Little Voices: How A Skeptic Learned to Trust and Use Her Intuition to Escape and Heal from Abuse
At thirty-six, Kiersten Parsons Hathcock, wasn’t looking for an intuitive awakening when she suddenly started seeing visions in her mind of kids who were killed by sexual predators. Naturally, she thought she was losing her grip on reality until she nervously shared the visions with trusted homicide detectives and grieving parents. Thankfully, they validated her extrasensory perception and encouraged her to trust herself. Little did Kiersten know at the time, her newfound faith in intuition would eventually help her unbury repressed memories of sexual abuse she endured as a child. But the story doesn’t end there. Three years after her awakening, Kiersten fell in love with a man who turned out to be a sociopathic predator. Not understanding the concept of wounded attachment, she endured three years of narcissistic abuse that nearly destroyed her life. In the end, her intuition, and the children in her visions, helped her survive the abuse, protect herself and her family, and once and for all, stop the cycle of abuse she’d been unknowingly locked in her entire life. And now, Kiersten tells her story to help others to trust their intuitive senses and break free.
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Representation/Agent:
Represented by Tina Wainscott from The Seymour Literary Agency. Tina is currently shopping the manuscript with publishers.
Category: Memoir/Spirituality/Personal Transformation/Afterlife
Proposed Back Cover Copy:
Never in a million years did Kiersten Parsons Hathcock—a Shark Tank-winning entrepreneur with an internationally known furniture company—think she would suddenly start channeling children in spirit at the age of thirty-six. Or that while she was helping them reveal the secrets of their deaths, they would help her see the dark, painful secrets buried in her own psyche.
As a skeptic and firm believer in science, she struggled with her newfound gifts and the reason they were coming to light. She fought through fear to reach out to strangers and law enforcement with messages she received. After getting validation that what she was experiencing was real, helping families and law enforcement became a mission. It had to be—the kids were coming to her for help. There was only one question left to answer: why was this happening to her? Kiersten soon learned that the children were coming to help her as much as she was helping them. But first, this happily-married mother would have to stumble down a destructive path under a spell cast by a narcissistically abusive predator to learn to trust and use intuition to survive, escape, and heal.
While Kiersten’s late-in-life ability to be a medium is extraordinary, the wounds she’d buried that led her on a toxic path is a story many women and men can relate to. Little Voices vividly inspires everyone who reads it to explore their own patterns and hidden pain and to trust their intuition to heal and rise from the ashes.
Represented by Tina Wainscott from The Seymour Literary Agency. Tina is currently shopping the manuscript with publishers.
Category: Memoir/Spirituality/Personal Transformation/Afterlife
Proposed Back Cover Copy:
Never in a million years did Kiersten Parsons Hathcock—a Shark Tank-winning entrepreneur with an internationally known furniture company—think she would suddenly start channeling children in spirit at the age of thirty-six. Or that while she was helping them reveal the secrets of their deaths, they would help her see the dark, painful secrets buried in her own psyche.
As a skeptic and firm believer in science, she struggled with her newfound gifts and the reason they were coming to light. She fought through fear to reach out to strangers and law enforcement with messages she received. After getting validation that what she was experiencing was real, helping families and law enforcement became a mission. It had to be—the kids were coming to her for help. There was only one question left to answer: why was this happening to her? Kiersten soon learned that the children were coming to help her as much as she was helping them. But first, this happily-married mother would have to stumble down a destructive path under a spell cast by a narcissistically abusive predator to learn to trust and use intuition to survive, escape, and heal.
While Kiersten’s late-in-life ability to be a medium is extraordinary, the wounds she’d buried that led her on a toxic path is a story many women and men can relate to. Little Voices vividly inspires everyone who reads it to explore their own patterns and hidden pain and to trust their intuition to heal and rise from the ashes.
