Delta Blues is the true story of life coach and author Terry S. Smith. In addition to being gripped with Smith's own story, readers will be helped in their own personal walk. After a traumatic childhood, Dr. Smith became a treasured personal counselor. In Delta Blues, he shows how, with good information, time and a safe place, an individual can uncover internal, false beliefs and triumph. As one of the earliest life coaches, Smith has listened to over 10,000 life stories, helping people suffering with PTSD (military veterans & others), OCD, alcohol addition, drug addition, depression, marital conflict and general despair. The book is written where it can be used as tool for small group discussion. Friends or book clubs can read it and share their own story with one another. The book is about building community, having communion with friends and developing an atmosphere of love and acceptance. The book can facilitate this happening. "Yes" breathes on every page of Delta Blues. Emerging from the difficult family life in which he grew up, emerging from his personal struggle to find his real self, emerging from encounters with failure, Terry kept saying "Yes." And that fierce commitment to "Yes" eventually brought him home to himself, his family, and others." Landon Saunders, President of Heartbeat, Inc. "Delta Blues reveals the crushing soul-wound of early tragedy and the long process involved in finding wholeness." Larry Malone, Pilot of A-6 Intruder during the Vietnam War, Retired Navy Captain "This book holds a key to healing unseen hurts. It will inspire you to be more honest and compassionate with yourself and others." Norma Sarvis, Teacher, Mentor and Leader of Youth in Jerusalem, Israel "Delta Blues is hard to put down. I found it so close to my own story that at some points I wept. It's a powerful story, full of good news and well told. The questions in the Appendix were particularly helpful." Brown Kinnard, Spiritual Director, Retired Chaplain Supervisor and Seminary Professor "Delta Blues is one man's incredibly honest recounting of how he became a mess. But it's more, thank God. It's also a story of discovery and redemption." Steve Holt, Sr., Writer