Trauma Women

More Than Your Trauma is more than just a book about self-discovery for African American women. It’s a comprehensive guide designed to help you accept your ignored experiences, reflect on your struggles, and embrace vulnerability as a path to personal growth and transformation—something that we’re often made to feel guilty about.

As a young, single mother, Sara Schulting Kranz discovered her path to forgiveness and healing from the scars of sexual abuse and the trauma of an unexpected divorce started with a daily practice of actively embracing the power and beauty of nature. Along the way, Sara learned a key lesson that to heal from anything you must walk through it on your own terms.

Packed with authentic advice, powerful anecdotes, and practical strategies designed to help listeners work through the trauma and emotional turmoil associated with PTSD, this groundbreaking DBT workbook shares an actionable path for working through PTSD and reclaiming your life.

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Zwei Tote, der eine ertrunken in einem See, der andere erstickt in einem Kühlschrank. Die Parallelen zwischen den Fällen sind frappierend: Beide Opfer waren schwer traumatisiert und sind unter Umständen gestorben, die an das traumatisierende Erlebnis aus ihrer Vergangenheit erinnern. Handelt es sich wirklich um Suizide, wie es die Obduktionen und der Psychoanalytiker Dr. Hanning nahelegen? Hauptkommissarin Katja Sand hat ihre Zweifel. Als sie auf einen vertuschten Skandal der Bundesmarine stößt, läuten bei ihr alle Alarmglocken. Der Druck von oben wächst.

As an ER nurse, she knew the day might come when her greatest fear happened, and after her husband of 10 years dies in her trauma bay, moving on feels impossible. Struggling to overcome her loss, Elle Conroy navigates the world the only way she thinks she can. Thrown from the top ranks of her career and drawn into the false comfort that diverted narcotics and alcohol bring, she fights to survive in an environment where daily reminders of her tragedy occur.

Whether you are a trauma survivor of any kind or a loved one of a survivor, this audiobook is for you. In Silent No More, Gilani carries her listeners through an honest exploration of suffering and survival as it affects us all. By drawing upon her personal experiences, she shines a light on the tumultuous landscape of trauma as a whole. The societal forces shaping human behavior across time and cultures. The powerful ways in which we all influence one another, through our worst mistakes and our warmest compassion.

In January 2016, life took an unexpected turn for Marilyn Miller Lowry when a stroke abruptly had her asking those questions—and more. In the years since, Lowry examined her life and made dramatic changes that opened up more possibilities than she ever imagined. Grateful to be able to author A Stroke of Magic, Lowry uses her background as a counselor to share candid observations of the trauma that comes with unexpected physical disability.

Zwei brutal verstümmelte Leichen. Zwei Tatorte, die die Handschrift von Franz Bichler tragen. Aber der kürzlich aus der Haft entlassene Serientäter hat ein Alibi. Gibt es einen Nachahmer? Die Opfer, die OP-Schwester Selma Kiefer und der Kinderchirurg Thomas Goldt, waren beide in den 60ern in einem Augsburger Krankenhaus tätig. Katja Sand ist überzeugt, dass ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Morden besteht und wendet sich an den Trauma- Experten und Psychoanalytiker Dr. Alexander Hanning. Dieser vermutet, dass der Täter jemand sein könnte, der seit Jahren im falschen Körper lebt.

Growing up, Lisa Nikolidakis tried to make sense of her childhood, which was scarred by abuse, violence, and psychological terrors so extreme that her relationship with her father was cleaved beyond repair. Having finally been able to leave that relationship behind, surviving meant forgetting. For years, “I’m fine” was a lie Nikolidakis repeated. Then, on her twenty-seventh birthday, Nikolidakis’s father murdered his girlfriend and her daughter, and turned the gun on himself.

This is the remarkable true story of Emma, a fragile young woman, and her tenacious therapist. The story describes the unconventional approaches taken by the psychologist to invite her client to recover and eventually thrive. Overcoming intimately explores the therapeutic process from the perspective of both the client and the therapist. Emma's personal notes and letters to Dr. Bowers gives the listener a unique perspective into the minds of both therapist and client. Emma had to overcome a tragic childhood, and Dr. Bowers had to overcome self-doubt, frustration, and convention.

After witnessing the brutal, fatal stabbing of her mother and surviving being stabbed herself during the same attack at the age of nine, a young African-American woman’s struggle to live continues. Diamond shares the mental, physical, and emotional effects she has suffered and the challenges she has faced, including alcohol abuse, emotional detachment, suicidal thoughts and panic attacks stemming from post-traumatic stress disorders.

What kind of childhood is possible with sexual assault? Is there a way to escape from hurt? How do you shed the victim identity? This gripping book details the life of a first-generation girl who went through hell. Born in England in 1980 with mixed Asian Indian ancestry, she narrates her story of hardship and resistance.

A Woman’s Toolkit offers a uniquely female perspective on recovering from violence. This audiobook aims to provide accessible, useful tools for developing the mentality and skillsets that one needs in order to heal.

We have all heard of post traumatic stress, but few of us think about the possibility of post traumatic growth—the positive ways in which we can be transformed by our trauma. Yet this is precisely what can happen when we face our hurts, struggle through the rubble of our broken relationships, and unearth the ways God wants to use our trials to refine and mature us.

Karlee Holden was just 22 years old when she was thrust headlong into the hectic and glamorous lifestyle of Hollywood, yet it wasn’t long before the darker side of fame and fortune reared its head, shattering her rose-tinted view of the high-life entirely. From escaping abusive relationships to battling crippling mental and physical health conditions, Can You Talk to My Trauma? follows Karlee’s life on an intimate level, bravely sharing her trials to bring hope to others.

In the thick of lockdown, 2020, poet, critic, and memoirist Jamie Hood published her debut, how to be a good girl, an interrogation of modern femininity and the narratives of love, desire, and violence yoked to it. The Rumpus praised Hood’s “bold vulnerability,” and Vogue named it a Best Book of 2020. In Trauma Plot, Hood draws on disparate literary forms to tell the story that lurked in good girl’s margins—of three decades marred by sexual violence and the wreckage left behind.

When her six-year-old daughter found her collapsed on the kitchen floor, Rachel had no idea how much her life was about to change. A brain scan revealed a dark shadowy mass, a huge abnormal growth of tissue that, whilst benign, was still growing and would surely kill her. It was too big to operate on. It needed to be "managed", and Rachel had, at best, two years to live. Refusing to accept the bleak prognosis, Rachel was determined to stay alive.

In "Self-Love for Black Women," Nya Love takes you on a transformative journey, offering practical tools and strategies to help you overcome past traumas, improve relationships, and cultivate unshakable self-worth. From childhood wounds to racial trauma, Love delves deep into the impact these experiences have on your self-love journey. Drawing from her own personal story, she shares relatable anecdotes that will resonate with you, providing a solid foundation to connect and engage with the book's teachings.