What People are Saying About Little Voices"Kiersten’s story teaches us that narcissistic abuse and coercive and controlling relationships scramble even the deepest metaphysical intuition. Little Voices teaches us how insidious these dynamics are, the trauma and generational issues that are activated, and how easy it is to get stuck in the cycle of confusion and self-blame. By telling her first person story in a vulnerable and raw way, Kiersten reminds us that narcissistic and abusive relationships have a unique architecture, and represent a gradual process of grooming, gaslighting, and indoctrination. Even when the voices around her and in her are trying to guide her out, her story shines a light on how shame can be weaponized to keep anyone stuck and isolated in a toxic relationship. This book is in essence a compendium of red flags and can serve as a valuable teaching tool on how to listen to our inner voices and our guides; and to clearly heed these warning signs and act on them swiftly. One person’s story can be a powerful lesson and motivator for change for others who find themselves in these kinds of relationships, and reminds survivors that you are not alone." Dr. Ramani Durvasula Narcissism Expert, Psychologist, Best Selling Author, and featured expert on RED TABLE TALK with Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith |
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Foreword by NYPD Homicide Detective, Mark Pucci (Ret.)
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"Spending most of my adult life as a detective, private investigator, or investigation supervisor, both in public service as a Detective in the NYPD and in the private sector working cases nationwide, I unconsciously developed a sixth sense, or implicit intuition, for reading people and uncovering the truth. While most police detectives and professional investigators I know and have worked with will not openly speak admit using their intuition to solve cases, it’s succinctly presumed by all that following our gut-feelings often makes the difference in discovering hidden evidence to solve a case, or in certain extreme circumstances, may even prove to be the decision that will inevitably save your life or that of your partner.
I strongly believe that developing the ability to listen, understand, trust, and then follow my intuition has definitively made me a better detective, and quite possibly resulted in many of my greatest successes and accomplishments as a police detective, and more recently as a private investigator. Thinking back to before we had the opportunity to speak on the phone, I remember asking myself, “What is this furniture company CEO from Arizona doing volunteering to assist on a high-profile missing persons case in Long Island, New York?” That being said, when I finally had the chance to speak to Kiersten on the phone for the first time, my intuition kicked into full gear. Much to my surprise, not long into our conversation, I realized that she was unlike any other intuitive medium I had spoken to through the years. She explained to me that she recently discovered that she possessed certain abilities that might assist investigators in finding missing persons, and that she was simply looking to volunteer her time because she cared. I eventually came to understand, as time went on, and I got to know Kiersten personally, that she had truly been given a gift for helping others in this way . . . especially kids. More precisely, what I love about Kiersten, as is illustrated in her book, is that she’s just a regular person thrown into supernatural experiences that unbeknownst to her at that time, had meaning far beyond what she could see. The belief in what we can’t see, especially as a detective looking for quantifiable, tangible evidence, is extremely difficult. However, Kiersten makes it easy to believe. In her moving story and journey, we can see that she is just like most of us; she is extremely logical and fact driven. The most amazing part of her journey is that she wasn’t looking for any of what has happened to her . . . it simply found her. Thankfully, in writing this book, Kiersten was brave enough to share her undercover life as a reluctant medium, and her amazing journey of survival and healing from abuse. After reading her book, I hope you find the same strength and fearlessness, and you learn to trust your own intuition. What Kiersten reveals to all of us is a hands-on roadmap for life, and as it has proven to be in my personal experience, for truth and justice as well." Mark Pucci NYPD Detective (ret.) Founder / Chief Investigator New York Private Detective Services |
Endorsements for Little Voices
From Celebrity Designer, Author, and TV Star,
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From Best-Selling Author and Expert on Narcissistic Abuse, Lisa E. Scott
"No one can understand what it's like to try to love a narcissist unless they've experienced it firsthand and Kiersten's book, Little Voices is further validation of that for me. Not only was I so drawn into Kiersten's story that I read it in one sitting, but the way in which she shares her experience had me on the edge of my seat rooting for her every step of the way. Kiersten's story takes things to a level often unexplored as she teaches us how to tap into the power of our intuition and trust our gut as a way to heal from narcissistic abuse. It's not just a compelling story on how to recover from psychological and emotional abuse, but a love story on how to honor yourself in a way only you are capable of doing. Thank you for being such an inspiration, Kiersten, and showing us what we need is already inside of us. We just have to look within. Lisa E. Scott, Best-selling Author of three books on narcissism including THE PATH FORWARD. |
From Spiritual Thought Leader and Best-Selling Author, Stephanie Arnold...“I couldn’t put Little Voices down! As someone who has experienced and written about near death and the spiritual journey which comes from it, I am blown away by Kiersten’s authentic, down-to-earth approach of how becoming a later-in-life medium goes beyond a leap of faith, it's a deep dive into a knowing. If you’re wondering if intuition is real and if it can save your life, this book is for you.”
