Do you believe there is a higher power to see you through, especially during life's challenges? Do you believe you are never alone in these moments? These rough waters can provide lessons to help us grow stronger.

Crossing Rough Waters - Journey from Fear to Freedom is about a journey of faith—my own. My childhood experiences of emotional and physical abuse were difficult to overcome, but when I began to learn lessons from these experiences, my personal journey was underway.

I know that children cannot protect themselves from abusive situations. But past experiences must not block us from our best possible life opportunities today. By sharing my journey, I hope you find a way to your own crossing.

—Sarah Payne Naylor

  • When you have crossed the rough waters of life and have made it to the other side of the river with your back still straight, you have a responsibility to tell others about the journey.
    —from Josephine Stith to Sarah

  • Investing in ourselves to heal the pain and fear that has kept us from living our best life is necessary for us as individuals...
    —Josephine Stith

  • Crossing Rough Waters is more than another self-help book. It is a wisdom guide. The source of wisdom is Sarah...
    —David Borchard, Ed.D. Author of The Joy of Retirement
    and Will the Real You Please Stand Up?

  • Living from a fear- based perspective was woven into the fabric of my life from such an early age that the core of my solar plexus was always in knots...
    —Sarah Payne Naylor

  • Her insights are refined in the common fire of suffering, from which springs the Phoenix bird of new life.
    —Harvey and Julie Grady, Center for Human Potential

  • Little did I know that I would have to confront difficult truths about family relationships and that I would have to face my own behaviors...
    —Sarah Payne Naylor

  • Ms. Naylor’s commitment is to empower each one of us to consider the possibility of something new.
    —Dr. Adele Stiles Resmer

  • I did not know how to release this pain and fear nor did I understand that they were caused by attitudes and behaviors of people who loved me and whom I loved.
    —Sarah Payne Naylor

  • Crossing Rough Waters is a message of empowerment which, if taken in, can help our spirit breathe and become our full majesty.
    —Janet K. Regner, Consultant