Trauma Women

More Than Your Trauma is more than just a book about self-discovery for African American women. It’s a comprehensive guide designed to help you accept your ignored experiences, reflect on your struggles, and embrace vulnerability as a path to personal growth and transformation—something that we’re often made to feel guilty about.

Are you tired of feeling stuck in a toxic relationship? Are you ready to break free from the pain and find healing? 30 Days to Overcome a Toxic Relationship is a mindfulness program that can guide you towards reclaiming your power and finding inner peace. This program is designed to help you identify toxic behaviors, set healthy boundaries, and prioritize your well-being. With 30 daily mindfulness exercises, journal prompts, and affirmations, you'll learn practical tools and strategies to help you overcome the trauma caused by toxic relationships. This book is part of a series of ...

Discover how you can take control of your happiness and inner peace despite all the obstacles you have to face Have you been feeling like you can never get a break? Are your days full of conflict and challenges that you constantly have to fight and overcome? Are you tired of riding the rollercoaster of anger, fear, frustration, and overwhelm and wish you could just take a step back from your problems? Being a black woman today comes with unique struggles that others don’t even know about. You face the discrimination that both women and people of color encounter. Your needs are ...

Are you trapped in a relationship that hurts more than it heals—yet you still can’t walk away? You know they’re not good for you. You’ve cried, questioned, and convinced yourself to leave… yet something always pulls you back. This isn’t love. This is emotional addiction—and it’s not your fault. In You’re Not Addicted to Them. You’re Addicted to the Pain, Lena Hartley gently untangles the roots of trauma bonding, revealing why so many strong, self-aware women find themselves stuck in cycles of hurt, hope, and heartbreak. This isn’t just a book about letting go. It’s a...

Have you never had luck with relationships? Do you always seem to end in toxic relationships? Are you worried that you do not know how to control your emotions? Are you scared of and scarred by the mistakes you have made in the past? Do you want to know the best ways to love? Love is amazing! Love is awesome! Yet, too many people seem to suffer from being loved wrongly and being in the wrong relationships. Statistics show that approximately half of all marriages will end in a separation or divorce. Since love is the primary bedrock upon which marriages are built, there is surely a problem ...

Be Kind, But Take No Shit" is a transformative guide that merges the principles of 12-step recovery with the enlightening insights of the Map of Consciousness and concluding with the 12 Steps to Kindness. This book provides a holistic approach to personal growth, emphasizing that true kindness is a powerful, yet boundaried, spiritual journey requiring deep healing and self-awareness. In "Be Kind, But Take No Shit," readers are taken on a profound journey that explores the interplay between kindness, recovery, and spiritual awakening. The book is divided into several compelling chapters, ...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Shandra, once broken and full of anger, is on a path of healing after years of struggle. Doubts about her own worthiness of love linger as she grapples with the harsh realities of her past. A near-death experience shifts her perspective and forces her to reevaluate her life. In comes Leonardo Mannetti, a man with a complex background as a soldier, doctor, and protector. He is determined to keep Shandra and her daughter safe, using all means necessary. As their relationship deepens, they face challenges from secrets and lies...

Do past hurts and regrets haunt your everyday life? Are you ready to break free from overthinking, anxiety, and the endless cycle of "what ifs?" Letting Go of the Past is your roadmap to a brighter future. This transformative guide will empower you to: Overcome Overthinking: Discover proven techniques to quiet the mental chatter and find inner peace. Conquer Anxiety: Learn practical strategies to manage anxiety and embrace a more relaxed and joyful life. Find Forgiveness: Unleash the healing power of forgiveness—for yourself and others—and experience true freedom. Dynamic Exercises: To ...

Sandra Pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses. From the forgotten flat of a drug addict, to the infested home of a hoarder, Sandra enters properties and lives at the same time. But few of the people she looks after know anything of the complexity of Sandra's own life. Raised in an uncaring home, Sandra's miraculous gift for warmth and humour in the face of unspeakable personal tragedy, mark her out as a one-off and make this biography unmissable.

They call her “dramatic.” They say she’s “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or “just hormonal.” But what if she’s not crazy at all? What if she’s carrying the weight of trauma, responsibility, expectation, and exhaustion—all while being expected to smile through it? This book is a wake-up call to a world that’s too quick to judge and too slow to understand the silent battles women fight every single day. From invisible wounds that never fully healed to mental health struggles masked by productivity and people-pleasing, She’s Not Crazy, She’s Carrying Too Much ...

