When pain speaks louder than words, silence becomes a prison. For years, Carmen Maize lived inside that silence, battling heartbreak, addiction, loss, and rejection, until she found the courage to turn her story into a message. Her latest book, Overcoming Silence, published by Brooks Craft Publishing, is a powerful continuation of her testimony that began in her first book, From Pain to Purpose. Together, these works trace a remarkable evolution from a woman who once questioned her worth to one who now walks boldly in faith and healing.
In her first book, From Pain to Purpose, Carmen Maize opened the door to her past, sharing fragments of her struggles with addiction, loss, and the search for identity. It was a raw introduction to a woman learning how to breathe again after years of suffocation. Now, in Overcoming Silence, she doesn’t just recount her journey, she
reclaims it. This new book is a declaration that her voice, once stifled by shame and fear, has become her greatest instrument of freedom.
“If God can ascend His love to someone like me, a miscreant,” writes Carmen Maize, “then I assume that He can extend the same love to you and to others as well.”
From the Shadows to the Page
Born and raised amid hardship, Carmen Maize’s life was shaped by storms that would have drowned most. She endured a fractured childhood, emotional abuse, incarceration, and the unimaginable loss of her husband, Gaylon. She gave birth to her daughter while behind bars and spent years separated from her children, years she calls “the longest silence of my soul.”
Yet even in the stillness of her pain, something divine was forming. “I realized that silence wasn’t my punishment,” she writes, “It was my preparation.”
That revelation became the heartbeat of Overcoming Silence. Through honest, unflinching storytelling, Carmen Maize walks readers through her darkest moments, the grief, the loneliness, and the internal war between guilt and grace. But unlike her earlier work, this book reveals a woman who is no longer searching for light; she’s standing in it.
A Voice Reborn
Every chapter of Overcoming Silence feels like a conversation with God, sometimes questioning, sometimes crying, but always returning to faith. Carmen Maize writes with the humility of someone who has lived through the fire and found peace in the ashes.
She shares the intimate pain of losing her husband, the struggles of single motherhood, and her ongoing journey with diabetes, a quiet metaphor for balance, endurance, and self-care. But the most moving passages are those where she confronts her younger self, the girl who believed she was unworthy of love. In forgiving that version of herself, she finds redemption.
What makes this book deeply human is how it bridges the spiritual and the emotional. Carmen Maize’s reflections on love, particularly her relationship with Albert, the man she calls her “peace,” show that healing doesn’t mean isolation. Her story isn’t just about surviving loss; it’s about daring to love again, to believe again, and to start anew after heartbreak.
Their love, nurtured through distance and prayer, mirrors Carmen Maize’s own relationship with faith, tested, imperfect, yet enduring. “God sent me someone who prays with me,” she writes, “and that changed everything.”
The Faith That Held It All Together
From From Pain to Purpose to Overcoming Silence, one thread remains constant: God’s presence in every storm. Carmen Maize does not write from theory; she writes from testimony. Her faith was forged in adversity, from sleeping under prison lights to kneeling beside her husband’s hospital bed.
In one of her most profound passages, she declares, “The enemy tried to convince me I’d never be more than my past, but God said I’d live.” Those words encapsulate her story, a resurrection of spirit that defies statistics and societal judgment.
Through her writing, Carmen Maize has become a vessel for those who’ve been forgotten, incarcerated women, single mothers, survivors of abuse, people who carry stories too heavy to speak aloud. Overcoming Silence gives them a language of hope.
Healing Through Words
Writing, for Carmen Maize, is not merely a craft, it’s therapy. It’s how she prays, how she releases, how she rebuilds. “Writing helped me make sense of what didn’t make sense,” she says. “It was how I talked to God when I didn’t have the strength to speak.”
Her second book reads like a continuation of that sacred conversation. From heartbreak to healing, her words pulse with raw emotion and divine timing. She revisits her past not to dwell on it, but to honor how far she’s come. Each page is a victory, a record of survival, motherhood, forgiveness, and unshakable faith.
And yet, Overcoming Silence is more than personal memoir. It’s also a roadmap for others walking through similar valleys. Carmen Maize offers readers spiritual truths woven through lived experience: that forgiveness begins with yourself, that faith requires surrender, and that love can still be found after loss.
A New Beginning
Today, Carmen Maize stands at the edge of a new season. She’s preparing to move from Kansas City to Florida, where she plans to continue writing, speaking, and ministering. “Florida isn’t just a move,” she says, “it’s a rebirth.”
Her journey mirrors that of her readers, imperfect, messy, but miraculous. Each milestone—a successful surgery, reconnection with family, or chapter completed—becomes another symbol of God’s promise fulfilled.
The book closes with the kind of peace only earned through suffering. Carmen Maize no longer runs from her silence; she embraces it. It’s where her faith was refined, her heart healed, and her voice restored.
With Overcoming Silence, Carmen Maize has written more than a sequel, she has written a resurrection. Together with her debut From Pain to Purpose, her story forms a complete circle: the descent into darkness and the triumphant rise toward light.
About the Author:
Carmen Maize is a Christian author, mother, and motivational speaker whose works explore faith, forgiveness, and healing after trauma. Her books From Pain to Purpose and Overcoming Silence are published by Brooks Craft Publishing, a division of Brooks Craft LLC.
Publisher: Brooks Craft Publishing
Website: www.brookscraftpublishing.com
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