Dear Narcissist: F*ck You is not another soft-spoken self-help book. It’s a bold, direct, and unfiltered guide to understanding narcissists in real life—from how to spot them in seconds to how to heal the parts of yourself that kept letting them in.Dr. Sara Al Madani, a 4x TEDx speaker and globally recognized award-winning entrepreneur, lived through four narcissistic relationships, two toxic marriages, financial betrayal, spiritual breakdowns, and emotional manipulation—all while raising a child, building businesses, and undergoing a complete awakening.This book is the field manual for anyone who’s ever asked, “Was it me?” and walked away from the wreckage of a narcissist still unsure of what just happened.With street-level clarity, trauma-informed wisdom, and practical tools, Dear Narcissist: F*ck You teaches you:• The types of narcissists (and how they shape-shift)• The red flags you missed—and won’t again• How to spot narcissists by energy, tone, and even body language• What to do when you work with them, are related to them, or co-parent with them• How to take your power back and heal your nervous system• What actually scares narcissists (and how you’ll never fear them again)This is not a clinical guide. This is a spiritual and emotional bootcamp. And it’s going to save people years of trauma, confusion, and self-blame. Read more

As seen on TikTok, protect yourself by learning how to trust — and act on — your instincts with the "empowering" (Boston Globe) #1 bestselling guide to personal safety, from security expert Gavin de Becker. A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the door. A disgruntled employee brandishing a gun. These days, no one is safe from the specter of violence. But according to Gavin de Becker, everyone can feel safer, act safer, be safer — if they learn how to listen to their own sixth sense about danger. De Becker has made a career of protecting people and predicting violent behavior. His firm handles security for many of the leading figures in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and his computerized risk-assessment system helps analyze threats to members of Congress and the Supreme Court. Now, in this unprecedented guide, de Becker shares his expertise with everyone. Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face — street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace — de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust our own intuitions. For everyone who's ever felt threatened, this book is essential reading. Read more

"In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation. On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I dont think of myself as a victim. I survived. A Stolen Life is my story in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it." Read more

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From experienced family therapist Dr. Karyl McBride, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? is an essential guide to recovery for women with selfish, emotionally abusive, and toxic mothers—designed to help daughters reclaim their lives.The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of narcissistic, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women’s health and hundreds of interviews with suffering daughters, Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this emotional abuse and create an individualized program for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery. Narcissistic mothers teach their daughters that love is not unconditional, that it is given only when they behave in accordance with maternal expectations and whims. As adults, these daughters have difficulty overcoming feelings of inadequacy, disappointment, emotional emptiness, and sadness. They may also have a fear of abandonment that leads them to form unhealthy romantic relationships, as well as a tendency to perfectionism and unrelenting self-criticism or to self-sabotage and frustration. Dr. McBride’s step-by-step program will enable you to: (1) Recognize your own experience with maternal narcissism and its effects on all aspects of your life (2) Discover how you have internalized verbal and nonverbal messages from your mother and how these have translated into overachievement or self-sabotage (3) Construct a personalized program to take control of your life and enhance your sense of self, establishing healthy boundaries with your mother and breaking the legacy of abuse Warm and sympathetic, Dr. McBride brings a profound level of authority to Will I Ever Be Good Enough? that encourages and inspires you as it aids your recovery. Read more

