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A convent children's home run by monsters. A heartbreaking family secret that haunted us for 50 years. Suzanne suffered five heart attacks and made it through open heart surgery. But even that pales in comparison to the horrors she faced as a young girl. Her childhood became the ‘stuff of...

You don’t need your co-parent to change—you need a plan. With expert-backed strategies and actionable tools, this book helps you rise above the toxicity, protect your children, and move forward with strength. Be the best parent you can be.

Dave Pelzer was brutally abused as a child by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. She considered him a slave - no longer a boy, but an "it". He was physically and mentally tortured and starved. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare he experienced behind closed doors, and his father was aware of the abuse but turned to denial and alcohol. The abuse only fueled a determination to survive and become stronger.

Patpong, in the heart of Bangkok, teems with bars and sex shows, catering mainly to farangs - foreigners. Cleo Odzer, a young anthropologist, spent three years studying the area. Gaining the confidence of the bar girls and bar boys, she interviewed them at length, lived among them, accompanied several back to their families in remote villages. She also got to know their customers, those in for a night or in forever (many fell in love and stayed on in Patpong). From Odzer's account emerges a far different picture from the cliched image of the prostitute.

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score) Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist...

Alethea Lopez is about to turn 40. Fashionable, feisty and fiercely independent, she manages a boutique in Port of Spain, but behind closed doors she's covering up bruises from her abusive partner and seeking solace in an affair with her boss. When she witnesses a woman murdered by a jealous lover, the reality of her own future comes a little too close to home. Bringing us her truth in an arresting, unsparing Trinidadian voice, Alethea unravels memories repressed since childhood and begins to understand the person she has become. Her next step is to decide the woman she wants to be.

“Toxic Family Survival Guide” is for anyone who wants to give themselves a fighting chance at happiness and peace in their life, no matter what their early years subjected them to.

Reclaiming You: Meditations for Freedom from Alcohol is your sanctuary for healing, strength, and self-discovery. Whether you're newly sober, in recovery, or simply seeking a more mindful relationship with alcohol, this audiobook offers powerful, guided meditations to help you reconnect with your inner truth and rise above the struggle.

Evil walked in... From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival - written in aid of NSPCC, with a portion of the royalties being donated to the charity. Gerry was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. After her mother found out, and...

'This book will change every person who reads it. A total masterpiece' Caro Claire Burke 'Audacious and instantly gripping . . . Whidbey is deeply satisfying' Catherine Chidgey, New York Times 'There is, to put it simply, no book quite like Whidbey' Vogue 'In the realm of Patricia Highsmith and...

Toxic relationships with narcissists can leave lasting psychological and emotional effects, often trapping people in confusion, rumination, and self-doubt. This audiobook aims to bring clarity to those who have experienced such dynamics, particularly with individuals who present as kind, humble, or even empathic—while hiding a deeply manipulative and destructive personality beneath the surface.

This book is for those who suffered as the scapegoat child to a narcissistic parent. The scapegoat child is emotionally deprived, devalued and trapped by the parent. The child comes to believe they are defective and undeserving. These beliefs can plague the individual into adulthood.

Do you sometimes feel as if you're just going through the motions in life? Are you good at looking and acting as if you're fine, but secretly feel lonely and disconnected? If so, you are not alone. The world is full of people who have an innate sense that something is wrong with them - who feel they live on the outside looking in, but have no explanation for this feeling and no way to put it into words.

The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse is the most comprehensive and helpful audiobook on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused.

Recovering from the trauma of a toxic narcissistic relationship can be a difficult journey. It’s a complicated mess of anger, anxiety, depression, shame, and even guilt. Trying to make sense of what you’re going through, questioning if you’re the one to blame for what happened.... With the help of this book, you can overcome the obstacles after leaving the relationship, pick up the pieces of your life to create a brighter future, renew your self-confidence, create firm boundaries, and gain clarity about who you are.

A fully revised and updated edition to a classic bestseller, The Macho Paradox is the first book to show how violence against women is a men's issue—and how all genders can come together to stop it. From the #MeToo movement to current discussions about gender norms in schools, sports, politics...

Trauma left me anxious, hypervigilant, and depleted. I thought it was "just who I was," until I discovered the truth: a dysregulated nervous system is not a permanent identity. It's a state — and states can change. With compassion, knowledge, and small daily practices, you can begin to heal. This book blends science with lived experience — but above all, it is written from a trauma-informed place.

Si creciste en una familia caótica, violenta, hipercrítica o emocionalmente abusiva; si recibiste cuidados materiales, pero te faltó el consuelo y la atención emocional; si fuiste relegado, olvidado o abandonado por los tuyos: entonces sufres el impacto de una Familia Zero. Ello causó en ti numerosas heridas psicológicas y emocionales. La lectura de este libro del Dr. Iñaki Piñuel te ayudará a: dejar de dar la espalda a la dolorosa realidad de tu infancia y de tu familia de origen; dejar de estar siempre alerta, de tener que defenderte y controlarlo todo; y mas.

A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before it’s too late. Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her...

Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. Here, the authors tell listeners how to manage parenting when a narcissistic or borderline partner is part of the equation.