How to Fix a Broken Record

Thoughts on Vinyl Records, Awkward Relationships, and Learning to Be Myself

De: Amena Brown

Narrado por: Amena Brown

Allow God to heal the broken record of your soul, so you can step into your calling, speak up for what's right, and dance your own story of God's grace.

What does the soundtrack in your head sound like? The hurtful words of others and the failures of your past often determine what record you play the most in your mind. Those painful repetitions often keep us from speaking up, standing up for what's right, being loved, pursuing our dreams, and growing closer to God.

Spoken word poet Amena Brown's broken records played messages about how she wasn't worthy to be loved. But after years of playing those destructive rhythms over and over, How to Fix a Broken Record chronicles her journey of healing as she's allowed the music of God's love to play on repeat instead.

From bad dates to marriage lessons at Waffle House, from learning to love her hair to learning to love an unexpected season of life, from discovering the power of saying no and the freedom to say yes, Amena offers keep-it-real stories your soul can relate to. Along the way, you'll discover how to . . .

• Recognize the negative messages that play on repeat in your mind
• Replace them with the truth that you are a beloved child of God
• And find new joy in the beautiful music of your life.

beautifully and creatively written .

The chapter about spiritual rest made me extremely emotional , thank you for writing this book !

Creative and inspiring

Amena Brown wowed me with her personal insight, vulnerability, and creative word and rhythm use.

I loved this book.

Amena Brown blends her poetry, experiences, thoughts and life lessons into a perfect metaphoric crescendo in this book. I loved her transparency and honesty. I was challenged and inspired. I cried a little and laughed a lot. This book was my introduction to Amena's work, but I am now a lifelong fan. Thank you, sister, for reminding me that God doesn't need me to diminish who he created me to be in order for Him to shine!

This book is now required reading in my family

Anema’s soulful, honest words touched my soul in places I didn’t even realize I was hiding from. She made me laugh, cry, cry harder & praise Jesus. As a white mom of a biracial daughter, this book gave me a deeper insight of thoughts & fears my daughter may have growing up with brown skin in America. Anema’s words challenged my faith in the best ways possible & will now be required reading for my 3 daughters when they get older. Thank you Anema for sharing your life, heart, soul & humor with us.

Please listen to this amazing book

Ameena Brown shows us how to live a life of faith in the midst of reality. This is real and practical as she shares the memory of her life. Her stories are relatable and this should be "must" reading for young women and for older women who want to know how to tell their own life stories in a meaningful and impactful way. Grateful for your life and your story. Grateful for your courage to speak truth and be vulnerable about some of the harsh realities of life. So glad that you read your own book and shared your amazing poetry with us. Faith, poetry, disappointment, love, reality, crushed dreams, heartbreak, mountain top experiences - thank you for sharing a full life well lived thus far in such an open and transparent way. You healed souls with this one!