Trust Your Gut

A Survivor's Guide to Medical Advocacy and Emotional Healing

What if the voice that could save your life…was your own?

After what was supposed to be a routine ovarian cyst removal, Chaun found herself fighting for survival, ignored, dismissed, and nearly lost to a medical error that should have never happened. Trust Your Gut is her powerful story of survival, healing, and awakening to the life-saving importance of self-advocacy in healthcare.

This raw and uplifting memoir doesn’t just tell a story; it offers a guide. With vulnerability and strength, Vaughn invites you behind the hospital curtain to reveal the truth about how Black women’s pain is often overlooked, and how she reclaimed her power when it mattered most.

Inside, you’ll find:

• A gripping account of a near-death experience, and the emotional recovery that followed
• Practical steps for becoming your own best advocate
• Encouragement for anyone navigating medical trauma, chronic illness, or surgical recovery
• Tools, journal prompts, and real-life examples to help you speak up and stay safe

Whether you’ve been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or simply afraid to speak up, Trust Your Gut is a timely reminder:

You are your own greatest protector—and your voice is not optional.

©2025 Chaun Vaughn (P)2025 Chaun Vaughn

Painful and educational

This is just a frightening story and yet it could be the story so many others perhaps didn’t live to tell. What a great book, It captured my attention. The name of this book “Trust your gut” is a call to action. In the story the alarm bell sounded when trust was misaligned! Our system is built to send us signals and Trust your gut reinforces that. Everyone should own this book.