About Me

Clara White is a pen name that came from the nickname that I was given at my elementary school–The White Crow. My classmates gave me this moniker for the ways I stood out: my broken beak (nose), my height (taller than most of the other kids), and my frequent challenges to our teachers. I hated it then, but I love it now, because in some cultures a white crow is considered a symbol of transformation or spiritual awakening.

One day, I will use my books’ royalties to launch the reconstruction of a hospital in my husband’s native city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. There, we will establish a program to help Ukrainians who live with PTSD after the Russian invasion. My own journey from a victim of childhood and youth trauma to survivor, then ultimately to THRIVER, took two decades of struggle, pain, and therapy. I live vibrantly in San Francisco with my husband, daughter, and dog.

• It is very liberating to stop loving, but it is even more liberating to stop hating.
• The finality of death is worth postponing and the miracle of love is worth waiting for.
• You are a divine art–own it!

At the end of the day, it is not about how rich you are, or how successful you are, or how talented you are. At the end of the day, it is all about your capacity to love and to feel loved UNCONDITIONALLY!