Heartbreaks, Headaches, and Smiles is an ode to life's trials and triumphs wrought in brave and inspirational poems. With lines that shine as affirmations, Janay Lamb takes readers on a healing journey, giving praise for each small victory and showing how a dynamic mind and heart can overcome the world's obstacles. A testament to surviving it all, these poems hum with an energetic rhythm and energy, bringing an understanding for the past into harmony with hope for the future. Lamb's poems grapple with deep passions through an exploration of the wrong turns those passions can drive us towards. Utilizing a profound understanding of the transformative power of butterflies and the cleansing energy of the ocean, these lines get at the heart of a speaker coming to terms with solitude and lost love. How can we stay true to ourselves and trust future possibilities while still staying whole and grounded after betrayal? "Resilience is hammered into my bones," Lamb answers, and it is precisely in these heroic moments where true self is recognized and not given over to darkness. Readers will be dazzled by a fearless kind of bloodletting in these poems which dig deep into heartbreak without shame or fear. By the end of Heartbreaks, Headaches, and Smiles, readers are ready to stand up as Queens and Kings to take control of their lives and change the world for the better.