Trauma Women

Vera thought she had it all—a devoted husband, two beautiful children, and a home filled with love and laughter. For years, she believed in the strength of her marriage, the power of loyalty, and the promises whispered late at night. But everything changed the moment she walked through the front door a day early from a weekend trip to her parents' house. What she heard first was laughter—soft, flirtatious, and unfamiliar. What she found next would destroy everything. Catching her husband Shane in a moment of intimacy with another woman, Vera’s world came crashing down. The man she ...

“The courage to heal begins with the courage to speak.” Indy Don’t Love Me is a raw, powerful novel based on the true story of Tiffany Stepney, a young woman whose journey through betrayal, resilience, and self-discovery will resonate with readers everywhere. When Indy transfers to a prestigious university, she dreams of finding belonging and connection. But what begins as a hopeful new chapter quickly turns into a nightmare when a trusted relationship with a fraternity member shatters her sense of safety. Betrayed and isolated, Indy confronts not only her assailants but also a system...

Living in the Middle East for over twenty years has afforded Jerry and Sarah Mattix a first hand perspective of the trauma women face in this troubled region. After years of counseling women from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds she has learned to empathize deeply with their tragic plight. This book is a collage of their stories that sheds light not only on their grievous experiences but also on practical ways of engaging them and helping them toward wholistic healing. Sarah also shares her own struggles and how God has used them to better equip her in her trauma and crisis ...

This memoir presents one human story, crafted into art by the power of words. Elisha's carefully planned life collapses with the breakup of a relationship she had built her life around, sending her on a journey into the depths of the global sexy Tantra scene. Wild Thing in Captivity is Eat, Pray, Love for Tantra. It's a coming-of-middle-age tale for Generation X.

A linked novel celebrating female strength and resilience. America is like no other nation. People bravely emigrate from foreign lands to contribute to its evolution and success. Overlapping moments in time link nine diverse generational immigrant women in soulful tales of self-discovery. When confronting inner struggles each seeks empowerment by invoking the wisdom, sacrifice, hope, and determination of the spirits who came before them. Sweep through decades and across borders to experience the intense love, aching trauma, and triumphant outcomes, that deliver inspiration and healing. Time...

The World Needs More Btitches, Because Nice Never Changed The World Introduction: By the time we’re done, you’ll understand why the world doesn’t just need more bitches—it deserves them. Let’s get one thing straight: the world would be a much better place if more women embraced their inner bitch. Now, before you clutch your pearls, let me explain. When I say “bitch,” I’m not talking about the tired old stereotype of the mean girl or the villainous diva. No, honey. I’m talking about the bold, intelligent, tenacious, charismatic heroine who walks into a room and commands ...

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 ...

Haunted by family secrets and trapped by an oppressive faith, Leah is forced to confront a past that threatens her future. After a life-changing rally exposes dark truths, she must fight to reclaim her autonomy—if she dares. When a rally at the Arkansas state capitol turns her world upside down, Leah—a woman once bound by tradition and control—fights for the truth hidden beneath a veneer of piety and conformity. Caught between a manipulative church hierarchy and a relationship that suffocates her dreams, every secret of her past stokes a new rebellion in her heart. With stakes higher ...

Mercer Sinclair has hated Dr. Loren Collins since she first started graduate school at Princeton University. Seven years later, Mercer is working in the English department at Princeton and she is offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a fully-funded collaborative research project. This project has the power to skyrocket her career and give her the exposure she desperately craves. The one drawback? She has to work with Loren, the very man she can’t stand. Loren Collins has been infatuated with Mercer Sinclair for seven years. She’s consumed his mind and he can’t stay away. When he’s ...

With an audacious persistence to reclaim her life, Tia set off on a 15-year path to psychological health. The result is an emotionally regulated, actualized, self-aware woman able to tell her hard story without retraumatizing herself, a woman able to reach a hand back to help others claim what’s theirs. If trauma took your past, it shouldn’t get your present and future too. Through a series of personal stories, therapeutic stages, and resources built around a multi-step model, Tia Levings will guide you through the journey that helped her leave abuse, rediscover selfhood, and heal her mind.

Are you tired of always saying yes when your heart says no? No Is a Complete Sentence is the empowering mini-guide every woman needs to reclaim her time, energy, and voice. Written by self-growth advocate Kami Carter, this transformative eBook speaks directly to the silent burnout of overgiving, overcommitting, and constantly trying to please everyone but yourself. With practical tools, journal prompts, and boundary-setting scripts, this guide walks you through: Why people-pleasing feels safer than speaking up How to recognize emotional triggers and reclaim your voice Simple ways to set ...

C.S. Singer's novel unfolds in the exploding, social world of pickleball, where players come together on the court escaping, or hiding, their personal lives for a brief time to enjoy the fast paced, stress-reducing game with other folks they may, or may not, know. The story centers on Eve Petra, a spirited and successful real estate agent in West Palm Beach, FL, who shares a love for pickleball with her close-knit group of friends. Among them are her partner Jason, her best friend Liv, and Liv's husband Mack. The story starts with a lighthearted tone of friends living happily in their ...

Unlock the secret to profound peace in a chaotic world. "Beyond Control" offers a transformative journey for those trapped in anxiety and perfectionism, teaching the liberating art of surrender. Through practical exercises, inspiring stories, and evidence-based techniques, this illuminating guide helps readers release the exhausting grip of control to reveal unexpected joy and opportunities previously hidden from view. Perfect for anyone feeling overwhelmed by life's unpredictability, this book provides a clear path to not just survive uncertainty, but to thrive within it. Discover how ...

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A retired Navy specialist, a pressing deadline, and four runaway girls. This is the start of a wild ride that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Like ghosts, four frightened girls shaken to the core by a haunting trauma, appear in the same mountains where Clarissa, a retired Navy specialist, has fled hoping to escape the pressing demands of a publishing deadline. Now, thrust into danger, the ride into the mountains, a place of both beauty and danger, threatens to be Clarissa’s last. Will Clarissa be able to save the four girls who have appeared in the mountains, or will she ...

No one would ever guess that simply hanging curtains could be life-changing! In the blink of an eye, Paula's world turned upside down as a broken leg morphed into life threatening events that pushed her reality into a darkness we only see in movies. Legless tells the story of Paula's fight to triumph over heartbreaking trauma while depression and suffering snapped at her desire to live. Unwilling to surrender for the sake of her family, she dug deep into the meaning of life at every setback and found herself changed, transformed and seeing herself through the eyes of a new normal.

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Operated on as an infant, without anesthesia, Wendy P. Williams began life at war with her body. There were tubes everywhere, in and out of every opening, her mother reminded her on every anniversary of her surgery. Autobiography of a Sea Creature takes listeners on Williams’ difficult sensory journey toward healing, as she communes along the way with horseshoe crabs, dolphins, and other marine life that taught her the restorative power of beauty, resilience, and interdependence.

..In 1971, I was trying my best to make a better life for myself and my children. I had the audacity to be a single mother and also believe that I could obtain a college degree. Society holds the ideal of marrying your soul mate, once a relationship fails it is believed they did something wrong. In some cases, single parents had no control over the outcome of their relationship. These essays attempt to explore the psychologic, emotional and spiritual reasons for the path I took.

Do you know someone that has experienced trauma? The purpose of this book is to help you understand your value, through God's measure and find peace! You will become acquainted with how to begin shifting from people-pleasing behavior to developing healthy boundaries. These concepts will provide a preliminary understanding of how to be authentically yourself! Ultimately, you will feel empowered, and feel ignited by learning how to use your PAST as your PUSH for your PURPOSE!