Healing Family Trauma

The subject of forgiveness and dealing with offense is a struggle for many. In her third memoir, author Ashley M Bennett realizes the damage caused by those she trusted and loved and was desperate to heal. She also had to deal with regret and how to forgive herself. During this journey, she cracks open a box of family secrets that was never meant to be found. Secrets that spanned over generations. "What happens in this house stays in this house" had become a family mantra she no longer wanted to adhere to. In her pursuit to find her own freedom from memories that taunted her since childhood...

A gripping and emotional short story, The Good Son follows Ethan, a man haunted by childhood abuse and the scars left by an alcoholic stepfather. After his mother’s death, Ethan is forced to confront the man who shaped his darkest impulses—and reckon with the kind of father he’s becoming himself. Spanning decades of trauma, rage, and redemption, this story explores the brutal legacy of violence—and one man’s quiet decision to end the cycle.

He's been surviving, barely. She's on the run, and has been through something horrible, too. It's a very large country to drive across, they've got nothing but time. Can they help each other? Will they let go? Can they heal the past?

This guide by Dr. Lawrence L James, an expert in alcoholism and trauma, offers not just knowledge but a shared understanding of the lifelong impact of adverse childhood experiences. Drawing from personal and professional experiences, Dr. James delves into the heart of the emotional and psychological turmoil faced by adult children of alcoholics.

I Had A Brother Once is a brilliant, genre-defying work - both memoir and epic poem - about the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable loss. Adam is forced to re-remember a brother he thought he knew and to reckon with a ghost, confronting his unsettled family history, his distant relationship with tradition and faith, and his desperate need to understand an event that always slides just out of his grasp.

Where do you turn when the past comes to call? Cara Alexander wants to live life on her terms, but her paltry attempts at adulting have left her world a mess. Those around her think if she returned to the faith of her childhood and let God be in control, all would be well. She's not convinced. God proved Himself untrustworthy during the most tragic event of her life. Why would she believe His empty promises and supposed plans now? She’s just fine on her own. Except she's not. Her struggles with self-defeating behavior, bad choices, and debilitating fear bring consequences beyond her ...

Countless Black Americans descended from slavery are related to the enslavers who bought and sold their ancestors. Among them is Dionne Ford, whose great grandmother was the last of six children born to a Louisiana cotton broker and the enslaved woman he received as a wedding gift. What shapes does this kind of intergenerational trauma take? In this book, which move between her inner life and deep research, Ford tells us.

In Inherited Fate, psychologist Noémi Orvos-Tóth invites the listener on a journey of self-awareness that spans generations, encouraging you to set off on densely overgrown paths and cast light in dark corners in order to face the forces that are at work in your life. Rooted in Orvos-Tóth’s psychoanalytic approach and illustrated with vivid examples and questions that invite the listener to engage personally, Inherited Fate is a fascinating framework for discovery of the self, the dismantling of inherited beliefs and the revelation of wisdom stored in the body.

Shift your perspective. Go from victim to survivor by understanding how intergenerational trauma works and taking active steps to end the trauma cycle. Family is often depicted as the cornerstone of existence, yet what happens when undercurrents of trauma, broken trust, and unaddressed pain run through yours?

Once you have taken a moment to sit in the situation that placed you in an uncomfortable situation, you will understand how to grow and heal. Often times we don’t want to sit in the pain just enough to evaluate what’s in front of us. We run from it but soon enough it will become a present of your future that want to leave in your past. Now that you have gained value in healing from what attempted to break you, you can eventually discover the crown which you carry. It’s strange how pain can produce a divine power that can change the generation that will now carry. Carry it. Change it. ...

Do you find it hard to trust people? Perhaps you imagine how they might hurt you before you even begin to explore a relationship… Your trust issues have to do with your attachment style, and that’s something that cemented itself long ago… but you’re not attached to this forever: It’s something you can change. Find out how to be in adult relationships that are truly healthy and fulfilling. This engaging therapy workbook for adults is the relationship book you need to get you there.

