Secondary Trauma

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, numb, or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other animals, and the planet itself. Through Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way.

Rena Lipiner Katz grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust, believing that the price of her parents’ survival and her own birth was a life of sorrow and guilt. Lipiner Katz explores how her parents’ childhood trauma affected her emotionally and physiologically.

This substantive collection from noted scholar Serene Jones explores recent work in the field of trauma studies. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of how individual and collective violence affect one's capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge theological understandings of grace; and even how the traumatic experience of Jesus's death is remembered.

Amina Wells never planned on becoming a nanny. But when she takes the job caring for billionaire Grant Wilder’s grieving niece, she finds herself drawn into a world of glittering penthouses, whispered gossip—and a man who terrifies her as much as he tempts her. Grant lives for control. For order. For keeping his emotions locked behind boardroom walls. But Amina is nothing like the polished women in his world. She’s sunshine and music, the one person who can reach through his armor… and the only one who can soothe the little girl who’s become his entire world. Their connection is ...

In "Sacral Chakra: Healing the Power of The Passion Portal," embark on a transformative journey to unleash the true potential within you. Dive into the depths of your being as you explore the significance of the Sacral Chakra, a powerhouse of emotion, creativity, and sensuality. Within these pages, you'll discover the profound impact of trauma on the Sacral Chakra and learn effective techniques to heal and release emotional wounds. Embrace and honor your sexual energy as you unlock the secrets to tapping into a deeper sense of pleasure and fulfillment. Delve into the realm of love and ...

Transform Your Reading Experience Into Life-Changing Discovery Have you read "Journey to the Center of the Heart" and felt God stirring something deeper? Ready to move beyond inspiration to personal transformation? This comprehensive study guide and resource collection takes Pastor John Miller's powerful redemption story and transforms it into practical tools for spiritual growth, recovery, and ministry development. What's Inside This Essential Companion: Complete Study Guide with 9 Detailed Chapters Thought-provoking questions for each chapter of the original memoir Personal reflection ...

Lennon Wells and Beckham Sullivan should have been perfect for each other. Both vulnerable, both striving to please difficult families, and both broken by the past. Going from friends to lovers seemed inevitable. So did a bad ending. They thought—they hoped—they’d never see each other again. Years later, bad luck or fate, Lennon and Beckham find themselves working for the same magazine. The wounds are still raw, but the chemistry is there. Then they’re forced to work together on a project.

She woke up with no memory of him. But he never stopped loving her. After a devastating car accident, Shannon Callaghan wakes up to a world she doesn’t recognize—including the man at her bedside claiming to be her fiancé. Jack MacCarrick was ready to build a life with Shannon. But now she looks at him like he’s a stranger. As she struggles to piece together her past, Jack is forced to confront a heart-wrenching truth: the woman he loves might never come back to him. But Jack isn’t giving up—not on her, not on the love they shared, and not on the future they still deserve. Even if...

Marriage, Secrets, and a Race against Evil I should have known everything was going to change the moment I kissed her. Marriage of convenience. Easy in theory. Impossible in practice. She’s fiery, guarded, and hiding a storm behind her brave face. I’m used to racing at breakneck speeds, dodging danger, and crossing lines no one else dare. When I first saw her, I knew she was trouble. The kind of trouble that made my heart race and my instincts scream. But I also knew, without a doubt, I’d do anything to protect her. She's got secrets—dark, deadly secrets—that could blow everything...

Dancing With Her Shadow Marin Belle After a career-ending injury shatters her life on the London stage, ballet dancer Camilla Hayworth retreats to the quiet village of Hazelmoor, her heart guarded and her future uncertain. Taking over her grandmother’s struggling dance studio, Cam tries to rebuild a life out of fractured dreams. Then she meets Evelyn Carlisle—a gifted painter with a quiet strength and a young daughter, Alice, who is just beginning to discover the magic of dance. As Cam finds herself drawn into Evie’s world of color, canvas, and second chances, their connection deepens...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a “heart tugging and emotional” story in the Baxter Family collection that will “touch readers deeply” (RT Book Reviews) featuring two people who lost their parents in the same national tragedy—two people desperate to find...

