Reclaim Your Voice. Rebuild Your Life.
Reclaim Your Voice. Rebuild Your Life.
Reclaim Your Voice. Rebuild Your Life.
Transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatments, toxic relationships, and abuse.
Transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatments, toxic relationships, and abuse.
Transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatments, toxic relationships, and abuse.
Founder
Author of multiple books
Founder
Author of multiple books
“This is more than a story. It is a lifeline.”
“This is more than a story. It is a lifeline.”
“This is more than a story. It is a lifeline.”
This book is nothing short of extraordinary. From the very first page, it captivates with a raw honesty that leaves readers deeply moved and profoundly seen.
What sets this book apart is its alignment with trauma-informed principles and nervous system healing. The insights feel clinically sound yet accessible, creating a framework that is both validating and empowering for women navigating silent treatment abuse and relationship trauma.
A powerful reminder that healing from emotional abuse is possible—and that restoration and strength can emerge.
— Saadia Z. Yunus,
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, EMDR
Certified, IFS Level 1 Trauma Specialist
This book is nothing short of extraordinary. From the very first page, it captivates with a raw honesty that leaves readers deeply moved and profoundly seen.
What sets this book apart is its alignment with trauma-informed principles and nervous system healing. The insights feel clinically sound yet accessible, creating a framework that is both validating and empowering for women navigating silent treatment abuse and relationship trauma.
A powerful reminder that healing from emotional abuse is possible—and that restoration and strength can emerge.
— Saadia Z. Yunus,
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, EMDR
Certified, IFS Level 1 Trauma Specialist
Have you experienced the silent treatment in your relationship?
Have you experienced the silent treatment in your relationship?
Have you experienced the silent treatment in your relationship?
If you’ve been trying to make sense of a relationship that leaves you feeling confused, dismissed, or disconnected from yourself, you’re not imagining it.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of a relationship that leaves you feeling confused, dismissed, or disconnected from yourself, you’re not imagining it.
Your partner shuts down for 24+ hours over small issues, leaving you confused and anxious
Your partner shuts down for 24+ hours over small issues, leaving you confused and anxious
Your partner shuts down for 24+ hours over small issues, leaving you confused and anxious
The space feels cold, tense, and emotionally hostile, even without words
The space feels cold, tense, and emotionally hostile, even without words
The space feels cold, tense, and emotionally hostile, even without words
When communication resumes, nothing is addressed, no accountability, no repair
When communication resumes, nothing is addressed, no accountability, no repair
When communication resumes, nothing is addressed, no accountability, no repair
You find yourself walking on eggshells, trying to prevent the next cycle of emotional withdrawal
You find yourself walking on eggshells, trying to prevent the next cycle of emotional withdrawal
You find yourself walking on eggshells, trying to prevent the next cycle of emotional withdrawal
The silent treatment is a form of emotional abuse that creates anxiety, confusion, and chronic stress in relationships.
The silent treatment is a form of emotional abuse that creates anxiety, confusion, and chronic stress in relationships.
For a long time, I thought it was miscommunication.
Or stress. Or something I needed to fix in myself.
But patterns like silence, emotional withdrawal, and confusion have an impact.
And over time, they can leave you questioning your own reality.
This work begins with understanding what’s actually happening so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start trusting what you feel.
But patterns like silence, emotional withdrawal, and confusion have an impact.
And over time, they can leave you questioning your own reality.
This work begins with understanding what’s actually happening so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start trusting what you feel.
I’m Ama Karikari. I help mothers move from toxic relationships and emotional harm to healing and empowerment.
I’m Ama Karikari. I help mothers move from toxic relationships and emotional harm to healing and empowerment.
I wrote Silenced to Soaring to help you
understand what’s happening and take
your next step.
The Shift
The Shift
The Shift
When you start to see what’s been happening clearly, things begin to shift.
You stop second-guessing yourself.
You begin to trust what you feel instead of overriding it.
You gain language for what you’ve been experiencing.
You understand what’s actually happening, without minimizing it.
You process the grief of what you hoped things would be.
You step into your own power.
You create the spectacular life that you and your children deserve.
When you start to see what’s been happening clearly, things begin to shift.
