She looked strong.
She held everything together.
But inside... she was breaking.
Waking Up A New Me is a raw and unfiltered journey through silence, survival, and self-discovery.
In this powerful and deeply personal story, Aminah Zahir shares what it feels like to be the woman everyone depends on-the one who keeps the peace, carries the weight, and makes everything look normal... even when nothing is.
Behind closed doors, that strength came at a cost.
From enduring emotional and physical abuse to finding herself in a domestic violence shelter-more than once-Aminah confronts the truth about what silence really does. Not just to relationships, but to identity, self-worth, and survival.
This book is not about perfection.
It's about the moment everything breaks...
and the decision to finally choose yourself