPT etc.
Certified Empowerment & Health Coach, Trauma Specialist, Trauma Release Practitioner
Specialties: Spiritual & Non-Denominational Christian Seekers; Dating/Marriage;
Infidelity - acted on or contemplating; Neuroplasticity, Disabilities & Chronic Illness;
New Diagnoses; Terminally Ill; DBT, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Neurodiversity;
Abuse Victims; Parenting - esp first time parents; Pet Parent Life & Anxiety
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"I thought doctors were so cool and I loved their outfits! Doctors were heroes to me, whose coats were capes, and stethoscopes a tool for their magic powers.
I felt special that I had so many doctor friends.
I looked up to them and wanted to be a doctor one day so I could wear their silly slippers and fancy white coat."
-Stephanie Romer, Quieting The Clock: The Baby
Pic on Top Left: Pre-Fontan Party, 1989 | Pic on Top Right: Post-Fontan, 1990
"At six years old, I was getting stronger, with minimal side effects so far…so I decided I wanted to be more active like my brother, cousins, and peers and try another year of t-ball."
-Stephanie Romer, Quieting The Clock: Too Sick To Love
"But I was determined to set my own limits. My parents and doctor had no idea that I’d just beaten every kid in gym class by being the fastest to climb a giant rope all the way to the ceiling. I was in the midst of figuring out my strength and abilities, as well as cardio limits. And now, the perfect opportunity was coming up: the Math-A-Thon Jump Rope Competition."
-Stephanie Romer, Quieting The Clock : Purple Jump Rope
“I have nothing to lose—might as well do some good while I’m around! That was my motto in life. I didn’t care who you were: what size, age, or title you had. I wasn’t scared of you. No punishment could have been worse than death’s shadow constantly at my back, and Clip’s sick fantasies acted out on me.
Since I couldn’t save myself, I would use my suppressed rage to save everyone else."
-Stephanie Romer, Quieting The Clock: Standing Up
"I was still in modeling school and continuing local runway shows and competitions. Walking around with books on my head and Vaseline on my teeth to prepare for classes and shows was always funny to me. I was also still playing softball and in my sixth, and final, year of ballet, tap, and jazz. I no longer wanted to be a cheerleader and joined the church choir instead."
-Stephanie Romer, Quieting The Clock: Taste of Freedom
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