You are not a side piece. You are a whole woman.
Author Lakisha Shepard shares a candid testimony of brokenness, conviction, grace, and restoration, helping women reclaim the identity, worth, and purpose they lost along the way.
A testimony turned into a ministry of truth.
Lakisha writes from lived experience, Christian conviction, and the belief that grace does more than cover our past. Grace calls us into freedom, wholeness, and purpose.
More Than an Author
Lakisha faithfully served in public safety for over two decades as a Deputy Sheriff Jailor with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, retiring in January 2025. Her career in corrections not only sharpened her skills in discipline, communication, and crisis management but also gave her a deep sense of responsibility for helping individuals find restoration and hope.
Following her retirement, Lakisha transitioned into a leadership role as Community Engagement Manager and Supervisor at Enterprise Security Consulting and Training, Inc. (ESCT). There, she oversees staff development, training initiatives, and outreach, bringing her signature balance of professionalism, compassion, and accountability.
Purpose Mate
Lakisha's life is anchored in faith. She serves as Elect Lady and Elder of God Healing Temple in Rochester, NY, alongside her husband, Bishop Owens Shepard, who serves as Presiding Bishop of Kingdom Dominion Covenant Ministries Fellowship (KDCMF).
Together, they lead with vision and bold community outreach under the theme “Come and Be Restored.” Within KDCMF, Lakisha serves as Chairperson of the Women's Ministry, where she rebranded the group, “Her Voice, His Glory.” Her ministry empowers women to embrace their God-given identity, uplift their voices, and walk in purpose.
From fragments to freedom.
The book walks readers through the reality of compromise, the cost of broken patterns, and the possibility of becoming whole again through Christ.
Recognize
Name the patterns, wounds, and compromises that have kept you living beneath your identity.
Release
Confront counterfeit love, shame, and spiritual fragmentation with truth, repentance, and accountability.
Rebuild
Step into renewed faith, restored identity, healthier boundaries, covenant thinking, and purpose.
A bold conversation about culture, covenant, sin, grace, and becoming whole.
This is not a book about shaming women. It is a testimony-centered invitation to tell the truth, heal hidden wounds, reject counterfeit love, and rediscover who God created you to be.
- Personal testimony
- Biblical reflection
- Prayers for readers
- Practical spiritual application
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Ideal for women’s conferences, church gatherings, book clubs, healing conversations, relationship forums, and testimony-centered events.
Speaking topics can center on identity, spiritual restoration, boundaries, healing after broken relationships, covenant, women of faith, and the journey from compromise to wholeness.
Request an AppearanceWhat she speaks about
Identity after broken love
Grace that requires change
Healing, accountability, and restoration
Becoming a covenant-minded woman
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