To be healed is simply to live a life fully felt—not perfect and not pain-free, but beautiful anyway.

In the depths of our struggles, it’s easy to feel alone—unseen, unheard, and unsure if healing is even possible. Brittany Tinsley, a self-injury recovery advocate, offers a beacon of hope for those in seasons of suffering as she shares her deeply personal journey from self-harm to healing. She invites readers to join her on a transformative path from isolation to connection, fear to hope, and hurt to wholeness.

Divided into three insightful parts, Stories Our Scars Tell explores the lingering questions that haunt us, the comforting words we long to hear, and the strength found in embracing our struggles. Tinsley’s dual perspective as both an expert and someone who has walked through the darkness of self- harm provides a unique and compassionate guide for readers. Speaking to the heart of identity, self-worth, and the pursuit of hope, Stories Our Scars Tell is a powerful reminder that healing doesn’t happen overnight but is a continual reckoning between who we’ve been, who we are, and who we’d like to become.

Brittany Tinsley is a writer and speaker who shares her own story of self-injury to offer hope to others. Most recently, Brittany coauthored a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Her work has also been featured by a variety of nonprofits and publications, including HuffPost, To Write Love on Her Arms, and Fathom magazine.

“The most difficult (and yet most freeing) thing we can do is share the parts of us we’d never want anyone to see. Brittany is living proof of what that level of transparency promises to offer. Brittany’s vulnerable telling of her story will not only inspire you but will begin to unlock that same kind of freedom and healing in your own story.”

—Davey Blackburn, author, host of the Nothing Is Wasted podcast, founder of Nothing Is Wasted Ministries

“In Stories Our Scars Tell, Brittany Tinsley helps readers understand that a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps faith is really no faith at all but rather a prison built with the bones of self-sufficiency. Through her own healed (and healing) scars, Tinsley helps us envision a world filled with compassion, hope, and care.”

—Jenai Auman, writer, artist, and author of Othered: Finding Belonging with the God Who Pursues the Hurt, Harmed, and Marginalized

ISBN: 9781684261932

Pages: 176

Dimensions (inches): 5.5 x 8.25 

Weight (pounds): .5