This is a story that you just can’t make up. It is a tale that will make you wince, even cringe at times, but ultimately you are drawn to the powerful lessons found through healing, forgiveness, and redemption.

Author Carrie Sheffield has led a very turbulent  life but fortunately she has emerged a stronger and grateful person due to her experiences. 
Sheffield grew up the fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. Forced to live in sheds, tents, and a rundown motorhome, she and her family were often forced to live a dysfunctional drifter existence.

Life was so transient that Sheffield attended 17 public schools before she turned 18 years old. But somehow, someway, she was the first of her siblings to escape this toxic lifestyle created by her father. But it certainly wasn’t easy. Struggling with her own mental health, Sheffield eventually overcame her troubled past thanks to the power of forgiveness, a direct result of her conversion to Christianity.

Today, Sheffield is an Ivy League graduate who has forged a successful career in journalism as a columnist, broadcaster, and policy analyst. In addition, she has written an eye-opening memoir called “Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness”. Its 336 riveting pages chronicles her harrowing journey from despair to salvation.

Sheffield joins us on the Crossmap Podcast to talk about the power of forgiveness in relation to the troubled life she has led. Listen as she empowers others to reject the cycles of poverty, depression, and self-hatred to lead a more positive and impacting life.

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