You stop second-guessing yourself.
You begin to trust what you feel instead of overriding it.
You gain language for what you’ve been experiencing.
You understand what’s actually happening, without minimizing it.
You process the grief of what you hoped things would be.
You step into your own power.
You create the spectacular life that you and your children deserve.
The Story Behind The Work
I built a life that looked right on paper.
I earned degrees from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wharton. I built a career in law and finance. I wore my hair a certain way. I married someone who checked all the boxes: culture, race, education, religion, and status.
From the outside, everything made sense.
The Story Behind The Work
I built a life that looked right on paper.
I earned degrees from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wharton. I built a career in law and finance. I wore my hair a certain way. I married someone who checked all the boxes: culture, race, education, religion, and status.
From the outside, everything made sense.
The Story Behind The Work
I built a life that looked right on paper.
I earned degrees from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wharton. I built a career in law and finance. I wore my hair a certain way. I married someone who checked all the boxes: culture, race, education, religion, and status.
From the outside, everything made sense.
The Story Behind The Work
I built a life that looked right on paper.
I earned degrees from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wharton. I built a career in law and finance. I wore my hair a certain way. I married someone who checked all the boxes: culture, race, education, religion, and status.
From the outside, everything made sense.
But inside, something was off.
I found myself in environments where I was expected to ignore what I knew to be true. Over time, that disconnect took a toll. I experienced what it means to lose your voice slowly, to question your own perception, and to stay longer than you should because leaving feels harder than enduring.
I had to disrupt the identity I had been taught to maintain, and learn to trust myself instead.
I went from making myself small to building a life rooted in peace and truth.
That’s why I do this work.
Because not all harm is loud.
Some of it shows up in silence, withdrawal, and confusion.
And when you don’t have language for it, you stay stuck in it.
My work exists to change that.
But inside, something was off.
I found myself in environments where I was expected to ignore what I knew to be true. Over time, that disconnect took a toll. I experienced what it means to lose your voice slowly, to question your own perception, and to stay longer than you should because leaving feels harder than enduring.
I had to disrupt the identity I had been taught to maintain, and learn to trust myself instead.
I went from making myself small to building a life rooted in peace and truth.
That’s why I do this work.
Because not all harm is loud.
Some of it shows up in silence, withdrawal, and confusion.
And when you don’t have language for it, you stay stuck in it.
My work exists to change that.
“This book offers the clarity, language, and validation many women have been missing.”
Silenced to Soaring is one of the most psychologically detailed and emotionally supportive books for women who have experienced emotional abuse, silent treatment patterns, and toxic relationship dynamics.
Chapter by chapter, the author guides readers through the full arc of psychological recovery, including emotional withdrawal, grief, and rebuilding a sense of self.
For any woman who has questioned whether her experience was truly abuse, this book provides the understanding needed to move forward with confidence.
— Yusuf Ademola Maxwell, Clinical Psychologist
“This book offers the clarity, language, and validation many women have been missing.”
Silenced to Soaring is one of the most psychologically detailed and emotionally supportive books for women who have experienced emotional abuse, silent treatment patterns, and toxic relationship dynamics.
Chapter by chapter, the author guides readers through the full arc of psychological recovery, including emotional withdrawal, grief, and rebuilding a sense of self.
For any woman who has questioned whether her experience was truly abuse, this book provides the understanding needed to move forward with confidence.
— Yusuf Ademola Maxwell, Clinical Psychologist
“This book offers the clarity, language, and validation many women have been missing.”
Silenced to Soaring is one of the most psychologically detailed and emotionally supportive books for women who have experienced emotional abuse, silent treatment patterns, and toxic relationship dynamics.
Chapter by chapter, the author guides readers through the full arc of psychological recovery, including emotional withdrawal, grief, and rebuilding a sense of self.
For any woman who has questioned whether her experience was truly abuse, this book provides the understanding needed to move forward with confidence.
— Yusuf Ademola Maxwell, Clinical Psychologist
“This book offers the clarity, language, and validation many women have been missing.”
Silenced to Soaring is one of the most psychologically detailed and emotionally supportive books for women who have experienced emotional abuse, silent treatment patterns, and toxic relationship dynamics.