This groundbreaking, therapist-recommended book includes four books (workbooks and guides) that will teach you from start to finish, everything you need to know about Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD, as well as how to recover from each one of them.Book 1: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery✔️ Learn about different types of narcissists, their personalities, and how they behave so you can spot them.✔️ Discover what manipulation tactics narcissists and other toxic people practice to keep you close and how to break free.✔️ Learn how to transform your mindset so you have strength to remove yourself from the toxic relationship.✔️ Understand how to recover from the trauma caused by the relationship with a narcissist.✔️ Identify strategies to get on, and stay on, the recovery path and become mentally tough.✔️ Learn how to stop attracting narcissists to ensure any future relationships are healthy ones.✔️ And much, much more...Book 2: Gaslighting✓ Understand what gaslighting, love bombing and other tactics of abuse the narcissist uses.✓ Learn how to break free and recover from narcissistic abuse.✓ Read real-world scenarios and phrases between the narcissist and the victims in romantic relationships, friendships, families, the workplace, and more.✓ Identify the 10 stages of gaslighting which are used to gain control of the victim – how and why it works.✓ Understand simple yet effective strategies to protect yourself from being manipulated and abused.✓ Learn important ways to heal and move on in your relationships regardless of what has happened.✓ And much, much more...Book 3: Codependency Recovery Workbook✓ Investigate the 5 primary causes of codependency that may be the root of your symptoms and powerful strategies to deal with them.✓ Understand “The Giver” and “The Taker” roles and how they contribute to the unhealthy dynamic of the relationship.✓ Read common scenarios of codependent relationships and dialogues to help you understand what it looks like in real life.✓ Take the Codependency Quiz so you can look at your relationship and find codependent tendencies, change your behaviors, and build better relationships.✓ Learn what the 6 types of boundaries are, how to set them without feeling guilty, and how not to relapse.✓ Discover the 7-step plan and learn powerful strategies that will help you recover from being in a codependent relationship✓And much, much more…Book 4: Complex PTSD Workbook✔️ Learn what Complex PTSD is, where it comes from, and how it differs from PTSD.✔️ Discover examples and exercises designed to teach you effective strategies to uncover and overcome past traumatic events.✔️ Learn tools to help you rewire your mind so you can overcome the fear and pain that accompany distressing situations.✔️ Read insightful prompts and reflections to help you work through C-PTSD and regain emotional control.✔️ Learn how to stop avoidance techniques you are subconsciously using in daily life which only keep you from progressing.✔️ And much, much more…Recognizing the problem is the first step towards recovery, but you must take action, and you must take it now. This workbook and guide will help change your mindset so that you can set yourself free but only you can take action."As a Licensed Psychotherapist specializing in trauma, I’ve helped clients heal in various settings such as substance abuse treatment centers and even their homes...This book will help you understand what you’ve been through and help you lay the foundation for reclaiming your life. A true “must read” for any trauma survivor."-Trauma Psychotherapist John Boswell, MSW, LCSWStart the journey to recovery today. Click the "Buy Now" button to begin. Read more

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score)Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war.This edition includes a new epilogue by the author assessing what has—and hasn’t—changed in understanding and treating trauma over the last three decades.Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the most important psychiatry works to be published since Freud,” Trauma and Recovery is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we heal. Read more

This best-selling book examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain.Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of people with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love". Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived."But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth. Read more

Although clinical research has been conducted on narcissism as a disorder, less is known about its effects on victims who are in toxic relationships with partners with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder engage in chronic devaluation and manipulation of their partners, a psychological and emotional phenomenon known as "narcissistic abuse". Unfortunately, the full extent of what narcissistic abuse entails is not taught in any psychology class or diagnostic manual. Since pathological narcissists are unlikely to seek treatment for their disorder, it is difficult to pinpoint what exactly makes a narcissistic abuser tick and the manipulative tactics they use, which are likely to differ from those of other types of abusers as they are more covert and underhanded. What is even more baffling is the addiction we form with our narcissistic abusers, created by biochemical bonds and trauma bonds that are also unlike any other relationship we experience. Using the latest scientific research as well as thousands of survivor accounts, this book will explore how the emotional manipulation tactics of narcissistic and antisocial partners affect those around them, particularly with regards to its cumulative socioemotional and psychological effects on the victim. It will also address questions such as: What successful techniques, tools, and healing modalities (both traditional and alternative) are available to survivors who have been ridiculed, manipulated, verbally abused, and subject to psychological warfare? What can survivors do to better engage in self-love and self-care? How can they forge the path to healthier relationships, especially if they've been a victim of narcissistic abuse by multiple people or raised by a narcissist? Most importantly, how can they use their experiences of narcissistic abuse to empower themselves towards personal development? What can their interactions with a narcissistic abuser teach them about themselves, their relationship patterns, and the wounds that still need to be healed in order to move forward into the happy relationships and victorious lives they do deserve? Cover art by Penoaks Publishing at www.penoaks.com. Read more

This informative guide helps you identify and heal from childhood emotional neglect so you can be more connected and emotionally present in your life. Do you sometimes feel like you’re just going through the motions in life? Do you often act like you’re fine when you secretly feel lonely and disconnected? Perhaps you have a good life and yet somehow it’s not enough to make you happy. Or perhaps you drink too much, eat too much, or risk too much in an attempt to feel something good. If so, you are not alone―and you may be suffering from emotional neglect. A practicing psychologist for more than twenty years, Jonice Webb has successfully treated numerous patients who come to her believing that something is missing inside them. While many self-help books deal with what happened to you as a child, in Running on Empty, Webb addresses the things that may not have happened for you. What goes unsaid―or what cannot be remembered―can have profound consequences that may be affecting you to this day. Running on Empty will help you understand your experiences and give you clear strategies for healing. It also includes a special chapter for mental health professionals. Read more

