About The Author

Name: No More Silence
Brand: Debbie Widhalm

Debbie Widhalm

A Letter From Debbie

If we were sitting together over a cup of tea, I’d probably start with this:

I know what it feels like to look strong on the outside and feel completely undone on the inside.

For decades, I carried pain I didn’t have words for. Childhood trauma. Feeling unwanted. Seasons of rejection and abandonment. Layers of grief. I became very good at taking care of everyone else while quietly falling apart on the inside.

I smiled. I worked. I served. I survived.
But I wasn’t really living.

It took me a long time to understand this truth:

I was never broken.
I was silenced.

And when I finally began to tell the truth to myself, to God, and then to others everything began to shift. Not overnight, not perfectly, but powerfully. That’s when Woman of Worth™ was born: from my decision to stop living in silence and start living in the truth of my worth.

If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or “not enough,” I created this space with you in mind.

– Debbie Widhalm

Twenty Years at the Bedside: Learning to Love on Purpose

Long before I ever stepped on a stage or held a microphone, I spent over 20 years as a burn nurse sitting at the bedside of people in unimaginable pain.

I watched families whisper prayers in hallways. I held hands when words weren’t enough. I saw what real courage looks like when someone chooses to keep fighting for their life.

Those years taught me how fragile and sacred life is.
They also taught me how powerful simple presence can be a hand on a shoulder, a soft word, a willingness to stay when things are hard.

I also became a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, and my heart for people walking through loss only grew deeper.

Looking back, I can see that nursing was never just my job. It was my training ground in compassion preparing me to walk alongside women in emotional and spiritual healing later on.

Turning Pain into Purpose: Writing, Speaking, and Stories that Heal

Today, I’m an author, retired nurse, and advocate who helps women turn pain into purpose and silence into strength. My memoir, No More Silence, tells the story of how I found my voice again and began to heal from abuse, rejection, and deep grief.

I also wrote a children’s book, The Story of Tops, the Chinese Goose, based on a real goose I watched at a pond in rural Texas. It’s a gentle story about inclusion, kindness, and how even little hearts need space to grieve and feel seen. Both books grew out of the same desire:
To remind people women, children, families that they are loved, that their story matters, and that healing is possible.

Along the way, I’ve been honored to share this message through media features, podcasts, and stages including the International Impact Book Awards™ Gala in Hollywood, where I spoke about the power of reclaiming your voice as a woman of worth. But the part that matters most to me isn’t the spotlight.

It’s the woman who messages me afterward and says,
“For the first time, I feel like someone understands me.”

That’s my “why.”

From Silence to Strength

Before I was an author and speaker, I was a woman trying to piece her life back together after years of carrying secrets and shame.

I knew the ache of feeling unloved and unwanted. I knew the exhaustion of pretending I was fine. And I knew the loneliness of believing no one would understand my story.

For more than four decades, I carried what had happened to me in silence. Then one day, I made a decision:
No more hiding. No more shrinking. No more silence.Telling the truth was terrifying… and holy. It opened the door to years of deep healing counseling, prayer, forgiveness, reflection, and a slow, steady return to myself.

That journey eventually became my memoir, No More Silence, where I share how one woman’s strength, courage, and determination helped her reclaim her voice and her life.

I didn’t write it to be brave.
I wrote it so other women would never have to feel as alone as I did.

WOW: Women of Worth, A Movement, Not Just a Brand

Woman of Worth™ (WOW) began as a small circle a few women gathering to share their stories, cry, and pray together. The kind of space where mascara runs, shoes come off, and you feel safe enough to tell the truth. Today, WOW is growing into a movement with workshops, online gatherings, retreats, and programs designed to help women:

Identify and speak the truth of their experiences
Release shame and old stories that no longer fit
Set boundaries that protect their peace and dignity
Build a network of sisters who truly “get it”

My deepest prayer is that WOW will always feel like a sanctuary not a place where you have to perform, but a place where you get to exhale and be fully yourself.

What I Believe About You

Here’s what I know to be true about you, even if we’ve never met:

You are not too much and change to you are enough.
What happened to you does not define you.
Your story matters not just to you, but to the women who will heal because you chose to speak.
You are worthy of love, rest, joy, and peace without earning it first.

I believe God can meet us in the most shattered places of our lives and gently put us back together in a way that’s more beautiful and honest than before. I’ve lived it. I’ve watched it happen to other women. And I believe it can happen for you.

If You’re Here, This Is For You

You might be wondering, “Is this really for someone like me?”

This is for you, If you’ve ever:

Felt like your voice doesn’t matter
Stayed quiet to keep the peace
Carried a secret that feels too heavy
Looked successful on the outside and empty on the inside
Or simply sensed there must be “more” to you than what life has reflected back so far

Then yes. This is absolutely for you.

Woman of Worth™ is not about perfection.
It’s about permission permission to tell the truth, to feel, to heal, and to rise.

I would be honored to walk alongside you as you remember your worth.

With love and hope,
Debbie