Healing in Public: Becoming Whole When the World Is Watching Paperback – March 27, 2026

You have led through things no one knew about. You have smiled through pain, preached through emptiness, and shown up for everyone else while quietly falling apart inside. And if you are honest, you are tired of healing on everyone else's timeline.Healing in Public is the book no one in leadership knew they needed. Written specifically for pastors, executives, influencers, nonprofit leaders, and anyone whose personal struggle has become public property, this book tackles what no one else is talking about: what happens when your healing cannot be private. What it costs to manage your image while falling apart. How to protect your peace when the world demands access. How to navigate public criticism, faith communities that fail you, and the pressure to perform wellness you do not feel. And how to become whole without having to disappear to do it.Sharon D. Pleasant is a Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR specialist, and founder and CEO of Pleasant Counseling, a trauma-informed practice serving executives, athletes, pastors, and high-profile clients. She is also the founder of Louisiana Love Home for Children. With over fifteen years of clinical experience and her own journey through very public leadership, Sharon writes with the precision of a trained therapist and the warmth of someone who has lived every page of this book.You do not have to choose between your healing and your calling. This book will show you how to do both. Read more