Somatic Memory & The Body Remembers
How trauma lives in the body — and what it means when feelings arrive long before the memory does.
Memoir · Prayer Power Press
A true story of faith, survival, and becoming whole
Sheila,God's Girl
From Shattered and Stolen Piecesto Whole“God does not waste a single shattered piece. He is the God who finds what was stolen, restores what was broken, and makes the wounded whole.”
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Does this sound familiar?What happens when the pieces of your life
What happens when the pieces of your life
don't seem to fit together?
01
You have carried wounds from your childhood so long they feel like they belong to you — but they were never yours to carry.
02
Something was taken from you — your innocence, your voice, your sense of belonging — and you have been searching for it ever since.
03
You have wondered if God sees you — really sees you — in the darkest, most shattered places of your story.
04
You want to believe that wholeness is possible, but it feels like a promise made for someone else — not someone with a story like yours.
The MemoirA Story God
A Story God
Refused to Leave Broken
Sheila, God's Girl is an unflinching, deeply personal memoir that traces her own journey through trauma, loss, abuse, dissociation, somatic memory, and spiritual warfare — and the God who met her in every single one of those places.
Sheila Renae Burns does not write from a place of having it all figured out. She writes from the other side of the fire — with honesty, humility, and the hard-won knowledge that God does not waste a single shattered piece.
This memoir is for everyone who has ever wondered if they were too broken, too complicated, or too far gone. The answer is always: No. You are God's. And He is not finished with you.
Get Your Copy on AmazonWhat makes this memoir different
Spiritually grounded — Every chapter is anchored in Scripture and the character of a God who pursues, restores, and redeems.
Clinically informed — Written by a licensed professional counselor, with insight into trauma, dissociation, epigenetics, and somatic memory woven throughout.
Radically honest — Sheila does not soften or spiritualize the hard parts. This is a real story, told with real courage.
Deeply hopeful — The destination of every chapter is not despair but the God who makes all things whole.
Inside the MemoirChapters That Walk
Chapters That Walk
Through the Fire
Across more than a dozen chapters, Sheila, God's Girl moves from the earliest wounds to the fullness of restoration — here are three of the themes you will encounter.
Spiritual Warfare & What Fought Back
The real battle behind the pain — and the authority that belongs to those who are God's.
The God Who Was Always There
Looking back and finding His fingerprints on every moment she thought she was completely alone.
LPC · LSW · MAC · CAADC · Author · Minister
About the Author
Sheila
Sheila Renae Burns is a licensed professional counselor, minister, author, and founder of Prayer Power Global Ministries. She brings over 20 years of experience walking with people through trauma, spiritual warfare, generational healing, and inner restoration.
She did not set out to write a memoir. She set out to survive — and then, slowly, to understand what had happened to her and why God had allowed it. What she found was not an explanation but a presence: a God who had been in every room, every moment, every shattered place.
“I wrote this book for everyone who has been told they are too far gone. They are not. They never were. They are God's.”
Early Readers
“I have read a lot of Christian memoirs, and most of them skip over the hard parts. Sheila, God's Girl does not skip anything. Sheila tells the truth — about the darkness, about her own struggles, and about the God who was faithful anyway. I finished it feeling less alone and more convinced than ever that God is in the business of making whole what the enemy tried to destroy.”
Early Reader
Who This Book Is For
This Memoir Was Written For You
Anyone navigating childhood trauma and its long shadow
Anyone who has felt abandoned, overlooked, or too broken
Survivors of abuse, neglect, or family dysfunction
Those walking through spiritual warfare or identity struggles
Counselors and ministers who walk with the wounded
Anyone who needs to know they are not too far gone
The pieces God has gathered
are becoming something whole.
Whether you are in the middle of the breaking or just beginning to believe that wholeness is possible — this book was written for you. You are not alone. You are God's girl.