You remember the dreams you had when your child was born. The innocence and You remember the dreams you had when your child was born. The innocence and possibilities. But lately, things have taken a troubling turn. Sure, you do your best to keep up appearances in public. But you live in constant worry about what’s happening behind your teenager’s closed bedroom door. Now it’s time to turn the tide with The E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Parenting Method.

For most of her life, Crystal “CJ” Justine has been erroneously compared to her mother, Sasha Renee. Yet even as she struggles to escape Sasha’s image and legacy, she finds herself unconsciously acting out her mother’s (and grandmother’s) past mistakes. CJ’s relationship with men—although few and far between—is tainted by the thing she cannot say, and her faith is weakened by the emotional and spiritual blows she endures.

Have you ever been called too sensitive, too emotional, too needy—or simply “too much”? If so, you’re not alone, and you’re not broken. You’ve just been taught to shrink yourself in order to be accepted. It’s time to unlearn the lie that your power, presence, or truth needs to be toned down to make others comfortable. You Are Not Too Much is a compassionate and empowering guide for women who are ready to stop apologizing for who they are and start showing up fully—in their emotions, relationships, voice, body, and everyday life. Inside this transformational read, you’ll ...

In Born in a Living Hell version 2.0, Darlene J. Clark courageously unveils the haunting realities of her tumultuous childhood, marked by abuse, betrayal, and unimaginable hardship. This raw, unflinching memoir not only recounts the painful moments of her past but serves as a beacon of hope and resilience for those who have suffered in silence. Through her story, Darlene calls for understanding, awareness, and the courage to stand up against abuse, reminding us all that survival is not only possible it’s a triumph. For those seeking a tale of strength amid adversity, Born in a Living Hell...

Bestselling recovery author Karen Casey looks at stories of people who grew up in dysfunctional families and "the good stuff" that can, ironically, come from the experience. She interviews survivors who emerged from the fires of turbulent households affected by abuse, addiction, or other problems, and reveals how they came to process their often-harrowing personal trials and, against the odds, triumph over their difficulties—using skills they honed in response to their childhoods.

Step back from your problems, make sense of your experience, and rewrite your story. This book helps you achieve positive change and better outcomes by being the storyteller and the star of the story you want to tell. Part narrative therapy and Hollywood how-to, Blockbuster Living braids our love of filmed entertainment and its formula of success onto our daily routine of family, love, work, faith, and the big question always lingering: What do we really want? This is an invitation to think like a storyteller; clarify the past and build an intentional future that is harmonious with a truer ...

Some memories belong to a future that hasn't happened yet. When eighteen-year-old Rodion begins testing Artificial Intelligence technology at a mysterious research lab in Pittsburgh, he starts experiencing terrifying visions of the future—visions where he finally avenges childhood trauma. But as his digital double grows stronger and the line between reality and projection blurs, Rodion realizes revenge might cost him everything he holds dear. Including his soul. Are his visions a gift of foresight, or is the AI manipulating his mind? As past trauma and future possibilities collide, Rodion...

Rapid Core Healing Rapid Core Healing Pathways to Growth and Emotional Healing: Using the unique dual approach of Family Constellations and Emotional Mind Integration for personal and systemic health, presents a dual psychotherapeutic approach for working holistically in a new and innovative way with a wide range of mental health and wellness issues, rapidly. Providing mind body pathways to accessing and working with the underlying dynamics of disturbing symptoms accurately, effectively and quickly for a wide range of relational, mental-health, blocks and sabotage and trauma-recovery. ...

Are you still carrying invisible wounds from your childhood? Do you constantly seek approval, struggle with setting boundaries, or feel trapped in toxic family dynamics? You're not broken — but your past may still be holding you hostage. It’s time to break free. Break Free from Toxic Parents: Heal the Wounds of a Loveless Childhood is your powerful, compassionate guide to healing the silent pain of growing up under toxic, narcissistic, or emotionally unavailable parents. Whether your parents were controlling, manipulative, dismissive, or simply unable to meet your emotional needs, this ...