The Secret You Hide Holds You Back:

How Letting Go Sweetens Life & Makes You Free

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You look like you’ve got it together...

But behind your smile, packed schedule, professional poise, and quiet caregiving, there’s something you don’t talk about.

A secret.

A story.

A moment you’ve buried deep, because it felt safer that way.

Even when no one else sees it, your secret still speaks.

It can show up in your reactions. Your relationships. Your silence.

You might carry it well… but it’s still heavy.

And there’s a way to face it without falling apart.

That’s why I wrote The Secret You Hide Holds You Back: How Letting Go Sweetens Life & Makes You Free.

This is your self-help companion.

You’re not here by accident.

You’re ready for something more honest, more grounded, and more you.

This is for a woman like you who's ready for a life with nothing to prove and everything to gain by telling yourself the truth.

Let me gently introduce you to The Life That Lets Go: a way of living I stepped into before I ever put it into words.

Letting go isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom.

With "The Secret You Hide Holds You Back" you will:

  • Use journaling to privately explore what you’ve been carrying

  • Confide in someone safe, without fear or pressure

  • Understand where therapy fits in as a steady, supportive next step

You’ve done the hard work of holding it in. Now you’re ready for the brave work of letting go.

With "The Secret You Hide Holds You Back" you will:

  • Use journaling to privately explore what you’ve been carrying

  • Confide in someone safe, without fear or pressure

  • Understand where therapy fits in as a steady, supportive next step

You’ve done the hard work of holding it in. Now you’re ready for the brave work of letting go.

Meet Stephanie King Mattingly

I’ve been journaling for more than 30 years through career changes, motherhood, marriage, caregiving, and my time as a television news anchor and national healthcare reporter.
Writing became my way to process what I couldn’t say out loud. What I learned in therapy over the years helped me stay steady when life felt anything but.
Along the way, I noticed something: the same tools I used as a journalist—asking honest questions, digging beneath the surface, naming the real story—could help uncover the hidden pain that so many women carry. Especially the kind we keep quiet.
Today, I’m an award-winning journalist, an author, speaker, podcast host, and a licensed minister. But more than that, I’m someone who’s been there—and who knows that healing is possible. The Secret You Hide Holds You Back: How Letting Go Sweetens Life & Makes You Free and The Life That Let's Go come from lived experience, not just theory.

It's research-based.

And it’s lived.

You’re ready for something more honest, more grounded, and more you.

Now, I help you uncover what’s been hidden, speak what’s been silenced, and finally walk free from what’s been holding you back.

The Secret You Hide Holds You Back will help you gently come out from under the weight of your secrets—without shame, without pressure, and without losing control.

And it’s here for you.

The paperback will be $24.95 upon release.

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