Adult Trauma

You're a ghost to your own father—and that emptiness follows you into every room, every relationship, every mirror you've ever looked into. You know that sick feeling in your stomach when you watch other girls get actual affection from their dads? When you realize you've been emotionally starving your entire life and thought it was normal? When you understand that ‘provider’ and ‘parent’ aren’t the same thing—not even close? Yeah. That feeling. Maybe you learned early that your feelings were inconvenient. That needing comfort made you "difficult." That love had to be earned ...

The Book That's Transforming How We Heal Our Most Fundamental Relationship Have you ever felt that, despite your mother's love, something essential was missing? There are truths we whisper, uncomfortable secrets we keep. Perhaps none is as difficult to voice as this: sometimes, our mothers didn't know how to love us in the ways we desperately needed. For many of us, questioning maternal love feels almost sacrilegious. But if you've found yourself here, you likely sense that something fundamental was missing from this core relationship – and that recognition, however painful, is your first...

A Practical Workbook to Manage Triggers, Calm the Nervous System, and Heal Emotional Patterns If you grew up feeling unsafe, unheard, or emotionally overwhelmed, your nervous system may still be reacting as if the past is happening now. Sudden emotional reactions, shutdowns, anxiety, anger, or numbness are not personal failures — they are learned survival responses. This practical, compassionate workbook is designed specifically for adults healing from childhood trauma who want real tools to regulate emotions, reduce triggers, and feel more in control of their inner world. You don’t ...

Is your father's emotional absence still running your life? You chase emotionally unavailable men and can't figure out why the pattern keeps repeating. You tolerate behavior from partners that you'd never accept if it happened to a friend. You can't ask for help without feeling like you're admitting weakness. You're exhausted from being perfect, competent, and "fine" all the time. You grew up with a father who was physically there but emotionally absent. He showed up, but when you needed him? Nothing. Just silence or a tone that made you feel like an inconvenience.

What if the man who owns your future is the one who destroys your present? Vera Calloway is the woman you admire in boardrooms—the one who has it all together. Brilliant, driven, untouchable. But beneath that flawless exterior is a woman shackled by a past she keeps buried... until it all comes crashing down. Someone wants her ruined—photos, fabricated scandals, lies crafted to break her. They make one thing clear: either she walks away, or she burns. But when her world unravels, there’s only one man who can fix it. Only one man who’s been waiting in the shadows, watching her every ...

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy, fighting to find out what happened to all fairies and our world. But I’m running out of hope, and it has a lot to do with the four pieces of my soul I no longer have with me. Going through one breakup is terrible, but four in rapid succession is… More than one person can handle. I spent all summer fighting for fair folk, and fighting the councils, and fighting for the supes who need it, instead of taking a break. And I’m tired, mostly because I have so much trouble sleeping, missing the men I loved and didn’t want to admit I ...

Reframe your past, transform your future, and experience the healing power of CBT—starting from the day you open this book. Have your goals, hopes, and dreams fallen by the wayside over the years? Do you find it hard to stand up for yourself, and are you so tired of trying to fulfill everyone’s demands that you feel burnt out and fatigued—so much so that all you want to do is be alone? Are many of your relationships unfulfilling, and do you constantly give your best self to people who are narcissistic, codependent, selfish, or uncaring? It doesn’t have to be that way—but don’t ...

A powerful exploration of how early attachment wounds can lead to dissociative patterns—told through the lens of a trauma survivor. With a compassionate, trauma-informed voice, this concise guide combines personal narrative and key insights to help readers understand their own attachment-related dissociation and take hopeful steps toward healing.

Two Transformative Books in One Powerful Guide! In How to Heal Trauma, you're getting the complete, full-length editions of both Heal Your Inner Child and Somatic Therapy Solution—seamlessly combined into one comprehensive healing resource. Whether you're beginning your healing journey or deepening the work you've already started, this 2-in-1 compilation offers practical tools, compassionate guidance, and step-by-step support to help you reclaim your emotional freedom, resilience, and joy. If you're carrying emotional wounds, persistent anxiety, chronic pain, or self-doubt, you've ...

