From the Inside Out

A Spiritual Journey by Sandra Gulley

From the Inside Out! A spiritual Journey: is a collection of deep, soul searching poems, derived from years of trauma the Author herself has experienced. Though spiritual in their content, there are many moments of deep anguish and intense joy as she finds her way through years of abuse, fear and self destruction. Searching for a way to express her hurt, anger, pain and joy to the world, she hopes that her pilgrimage of healing will give others the courage to speak up and step out of their own hell, to find their own path to healing. The poems cover topics from relationships to the human condition, seen through the eyes of an abuse victim who felt very isolated and alone in her suffering.
Healing can come in many forms, through many different venues. The hope is that through these words, inspiration, and the knowledge that you are never alone in your suffering, healing will be a possibility. Many have walked similar paths and survived, through the courage to overcome and realization that He walks with you and shares your pain. Survival is possible, so is rising above the hurt and anger, to discover the person inside that you were meant to be, before the trauma!

Sandra Gulley

Sandi Gulley (aka Sam)


Being born a farm girl in Southern Ontario, the youngest of 14 children, creates the potential to spawn many stories and tales. Sandi though she has penned a few comical odes, songs and poems over the years; this is her first published work. She has considered writing her family memoirs and is being encouraged to do so.
Due to life changing circumstances, she found herself single after 26 years of marriage and living in Nova Scotia to help look after her fourteen month old Grand-daughter. These circumstances gave way to the opportunity for introspect and reflection, and with divinely inspired words the path to healing had begun.

Sandi’s greatest joy besides her children and grandchildren is her huge immediate family, 150 strong and all sharing a love of music and song. She plays guitar and mandolin in the family band. The family prides itself on its annual music festival, a celebration of family and music with 3500 on average in attendance. Gulleyfest is entering its 25th anniversary and Sandi is the “Music Director and Stage Co-ordinator”.
She attributes her love of music, poetry, and family to her parents, icons in respect and marital love. Her dad is her hero, a man of great responsibility and principals and yet of great humour and gentleness.

The courage to move out of the darkness and into the light is the journey she is on; and hopes her experiences can inspire you to do the same.