Chapter by chapter, the author guides readers through the full arc of psychological recovery, including emotional withdrawal, grief, and rebuilding a sense of self.
For any woman who has questioned whether her experience was truly abuse, this book provides the understanding needed to move forward with confidence.
— Yusuf Ademola Maxwell, Clinical Psychologist
An Empowerment Workbook for Moms
An Empowerment Workbook for Moms
An Empowerment Workbook for Moms
Silenced to Soaring:
Heal from Chronic Silent Treatments, Toxic Relationships, and Abuse
Silenced to Soaring:
Heal from Chronic Silent Treatments, Toxic Relationships, and Abuse
Inside, I walk you through:
Inside, I walk you through:
How to recognize patterns like the silent treatment and emotional withdrawal
How to recognize patterns like the silent treatment and emotional withdrawal
Why they affect you the way they do
Why they affect you the way they do
What it takes to rebuild self-trust and stability
What it takes to rebuild self-trust and stability
How to begin making grounded decisions about what comes next
How to begin making grounded decisions about what comes next
You take full responsibility for your own life and everything in it
You take full responsibility for your own life and everything in it
You envision and create the wonderful life that you and your children deserve
You envision and create the wonderful life that you and your children deserve
This isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about understanding what’s happening, and having the support to move forward in a way that actually works for you.
Soaring Sisters Circle
Soaring Sisters Circle
Join the Soaring Sister Community for Free
When you read the book and choose to continue this work, this is where you go deeper, moving from understanding what’s happening to actually working through it step by step.
Inside the community, you’ll find guided lessons, practical exercises, and optional weekly peer support circles with a small group, so you’re not navigating this alone.
It’s designed to give you space to process, grow, and move forward in a way that feels steady and supported.
When you read the book and choose to continue this work, this is where you go deeper, moving from understanding what’s happening to actually working through it step by step.
Inside the community, you’ll find guided lessons, practical exercises, and optional weekly peer support circles with a small group, so you’re not navigating this alone.
It’s designed to give you space to process, grow, and move forward in a way that feels steady and supported.
Inside the course:
Guided lessons that build on the book
Guided lessons that build on the book
Optional weekly peer group coaching circles that help you process your past and build a bright future
Optional weekly peer group coaching circles that help you process your past and build a bright future
Community webinars on healing modalities and tools for life success
Community webinars on healing modalities and tools for life success
“A clinically sound path to rebuilding safety, self-trust, and emotional healing.”
Silenced to Soaring fills a significant gap in domestic violence literature by validating the invisible pain of coercive control and silent treatment abuse that traditional resources often overlook.
Through restorative exercises, the author provides a practical framework that helps readers rebuild internal safety day by day.
A compassionate guide for women reclaiming their peace and their sense of self.
— Dr. Mandy Jasmine, Psychologist
“A clinically sound path to rebuilding safety, self-trust, and emotional healing.”
Silenced to Soaring fills a significant gap in domestic violence literature by validating the invisible pain of coercive control and silent treatment abuse that traditional resources often overlook.
Through restorative exercises, the author provides a practical framework that helps readers rebuild internal safety day by day.
A compassionate guide for women reclaiming their peace and their sense of self.
— Dr. Mandy Jasmine, Psychologist
“A clinically sound path to rebuilding safety, self-trust, and emotional healing.”
Silenced to Soaring fills a significant gap in domestic violence literature by validating the invisible pain of coercive control and silent treatment abuse that traditional resources often overlook.
Through restorative exercises, the author provides a practical framework that helps readers rebuild internal safety day by day.
A compassionate guide for women reclaiming their peace and their sense of self.
— Dr. Mandy Jasmine, Psychologist
“A clinically sound path to rebuilding safety, self-trust, and emotional healing.”
Silenced to Soaring fills a significant gap in domestic violence literature by validating the invisible pain of coercive control and silent treatment abuse that traditional resources often overlook.
Through restorative exercises, the author provides a practical framework that helps readers rebuild internal safety day by day.
A compassionate guide for women reclaiming their peace and their sense of self.
— Dr. Mandy Jasmine, Psychologist
Children's Books
Children's Books
Whether I’m writing for children or mothers, my focus is the same: helping people better understand themselves and their experiences.