Stephanie Arnold, #1 AMAZON & NATIONAL BESTSELLER, 37 SECONDS (HARPERONE) + NETFLIX ORIGINAL, SURVIVING DEATH |
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From Internationally Renowned Medical and Spiritual Intuitive & Author, Katie Beecher“Little Voices is the rare type of book that speaks to nearly every audience including trauma survivors, women searching for their own identities, people struggling to connect to their intuition, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs, people trying to improve their relationships, law enforcement and individuals interested in mediumship and psychic abilities. It’s touching, funny, dark, joyful and disturbing – in all of the best and most intriguing ways.
As a Medical and Spiritual Intuitive and Licensed Professional Counselor, I was impressed by Kiersten’s ability to captivate me with stories of supernatural abilities and previously unremembered childhood trauma with eloquence and sincerity. I was inspired by her entrepreneurial spirit, incredible self-created furniture company and her difficult to accomplish appearance and deal on Shark Tank. I looked forward to each page, not wanting to put it down, and I wanted to know more when it was over. I highly recommend Little Voices for your book collection. It will inspire you to learn more about your own untapped intuitive abilities and to trust and strengthen the ones you already have. It will encourage you to be your authentic self and pursue those dreams you never thought possible and it will teach you that life is too short to put up with any negativity or sadness.” Katie Beecher, Internationally renowned medical and spiritual intuitive, licensed professional counselor, and author of Soul Inspired Healing (St. Martin’s Press, 2021) |
From Abuse Survivor, Author, Coach, and Speaker, Rachael Wolff"Little Voices was a memoir I couldn’t put down. Kiersten Parsons Hathcock’s story is one that every woman should read. She gives tons of examples of how she tapped into her intuition, while also showing the humanness of what can happen when we don’t listen. As a psychological and emotional abuse survivor, she could have been talking about my ex and I wouldn’t have known the difference. This is a book every abuse survivor would benefit from because they would see that they are not alone. Non-abuse survivors would get the insight to why victims keep going back and some of the shame the victims feel when they go back, don’t leave, or isolate from the people they love. Now, if that wasn’t enough to keep a person reading, she shows you a whole other side of herself along her special gifts. We get to see all these amazing parts of her that include being a medium and a self-taught carpenter who was on Shark Tank. Her story is a human story. It includes childhood sexual abuse, love, marriage, children, career, challenges, mistakes, downward spirals, intuitive gifts, helping others, and vulnerability. Her bravery and honesty are awe-inspiring. Life isn’t always pretty, but learning and exposing the truth in the pain is essential to live an empowered life."
Rachael Wolff, Author of Letters from a Better Me |
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Excerpt from Little Voices...
INTRODUCTION
I always wanted to fit in—to be seen as normal. Normal family. Normal life path. Normal everything. Writing this book—and experiencing what I have since 2009—threw any chance of being seen as normal out the window. And I’m finally okay with that. It just took forty-seven years for me to get here.
The irony of my plight to be normal is that I finally realize intuition is actually normal. We all have it, even if we’re not openly talking about it. It’s one of the reasons I decided to write this book. As you’ll discover in the pages of this memoir, for someone who’s wired to trust scientific proof rather than faith, becoming a late-in-life medium proved a difficult journey. Like most folks who aren’t raised to believe in the unseen, I couldn’t wrap my head around why, in the middle of my life, I could suddenly hear and see kids in spirit. My heart raced and the hair on my arms stood up every terrifying time a child came to me with a message.
In the beginning, I saw so much and yet, very little at the same time. I couldn’t see how the kids would eventually step in to help me as much as I was helping them. There was a reason they were coming to me. My inner child knew why, even if I didn’t. The reason would be horrifying, unbelievable, and …something I’d never imagined in a million years.
My journey to trust the small voice inside me, and the small voices outside of me, has been life changing. Not only did I learn to honor my intuition, but because of it, I survived and eventually escaped the cycle of abuse. I am #metoo…well, too. I just didn’t realize it until I turned forty.
