Guerdy Abraira has lived life in motion. Born in Haiti, raised in Paris, and rebuilt in
Miami, she learned early that survival meant adapting. From excelling for approval to achieving for worth, she spent years perfecting everything around her while hiding her own pain. A breast cancer diagnosis forced her world to stop, pushing her to finally face herself.

From Trauma to Trophies shares how she transformed chaos into clarity, grief into
gratitude, and motion into meaning. It is not a story about fame or survival, but truth — the kind that breaks you open so you can rebuild stronger.
Guerdy is known for elevating everything she touches as one of Vogue’s top wedding planners and the creator of GUERDYFY. A speaker, TV personality, entrepreneur, and cancer survivor, she lives in Florida with her husband, Russell, and their sons, Miles and Liam.

You watched her shave her head and walk into chemotherapy with the world watching, facing breast cancer with grace, grit, and raw transparency. But that was just one chapter in the layered story of Guerdy Abraira. From being named one of Vogue’s Top Wedding Planners to commanding screens
on The Real Housewives of Miami, Guerdy has long been a symbol of resilience and reinvention. Trauma to Trophies is her most personal unveiling yet. She takes you beyond the glam and the cameras to the complicated, cross-continental journey that shaped her, from Port-au-Prince to Paris to Miami. A life of constant adaptation, cultural shifts, and emotional survival forged a woman who learned to GUERDYFY her pain, turning life’s hardest moments into fuel for her rise.

This isn’t just a memoir. It’s a manifesto. A blueprint. A mirror. Guerdy pulls back the curtain on the emotional scars no one sees, the silent traumas she’s edited herself around, and the unapologetic strength she built in response.
Trauma to Trophies will challenge your assumptions, confront your survival patterns, and invite you to redefine strength on your own terms. Whether you’re rebuilding from a diagnosis, heartbreak, loss, or reinvention, this book dares you to turn yourhttps://drjudithjoseph.com/ own trauma into trophies.

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 How to Cope with High Functioning Depression.

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Jumaane D. Williams is the Public Advocate of the City of New York. Previously, he served on the NYC Council representing the 45th District. Jumaane is a first-generation Brooklynite of Grenadian heritage. He graduated from the public school system, overcoming the difficulties of Tourettes and ADHD to earn a Masters Degree from Brooklyn College.

He began his career as a community organizer at the Greater Flatbush Beacon School and later served as the Executive Director of NYS Tenants Neighbors. There, he fought for truly affordable, income-targeted housing across New York City and State.

In the NYC Council, Jumaane championed landmark legislation that fundamentally transformed policing in NYC. Jumaane sponsored the Community Safety Act, reforming the Citys Police Department to address the abuse of Stop, Question & Frisk in communities of color and creating the NYPDs Office of Inspector General to investigate unlawful & unethical behavior. As former Co-Chair of the Council’s Task Force to Combat Gun Violence, he helped create New York’s Crisis Management System, which
funds Cure Violence Groups that work to reduce shootings through a multi-pronged approach. The program fundamentally transformed the city’s approach to gun violence prevention, and as Public Advocate he continues to work for its expansion and improvement today.

Jumaane has led the fight for better policing and safer streets, affordable housing, and transparency and accountability in City government. As Public Advocate, Jumaane continues to be an activist-elected official who brings the voices of everyday New Yorkers to City government and makes New York a truly progressive beacon for all.

Jumanne joins us on The Vault to discuss how he was able to thrive and become an advocate in spite of many challenges. He also discusses the importance of decreasing mental health stigma and the importance of inclusive environments.

 How to thrive whilst living with Tourette Syndrome.
 How to become a mental health advocate.
 How to advocate for your mental health.
 The importance of inclusive environments.
 What are myths around Tourette Syndrome and Tic disorder.
 How to Cope with High Functioning Depression.

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