First Generation Father

A powerful, transformative work. A must read for anyone aiming to free themselves, or their family, from a negative cycle of painful dysfunction.Awards for this book include gold awards from Independent Press Awards, Reader Views Literary Awards, & the Non-Fiction Author’s Association.A father illuminates a path, showing the exact steps any person from a less than ideal upbringing can take to genuinely heal their past traumas, and break the toxic curse of generational scars. Anthony Blankenship comes from a broken home. He knows the pain. He’s lived through family dysfunction, trauma, abuse, and poverty. He went on to achieve military distinctions including three Army Commendation Medals, a Joint Service Achievement Medal, and others.Perhaps you know the pain of a dysfunctinal family life. You have the power inside you to break free. This book will show you how to:· Recognize unresolved traumas from your past, and heal them· Lead your family from a place of genuine strength by seeing leadership as a service to others· Use past pain, anger, and resentment to spur you toward positive growth and change· Understand and master healthy degrees of your warrior, intellectual, and spiritual energies· Learn and apply the “love formula” to establish healthy, lasting, and thriving relationships· Recognize and disarm self-limiting attitudes and behaviors that keep you underachieving· Put it all together to give you unlimited creative power in your life – the golden zone.This book is brutally honest, entertaining, and insightful. Anthony’s unique ability to blend humor and drama into valuable life-lessons will help you make the changes you need now. Whether you’re searching for ways to radically improve yourself, strengthen your marriage, or practice genuine love, the philosophy shared in these pages will change life for you—and your family—forever.