Trauma Cycles

***The Instant National Bestseller*** A Next Big Idea Club must-read title for January 2024 The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma—weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room—from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD...

Are you thriving in your relationship, or merely surviving? Are you the victim of constant manipulation, gaslighting, and deception at the hands of your partner? Do you find yourself constantly making excuses for your partner's abusive behavior? If you feel trapped in a relationship with someone who displays narcissistic or psychopathic behavior, you may be experiencing a trauma bond—a powerful connection you've developed with your abuser. It's important to remember that you're not alone and it's not your fault.

You loved them deeply. But they kept hurting you—and you kept staying. If you're tired of overgiving, exhausted from false hope, and quietly breaking under the weight of love that never feels safe… this book is for you. How to Let Go of People Who Keep Hurting You is your emotional compass back to peace. In this tender, honest, and empowering guide, Sienna Thorne walks beside you—not as a therapist, but as someone who’s been there. You’ll explore why you stay in cycles of pain, how to stop chasing closure, and how to finally choose yourself without guilt. With 10 heartfelt ...

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...

You're a ghost to your own father—and that emptiness follows you into every room, every relationship, every mirror you've ever looked into. You know that sick feeling in your stomach when you watch other girls get actual affection from their dads? When you realize you've been emotionally starving your entire life and thought it was normal? When you understand that ‘provider’ and ‘parent’ aren’t the same thing—not even close? Yeah. That feeling. Maybe you learned early that your feelings were inconvenient. That needing comfort made you "difficult." That love had to be earned ...

Ancestral Healing: Breaking Generational Cycles and Family Patterns by Dark Goddess is a powerful and transformative guide for anyone ready to break free from the invisible chains of family conditioning, inherited trauma, and societal expectations. This book is for those who are tired of carrying the weight of past generations and are ready to step into their own power, heal their wombs, and reclaim their birthright of abundance, joy, and sovereignty. Within these pages, you'll embark on a deeply personal journey of healing and empowerment. With a perfect blend of ancient wisdom and modern ...

Most of us are only starting to become aware of how our foundational years contribute to who we are today. Our childhood environment shapes the foundation for our sense of self, how we feel about the world, and how we relate to others. If we experienced trauma or dysfunction along the way, it likely disrupted the pathways to these fundamental structures. Understanding our trauma is not about blame, but about understanding, learning, and growing. In most cases, our caregivers did the best they could with the tools they had, often while dealing with external or internal stressors as well.

How can Danielle understand "normal" if she has never experienced it? She was moved from town to town, kept hidden from society, and always felt like an outsider. Her innocence was brutally taken by someone she least expected. She harbored a dark secret that could devastate her family—a secret she fiercely protected. Would the burden of shame be too much to bear if the truth were revealed? As secrets are uncovered, Danielle plunges into a tumultuous descent with nothing to stop her fall.

Stop Raising Adult-Children: Break the Cycle of Blame and Take Your Life Back Parents today are facing a crisis no one prepared them for: adult-children who refuse to grow up. They’re legally adults, but still call themselves “kids.” They expect you to pay their bills, solve their problems, and sacrifice your time, money, and peace, while blaming you for not being the “perfect parent.” And that leads us to the disruptive question at the center of this book: “If your parents were ‘adult children’ too, where does the cycle of blame end?” For decades, self-help culture has ...

Includes a mindfulness meditation led by the author! Instant New York Times Bestseller From psychotherapist and social media star Meg Josephson, a groundbreaking “cure for chronic people-pleasing” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that explores the common survival instinct...

Are you tired of fear, anxiety, and overthinking running your life? If you're stuck in survival mode, constantly overthinking, feeling emotionally exhausted, or battling intrusive thoughts and trauma bonds—you’re not broken. You’re carrying fear. And it's time to let it go. Fear: The Hidden Trauma Destroying Your Mind and Life is a soul-shaking guide to help you overcome fear, heal emotional wounds, and finally break free from anxiety, trauma, and the thought patterns that keep you stuck. Whether you're struggling with fearful avoidant attachment, highly sensitive reactions, PTSD ...

