Self Memoir

This memoir offers stories, poems, and essays that allow you (the listener) to see how the author's loss of, and regaining vision gave her insight about events, people, and herself. In the book's selections, you hear not only of frustrations and fears, but also of joy, of contentment, and of peace. As she looks into her own life, you sense hope - and may also gain renewed vision of your life.

With Chris at his side, Joe takes us from his beloved son’s gravesite where a trusted friend might sometimes leave an empty Landshark bottle to his bedroom (now Joe’s office) in Winnetka, Illinois which still smells of sage and teen sweat, to the Florida Gulf beaches at night where Joe has found hope and affirmation of his son’s everlasting love through shared dialogues, to In Balance Ranch Academy in Arizona, where Chris was a shining star and a leader for troubled youth, and where he also found healing and the love of an American paint horse.

Ashes and Sky is a deeply personal and powerful memoir about love, loss, and survival. When eighteen-year-old girl loses her beloved father in a tragic accident, her world shatters overnight. Thrust into adulthood, she becomes the backbone of her grieving family in Tehran, navigating silence, societal expectations, and the secret pain of a hidden trauma.

Gigorou (jig-goo-roo) means ‘beauty’ or ‘beautiful’ in Jirrbal, the language of Sasha Kutabah Sarago’s grandmother. Growing up, Sarago didn’t feel gigorou. At a young age, she was told, ‘You’re too pretty to be Aboriginal’. Since then, she’s been on a journey to reconcile her conflict with beauty. In this intimately fierce, funny and reflective audiobook, Sarago retraces her footsteps as a beauty assistant, model and magazine editor to find the answers she’s searching for.

A memoir of standing tall against the odds Australian voice-over artist Lofty Fulton knows what it's like to have the odds stacked against him: Born with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism, his grandmother thought he should be locked away from the world. At school, he suffered years of...

At seven years old, Lynnie Vessels stepped out of the bathtub to discover her father had just shot her mother with a shotgun across their dining room table. Literally standing naked in her mother's blood throughout the ensuing horror, she was magically transported into the loving eyes of her younger sister. Simultaneously, her older sister used words to convince her maniacal father to put down the gun. In those moments, the author came to understand the miraculous power of eye contact and words.

Limitless is the inspirational story of a young man’s journey of healing after more than ten years of depression and addiction. The downward spiral culminates in a severe car crash in August 2007 where he almost loses his life. In the face of extraordinary odds, Damien reinvents his life through meditation and an unwavering determination to change. Damien shares his powerful journey, the highs and the lows, in the hope that you can find what you need to heal your life. His remarkable story proves that we all have the power to heal and return to a place of self-love.

In "Back To One," listeners embark on a transformative journey guided by a seasoned veteran of documentary filmmaking and low budget tv production, who spent 25 years navigating the treacherous waters of obscurity. This captivating book is a must-listen for Enneagram 3 personalities, high achievers, dreamers, doers, and anyone who has ever grappled with the all-consuming quest for approval and self-worth.

How does an ordinary person achieve extraordinary success? Renowned real estate expert, entrepreneur, and poker aficionado Jim Courtney reveals his formula for fulfillment in his new book, Smart Luck: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Success and Happiness. Courtney’s memoir blends humor, wisdom, and practical advice to motivate listeners to create success on their own terms.

«Cada vez que una mujer se atreve a contar su verdadera historia y a mostrar en carne viva sus heridas permite que otras cicatricen las suyas. Estoy segura de que este libro sanará muchas heridas. Y que las vidas de muchas tendrán un final feliz tras leerlo. ¡Gracias, Rosie!» — Luz María...

Stacie Broek was living the expat dream—three children in a central Tokyo private school, house and travel back home all paid for—until the morning when her carotid artery spontaneously ripped, causing blood to pool in her artery wall. Upon waking from a 10-hour surgery, Stacie couldn’t walk, talk, or feed herself. She couldn't remember her name, her children's names, or her own address. The new ignorance was menacing and dangerous. This once independent, full-of-moxie woman was reduced to a needy lump.

