How to Reclaim Your Energy, Value and Honour Your Boundaries, and Put Your Well-Being First

Following her powerful memoir, Beyond Calamity: A South Sudanese Refugee's Story, and Blessed: Raising Two Daughters as a Single Mum with a Disability, Esther returns with her deeply moving third book: The Power of Choosing Yourself: How to Reclaim Your Energy, Value and Honour Your Boundaries, and Put Your Well-Being First.

How often do you shrink yourself just to make others comfortable and or dim your own light just to make others shine brighter? In a world that constantly demands our time, energy, and self-sacrifice, learning to prioritise yourself isn't just self-care but it is essential for survival, growth, and healing.

Written with deep empathy and rooted in authentic lived experience, The Power of Choosing Yourself is a compassionate, practical guide to reclaiming your life. From navigating health challenges and overcoming deep disappointments to letting go of shame and mastering the art of forgiveness, Esther offers a clear roadmap to reclaiming your personal power. Whether you are recovering from past trauma, navigating complex relationships, and or learning to establish firm boundaries, this book will empower you to step out of the shadows, guard your peace, and honour your true value.

It's time to stop pleasing everyone else and start choosing yourself.

About the Author

Esther Simbi is living proof that disability and disadvantage need not define us. She has overcome incredible odds: losing health, family, home, and community; surviving rape; and living as a refugee for nineteen years. She was the first African woman from a refugee background to run for parliament in South Australia, where she represented people with disabilities. Education, she believes, is the key to empowerment, and she works tirelessly to empower those who do not have a voice, or have not yet found their voice, to lessen inequality and disadvantage.