Grief Trauma

This isn’t just grief. This is the silent mourning of a love that was never real—and the sacred journey back to yourself. If you’ve left a narcissist, you’ve probably heard it all: “Just be glad it’s over.” “Why are you still so emotional?” “At least you’re free now.” But deep down, you know what they don’t: You’re not just grieving a breakup—you’re grieving a fantasy. A false self. A betrayal wrapped in affection. A love you gave fully to someone who never really existed. In this groundbreaking and soul-honest guide, Grieving the Narcissist walks you through...

Blending neuroscience, real-life stories, and gentle exercises, this audiobook shows how music can support your healing journey—no instruments or musical background required. Whether you’re coping with loss, anxiety, or life transitions, you’ll learn practical ways to use rhythm, tone, and melody to soothe your nervous system and rebuild strength from within.

He spent a lifetime saving others. Then one death shattered everything he thought he knew. After nearly thirty years as a first responder, CJ Landry has seen more tragedy than most people can imagine. But nothing prepares him for the night a woman’s mysterious death pulls him into a spiral of unanswered questions, buried secrets, and the emotional toll of a career spent holding everyone else together. As CJ begins to look closer at the case, and at himself, he uncovers a truth darker than anything he faced in the field: you can’t rescue others when you’re the one slowly falling apart....

Do you want to learn how to change your mindset to victory instead of defeat? Do you long to reprogram your mind to reach new levels of achievement and purpose despite our current times? Do you want to live fearless, knowing that your dreams and vision will be reality and you will reach your assigned destiny? In Trauma - Pain - Body - Grief & Healing, author Sandra Jackson reveals a daily life-changing strategy for taking control of your thoughts to live a victorious life. Sandra Jackson offers a practical guide filled with key verses, instructions, challenges, questions, and answers to ...

“They’re gone,” I hear someone say. “Your mother, they all left. Did you know?” The door opens without resistance. They didn’t even bother to lock; they never did. Doors are never locked here, not in this apartment nor any other. Who would steal anything here? There is nothing to take. Born in a rural desert town to a family of Persian immigrants, Miriam was twelve years old the first time she had three meals in one day. The tenth daughter of twelve siblings, she was raised so far away from anyone who might care that there was no one around to see her endure the debilitating ...

It’s hard to imagine anyone else being able to make understanding the grieving process...well, funny, while also being genuine and compassionate. As always, Faith nails it. This zine contains words of solace and helpful wisdom for when you’re dealing with grief…but most of all it’s full of helpful advice for when you are trying to figure out how to support someone else in their grief and what to say. Grieving is a natural part of life, and having the space to do it the way you need to is vital.

Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere reclaims her story in a remarkably candid memoir. Hayden Panettiere’s career in entertainment began before she was old enough to walk. From early commercials to film and television roles in hits like Remember the Titans, her career unfolded in the...

Vietnam, 1968. Daniel Cofield is nineteen years old, a helicopter crew chief with the 1st Cavalry Division. He will spend twelve months in the air above a war that will never leave him. Daniel arrives at Bien Hoa with sixty-two pounds of gear and no understanding of what waits for him. He is assigned to a Huey helicopter crew — Chalk One — under a pilot who communicates in three taps on the cyclic and says almost nothing else. His crew chief, Lou, teaches him the only rule that matters: The gun wants to fire. You just let it. Over twelve months, Daniel flies into landing zones where the...

Based partly on the author's experience, partly on her in-depth interviews, and partly on a questionnaire she developed with psychologist Holly Barrett to which almost 600 women responded, Father Loss provides the clearest portrait yet of a very special group of women. As a group, they express their insecurities ("Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be able to love a man totally...because that would mean I didn't love my father anymore." - Leslie).

"Beautifully written and wise … [Martin Prechtel] offers stories that are precious and life-sustaining. Read carefully, and listen deeply."—Mary Oliver, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel...

NPR SciFri Book Club Pick Next Big Idea Club's "Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022" Behavioral Scientist Notable Books of 2022 A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love...

A startlingly large number of women who want to breastfeed have to stop before they are ready, leaving them feeling a range of negative emotions, including grief, anger, guilt, shame, and frustration. They often blame themselves. But in a society that places little value on breastfeeding and mothers' feelings, their painful stories are often swept under the carpet to the detriment of women's mental health and experience of new motherhood.

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments", A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period.

Discover the healing power of DBT through the eyes of Dr. John Watson. Guided by Sherlock Holmes, Watson confronts trauma, grief, and emotional chaos—not just with courage, but with skills. Each case is a mystery. Each mystery holds a lesson. Each lesson can help you heal. What You'll Find Inside: Five gripping Sherlock Holmes mysteries Deep emotional healing through Watson’s CPTSD journey DBT skills like mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation Written in Watson’s voice, styled like classic Conan Doyle Perfect for readers who want therapy tools without feeling like ...

The Hurt Is Real… The hurts of spiritual trauma and abuse are real. They didn’t start with your church, but they do exist there. Why? Because people sin. And at its basic level, spiritual abuse is just one kind of sin. There is nothing particularly complicated about it—spiritual trauma is the mental and emotional harm that comes from having damaging or abusive interactions with other Christians. Any tight-knit church fellowship, regardless of its denominational affiliation, will naturally supply the preconditions necessary for spiritual hurts to occur. But what if you could heal from ...

A top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is and fail to recognize how resilient people really are After 9/11, mental health professionals flocked to New York to handle what everyone assumed would be a flood of trauma cases. Oddly, the flood never came. In...

A practicing neurosurgeon and award-winning author shares his roadmap to finding hope and even happiness when the worst happens—by placing trust in God—in this powerful memoir of personal tragedy, grief, and recovery. “There are no empty platitudes in these pages. No helium-filled, empty...

In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This audiobook does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to help you create a life in which peace, and even gratitude, can coexist with your grief. There is no “right way” to grieve, and there is no right way to use this book.

What parents, educators, and health professionals can do to recognize, prevent, and heal childhood trauma, from infancy through adolescence—by the author of Waking the Tiger Trauma can result not only from catastrophic events such as abuse, violence, or loss of loved ones, but from natural...

The classic work on the enduring effects of childhood trauma “Rare and compelling in its compassion and its unassuming eloquence.” —New York Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of...