Now, finally, I’m on the other side of the pain, the fear, and the uncertainty. Wait, I take that back. I am confident that, as much I’ve learned over the past ten years as a reluctant medium, I certainly don’t have all of the answers to why we are here, and why we endure what we do, but I do believe there’s a plan for our lives that’s much bigger than we can see. With that said, I want to share what resonated the most when I started to recognize intuition as gift that we all possess. At the end of the book, you’ll find a few tips and techniques that helped me develop and trust my intuition as well as heal from a lifetime of hidden abuse.
My hope is that, after reading about my journey, you’ll not only develop more faith in your own intuition but you’ll see that part of yourself as a compass—a normal, everyday compass that you can use to help you get where you’re meant to go. If you’re an abuse survivor, I hope you know that no matter where you are in your journey, you are a warrior. And if you use your intuition as a guide, you’ll always find a lighted path, even in the darkness.
PROLOGUE
2011
“You’re close …but it’s the big one,” she said.
Her tiny voice rang clear and sweet, as though she was standing in front of me. It had been a few months since the little blonde-haired girl whose name started with a "C" began communicating with me. In my mind's eye, she looked to be no older than eight. No one else could hear her or see her, but for some reason, I could.
Walking over to the tallest tree, I asked in my mind, “Are you sure it’s this one?”
“I’m sure.”
Out of nowhere, chills ran up and down my entire body. I welcomed the familiar sign of confirmation. Standing in the hot sun, I surveyed the ground beneath the hundred-year-old tree as beads of sweat ran down my back. Readying myself, I leaned the shovel against a nearby tree and pulled my blond hair back into a ponytail while I continued to stare at the spot. As a self-taught carpenter and furniture designer, I was used to manual labor, but this felt different. Harder. My hands sweat as I thought about the weight of it all, and what I had to confront to get to the truth.
I’d do anything for these kids, but clearly the universe was reveling in some kind of sick joke. I was being guided to dig up the past, but first I had to face my fear of spiders—hundreds of them encased in a blanket of webbing hanging from the branches. A part of me wanted to take this intuitive gift and shove it, but I didn’t. Instead, I carefully wiped away scores of cobwebs with my shovel handle and carved out a place to stand beneath the outstretched arms of the elm. I was ready to dig and had convinced myself that if I didn’t look up, I’d be okay.
I dug for an hour, all the while feeling nervous about what I’d find as I shoveled out hard-packed soil and tossed it into a mound. As the mound grew taller, I grew more anxious. Wiping sweat from my brow onto my dirt-stained jeans, I looked around the yard making sure that I had indeed been guided to the correct tree. I panicked for a minute because I could no longer hear the girl. Where did she go?
All I could do was trust what she'd already told me. As I continued to plunge my shovel into the ground, flashes of visions I saw weeks ago played like a movie in my mind. They revealed grisly details of her abduction and murder and made me all the more determined to keep going. She needed my help, and I needed her to help me understand why she was coming to me.
A little more than an hour into shoveling, I was ready to ditch my sweat-soaked halter top for another shirt when I felt a tug on my ponytail. I turned, searching for another soul in the yard. The entire backyard was empty, but I wasn’t alone. She was making sure I knew she was still there.
Even though I was intuitively led to that spot that day, I truly didn’t understand just how much was left to uncover.
CHAPTER 1—The Road to Spirit
Standing in our already-sweltering LA garage during an early June morning in 2009, I savored the scent of Baltic birch plywood that I’d just run through the table saw. My 400-square- foot workshop was built during my favorite musical era—the 1940s. Now that the roar of the saw had faded, it was time to hit play on a few Billie Holiday tunes. Donning a toolbelt, jeans, white tank top, ponytail, and California-girl flip flops, I walked over to the workbench where I planned to start crafting the umpteenth toy box. The sun lit up the bench like a spotlight. I was in the right spot.
In the two years since I started my furniture company, the scent of cut wood came to symbolize quiet solitude and solace. Looking back, I hadn’t realized just how much I needed that time alone in my workshop, but I knew I adored my sawdust oasis.
As I reached for the hand jigsaw to carve out the leaf-shaped lids of the toy box, I thought back on my unusual journey going from corporate to carpentry. Most days, I felt content with my new role as a work-from-home mom who built kids’ furniture while taking care of her own kids. Other days, I thought back to the fast-paced, exciting years I spent working in the television industry in Chicago.
