Dysfunctional Childhood

“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.

This is my inspirational true story of childhood sexual abuse that I endured. The abuse was a secret, even to me, due to the fact that all the painful images were locked up in my subconscious for close to 37 years.

Winner of the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the 2018 Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards - Margaret and John Savage First Book Award...

Rewire your nervous system and heal the quiet pain of emotional neglect to finally build secure, lasting relationships. If you constantly struggle with anxiety, harsh self-talk, or people-pleasing, your brain is simply doing its best to protect you from early stress. Find calm, steady validation...

An intimate, honest memoir about the lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect and one Japanese immigrant woman's healing journey through motherhood. She traces intergenerational patterns of harm and finally breaks them with persistence and courage—the path that ultimately leads to deeper self-understanding and acceptance of her true self.