Break the Cycle: Transform Your Family Legacy Through Mindful Parenting. Every parent carries invisible baggage, emotional patterns, reactive triggers and unconscious beliefs inherited from their own childhood. Despite our best intentions, we often find ourselves repeating the very behaviors we swore we'd never use with our children. It Stops With Me offers a compassionate roadmap for parents ready to break generational cycles, heal past trauma and create lasting change. Drawing on neuroscience, attachment theory and practical wisdom, this book provides 10 powerful tools to help you ...

💡 What if the chaos in your relationships wasn’t your fault , but the imprint of a survival pattern you were never taught to heal? If you feel torn between craving love and pushing it away… If you cycle through emotional highs and lows in your relationships… If you’ve ever said, “Why do I always sabotage the good ones?”, this book is for you. In Disorganized Attachment: You Are Not Broken, you'll discover how disorganized attachment forms in childhood and plays out in adulthood — and how to finally break the cycle. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, the author — a...

He left to protect her. She paid the price alone. Two years ago, Throttle rode out on what should’ve been a one-week run. When the road dragged him away longer than he ever planned, he returned to find Julia gone—no goodbye, no trace, only the ghost of the woman he couldn't forget. Now he’s found her again. Julia is working nights in a small, lonely diner… hiding bruises she won’t explain and raising a little boy with Throttle’s dark blue eyes. She spent two years believing he abandoned her, surviving a life built on fear, doing whatever it took to protect her son. And seeing ...

For survivors of PTSD and repeated, relational trauma -- and the people who love them. Gretchen Schmelzer watched too many people quit during treatment for trauma recovery. They found it too difficult or too frightening or just decided that for them it was too late. But as a therapist and trauma...

For the past decade, author Tian Dayton has been researching trauma and addiction, and how psychodrama (or sociometry group psychotherapy) can be used in their treatment. This latest book identifies the interconnection of trauma and addictive behavior, and shows why they can become an unending cycle. This groundbreaking audiobook offers listeners effective ways to work through their traumas in order to heal their addictions and their predilection toward what clinicians call self-medicating.

Libérate de los patrones familiares destructivos y sana tu vida, incluso si el trauma intergeneracional ha definido a tu familia durante décadas. ¿Te sientes constantemente atrapado/a por patrones que pareces incapaz de cambiar? ¿Has notado patrones de disfunción en tu familia? ¿Sientes la pesada carga que imponen los traumas familiares no resueltos? ¿Te preocupa transmitir inadvertidamente estas cargas a las generaciones futuras? No está solo/a en esta lucha.

Are you caught in the grip of a relationship that feels impossible to leave, no matter how much it hurts? This book is your guide to understanding the invisible chains that keep people tied to toxic dynamics, and, more importantly, how to break free. Whether it’s with a partner, a friend, or a family member, toxic relationships can erode self-worth and leave you questioning your reality. In this book, you’ll find a compassionate yet empowering approach to identifying harmful patterns, making sense of your emotions, and rebuilding the confidence you need to reclaim your life.

Intergenerational trauma is a deeply ingrained cycle, affecting countless individuals seeking to break free and establish healthier future paths for themselves and their families. But you can break this cycle and move toward healing with the help of this book.

You wake up with your jaw clenched. No nightmare—just your body knowing you have to call your mother today. The phone vibrates. Text from Mom: "Hope you're well, haven't heard from you in days. Grandma asked about you."Your stomach drops. Same feeling as when you were eight and had to apologize for breaking the good vase. Maybe you have kids now. Maybe you don't. Either way, something shifted—you started seeing the patterns. Why does every success feel like betrayal? Why do you sabotage good things before they arrive, accept scraps in relationships, stay years longer than you should? ...