Life is presented to all of us a game that we must engage. It is up to you whether the wins and the losses define you or dictate your emotional state of (mental) well-being. This book is my honest account of the moments offering me the inspiration to evolve, and I believe there are nuggets of wisdom to be discovered in book to come. Know the mental grind is real and that there may be a tsunami of mental illness cases to come in the very near future if we do not rapidly disseminate hope.

A spiritual guidebook for the modern woman stepping into the unknown, Wholeness Within follows author and spiritual career coach Emily Smith on her journey from fear and victimhood to rapturous self-acceptance. Throughout, Emily shares her personal experiences of battling grief, burnout, anxiety, career dissatisfaction, addiction, and depression, which ultimately led her to a personal rebuilding and the development of a breakthrough coaching method that can help women everywhere shed negative self-images, create a career they actually love, and reclaim their narratives.

Looking back, before I knew better, I wasn’t someone I admired. I wasn’t someone I was proud of. I was disconnected, off-course, unexpressive, and depressed. Disempowered and stagnant. However, through the grace of God, here I am now on a strong foundation of rock, proud and confident; about to remind you things you already know, reaffirming their power, or open your eyes to powerful, life-changing concepts. And as the wise Otto von Bismark once said, “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”

Once we learn that we are not for everyone, we can end the exhausting need to people-please and begin living our best and most authentic lives. Jackie Henderson highlights her unique life experiences and shares the wisdom of being an introverted soul in an extroverted world. Jackie offers deep insight gained from overcoming her own limiting beliefs. The hope for this book is to inspire and guide you, listener, on your journey to soulful authenticity and to provide crucial knowledge in finding your tribe and living your best life. You Are Not for Everyone is a must-listen!

David Glover unpacks his life’s path in his memoir Born Out of Pain. To understand how he arrived at his current place in his life, he had to go to the beginning. His only escape was a dysfunctional church and his rocky relationship with God. After he left his hometown, David was constantly plagued by his dreams about traumatic occurrences in his childhood and memories from his past that he suppressed. The memories he couldn’t deal with began to seep from the dark hidden places into the light of his consciousness, and his tormenting thoughts moved into his dreams.

Em 2016, quando decidiu deixar a carreira de repórter de TV para criar o canal EuVejo, no YouTube, Daiana não imaginava que se tornaria uma das principais vozes a falar sobre transtornos alimentares e problemas de autoimagem no Brasil. Ao lançar Fazendo as pazes com o corpo, em 2017, ela iniciou uma corajosa discussão sobre a busca por um padrão de beleza inatingível e suas implicações em nossa saúde física e emocional.

A powerful, loving presence I can’t quite describe pulses through me...clearing my mind at last...I am astonished by this second chance—this feeling of warm, tender, indescribable, and unconditional love permeating me. Danét’s ability to unflinchingly express her raw innermost thoughts and feelings during moments of darkness and coming into her own light provide a powerfully transforming listen. This memoir is a story of forgiveness, redemption, and the restoration of self-love and abundant joy.

As first responders and military, we are the heroes for everyone else. We are first on the scene to emergencies at home and abroad. So what then do we do when we are drowning and searching for breath? What do we do when we can't escape the shadow that follows us in the sun and the darkness? What do we do when our world is spinning out of control and our world is falling apart? I know this world. I lived under the rough seas and the shadow of PTS(D) for 10 years. As a Navy Rescue Swimmer with service in the special operations community and as a firefighter, I embraced the suck!

Every Step Is a Gift: Caregiving, Endurance, and the Path to Gratitude explores Josh Lasky’s 11-year journey as a caregiver to his father who battled Parkinson’s disease. Josh was just 21 when he took on this Herculean responsibility, and although his story is unique, it is also universal. In his uplifting and life-affirming journey, Josh’s service to his father turns into a personal source of strength for him after deciding to ride his bike, alone, from Washington, DC, to Portland.