Burn Survivor Who Avoided Looking at Scars in Mirror for 25 years Reveals Steps that Led to Healing in New Book

LOS ANGELES – December 7, 2020 --- While most 18-month-old toddlers are learning to say their first words and perfecting their walking skills, Audra Bryant had much bigger issues to deal with at that age. One day, while home with her father and another relative, she mistakenly pulled off a table a cup of scalding hot coffee which splattered on her causing severe burns to her chest, neck and shoulders, hospitalization, and permanent scarring.

“I had six scar removal surgeries between the ages of 2 and 16 but the burns remained highly visible” said Bryant, a certified Life Coach. “As a result, I didn’t look at myself in the mirror until I was 25 years old because I didn’t want to see my scars.”
In her self-help memoir, “I’ve Got Scars Baby! How to Embrace Your Scars and Power Your Purpose”, Bryant details a lifetime hiding her burns which prevented her from having the confidence to pursue her dream of being a singer and maintaining loving relationships. Through prayer, affirmations, therapy, and other methods she shares in the book, Bryant eventually found her purpose by embracing her scars.

“I always wanted to encourage people through my music,” said Bryant. “What I received (in my spirit) was “How are you going to encourage others if you won’t even look at yourself in the mirror?”

In her book, Bryant provides readers with questions and advice to help them towards self-acceptance and healing from their own trauma.

Theressia Nangle, who read an advance copy of the book, said the book helped her discover her own journey to healing.
“I've had to reckon with some scars in my life in reading this book. Scars I didn't even know were scars until reading the questions after each chapter,” said Nangle, Reiki Practitioner Soulwork Coach, Crystal Therapist and Life Enthusiast. “This book makes for a delicious recipe of soul food.”

Since her healing and self-discovery, Bryant has gained success as a motivational speaker and performs “Scars” a song she wrote to encourage her audiences. She’s also made a name for herself as a podcast host on her show “I’ve Got Scars Baby!”, where she interviews guests about how they’ve become empowered by their scars. Among the guests who have appeared on the show include popular actress and social media personality Tabitha Brown.

“When I would perform the song “Scars” for others and share my story people would come up to me, show me their scars and tell me their stories,” said Bryant. “That’s when I knew I had to do more than just write a song. It told me that people have stories to tell so I created the podcast.”

Bryant’s book will launch early 2021 soon after Burn Awareness Week (February 7 -13) and will be paired with an online personal empowerment course: A Burn Survivor’s Guide to Embracing Your Scars. The course, which teaches how to embrace scars by addressing, embracing, and becoming empowered by them, is sponsored in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles.
The American Burn Association estimates that roughly 486,000 patients receive hospital and emergency room treatment for burns each year. Of those, roughly 3,400 burn injuries result in deaths each year.

To learn more about Bryant’s services, podcast and book visit: -https://www.audrabryant.com/bookpreorder https://www.audrabryant.com/about-audra and www.youtube.com/ivegotscarsbaby

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Audra Bryant is a life coach, motivational speaker, singer, and author who shares her transformational journey of healing to help others turn their scars into their superpower. After an accident caused her to receive burns on her chest, neck and shoulder at the tender age of 18-months, Bryant spent nearly 25 years trying to rid herself of the scars with surgeries, compression vests, acid treatments, and injections. She then began to cover them with t-shirts and turtlenecks and refused to look at her scars in the mirror until she was 25 years old, only to find herself missing out on her purpose and meaningful relationships. Because of her experience, the Detroit native wrote her song “Scars” to encourage others going through similar situations and shares her journey in a book “I’ve Got Scars Baby! How to Embrace Your Scars and Power Your Purpose.” In it, Bryant reveals that through prayer, affirmations, therapy, and other methods, she eventually found her purpose by embracing her scars. Additionally, as a certified life coach, she’s empowered countless others through workshops, personal coaching, speaking engagements, online courses, and her podcast “I’ve Got Scars Baby!”, which explores “scars” of all sorts from physical to mental and emotional.

Bryant’s infectious smile, impeccable talent and powerful testimony led to her being a motivational speaker and performer for The Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Los Angeles Unified School District, Accelerated Radio, LA Talk Radio and the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors.

Through the victories and the times of challenge, Bryant’s learned that we all have a purpose that is inextricable linked to one another so it is her desire to encourage others in their journey and make them smile along the way!

This release was published on openPR.