For children’s books focused on identity, resilience, and self-worth, you can explore my previous work below.
Whether I’m writing for children or mothers, my focus is the same: helping people better understand themselves and their experiences.
For children’s books focused on identity, resilience, and self-worth, you can explore my previous work below.
About Ama
Ama K. Karikari, Esq. was born in New York City to Ghanaian parents who taught her the power of hard work, faith, and community. Today, she channels those values into helping women reclaim their voices, their peace, and their power.
Ama is a transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatment, toxic relationships, and emotional abuse. After leaving her own marriage in 2023, when she recognized that prolonged emotional neglect was impacting her well-being, and after finalizing her divorce, she made a powerful decision to turn her pain into purpose.
Her work is rooted in lived experience, deep reflection, and a commitment to helping other women break free from cycles of silence, confusion, and self-doubt.
Through her writing, courses, and restorative circles, Ama creates safe, empowering spaces where mothers can process their experiences, rebuild their confidence, and begin to thrive. She speaks candidly about the subtle and often invisible forms of emotional abuse that many women endure, offering both validation and a clear path forward.
Ama holds degrees from Harvard University, The Wharton School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and previously built a successful career spanning finance, law, and entrepreneurship. Her unique background allows her to combine analytical clarity with emotional intelligence in a way that resonates deeply with the women she serves.
She is also a celebrated children’s author, with books including Sunne’s Gift, Earthe’s Gift, The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Police Brutality, Freedom Day: A Juneteenth Activity Book for Kids, and Fairytale Land vs. Goldilocks, reflecting her lifelong passion for storytelling, identity, and healing.
About Ama
Ama K. Karikari, Esq. was born in New York City to Ghanaian parents who taught her the power of hard work, faith, and community. Today, she channels those values into helping women reclaim their voices, their peace, and their power.
Ama is a transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatment, toxic relationships, and emotional abuse. After leaving her own marriage in 2023, when she recognized that prolonged emotional neglect was impacting her well-being, and after finalizing her divorce, she made a powerful decision to turn her pain into purpose.
Her work is rooted in lived experience, deep reflection, and a commitment to helping other women break free from cycles of silence, confusion, and self-doubt.
Through her writing, courses, and restorative circles, Ama creates safe, empowering spaces where mothers can process their experiences, rebuild their confidence, and begin to thrive. She speaks candidly about the subtle and often invisible forms of emotional abuse that many women endure, offering both validation and a clear path forward.
Ama holds degrees from Harvard University, The Wharton School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and previously built a successful career spanning finance, law, and entrepreneurship. Her unique background allows her to combine analytical clarity with emotional intelligence in a way that resonates deeply with the women she serves.
She is also a celebrated children’s author, with books including Sunne’s Gift, Earthe’s Gift, The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Police Brutality, Freedom Day: A Juneteenth Activity Book for Kids, and Fairytale Land vs. Goldilocks, reflecting her lifelong passion for storytelling, identity, and healing.
About Ama
Ama K. Karikari, Esq. was born in New York City to Ghanaian parents who taught her the power of hard work, faith, and community. Today, she channels those values into helping women reclaim their voices, their peace, and their power.
Ama is a transformational guide for mothers healing from chronic silent treatment, toxic relationships, and emotional abuse. After leaving her own marriage in 2023, when she recognized that prolonged emotional neglect was impacting her well-being, and after finalizing her divorce, she made a powerful decision to turn her pain into purpose.
Her work is rooted in lived experience, deep reflection, and a commitment to helping other women break free from cycles of silence, confusion, and self-doubt.
Through her writing, courses, and restorative circles, Ama creates safe, empowering spaces where mothers can process their experiences, rebuild their confidence, and begin to thrive. She speaks candidly about the subtle and often invisible forms of emotional abuse that many women endure, offering both validation and a clear path forward.
Ama holds degrees from Harvard University, The Wharton School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and previously built a successful career spanning finance, law, and entrepreneurship. Her unique background allows her to combine analytical clarity with emotional intelligence in a way that resonates deeply with the women she serves.
