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A book for those
who have been through the fire.
The Fire Was Never Meant to Destroy You.
The Sacred Forge — a book for every person who has survived something they didn't choose, and is still trying to make sense of who they became.
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Pre-order your copy of The Sacred Forge before June 19.
Ahead of the book release, get a glimpse of The Sacred Forge in this chapter focused on joy.
Have you survived something that was supposed to break you — and found yourself wondering why you still don't feel whole?
Have you come through the fire and stood on the other side, unsure if the person who made it through is someone you even recognize?
There is a reason the fire came.
There is a reason you are still here.
And there is a name for what you are becoming.
This book was written for you if…
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You have survived a season that redefined you — and you’re still trying to understand who you became.
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You lead others through hard things, but carry your own crucible in private.
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Your faith is real, but you have questions about what God was doing in the fire.
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You are rebuilding your identity after a loss you didn’t choose.
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You are part of a faith community that doesn’t always have language for the weight you carry.
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You are ready to stop running from the fire — and start understanding what it forged.
The Sacred Forge is not a book about surviving.
It is a book about what the fire forges.
Drawing from 35 years of clinical practice, ancestral wisdom, and the lived experience of walking people through their darkest seasons, Warren Mitchell, LCSW, offers a psychospiritual framework for understanding suffering not as a punishment — but as a process.
The fire in your life was not a mistake. It was a forge. And what is being formed in you is more sacred than you know.
Four Movements That Will Reframe Everything
“The fire was never meant to destroy you. It was always meant to reveal you.”
The Sacred Forge releases on Juneteenth — June 19, 2026 -- the day freedom was finally named for those who had already survived the fire.
It is not a coincidence. It is a covenant.
Pre-order now and be among the first to receive a book written for every person who has come through something they didn’t choose, and is learning what it means to finally be free.
About Warren Mitchell, LCSW
Warren Mitchell is a licensed clinical social worker, CEO and Clinical Director of Journey of Self Discovery, LLC in Stonecrest, Georgia, and the founder of Grove Place Press.
With over 35 years of experience as a clinician, coach, workshop facilitator, and what he calls a Personal Culture Curator, Warren has spent his career accompanying people through their most disorienting and transformative seasons.
Rooted in the wisdom traditions of the US Virgin Islands, the African diaspora, and the Ubuntu philosophy of belonging, Warren writes not as a theorist — but as a man who has sat with the fire and learned to trust what it forges.
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You did not make it through the fire to stay in the ashes. This book is waiting for you.
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