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Navigate the challenging terrain of autistic burnout with expert guidance and transformative exercises designed to help you pursue your own recovery from neurodivergent psychologist Dr. Megan Neff. Feeling burnt out? You’re not alone. Autistic burnout is a challenge faced by many individuals...

Jacko Smith has never been big on hope. Being homeless, his only friends being crazy, and his prospects for the future being few are just some of the reasons why. Still, he’s intent on making a fresh start, so with his beater car, an old lawnmower, a love for Mark Twain, and his sense of responsibility, he sets out to conquer a sleepy neighborhood one lawn at a time. But figuring out these old people and their social proprieties, while navigating his frenemies, is more stress than he expected. To make matters worse, his very first customer, unpredictable, elderly Oscar, watches every move...

For readers of The Least of Us and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts--a practical, hopeful, and research-based guide for supporting loved ones through addiction and recovery. This isn’t a book about addiction--it’s a book about recovery. Written for every loved one, community member, and...

Have you ever wondered how someone ends up handing over their life to a leader behind the guise of enlightenment - and how they claw their way back out? In Cult Chaos, step inside six chilling first-person accounts from people who thought they had found purpose, belonging and salvation - only to discover they were trapped in systems of psychological control, coercion and fear. A yoga studio that demanded devotion and debt. An Instagram “mentor” who monitored every decision. A spiritual commune where leaving meant death. A corporate “family” built on silent obedience. A political ...

In this “wonderful and courageous” (Jeannette Walls) memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and—slowly, painfully, and miraculously—her cautious return to hope and love. Until the horrific car accident on New York State’s Taconic Parkway that took...

Sarah Anderson thought she'd found the perfect fresh start—an upscale apartment building with character, security, and a helpful residents' council member who seemed eager to welcome new tenants. But Tom Morrison's neighborly assistance quickly becomes something far more sinister. What begins as innocent help with moving boxes escalates into a carefully orchestrated campaign of psychological manipulation. Tom knows Sarah's work schedule, her personal history, even details about her apartment that no neighbor should know. When Sarah tries to establish boundaries, she discovers that Tom's ...

A Story of Loss, Resilience, and Rebirth What happens when an entire city drowns — and still finds the courage to rise again? On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast and shattered New Orleans. Levees broke. Families fled. Entire neighborhoods disappeared beneath toxic floodwaters. For days, the world watched as America’s most vibrant city nearly ceased to exist. But this is not just a story of destruction. It’s a story of humanity, resilience, and a community that refused to let its culture die. Inside, you’ll discover: The full scope of the disaster — ...

A career-ending injury forces grumpy hockey captain Tyler Erickson into the care of Brianna Peterson, the relentlessly sunny physical therapist who’s now his only hope. It’s a classic case of forced proximity when a blizzard traps them in his apartment, leaving his cynical armor defenseless against her radiant optimism. He’s spent his life believing his value is measured in goals and wins. She sees the wounded man beneath the ice, a man whose deepest scars have nothing to do with hockey. At Zenith Point Brewery, their city’s hub, their two worlds collide as she shows him the life he...

FINALIST for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year In her memoir The Snag, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Shame on Me, Tessa McWatt, takes on personal and collective grief, and the solace and inspiration to be found in connecting...

*****Completely Updated in 2025***** Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ+ Addiction, Recovery, and Hope is a compassionate and comprehensive guide to understanding addiction through an LGBTQ+ lens. Drawing on current research, real-life stories, and culturally competent practices, this book explores the unique challenges queer individuals face—including trauma, shame, family rejection, and internalized stigma—and how these often fuel addiction. You'll find affirming approaches to treatment, insights on co-occurring disorders, guidance for finding safe recovery spaces, and healing tools such as ...

Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ+ Addiction, Recovery, and Hope is a compassionate and comprehensive guide to understanding addiction through an LGBTQ+ lens. Drawing on current research, real-life stories, and culturally competent practices, this book explores the unique challenges queer individuals face—including trauma, shame, family rejection, and internalized stigma—and how these often fuel addiction. You'll find affirming approaches to treatment, insights on co-occurring disorders, guidance for finding safe recovery spaces, and healing tools such as journaling, mindfulness, and ...

Drawn from the personal experience of the authors and current research, The Heart of Recovery calls us to set aside judgment and mend recovering addicts and their families with the stuff God uses to heal: compassion and community. It's a call to serve the ones who cannot repay, to forgive 70 times 7, to fling the door wide open to the prodigal, and to remember the purpose of grace. A supportive community - family, friends, the church, and more - encourages and sustains long-term recovery. Through compassion, we bring hope for healing.

Embark on a transformative journey to healing with "Beyond the Wound," a vital companion for anyone navigating the after-effects of psychological trauma. Through each chapter, this book delicately unfolds the fabric of trauma's profound impact on the human psyche, illuminating a pathway from darkness to the dawn of understanding and recovery. The narrative begins by peeling back layers of misconceptions, exploring the very nature of psychological trauma with depth and compassion. As the guide delves into different types of trauma, from acute, chronic to complex, readers are met with a sense...

In this life-affirming novel of trauma and recovery, a girl searches for a path forward after being forced to confront the reality of gun violence, for fans of Dusti Bowling and Jasmine Warga. Stevie Jane Cohen-Kaplan’s sheltered suburban life is shattered by a mass shooting at a festival...

A sixty year old man retrieved memories of sexual grooming from ages 6 to 8 by a family practicing BDSM. This included parents, two teen age girls and a peer. He became asexual until entering an affair in which he accessed his sexuality through being loved, creating a contrast with being sexually used. What happens when love, trauma, and the world of BDSM intertwine? In this deeply personal and unflinchingly honest account, a therapist explores her transformative and tumultuous relationship with a man haunted by the shadows of childhood sexual abuse. Together, they embark on an intimate ...

Making It is a memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless, by Jay Blades, known from the hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. We had our hardships, and there were times that we didn’t have a lot of food and didn’t have a lot of money. But that...

You know how you cannot stay away from that social media buzz for too long? Checking your phone every so often on what's trending or streaming? Quickly breezing through for anything eye-popping, perhaps a video? Taking a sneaky peek at someone's latest post, the latest game, a reality celeb's profile, or the latest gossip news headline? Getting involved in a heated debate in a forum? In this book, you will discover numerous proven ways on how to curb or quit social media and acquire fresh alternatives, plus more. Take charge and get your life back!

Healing the Land: A Call for Honest Spiritual Diagnosis What if the most remarkable sickness in our nation isn’t political division, violence, or hatred—what if it’s spiritual neglect? For years, church felt like my “weekly dose of self-hatred.” I served, I played music, I showed up for weddings and funerals—but inside, I felt despised, unseen, and even hated by the very people I was trying to serve. That pain eventually turned into distrust of God Himself, leaving me battling depression, bitterness, and isolation. It wasn’t until I faced the truth—naming the neglect in my ...

When a gardener plants a seed in an empty lot, it changes everything for the guarded, unhappy town. From the cynical bookseller to the grieving mechanic, from the struggling butcher to the lonely grocer and more: the gardener and forgotten plot of dirt offer simple wisdom to all that comforts, guides, and cures. A warm, welcoming, modern parable of hope about how small changes can solve big problems. "The kind of story you can read in an hour, but will think about the rest of your life."

The tragedy of large-scale trauma has etched the names of cities on a national monument of heartbreak and senseless loss. First responders, caregivers, and civic leaders are often left with the daunting task of navigating the emotional and physical aftermath and stitching their communities back together, a trajectory of healing that can take months and years.