Mom told me that when she came with her mother and little brother, a Nazi asked her how old she was. Grandma had instructed her to give a younger age so that she could be with the other children. But, like a flash from clear sky, my mother tugged at her cheeks and said she was older instead. Mom said she was seventeen, and Grandmother shook her arm, shouting. Mom was in shock and ran and ran into the forest. (1) (2) See Inanna's journey and the description of the myth for an understanding of the descent into the underworld and all the difficulties she faces. My mother was forced as a child ...

"Absolutely Amazing!" "Excellent Read!" "Best debut novels in years!" Unimaginable horror follows Piper Mitchell from adolescence to adulthood as she tries to escape the chains that hold her long after she is free. A chance meeting with one of Hollywood's’ biggest stars, Ryan Knox, will forever change both of their lives.Venture the unknown with beauty and the daring actor as they both are forced to endure the devastating acts of evil, yet continues fight the drowning current that threatens to pull them both under. Full of hair pin turns you will not soon forget. * due to adult situations...

A survivor heroine. A possessive billionaire protector. A love built from the ashes of fear. She’s learned to survive—but now she has to learn how to love. Lily may have escaped her captors, but nightmares still stalk her waking hours. When Finn refuses to let her face recovery alone, their bond deepens from gratitude into dangerous desire. He’s used to control. She’s terrified to surrender. Yet when the past returns to claim her, they’ll have to fight together—or lose the future they barely began to dream. Freeing Lily (Book 3 of Rescued by the Billionaire) delivers dark ...

A lie started it. The truth might end it. When billionaire Damian Maynard meets Chiara Mackenzie for the first time, he’s instantly drawn to her and travels halfway around the world to meet her again. But Chiara Mackenzie doesn't exist. She’s really Chiara Halstead, the sister of Tristan, Damian's enemy. What begins as an undeniable attraction, soon becomes something more. Chiara never intended to lie. She only wanted one night where she wasn’t the Halstead daughter trapped in her brother’s battles. But Damian is the one man she can’t walk away from. One kiss becomes an affair ...

Opposites attract when a real estate developer's quest for a promotion returns her to the coastal hometown she loathes—where she's reunited with her teenage crush turned town golden boy. ​ There’s no place like home…and that’s exactly how real estate developer Samantha Leigh plans to...

Claudia Jenkins wasn’t about to let anyone tell her what to do! When fire threatens the safety of her team, she knows the right thing is to evacuate the oil platform until a gorgeous rescuer tries to bully her. This is her rig, her money, and her dominion – so who does Tobin Randall think he is by telling her to abandon it? Tobin has never met anyone so stubborn in his life! The enchanting blonde with a smear of oil on her cheek is adorable in her hardhat; but when she opens that beautiful mouth, it's like arguing with any of the ‘boys’. She's tough, smart, and irritating – until ...

In the dust of a modern cattle ranch, a girl with wrangler dreams and her childhood protector build a bond that falters under unvoiced desires. On a sprawling modern cattle ranch, two kids bound by loss forge an unbreakable bond. After losing his mother when he was only ten years old, Brandt wants nothing to do with the fatherless five-year-old ragamuffin, Mazie, whose mother runs the ranch house. But as years of dust and dreams shape them, he becomes her protector, and she his constant shadow, chasing her goal to wrangle cattle alongside him. Their friendship is unshakable until one ...

Raven was taken by monsters. By a ghost. I dragged her out of hell, but it followed us home. She’s back on her ranch, hiding behind sarcasm, silence, and horses that don’t ask questions. She says she’s fine. She’s not. I see it in her eyes. It’s the same darkness that’s living inside me. But she’s not broken. She’s surviving. And I’ll be damned if I let her do it alone. I’ve done a lot of things for the club. For the patch on my back. For Raven? I’d do anything to make her lose the lost look in her eyes. When The Ghost resurfaces, everything changes. The past we ...

A missing girl. A buried secret. A librarian and a disgraced detective are the only ones who can bring the truth to light. For thirty years, librarian Denise Smith has lived in quiet order, shelving books and shelving memories no one in Oakhaven wants to revisit. But when her best friend’s denim jacket from 1989 turns up in a dusty pawn shop, the cold case that stole her childhood crashes back into her life. Someone in town knows what happened. Someone powerful. And he has spent three decades ensuring that denim jacket is the only evidence that ever surfaces. Disgraced detective Mark ...