Self Recovery

In this expanded third edition, Brenda Schaeffer draws on years of feedback and new developments to foster an understanding of love addiction: what it is and what it is not, how to identify it, and, even more important, how to break free of it. Stories of real people struggling to develop sound relationships illustrate the characteristics of healthy love and help listeners to free themselves to find real intimacy.

This groundbreaking book is your beacon of light in the darkness. It's not just another self-help guide; it's a transformative journey that promises to restore your inner strength, set firm boundaries, and ignite a newfound sense of self-love and empowerment.

Self-healing through self-parenting, a concept introduced a generation ago, has helped thousands of adult children of alcoholics who are codependent and have conflicts in their primary relationships. Now Patricia O'Gorman, PhD, and Phil Diaz, MSW, authors of the classic book The 12 Steps to Self-Parenting for Adult Children and its companion workbook, expand the reach of that successful healing paradigm to anyone who has suffered from any kind of trauma.

Do you want to feel better after the breakup? Do you want to move forward? Do you need some help and the best advice? If 'yes' is your reply, this book is for you. It is devoted to women who had a broken heart in the past but now are ready to go ahead. This book will help you to understand what to do with your life. Through the pages, you will find a good friend and real support you can trust to. You will find a relationship advice here, tips for breakup recovery and really sincere help. How to get over a breakup? How to build a happy life after that? These questions deserve to be ...

Breakups hurt ~ but you don’t have to go through it alone. How I Bossed My Heartbreak is the ultimate breakup companion for anyone who feels shattered, stuck, or completely lost after the end of a relationship. Whether you were blindsided, cheated on, ghosted, or left without explanation, this book wraps around you like a blanket of understanding and says, “You’re not the only one.” Inside are real, raw, and relatable stories from women and men who’ve been through heartbreak and lived to tell the tale. Each story is honest, emotional, and totally unique ~ and every one ends with ...

Ladies, imagine waking up every day feeling confident, motivated, and ready to tackle anything that comes your way. Imagine having a clear vision for your future and the tools to make it a reality. That's exactly what you'll get with The Alpha Female Bible.

Are you stuck in a loop of overthinking, anxiety, or depression—even though you've read the books, tried the therapy, and practiced the mindfulness? This book is not another “positive thinking” fix. It’s a complete system reset. In How to Use Self-Optimizing Recursive Intelligence Structures for the Elimination of Anxiety and Depression through Meaningful Action, author Obadiah Switzer delivers a revolutionary, execution-first approach designed to override mental loops at the core operating level. Grounded in cognitive mechanics, behavioral momentum, and recursive systems theory, ...

Tired of being told to "just breathe" by people who’ve never had their group chat melt down at 2 a.m.? How to Get the Stick Out of Your Ass is the antidote to toxic positivity, Pinterest perfection, and emotional labor disguised as empowerment. Written in a voice that’s equal parts sharp therapist and fed-up best friend, this book is a survival guide for high-functioning women who are chronically over-committed, emotionally constipated, and sick of pretending they’re fine. This isn’t a mindfulness manifesto or another pep talk about work-life balance. It’s a call to unclench. To ...

Homesteading in the Calm Eye of the Storm is a companion book to my self-help book: COMPLEX PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Homesteading is also a memoir of my journey of recovering from C-PTSD. Written in a more playful, easier to read style than my other books, it is much less dense and relatively free of psychological jargon. Several previewers have described it as rich, poignant, funny and full of self-disclosive anecdotes that are sure to help other survivors in their recovery. "Homesteading" has two parts. In Part I, I escape from my dysfunctional family and backpack around the ...

The law of attraction is based on the idea that everything in the universe has a polarity, meaning that everything - from the food you eat to the people you talk to, to the things you say to the things you think - contains either a positive or a negative kind of energy. Notice that being with people who complain or rant a lot tends to make you feel bad, even though you're not exactly experiencing what they're going through - that's the law of attraction working its magic. When you focus on negative stuff, then more negative stuff will happen.

STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF AND DON’T KNOW THE WAY OUT OF THE FOG? Achieve healing and resilience with “Coping With Loss”! Have you felt lost and alone in your grief, yearning for understanding and support? Do you experience physical and emotional exhaustion, unable to find relief from the pain? Are you searching for practical ways to build resilience and transform your grief into personal growth? Whether you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, a pet, a job, or any significant life change, the pain can leave you feeling adrift. Good thing “Coping With Loss: Nurturing Resilience Through...