She is also a celebrated children’s author, with books including Sunne’s Gift, Earthe’s Gift, The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Police Brutality, Freedom Day: A Juneteenth Activity Book for Kids, and Fairytale Land vs. Goldilocks, reflecting her lifelong passion for storytelling, identity, and healing.
Speaking & Media
I’m available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, and media conversations.
My work centers on helping people understand what they’ve been experiencing, and how to move forward with clarity and self-trust.
Topics I speak on:
Silence and emotional distance
Rebuilding self-trust
Relationship patterns
Healing from emotional harm
For speaking or media inquiries, please reach out at:
info@milestales.com
Speaking & Media
I’m available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, and media conversations.
My work centers on helping people understand what they’ve been experiencing, and how to move forward with clarity and self-trust.
Topics I speak on:
Silence and emotional distance
Rebuilding self-trust
Relationship patterns
Healing from emotional harm
For speaking or media inquiries, please reach out at:
info@milestales.com
Speaking & Media
I’m available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, and media conversations.
My work centers on helping people understand what they’ve been experiencing, and how to move forward with clarity and self-trust.
Topics I speak on:
Silence and emotional distance
Rebuilding self-trust
Relationship patterns
Healing from emotional harm
For speaking or media inquiries, please reach out at:
info@milestales.com
Praise for
Silenced to Soaring
Praise for
Silenced to Soaring
Praise for
Silenced to Soaring
“A transformative tool and a compassionate companion for women rebuilding after emotional abuse.”
Silenced to Soaring is a powerful and highly insightful workbook for women recovering from the invisible wounds of emotional abuse and its psychological, relational, and even physical consequences.
Ama Karikari gently but firmly guides women through grief, identity loss, childhood pattern reenactments, and the process of rebuilding after toxic or narcissistic relationship patterns.
The exercises encourage profound self-reflection, emotional regulation, and empowerment. Silenced to Soaring supports women navigating divorce, separation, and major life transitions.
— Hafsa Altaf,
Clinical Psychologist, Pakistan
“Shining a light on a major blind spot: the silent treatment as emotional abuse.”
This book truly surprised me. Silenced to Soaring highlights a critical gap in the conventional understanding of domestic violence—the silent treatment.
With grace, vision, and uncommon wisdom, Karikari names a form of emotional abuse that is often hidden in secrecy and shame.
A deeply soulful exploration of grief, identity, and healing, this book is for the woman ready to break free from toxic patterns and tell a new story about herself.
— Lyndsay Wilson,
Writer, Editor, and Self-Help Content Expert, United Kingdom
“A transformative tool and a compassionate companion for women rebuilding after emotional abuse.”
Silenced to Soaring is a powerful and highly insightful workbook for women recovering from the invisible wounds of emotional abuse and its psychological, relational, and even physical consequences.
Ama Karikari gently but firmly guides women through grief, identity loss, childhood pattern reenactments, and the process of rebuilding after toxic or narcissistic relationship patterns.
The exercises encourage profound self-reflection, emotional regulation, and empowerment. Silenced to Soaring supports women navigating divorce, separation, and major life transitions.
— Hafsa Altaf,
Clinical Psychologist, Pakistan
“Shining a light on a major blind spot: the silent treatment as emotional abuse.”
This book truly surprised me. Silenced to Soaring highlights a critical gap in the conventional understanding of domestic violence—the silent treatment.
With grace, vision, and uncommon wisdom, Karikari names a form of emotional abuse that is often hidden in secrecy and shame.
A deeply soulful exploration of grief, identity, and healing, this book is for the woman ready to break free from toxic patterns and tell a new story about herself.
— Lyndsay Wilson,
Writer, Editor, and Self-Help Content Expert, United Kingdom
Start
With the Book
Start
With the Book
Start
With the Book
If something here feels familiar, start here.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You just need a place to begin.
If something here feels familiar, start here.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You just need a place to begin.
If something here feels familiar, start here.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You just need a place to begin.
Ready to Begin?
If you’re trying to make sense of your experience and want a clear next step, start with the book or reach out to connect.
Ready to Begin?
If you’re trying to make sense of your experience and want a clear next step, start with the book or reach out to connect.
Transformational Guide | Author | Speaker
Transformational Guide | Author | Speaker
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