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You've spent too long trying to please everyone around you, conforming to societal expectations, and following the rules to find happiness and success. But deep down, something is missing. You're always anxious, never truly happy or satisfied with your life. Did you know that women are 40% more likely than men to develop mental health conditions, according to Oxford University? The root causes include biological changes, gender-based violence, caregiving responsibilities, gender bias at work, and societal pressures.

Sometime in your 40s, you may start feeling like your body just isn’t the same. You can no longer eat what you want, you aren’t losing weight the way you used to, and you have developed a spare tire around your waist that you can’t shift. You aren’t feeling old quite yet, but you’re not feeling young either. There could be other annoying changes like finding it difficult to read fine print, gray hair appearing everywhere, brain fog, hair loss, a leaky bladder, and your first hot flashes.

All Jennifer Lewis wants is a normal life. A mother and father who loves her, family dinners, birthday parties, vacations, and playing with other kids in the neighborhood. Instead, her parents divorce and her mother marries an abusive man. Jennifer witnesses horrific fights. Her stepfather abuses her siblings and her. And the fallout ends in death and drug addiction for some of them. When she enters adulthood, she's insecure, full of fear, and destined to repeat all the trauma from which she's emerged.

Each day that passes, are you getting more and more clingy with your partner? Do you retreat from a good situation just to beat someone to the punch? Are negative thoughts and “anxious triggers” taking over your happy place? The truth is…so many of us are walking around struggling to embrace a loving and intimate relationship, but instead, we’re self-sabotaging what should be a beautiful moment in our life.

Growing up as the daughter of the Goddess of Justice was like living in my own private little fairy tale, but that carefully crafted illusion was shattered with the death of my mortal mother. In the aftermath of her passing, the true nature of my "divine" parent was finally revealed, and I found myself stranded in a sea of lies and hypocrisy.

In this guide, Ashley Peters spills the beans on how to keep your home, office, and personal life in perfect harmony. With her wisdom and years of practicing organizational skills, she has picked up several great tricks and hacks to make any space mess-free. Narrated in a simple and relatable manner, this covers everything from how to stock your kitchen cabinets to how to make the most of the space under your bed.

Hidden high in the Rocky Mountains, "The Center" houses inmates aged 12 to 22. The experiment in reform isn’t without controversy. Blogs report students being tasered or tortured in a dungeon. Eighteen-year-old Courtney doesn’t buy the hype. The concentration camp tactics wouldn’t fly in America, especially not for the niece of a US senator. Right?

Buried beneath The Center, Courtney Manchester has escaped death with fellow inmate Dee Dee Thomas. While the evacuation saved their lives, The Bunker has its own set of rules, and navigating them will require more from its prisoners than time served. Each inmate must choose between facing truth with its solitary confinement or reconstruction, where your entire past will be stripped away.