You're trying so hard to move on, but your heart still whispers their name. You smile in front of others, but cry behind closed doors. You're tired of pretending you're okay when you’re still breaking on the inside. This book isn't here to fix you. It's here to sit beside you in the ache. Each chapter gently walks you through the fog of loss, guiding you back to the parts of yourself you forgot while loving someone else too hard. If you're ready to let go — not just of them, but of the shame, guilt, and exhaustion — this book is your quiet permission to begin again. Not harder. Not ...

You’ve tried saying it gently. You’ve tried saying it clearly. Now you’re holding this book. You’re not trying to start a fight. You’re not trying to shame anyone. You’re asking for something simple: respect for your boundaries. If You Love Me, You’ll Read This is a short, direct guide for partners who struggle to hear “no” without getting defensive. It explains why boundaries matter, how they get ignored, and what real respect looks like in a relationship. This isn’t about blame — it’s about clarity. About keeping love honest. About giving someone the chance to show...

This book is presented primarily to adult heterosexual males who find themselves hopelessly addicted to pornography and are unwilling to seek professional help or the help from a support group. This will be the DIY, self help, by the seat of your pants recovery book. I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, counselor, reverend, etc. nor do I have any education in these various professional categories. I am someone who has been addicted to pornography most of my natural life. I am presenting the methods of what has worked for me in hope that it might give someone else with the same ...

Rediscover Love and Happiness After Divorce: Your Guide to Finding a Compatible Partner Are you a recently divorced woman feeling lost in the dating world? You're not alone. The journey to finding love again can be daunting, filled with uncertainty and emotional hurdles. But it doesn't have to be this way. Unlock the secrets to understanding your relationship needs, dating experiences, and finding a compatible partner after divorce. Embrace Your New Identity: Learn how to rebuild your self-esteem and set personal goals that align with your new life chapter. Heal from the Past: Discover ...

"When Everything Turns To Sh*t" is a practical guide designed to help individuals navigate the tumultuous waters of major life-changing events, such as unexpected divorce, the loss of loved ones, retirement, aging, and financial bankruptcy. The book emphasizes the importance of acknowledging emotional struggles and highlights that no one is alone in their experiences. The guide offers valuable insights on coping with an unexpected divorce by encouraging readers to grieve the relationship while seeking support from friends and family. It stresses the significance of rediscovering one's ...

Meg Wilson watched her world fall apart when her husband confessed years of sexual addiction. She has an intimate knowledge of all you may have felt-and she's lived to tell about it. With honesty and hopefulness, Meg uses her own story, along with other examples and Scripture, to help women cope and find their way out of the darkness of their husbands' sexual compulsions. She wants you to know that God's first concern is for your relationship with Him - not your circumstances.

Addiction is one of the most prevalent forms of disease in the current generation. It is a persistent kind of disease shown by wanting to use drugs; it is difficult to manage and control even though it has adverse and harmful results. Most people use drugs voluntary for healing purposes but consistent substance use leads to brain damage or a change in the proper functionality of the brain. This is due to the fact that the person has no self- control to the drug and is also unable to resist the drug.

The biggest obstacle to living the life you desire is you. Nothing changes until you change. There is nothing you can’t overcome when you decide to do so. This spiritual personal growth book of 88 short true life stories is about women who decided or were forced to leave life circumstances that were not serving them anymore. These disruptions in our lives are for our spiritual and personal growth. You will read traumatic stories of heartbreak, divorce, loss, grief, detrimental health issues and addiction, and how these women came out thriving on the other side. These mini memoirs of ...

Women around the globe are buying and consuming alcohol at alarming rates never seen before. But is it doing us any favors? Is it really that treat or reward that we deserve? Lotta Dann thinks not. In The Wine O'Clock Myth, Lotta takes an in-depth and eye-opening look at women's drinking habits. Written through the lens of her own story and her work in the field of addiction and recovery, Lotta explores the privileged position alcohol holds in our society, the way the liquor industry targets women and the damaging "Wine Mom" social media culture.