Relationship Trauma

Generational trauma silently infiltrates your life, shaping your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in ways you may not even realize. It's the invisible force that keeps you stuck in patterns of struggle, sabotaging your relationships, health, and success. This book is your guide to understanding the complex web of generational trauma and how it impacts every aspect of your life. You'll learn how trauma is passed down through families, often in subtle and insidious ways, and how it manifests in your adult struggles and coping mechanisms.

Discover the tools to break free from the past, embrace the present, and build a future filled with genuine connection and joy. Remove your masks and begin living openly—as you are meant to. Your journey to healing and authenticity starts today.

We were all once a child. Whether we had the best parents or the "they tried their best" parents, anyone can benefit from this book. It's a tool to help you understand why you think and behave as you do and how to change the outcome for future generations.

Paul Scheer has entertained countless fans and podcast listeners with stories about the odd, wild, and absurd details of his life. Yet these tales have pointed to deeper, more difficult truths that the actor and comedian has kept to himself. Now, he is finally ready to share those truths for the first time—but, of course, with a healthy dose of humor.

In a world where it is believed that babies lack awareness, somatic pre- and perinatal therapist Cherionna Menzam-Sills, Ph.D., reveals that babies do perceive negative prenatal and birth experiences, which can easily become unconscious shadow, infiltrating the psyche and affecting personality, relationships, behavior, and perceptions throughout life.

Still emotionally tied to someone who hurt you? If you can’t stop thinking about a relationship that damaged you ~ if you feel addicted to someone who gave you just enough to keep you hooked ~ you might be trapped in a trauma bond. Whether you were love-bombed by a narcissist, manipulated through emotional abuse, or stuck in a push-and-pull cycle with a toxic ex, this book will help you break free from the unhealthy attachment and finally heal. The Trauma Bond Cured is your step-by-step guide to ending the obsession, healing your heart, and rebuilding the self-worth that was slowly taken ...

You are not alone. In Betrayed by Work, authors Julia Erickson, MBA, and Suzanne Vosburg, PhD, bear witness to the stories of women just like you - and just like them. This book shows how women lost their jobs, describes what happened to them immediately and in the aftermath, validates women's feelings about being fired, and offers a source of hope and companionship to those of us coping with either our own job loss or the sudden job loss of someone we know or love.

In Unraveling Your Relationship with Money, renowned financial expert and Certified Trauma of Money Specialist Shannah Game delivers an inspiring, informative, and at times cathartic guide to improve your behavioral finance skills, gently resolving deep-rooted trauma related to emotions like shame, fear, and panic surrounding money, and finally start reaching your financial goals.

Libérate de los patrones familiares destructivos y sana tu vida, incluso si el trauma intergeneracional ha definido a tu familia durante décadas. ¿Te sientes constantemente atrapado/a por patrones que pareces incapaz de cambiar? ¿Has notado patrones de disfunción en tu familia? ¿Sientes la pesada carga que imponen los traumas familiares no resueltos? ¿Te preocupa transmitir inadvertidamente estas cargas a las generaciones futuras? No está solo/a en esta lucha.

Have you ever mourned someone who was never really yours? You replayed every moment, read between every line, waited for a sign that never came. You loved in silence, hoping they'd see you. But all you were left with was the ache of what could’ve been — a heartbreak without a story, a grief without goodbye. This book is for the woman who keeps grieving a ghost of love — a fantasy she built to survive the loneliness. Through raw reflections and gentle truth, I Grieved a Love That Never Even Began helps you name the pain, break the spell of silent longing, and reclaim the pieces of ...

Are you haunted by the echoes of your family's past? Do you feel trapped in destructive patterns that seem impossible to escape? Are you determined to create a healthier legacy for your children, free from the emotional baggage of previous generations? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you're not alone. Many have walked your path, filled with the desire to transform their family's narrative and embrace a life unburdened by inherited trauma.

Toxic relationships exert a power over us like few things in life can, but that doesn’t mean you have to settle for them. In fact, by simply deciding you want more from life, you can start to reclaim your worth and take action. The problem is that this is so much easier said than done. If only you could stumble across a step-by-step guide that would show you how to reclaim your life and rebuild from the ground up.

A masterful synthesis of relational and attachment theory, neurobiology, and contemporary psychoanalysis, Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: Healing Right Brain Relational Trauma has been internationally recognized as an essential text on shame. Integrating new theory about trauma, shame resilience, and self-compassion, this second edition further clarifies the relational, right-brain essence of being in and with the suffering of shame. New chapters carry theory further into praxis.

In this game-changing book, trauma therapist and mental health expert Dr. Anita Phillips reveals how embracing emotion is the key to living your most powerful life. Just as gardens thrive in good ground, the abundant life you’ve been seeking can only be grown in the soil of your heart.

"Trauma Braille" is an expressive exploration into the hidden scars and silent struggles that shape a person's inner world and biology. Much like the tactile language of Braille, which is felt rather than seen, trauma is often an invisible force that can only be understood through close and careful attention. This book delves into the intricate patterns of trauma, offering readers a guide to recognizing and interpreting the subtle signals that reveal deep emotional wounds. In its essence, "Trauma Braille" is not just about understanding trauma; it is about transforming how we relate to ...

A Life-Changing Collection for Deep Healing, Self-Regulation, and Lasting Transformation Struggling with anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm? Imagine waking up tomorrow feeling calm, grounded, and in control, without years of therapy, endless coping strategies, or feeling stuck in survival mode. This comprehensive collection brings together two highly acclaimed books—The Somatic Therapy Handbook and The Polyvagal Theory Handbook—to provide you with a science-backed, practical path to healing from within.

Shadow work holds the key to a life of empowerment and fulfillment. Discover its secrets! You are a whole person—experiences and values—and that includes those less unpleasant experiences you might prefer to forget about. The secret to healing from trauma and living an authentic life with the peace and joy you deserve is to embrace every part of yourself… but you’re going to need to get better acquainted with shadow work. Shadow work holds the key to increased self-awareness, understanding your behaviors better, and emotional healing.

Have you ever waited for someone so long that you forgot who you were without the waiting? This book is for the daughters who sat on metaphorical porches, waiting for a father who never returned—not physically, emotionally, or fully. In He Never Came Back, and I Stopped Waiting, Sienna Thorne takes us on an intimate, emotionally raw journey through the invisible wounds left by an emotionally absent father. With poetic storytelling, this book explores how a missing father figure silently rewrites a daughter’s understanding of love, connection, and self-worth. It shows how these wounds ...

Being In My Body explores a topic that has only recently been connected with trauma at all, and is still largely circumvented by modern medicine, insurance agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry. It has to do with something the experts are now referring to as developmental trauma. Whatever we call it, it profoundly shapes our physical, interpersonal and mental health. It has the potential to disconnect us from others, hinder the development of healthy narcissism, and make safety in intimate relationships virtually unachievable until it is properly dealt with. Whether you identify with ...

If you experienced physical or emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment as a child, you may struggle with unhealthy relationships as an adult. Hurtful attachments with our caregivers in early childhood can lay the foundation for toxic relationships. Those experiences can even affect the way we handle conflict, our feelings toward sex, and our expectations of our partners. But this doesn't mean you can't change. This book will help you gain a greater awareness of the trauma bonds that prevent you from getting the love, safety, and security you desire.