How Do I Get To Be Me? is the second book of the Choosing New Ways Forward Series by Elizabeth Jo. Building on the ideas discussed in the first installment, Shifting Our Relationship With Trauma, this book offers a conversation on moving beyond trauma. As...

In The Parenting Treatment Plan by Helen V Hicks MA MBA LPC, the author presents parenting from the view of her childhood and the way she raises her children, citing certain behaviors and including text from esteemed developmental professionals. She provides exercises for caregivers to...

How I Think I Should Be Is B***S***: From Hiddenness to Open-Hearted by Eileen Marder-Mirman is a very emotive memoir. The book starts with the first chapter describing how Eileen was born “…I was traumatized, no connection with my mother who was drugged to not...

The Mindset Game is designed to get us to higher levels of accomplishments and fulfillment by enabling us to operate with a peak mindset. Matthew Lawrence Scigousky provides worksheet exercises, practical instructions, and inspiring stories from different aspects of his life. He shares how he...

Escaping My Demons by Joseph Fagarazzi is essentially a story about overcoming adversity in the face of child abuse. Growing up in Italy he had an abusive father and at times an abusive mother. The story follows Joseph all the way to Australia in the...

Raised in a home filled with love, Luis Trivino never understood why his father’s mood would often change suddenly and violently. His mother did her best to cushion the effects of his behavior on the children but as they grew older it became increasingly evident...

Cathy Studer was six years old when her stepfather started abusing her by telling her she was bad and deserved punishment. The nightmare lasted until her adolescence when her mother discovered the letters in which he had Cathy describe what he was doing to her....

Adaptable Teaching: 30 Practical Strategies for All School Contexts (Building Your Teaching Toolbox) by Jonathan Ryan Davis and Maureen Connolly is a helpful guide for educators working in various classroom environments. As Lawrence Pendergast notes in the foreword, teachers learn most effectively from the experience...

Most altruistic jobs require saving people's lives as their primary objective. But do we pause to consider what happens to these people once they fail to meet this objective? Flash Point: A Firefighter's Journey Through PTSD by Christy Warren is a memoir and self-help book...

Dear Dana by Amy Daughters follows the author as she connects with an old friend named Dana on Facebook. As Dana’s life takes a turn for the unimaginably heart-breaking, Amy decides to make their correspondence analog by sending handwritten letters. Inspired by the deeper understanding...