Parenting Trauma

We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and instead struggle to honor their tears, vulnerability, and the full weight of these disillusioning times. But tending our grief might be exactly what we need to reimagine a way forward. Tracing her difficult experiences of a catastrophic home fire, a threat to her child's well-being, and other devastating losses and upheavals, Terra McDaniel offers a clear framework for expressing heartache and burdens.

Up to 90% of adults in the US will experience one or more traumatic events in their lifetimes. While most who suffer a trauma naturally recover over time, for others difficulties continue, and may lead to full-blown depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use, anxiety disorders, and other problems that interfere with healthy daily functioning. Making Meaning of Difficult Experiences is a self-guided mental health resource for people who have had potentially traumatic experiences and who wish to work through them independently, outside of a formal therapeutic setting.

How do you rebuild a broken life? Where do you begin? These were the questions Gregory Smith asked himself after stumbling out of a NSW rainforest in 2000, close to death after living as a hermit in the wild. Determined to turn a wretched life into one worth living, Gregory stripped himself bare emotionally, psychologically and spiritually to undertake an extraordinary personal reconstruction. Today, with a PhD to his name and a loving family by his side, Gregory has overcome a life of homelessness and despair to become one of society's great teachers.

Can trauma be inherited? It is this question that sets Alex Halberstadt off on a quest to name and acknowledge a legacy of family trauma, and to end a century-old cycle of estrangement. As Halberstadt revisits the sites of his family’s formative traumas, he uncovers a multigenerational transmission of fear, suspicion, melancholy, and rage. And he comes to realize something more: Nations, like people, possess formative traumas that penetrate into the most private recesses of their citizens’ lives.

In this powerful book, Clarke draws on her professional expertise and her lived experience as a Black woman to share mindfulness exercises, breathwork practices, and meditative tools centered on healing from and surviving racial trauma. Filled with deeply personal stories highlighting the many systemic challenges that people of color face, this mixture of guide and memoir offers thirty-three practical techniques based on the emotions elicited from these experiences.

Reclaim your power, self-worth, heal your inner child, and conquer the chaos of narcissistic or emotional abuse even if you're just beginning your healing journey. With the right guidance, you will emerge stronger and more self-assured than ever before. This empowering guide provides transformative strategies to rebuild your self-esteem and regain control over your emotional destiny.

Do you feel stuck in a cycle of toxic relationships? Are you often neglected, feeling unworthy of love? Do past relationship patterns make you afraid of new connections? You’re not alone, and your journey to healing starts here. Reclaim Your Life and Emotional Freedom offers a lifeline to those struggling with anxious attachment. Your past doesn't have to define your future.

Positive Affirmations for Black Families: Discover a world where every word touches the heart, every affirmation uplifts the soul, and every family member—kids, men, and women—feels seen, heard, and inspired.

Healing Begins With Us is the story of two sisters who weren’t supposed to be friends. Ronni and Jennie grew up in a home with addiction, mental illness, and abuse issues that generated unhealthy dynamics and often pitted them against each other. In this audiobook, they tell the raw truth about their childhood experiences, including the abuse that occurred between them. As they moved toward adulthood, they managed to come together and chart a path that allowed them to heal their relationship and break the cycle of intergenerational trauma and abuse in their own families.

"Freedom Within: Healing, Empathy, and The Power of Forgiveness," a liberating guide that's not just about the act of forgiving–but about setting yourself free.

Warum dieses Audiopaket? Es bietet eine beispiellose Tiefe und Fachwissen, gestützt auf psychologische Forschung, und vermeidet die Fallstricke von Vereinfachung und allgemeinen Ratschlägen, die man oft in Selbsthilfe-Hörbüchern findet.

Parents everywhere seek a close emotional bond with their babies. They also strive to develop a parenting style that works with their values. Some parenting models favor treating children as little adults to be reasoned with. Others take an approach that stresses rule-following. They all aim to create self-reliant adults who can maintain healthy relationships and go on to have families of their own.

As someone who has come out of the other side of narcissism, it’s something I’ve come to have a deep understanding and knowledge of. I’m passionate about connecting with other adult survivors of narcissistic mothers to hear their stories, as well as share our understanding of the abuse. This book will encompass both of these factors. I will help you overcome your narcissistic childhood.

The Healing Power of Pain is an accessible guide for those grappling with emotional distress. This empathetic resource helps listeners understand the root causes plaguing heavy hearts, from negative thought patterns to fears and lack of self-worth.

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.

Este es el resultado de la acumulación de rasguños, cortaditas y golpes psicológicos. El embotamiento emocional, las microagresiones,las relaciones familiares, las humillaciones durante la infancia, la positividad tóxica y el gaslighting son todos ejemplos de microtraumas que tienen por efecto algunas consecuencias como la ansiedad de alto funcionamiento, la sensación de languidecer, el perfeccionismo desadaptativo, comer de forma emocional y tener problemas para dormir.

From Demotion to Promotion is the extraordinary true story of a man who turned a career in a maximum-security prison into a nationwide mission to change lives. After witnessing the staggering effects of incarceration, Ralph Simpson made a defining decision to be a proactive solution to the problem. Fueled by determination and faith, he earned his teacher’s certification, master’s, specialist, and doctorate degrees, proving that no obstacle is insurmountable. Obstacles, such as betrayal, depression, loss wages, and false allegations are tough.

Grief and grieving apply to anyone experiencing loss, even if that loss is not tied to a death. Though it may feel difficult to address the topics of grief and loss, as we return to school after an unprecedented year, it’s no longer a question of “if” or “should” but “when” and ”how.” Learning from Loss is your guide to getting started with grief work, providing a path that can help you determine the best course of action in the wake of a loss that impacts a student or school community.

Fühlst du dich oft innerlich unruhig, angespannt oder von unerklärlichen Ängsten überwältigt? Was, wenn dein Körper selbst der Schlüssel zu all diesen Problemen ist? Unser Nervensystem sendet ständig Signale – es sehnt sich nach Sicherheit. Doch oft fehlt uns diese innere Sicherheit, besonders wenn wir schwierige Lebensumstände, chronischen Stress oder negative Erfahrungen aus der Kindheit mit uns tragen. Kathleen Kunze, systemische Beraterin und Expertin für Nervensystemregulation, nimmt dich in vier Teilen mit auf eine Reise, dein Nervensystem zu verstehen und zu regulieren.

In this work of deep reflection, insight, and vulnerability, Caroline Brunne shares her story of becoming the woman she is today. From the shores of the picturesque island of Mauritius, to suburban Victoria, through to her childhood home in Queensland, deep in the heart of her life journey is her lived experience of trauma, the impact of childhood sexual abuse and her ongoing quest to support her fellow survivors to reduce the shame they may carry.