From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O'Connor's memoir shares her inspiring journey from rock bottom to resilience as she forged a personal path to recovery from trauma and addiction. Searing, unsettling, and ultimately triumphant, Judge O'Connor's debut memoir takes listeners on a wild ride through the rock-bottom underbelly of intravenous drug addiction to the hallowed halls of justice, where she rose to the pinnacle of success as a federal judge.

If you find yourself in harmful patterns, let’s start a healing journey together. DRY YOUR EYES,WOMAN , will help you heal and move forward with the goal for you to obtain and navigate whole, healthy relationships with God, yourself, and other safe people. By trusting in Jesus, you will be able to find your way to forgiveness and transformation. What Others Are Saying About Christina and Her Strategies “Hi, this is James Malinchak, featured on ABCs hit TV show, “Secret Millionaire.” If you have ever gone through a traumatic experience in your life, and maybe you need some hope put ...

Through somatic therapy, you'll unlock the power to heal trauma from within, restoring balance and resilience in both your mind and body with simple, daily practices. Imagine if healing wasn't something that happened only in your mind but could also be experienced in your body. What if the key to lasting emotional and physical well-being lies in your ability to reconnect with yourself in ways you've never imagined? Somatic Therapy: Overcome Past Trauma and Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection with Daily Practical Exercises for Lasting Emotional and Physical Well-Being is not just another ...

A raw, honest memoir about anxiety, burnout, and the journey to healing. “No, I’m Not Fine. Thank You.” is the powerful true story of a nurse whose life was forever changed by trauma—and how she found her way back to herself. After a traumatic brain injury brought her fast-paced, high-stress career to a crashing halt, Laura was forced to confront the emotional toll she had been carrying for years. Behind her perfectly put-together life was a woman battling anxiety, people-pleasing, and the weight of never feeling "enough." This memoir is for anyone who has ever said “I’m fine”...

An unlikely self-love story between a broken girl and her strange brain. Using a refreshing, unexpected, and clever combination of self-deprecation and profound insightfulness, Cindy Robinson shares the story of how her ADHD, OCD, and childhood trauma aided both in her downfall as well as her ultimate triumph. Her humorous and heartfelt vignettes invite you to walk alongside her as she attempts to prove she’s “normal” (and fails repeatedly). Determined not to give up on herself, she ultimately finds solace in a surprising place... her strangeness. Witness her artfully blossom from ...

Claudia Shephard’s husband died in a fire. Everyone says it was tragic. Accidental. She doesn't remember much—just smoke, panic, the way her lungs burned as she ran. But three weeks after the funeral, a manuscript arrives on her doorstep. A book she didn’t write. A book that describes, in disturbingly intimate detail, her husband’s affair… and the precise steps she took to murder him. It’s written in her voice. With her quirks. Her phrases. Her secrets. And page by page, Claudia feels her grip on reality begin to unravel. As whispers swirl through their coastal town and friends ...

Multiple Personality Disorder is real. 'Julia' portrays the raw path of Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This journey is shared by the author and the client ‘Julia’ through the process of therapy, originally for the treatment of anxiety. The initial consultations develop unwittingly into a relationship of deep mutual trust and respect which blur the lines between patient and client. When Julia acknowledges she has a voice talking above the noise in her head, the real work begins. It is not long before a person appears from nowhere, ...

October 18, 2019. Cristina Rivera Garza travels from her home in Texas to Mexico City, in search of an old, unresolved criminal file. “My name is Cristina Rivera Garza,” she writes in her request to the attorney general, “and I am writing to you as a relative of Liliana Rivera Garza, who was murdered on July 16, 1990.” It’s been twenty-nine years. Twenty-nine years, three months, and two days since Liliana was murdered by an abusive ex-boyfriend.

For millions of women, shame is a vicious predator. It tells us we are less than, that we are unworthy. We try everything to escape shame—ignoring it, intellectualizing it, and even, ironically, shaming ourselves for feeling it. The reality is that women experience shame more frequently and more intensely than men—a direct result, as acclaimed journalist Melissa Petro explains, of a patriarchal culture that “urges women to feel bad about themselves, and then punishes them when they do.” Why can’t we figure out how to break the shame cycle once and for all?

She tried so hard to be good enough— Perfect enough to be chosen. Quiet enough to stay. Strong enough to not be a burden. But no matter how much she gave, she still felt like too much… and never enough. If you’ve ever performed love just to feel safe, this book understands the ache beneath your smile. I Thought I Had to Be Perfect to Be Loved is not a how-to. It’s a heart-to-heart. Lena Hartley guides you through the hidden shame that keeps you shrinking, the fear of being seen, and the moment you finally let go of performing. Each chapter reads like a soft conversation with someone...