Turn your pain into passion, and use that passion to ignite the POWER inside of you. The Journey is a roadmap of one dreamers' adventures into the core of their truths and their best self. This personal account of reflection, growth and goal-chasing will inspire you to forge ahead towards your best self and stimulate you to be definitive and aggressive about your dreams and goals. The Journey Through a Thousand Lies is a unique and thought-provoking approach to empowerment, trauma, and the truth about life. Laced with the authors memories and infused with poetry, this is a work of heart truly designed for the people. This trail is sure to lead to further self-discovery, triggering vivid moments of clarity and even challenging the reader to think. Full of bold commentary, candid points of view, and real-world reference, the dialogue guarantees a bold approach and encourages the reader to live, and enjoy the journey, every step of the way.
About the Author: Natriece L. Spicer began writing at an early age and developed much of her material from coming of age in San Francisco's public housing development known as Sunnydale Projects. She first chronicled her perspectives on love, education, race and socio-economic disparities through Youth Speaks, where she also became a published author for the first time in a youth project titled: What It Took for Me to Get Here and other works with the organization including a composition titled City of One. She would continue to be published in local magazines and perform in various poetry slams. At 18 yrs., old Natriece performed in Washington DC alongside Nikki Giovanni and Quincy Troupe, where she would receive a standing ovation for her piece titled: Black and Fed Up, as well as procure an unplanned scholarship to attend Howard University in the fall of 1999. Throughout young adulthood Natriece, also known as MissTriece, would continue publishing various works in local markets and online in between living and dreaming. Her poetry has been noted in several online and member-based arenas including group studies and articles published by the University of Arizona for her early work titled Paint Me Paint Me Black. She has been often cited for her commentary on women's' rights, race relations, peace and justice. Recently, after gaining years more experience in living and loving she has thrust herself back on to the open mic scene and can be heard weekly at Speak Easy (Berkeley, Ca.) and other Bay Area venues. She spends the bulk of her time being supportive to others, spreading love and cherishing time with her mother and only living parent Patricia Spicer. She is a professional banker commonly known as Natriece, her literary supporters affectionately know her as Essence Mahogany.