I was in my mid-thirties and seemingly happy. Except that I wasn’t. In years past, I saw my world in vibrant technicolor, but since moving to Burbank, California in 2006, the colors of my life were more muted. Grey, almost. I couldn’t put my finger on it. I was too young for a mid-life crisis, and I genuinely found pleasure in all that I did, but nothing really set me on fire anymore. I considered counseling, but what was I going to talk about? Sure, we’d moved around the country a few times, and Scott had endured a couple of unexpected layoffs, but all in all, we were good. Aside from worrying about our second grader’s sudden onset stuttering, I had little to fret about.
After cutting the leaf-shaped lids, I went into assembly mode. I’d gotten so used to building toy boxes that I could easily craft a box without much mental effort. It allowed me to continue searching my mind for answers to my grey state of being. Answers did not come that day, nor for several months after, until September when I stepped out of my comfort zone and into a strange new world.....
A few more words from beta readers...
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I have read numerous excellent self-help books and memoirs on all kinds of abuse. Rarely have I come across one in which childhood sexual abuse, marital codependent behaviors, and partner narcissistic abuse were presented in a narrative which so painfully and yet prophetically links them together. Little Voices accomplishes this and so much more. With her raw, authentic detailing of the abuses she endured along with her unorthodox gifts from the spirit world, Kiersten Parsons Hathcock’s memoir reminds us that until we heal the wounds within us, tragically we are drawn to external sources of validation – some healthy and some dangerous. Perhaps what is most noteworthy of Hathcock’s memoir is her unwavering commitment to accountability, integrity, and truth – with herself and with others. We are not left feeling sorry for Little Voices. We are cheering with her and rooting for her all the way."
Holli Kenley, MA, LMFT
Author Breaking Through Betrayal: And Recovering The Peace Within 2nd Edition
A rich, soulful and heartfelt journey of narcissistic abuse that mirrored my own experience so closely, at times, it took my breath away. If you are looking to gain an understanding of the dynamic played out between so many people in these relationships, Kiersten’s book is a must read.
Honest and vulnerable, she has helped me find my own forgiveness as to why I ended up in this cycle of abuse. Her courage in taking us through her story, gives us all courage.
The love of her family, gives us all an incredible example of what unconditional love looks like in action, not just words. If you are even slightly questioning the behavior of someone you love, friend, partner or work colleague, ‘Little Voices’ will undoubtedly give you some of those answers.'"
Shelley Buchanan, Founder/CEO, KINDARMA
Kiersten Hathcock, as a woman and as a writer, is filled with equal parts heart and grit. I know this after reading the book she wrote, because here she is embracing life with a sweet, strong family, her thriving home-grown business, and an honest, sought-after passion for intuitive healing. All of this is despite -- or maybe even because of -- having endured soul-crushing abuse. Twice. But not only has Kiersten risen above the odds, now she authentically shares how and why in her memoir, so that other women might learn the power of their own inner truths. It's a must read!"
Janna Leadbetter, Founder, Breaking the Silence for Women
You've got to read this book. I'm somebody who can usually sit and read for about 10 minutes at a time. But this book...I couldn't put down! I read it in one sitting. It's that good. Kiersten takes you on her journey, but it'll feel like you're right there with her. It feels like you're sitting on your couch with your best friend while she's telling you her experience. It doesn't matter if you think of yourself as an intuitive, or survivor of domestic violence, you'll learn from this book. It's going to change the way we think of domestic violence, and it's going to change the way you relate to yourself."
Holly Jaleski, Founder/Inventor - Grubcan
I'm done...covered in goosebumps and tears welled up in my eyes. My husband just said he's never seen me read so intently. I couldn't stop reading...you're an excellent writer."
Lisa K.
I consider myself a major skeptic about mediums or psychics, in general, but I didn’t feel that way at ALL when I read your book - I think it’s something about your very straight-forward delivery and not over-the-top descriptions. You keep it really solidly grounded while you’re sharing your bewilderment about it. The message from Nate’s dad was super powerful.."
Karen H.
IT'S BEYOND AMAZING. I could feel your pain in my bones; your fears and your excitement. I felt every emotion through your words. I can see beauty in this painful and hurting travel. Falling apart gave you a reason to build something beautiful. You rise from your own fallen ashes to become brighter and more beautiful than ever before. Like Chrysalis turning into a butterfly. This book will help so many souls."
Ari Signes, Designer (Spain)
