Trade Your Burdens for Breakthrough: New Book Offers Hope and Healing for Women Held Back by the Past

FAITH NEWS SERVICE – United States—Monday, June 9, 2025

Susie Lewis’s “The Great Trade” will be available tomorrow, June 10, 2025 and ebook free to download for five days through June 14, 2025.

What if the very things weighing you down—fear, shame, guilt—could be exchanged for something better? In her powerful new release, The Great Trade: Exchanging Fear, Shame, and Guilt for Freedom, author and speaker Susie Lewis invites women to do just that: lay down the burdens of their past and embrace the victorious life God intended.

Published by Redemption Press,  “The Great Trade” is a candid and hope-filled roadmap for women who feel stuck in a cycle of emotional turmoil and spiritual exhaustion. With raw honesty and biblical insight, Lewis weaves her personal journey of healing with practical steps for those ready to stop striving and start living in freedom.

Using the metaphor of a three-legged race, Lewis illustrates how emotional wounds from the past often keep us tethered and off-balance in our relationships and faith walk.

From the pain of childhood dysfunction to the ongoing battles of insecurity and self-doubt, Lewis understands the weight women carry. But she also knows the way to freedom. With her signature P.A.U.S.E. process, she equips readers to:

• Pause and reflect on how the past is shaping the present
• Acknowledge emotional triggers and behavioral patterns
• Understand the root causes of shame, fear, and guilt
• Seek God’s healing truth
• Embrace new life with courage and confidence

Whether you’ve asked yourself, “Why do I keep doing the things I don’t want to do?” or silently struggled with the belief that you’re just not good enough, “The Great Trade” is the lifeline you’ve been waiting for.

This book is for the woman who feels stuck. Who’s tired of hiding. Who longs for freedom. You don’t have to run your race bound by pain. God has a crown of victory waiting for you!

Susie Lewis’s “The Great Trade” paperback will be available on Tuesday, June 10; with the e-book free to download on Amazon for 5 days, Tuesday, June 10 through June 14, 2025. “The Great Trade” debuted to rave reviews! Here’s what just a couple of the reviewers have said:

Tracey
5 Stars I couldn’t put it down!
The Great Trade is an amazing story of God’s redemption. I love the author’s honesty as she exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly. However, what she reveals most of all is God’s glory. God takes every broken piece and puts it back together. This is a book worth reading. I couldn’t put it down!

Denise
5 Stars Susie speaks and writes from her heart
We need more Susie’s in the world! Susie is authentic, sincere, and courageous. Susie speaks and writes from her heart with the intent to undo the aloneness those carrying wounds from complex trauma often experience. She uses her story to glorify God and to lead the way for others to come out from behind the shadows of shame and pain to find healing, redemption, restoration, and freedom. Susie exemplifies what healing can look like … Thank you Susie for writing this book. I will definitely be using it in my counseling practice to support my clients as they also pursue healing.

For interviews, contact: susie@susielewis.net

Website: www.susielewis.net

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Susie Lewis is a dynamic Christian speaker, Bible teacher, and author who inspires women to embrace and apply the truths found in God’s Word.  With a degree in Biblical Studies and over 25 years serving as a pastor’s wife and ministry leader, Susie infuses her messages with deep, biblical insights and personal anecdotes. With humor, transparency, and Christ-centered teachings, Susie connects women with Christ and each other. Susie and her husband enjoy spending time in God’s creation, being with family, and working on their hobby farm.