09/12/2026
I am deeply honored to be recognized as a Distinguished Author by the International Impact Book Awards for my book, Sail Beyond Trauma: Discovering Freedom with Kappal Otti Holistic Therapy.
This recognition is especially meaningful because this book was never created simply to be read—it was created to become a vessel for transformation.
Trauma may shape the waters through which we travel, but it does not get to choose our destination. Sail Beyond Trauma invites readers to understand their survival responses, reclaim the parts of themselves that pain forced into hiding, and navigate life with greater awareness, agency, and self-compassion.
We may not control every storm. But we can learn to read the winds, repair the sails, and become the captains of our own consciousness.
I am grateful to the International Impact Book Awards for recognizing both my work and the mission behind it: helping survivors move beyond merely enduring their lives and begin consciously creating them.
To every person healing from what they did not deserve: your trauma is part of your story, but it is not the author of your ending.
The sail is yours. The horizon is still open.
