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.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • "The most difficult thing (and yet the 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 of Nothing is Wasted, Host of the Nothing is Wasted Podcast, Founder of Nothing is Wasted Ministries

  • "Christians often do not know how to bear with the painful stories of others because we struggle to tend to the pain within us. 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 a prison built with the bones of self-sufficiency. Where struggling people may feel trapped to perform or hide to please others, she gently reminds us that God welcomes us into a more beautiful way of becoming—one that encourages us to remember the road behind but empowers the steps we choose on the road ahead. 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

  • "'Stories Our Scars Tell' is more than one woman’s tale of hurt and of healing. By generously extending stories she once tried to keep hidden, Brittany’s words become a hand to hold. In these pages, we hear echoes of our own narratives—the wounds we carry and the questions we conceal. We see threads of the humanity that runs through each of us and breathe a little easier, knowing we are not alone. Without platitudes or prescriptions or shiny how-tos, Stories Our Scars Tell offers a very human way to lean toward hope and healing and to greet our shared complexity like a welcomed friend."

    Sarah E. Westfall, author of The Way of Belonging