She kept one promise her entire life: never become her father. Then her brother died. And the promise died with him. Olivia Parker was the success story. The girl who escaped. McKinsey consultant who never touched alcohol. When Leo begged for $8,000 to save his life, she said no. Three days later, they found him with a bullet in his head. Now the wine bottles are empty every morning. The viral video of her breakdown has 134,000 views. McKinsey fired her. No one will hire her. She's homeless, broken, and waking up in places she doesn't remember.

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...

The secret to healing emotional wounds from your past is reconnecting with your inner child. Discover how to nurture this essential relationship... If you've experienced persistent anxiety, self-doubt, struggles with intimacy, or harmful emotional patterns you can't break, you've probably wondered if your childhood experiences might be the cause. Perhaps you've tried various approaches to ease the lingering sadness or emptiness, yet find yourself longing for a solution that truly works. You might even think that carrying these emotional burdens is simply part of life, something you'll just ...

It started with a cup of black coffee. A routine morning. A familiar café. A woman who thought her life was under control. Susan lives by the rules. Quiet mornings. The comfort of repetition. But everything begins to unravel the day a well-dressed stranger walks in — spinning a metal lighter between his fingers and watching her like he already knows her secrets. First come the memory lapses. Then the dreams. Then the bruises she can’t explain. Two men enter her life — one fiery, charming, impossible to ignore. The other calm, collected… and terrifying in his quiet intensity. One of...

She ran from the man who ruined her. Now he’s burning the world to bring her back. Vera Calloway disappeared without a trace. No body. No goodbye. Just silence and shadows where she used to be. The world thinks she’s dead. Lucian Dane knows better. He feels it in the way the city holds its breath. He sees it in the cracks she left behind—too careful, too deliberate. She didn’t vanish. She vanished from him. And that was her first mistake. Because Lucian doesn’t lose. Not control. Not power. And never the woman he’s already claimed. Now Protocol Seven is active— a scorched-...

From the leading expert on adult children of addicts, an essential guide to healing wounds of growing up with addiction and family dysfunction “Required reading for understanding the full picture of recovery, repair, and reclaiming our true selves.”—Aimie Apigian, MD, author of The Biology...

Are you struggling to move on after a breakup? Do you find yourself constantly dwelling on the past and feeling stuck in a cycle of negative thoughts and emotions? It's time to take control of your healing process with 30 Days to Overcome a Breakup. This comprehensive mindfulness workbook offers a unique approach to help you navigate the challenges of a breakup and start the journey towards healing and self-discovery. Over the course of 30 days, you'll engage in daily mindfulness exercises, guided meditations, and reflective journaling prompts designed to help you move on, release the past,...

Are you tired of feeling tired? Ease stress, calm your gut, and heal trauma in just 10 minutes a day. Science says your body already knows how; this workbook shows you how to unlock it. 🌟 70+ Somatic Exercises, Illustrated and Grouped by Healing Focus - From Soothing Anxiety to Easing Chronic Pain 🌟 🌟 Gentle No-Equipment Movements You Can Do In Under 10 Mins a Day 🌟 You may not realize it, but your body KNOWS something's not right. It doesn't speak in words, but it IS communicating—through tight shoulders, shallow breaths, chronic headaches, clenched jaws, restless legs, sleep...

Growing up in a home where there is addiction or relationship trauma puts a child at great risk for long-term, post-traumatic stress effects that adversely compromise adult relationships. Best-selling author, psychologist, and psychodramatist Tian Dayton examines this trauma through an exploration of the way the brain and body process frightening or painful emotions and experiences in childhood.

Discover the body’s innate power to heal from trauma—the classic, life-changing guide to trauma recovery from the creator of Somatic Experiencing (SE) Unraveling trauma in body, brain, and spirit—a revolution in treatment and beloved global bestseller In In an Unspoken Voice, renowned...

It’s time to find your power, learn how to love yourself, and break free of the limiting patterns and beliefs that are keeping you stuck—from the therapist behind the popular podcast The Michelle Chalfant Show. Many of us were never shown what it truly means to be an adult. Instead, we...