Uncaged: The Rise of the Badass : Independent Publishing Network : 9781788082938 : 08 Mar 2018 : ***Content Warning: This title contains themes of sexual abuse and violence.*** The road to womanhood is never an easy path, especially in a world driven by ego, fear, and misogyny. For hundreds of years, women have been treated less than, not just by men, but by women too. They have been violated, abused, shamed, blamed and silenced. Denied their basic human rights. They've carried wounds and stories from the past, burdened by labels, told that they're too much yet never quite enough. They learned to please, to give away their power. To hide their gifts, and tame the wild woman inside. As a result they've disconnected from who they really are, waging war within themselves and each other, using food, alcohol, sex, relationships and shopping as a way to self-medicate and stuff down the disease of not-good-enough-ness, while pushing and striving to create success in their work and life