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If you’re preparing for a peer recovery and addiction counseling exam, this guide delivers a focused, structured path to success. Conquer the Exam breaks down essential concepts into clear, practical explanations designed to help you understand, retain, and apply key material quickly and effectively. This book covers the full scope of peer support competencies, including communication skills, motivational interviewing, SBIRT, crisis response, ethics, documentation, trauma-informed care, and recovery planning. Each chapter builds logically, reinforcing core ideas while connecting them to ...

From #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Kel Summer Harmony Bay: The Complete 7-Book Series A Small-Town Women’s Fiction and Sweet Romance Series of Later-in-Life Second Chances 🎵 Seven stories. One coastal town. And the second chances that change everything. Maggie Donovan spent a lifetime building a life that looked exactly the way it was supposed to. Carefully managed. Carefully controlled. Carefully… incomplete. Until the moment it all begins to fracture—and she makes the one choice she never thought she would: She leaves. In the quiet coastal town of Harmony Bay, Maggie isn’t ...

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...

This book offers an overview of disaster management, covering various aspects from preparedness to recovery. It begins by defining Emergency Management and exploring its historical context, highlighting significant disasters that have shaped the field. Central to the discussion is the concept of Disaster Resilience, which underscores the importance of understanding resilience frameworks and its role in mitigating the impact of disasters. Risk Assessment and Hazard Analysis are crucial components discussed in the book, focusing on identifying risk factors and assessing vulnerabilities within...

🎵 She perfected her life. She perfected her marriage. She just forgot to include herself. After twenty-five years of striving to be the perfect wife in a world where she never quite belonged, Maggie Donovan’s carefully curated life fractures in a hospital hallway — and her escape to the quiet Gulf Coast town of Harmony Bay becomes the first real choice she’s ever made for herself. For decades, Maggie believed perfection was the price of belonging. A polished marriage. A controlled image. A daughter raised to follow the same rigid path. But inside a small-town music shop tucked ...

On her fiftieth birthday, Princess Alexandra does the one thing the Crown can’t forgive: she disappears. By morning, the palace is spinning. The tabloids are hunting. And the world is asking the same question: Why would a woman with everything walk away? Alexandra isn’t chasing drama—she’s chasing silence. A windswept island off the New England coast. A weathered house that still smells like her grandfather’s summers. And the quiet thrill of making her own cup of tea for the first time in decades. But peace doesn’t last long. Because there’s a man in her yard with a chainsaw...

In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart and Cherished Belonging, shares what working with gang members in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring...

Princess Alexandra has spent decades being everything the world expected of her—graceful, loyal, polished, and silent. But on the night of her fiftieth birthday, she does the unthinkable: she walks away. She leaves behind the palace, her failing marriage, and the life that has been suffocating her for years, escaping to Briarbridge Island—a windswept seaside haven off the coast of New England—where she hopes to finally remember who she is beyond the crown. But freedom comes at a price... Back in London, Prince Arthur is furious, the palace is closing ranks, and the press is watching ...

🎵 She was raised to follow the plan… now she has to decide if it was ever really hers. Tiffany Donovan didn’t come to Harmony Bay by accident. She came because her mother left—because something in Maggie Donovan’s carefully controlled life finally cracked, and Tiffany can’t stop wondering what that means for her own. For years, Tiffany has done everything right. Followed the path. Made the smart choices. Built a future that looked exactly the way it was supposed to. On paper, her life makes perfect sense. But in the quiet coastal town of Harmony Bay, surrounded by the warmth of...

The suicide loss of an LGBTQ loved one can bring a unique and deeply personal set of challenges. Alongside the pain of grief, survivors may face issues related to identity, acceptance, stigma, family dynamics, community support, discrimination, and unanswered questions. The emotional impact can be overwhelming, leaving individuals searching for understanding, healing, and hope. LGBTQ Suicide Loss Recovery is a compassionate guide designed to support those grieving the suicide of an LGBTQ family member, partner, friend, child, sibling, or community member. This book explores the complex ...

🎵 She chose a new life… Now she has to decide how fully she’s ready to live it. Maggie Donovan came to Harmony Bay to escape a life that no longer felt like her own. What she found instead was something she never expected— a place to belong… a life built on her own choices… and the quiet possibility of something more. Now, with her past finally behind her and a future she’s chosen beginning to take shape, Maggie is no longer asking who she is. She’s asking what comes next. Because building a new life is one thing. Letting yourself fully step into it… is something else ...

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...

🎵 She rebuilt her life from the ground up… now she has to trust it won’t fall apart again. Maggie Donovan didn’t come to Harmony Bay looking for a new beginning. She came to breathe. To step away from the life that had slowly, quietly stopped feeling like her own… and figure out who she was without it. But somewhere between the sound of the waves, the steady comfort of the small-town music shop, and the unexpected friendships she never saw coming, Maggie begins to realize something she hasn’t felt in years: Peace. For the first time, she isn’t performing. She isn’t managing...

When the guns fell silent in 1865, the South entered a different kind of war — the hard peace. Not the one argued in Congress, but the one lived in kitchens, fields, workshops, schoolrooms, and in the shadow of ruined rail lines, empty markets, and bankrupt towns struggling to rise again. In these pages, you’ll confront questions history books rarely ask: How did ordinary people survive violence, instability, and political conflict when every familiar structure had collapsed? How did freed people, women, veterans, and small entrepreneurs build new institutions with almost no resources? ...

🎵 She came to Harmony Bay to begin again… She never expected to find the life she was meant for. Maggie Donovan came to Harmony Bay looking for space to breathe. What she found was far more than escape. She found friendship. Purpose. Love she never saw coming. And a life built not on expectation… but choice. Now, standing on the threshold of everything she once believed had passed her by, Maggie faces a truth she never imagined she’d have to confront: Starting over was only the first act. The real courage lies in fully claiming the life she has rebuilt. But even in Harmony Bay, ...

🎵 She perfected her life. She perfected her marriage. She just forgot to include herself. Maggie Donovan thought leaving was the hardest part. But staying gone may be even harder. After weeks in the quiet coastal town of Harmony Bay, Maggie is finally rediscovering pieces of herself she thought were lost forever—music, friendship, and the fragile freedom of living life on her own terms. Then David arrives unexpectedly, determined to bring her home. With apologies, romantic gestures, and memories of the life they built together, he makes it easy to believe their marriage might still be ...

🎵 She perfected her life. She perfected her marriage. She just forgot to include herself. After years of living a carefully controlled life, Maggie Donovan is slowly learning what freedom feels like. Helping at Harmony Bay's small-town music shop has given her something she hasn’t had in a long time—purpose, routine, and a quiet sense of belonging. But rebuilding a life isn’t as simple as walking away from the old one. Back in Orchard Hills, Maggie’s estranged husband is growing impatient, and the daughter she loves is caught between the life Maggie left behind and the woman ...

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...

“Gifting the girlies this book could seriously help them elevate their well-being and life.” —Refinery29 “The self-help book Latinas have been waiting for. The ultimate reminder for us all to make time to better our lives, joy, and self-care routines.” —Hip Latina Prioritize your...

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 — ...