Author
Interview Series Boma Akainy
Author
of The Heart Healer
Interviewed by: Barbara Miller, Pacific Book Review
June 2011
PBR: Hello. Today we are speaking with Boma Akainy, the
author of the women’s self-help book The heart Healer, now available on Amazon
and other fine retailers. Ms. Akainy,
welcome.
BA: My pleasure.
PBR: Thank you. I read your book, "The Heart Healer" and wrote the review published on Pacific Book Review and frankly
once I started your book, I couldn’t put it down. It is so powerful with your advice. Tell us, what were some of the reasons that
lead up to you wanting to do a book like this?
BA: Thank you, so much, for your compliments. I’m glad you liked the book. One
of the reasons why I wanted to write this book was to encourage not only women,
but men as well, that it’s not how you fall but how you get up and continue on
with your life. Because I was able to
come out of homelessness, go back to nursing school, and become a nurse, I want
to be able to inspire my readers that if I can do it, they can do it too.
PBR: "The Heart Healer" deals with many
topics. Which ones come to your mind as
being based on your personal experiences, and which are some that you learned
by interviewing other people?
BA: The first chapter, which deals with
forgiveness, is based on personal experiences. An example of one of the chapters based on
interviewing other people is how a man cannot function in the bedroom.
PBR: If you met, for the first time, a young
African-American girl, let’s say she is at the age of 13 or 14, and you only
had a few moments to tell her some words of wisdom, what would you say to her?
BA: I would definitely tell her to remain focused in school, because education is
the key to success. I’d tell her to
respect her parents and her teachers, because teachers can help you be whatever
you want to be in life. I’d also tell
her that she should never allow anybody to take advantage of her body.
PBR: I would imagine your book has helped many of
its readers. Have you already received
some feedback from your audience with examples as to how your advice influenced
their lives?
BA: Absolutely, yes. It is
unbelievable. I did not expect this, at
all. A lot of women have been coming to
me thanking me for writing this book. They were able to discuss certain things that happened to them during
their childhood, of which they’ve never been able to discuss with anyone
before. Where I came from, we don’t
openly discuss things like, child abuse, child molestation, rape etc. But for me, as an African woman, to openly
discuss these topics I’ve open the door for others.
PBR: In your introduction, you talk about being
known as “The Dream Lady,” because of your psychic intuition gained by your
dreams. Can you please tell us some more
about this?
BA: Exactly, I believe it’s a gift from God. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been able to see events in my
dreams ahead of times before they actually occurred. I remember when I was about 10 years old, two
weeks before my uncle’s wedding I dreamt that the lady he was going to marry got
pregnant and died, with the baby. Two
years later, everything came to fruition, ever since then my family and friends
take my dreams seriously.
PBR: Thank you very much for your time today, and
we wish you the best of success with your fine new publication.
BA: Thank you, Ms. Miller for having
me. I appreciate your curiosity in my
book as well as my story.
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