Hey White Boy, Conversations of Redemption is a profoundly authentic and moving memoir that delves into the transformative journey of Sonny Von Cleveland. Raised in a small town in Michigan, Sonny's childhood was marred by unimaginable sexual molestation, which shattered his innocence and left him grappling with profound emotional scars. Unable to cope with the devastating abuse, Sonny's once gregarious and outgoing nature gave way to anger and rebellion.By the age of seven, he faced his first felony charge, and the downward spiral continued, leading him to prison at sixteen and again at twenty-one, resulting in eighteen years behind bars.However, Sonny's path took an unexpected turn amidst the darkness of his incarceration. During 19 months in solitary confinement, he encountered a fellow inmate—a wise Muslim man—who would become his mentor. Through their profound conversations and teachings, Sonny embarked on a journey of self-examination, forgiveness, and personal accountability.Sonny shares his remarkable transformation from victimhood to self-actualization and redemption in Hey White Boy. This memoir is a testament to the power of resilience, the importance of letting go, and the capacity for personal growth. Read more

Your inner child yearns for healing and peace.From overt trauma like physical abuse to subtle hardships such as insecurity, poverty, or bullying, these childhood experiences shape our emotional responses to the world around us.As you reconnect with authenticity, you'll learn to embrace your true self and express suppressed emotions and desires. By becoming a nurturing parent to your inner child, setting boundaries, and meeting its needs, you'll foster a healthy and balanced relationship within yourself.March 2024 New Edition Update: Formatting and readability have been updated for better reader experience.Learn how to:✓ Heal Childhood Wounds: Heal the wounds of childhood trauma, abandonment, neglect, and abuse using targeted exercises and activities designed to transform your mindset.✓ Improve Self-Esteem and Trust Issues: Develop a strong sense of self-worth using proven affirmations and step-by-step guidance which will help you build confidence and self-love.✓ Overcome Anxiety and Stress: Manage difficult emotions caused by trauma using powerful yet easy to follow methods including empowering affirmations, breathing exercises, and meditations.✓ Build Self Compassion: Discover yourself and learn to love your inner child so you can reconnect with passions, dreams and talents you may have put aside.✓ Set Strong Boundaries: Learn to set boundaries with others so you can communicate your needs clearly and improve your relationships.It’s time to let yourself live again. Addressing and validating your inner child allows you to reclaim your authentic essence and live a free and fulfilling life. Inside, we all know that childhood is a treasure held within the depths of our souls. It’s a treasure that should grace the heart of every human. But, for many, childhood may have left scars, both deep and shallow, that make it hard to live life to the fullest.Scroll up and click “Buy Now” to start your transformative journey of healing your inner child. Read more

As seen on the Youtube channel Soft White Underbelly“Strength beyond the Shadows is a raw, hard-truth, light-shining-bright-into-some-dark-places story few have the courage to reveal and Seth is on an undeniable quest to change lives.”—NICK LAVERY, Green Beret, U.S. Army Special Forces, Founder / CEO, Precision Components LLCSeth Gehle's story is a testament to the courage and strength within each of us to overcome adversity and our personal traumas. For nearly sixteen years, Seth suffered unspeakable crimes and endured tragedy that no human should have to face. Growing up in a broken home filled with abuse and neglect, a young Seth left and found himself further down the path to hell.In this painfully honest account, Seth describes the horrific trauma and sexual abuse he withstood as a child. Seth’s story is all too common. What makes him an anomaly is his willingness to recount his experiences, bringing understanding of not only what he endured but the devastating aftermath suffered by millions who are victims of childhood trauma.Through an unrelenting will to survive, Seth fought for his life and discovered the power of the human spirit. His ability to articulate the darkest moments of his life as well as his courage to live beyond such horrendous suffering are found within the pages of Strength beyond the Shadows. Read more

Cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and happiness. This compassionate guide will help you embrace your decision with a sense of pride, validation, and faith in yourself; and provides powerful tools for creating boundaries, coping with judgment, and overcoming self-doubt.Do you have a toxic family member? Do you feel like cutting ties with this person—even as painful and scary as that may sound—would dramatically increase your well-being and improve your life? You’re not alone. Severing ties with a family member can be devastating; and cutting this toxic person out of your life may bring up feelings of guilt and uncertainty—especially if you feel judged by others regarding your decision. Fortunately, you can free yourself from this toxic family member in a healthy, responsible, and liberating way.In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist and toxic-family survivor Sherrie Campbell offers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member, and provides powerful tools to help you heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma. You’ll find the validation you need to embrace your decision with pride and acknowledgement of your self-worth. You’ll learn how to let go of negative thoughts and feelings. And finally, you’ll develop the skills needed to rediscover self-care, self-love, self-reliance, and healthy loving relationships.Whether you’re ready to sever ties with a toxic family member, or already have, this book will help guide you, every step of the way. Read more

When your parents are pathologically self-centered, manipulative, or emotionally abusive, the pain they cause is deep and often difficult to put into words. You may experience anxiety, depression, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), low self-esteem, addiction, or other mental health conditions as an adult. But it was not your fault, and there are tools you can use to heal the trauma caused by your childhood.This compassionate guide will help you gain a greater understanding of what happened in your past; transform deep pain into emotional resilience; and build the loving, meaningful relationship with yourself that you deserve. You'll also learn to set boundaries with others, assert your needs, and overcome emotional avoidance to develop warm, loving relationships with others.Author Sherrie Campbell offers powerful skills drawn from a range of evidence-based treatments, including mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), self-compassion, lived experience, and body-based practices to help you heal from the past and reconnect with your authentic self.Let this book guide you on the path to healing, wholeness, and self-discovery. Read more

Struggling with toxic behaviors that push others away? You’re not alone—and change is possible. This audiobook offers practical, adaptable strategies to overcome toxic habits, build emotional intelligence, and create lasting relationships. Learn to set healthy boundaries, embrace vulnerability, and let go of self-sabotage.Packed with flexible, easy-to-follow techniques, it’s your roadmap to emotional freedom, healthier connections, and a better future. Your past doesn’t define you—your next choice does. Take the first step toward a happier, healthier you! Read more

You deserve respect. In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life. In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse - and shows you how you can mitigate the devastating effects on your relationships. She also outlines the Levels of Abuse that characterize this kind of behavior - from subtle, insidious put-downs that can erode your self-esteem to full-out tantrums of name-calling, screaming, and threatening that can escalate into physical abuse. Drawing from hundreds of real situations suffered by real people just like you, Evans offers strategies, sample scripts, and action plans designed to help you deal with the abuse - and the abuser. This timely new edition of The Verbally Abusive Relationship puts you on the road to recognizing and responding to verbal abuse, one crucial step at a time! Read more

Within every community, toxic people can be found hiding in families, couples, companies, and places of worship. The cryptic nature of psychological abuse involves repetitious mind games played by one individual or a group of people. Psychological abuse leaves no bruises. There are no broken bones. There are no holes in the walls. The bruises, brokenness, and holes are held tightly within the target of the abuse. Healing from Hidden Abuse walks the reader through each of the six recovery stages researched and developed by the author. The stages are Despair, Education, Awakening, Boundaries, Restoration, and Maintenance. A guided Personal Reflections journal is included in the back of the book to help the reader go deeper in their application of the six stages of recovery. The journal can be used individually or in a small group setting. Read more

Therapist Recommended: Family scapegoating is an insidious form of "invisible" abuse that is difficult to recognize. It is therefore critical that adult survivors of dysfunctional or narcissistic family systems understand what type of abuse they are trying to recover from. In Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed, Licensed Psychotherapist and Family Systems expert Rebecca C. Mandeville uses her research findings on what she named 'Family Scapegoating Abuse' (FSA) to help survivors recognize and release the damaging 'scapegoat' narrative associated with the family 'identified patient' role. This 2nd revision includes additional recovery suggestions, and updated resources. Also suitable for concerned friends and clinicians.In these pages you'll discover:The FSA Self-Assessment TestHow to recognize and identify family scapegoating abuse (FSA) signs and symptomsWhy scapegoated individuals have difficulty recognizing they are being abusedHow complex trauma (C-PTSD), betrayal trauma, and toxic shame impede FSA recoveryHow intergenerational trauma and false narratives fuel family scapegoating dynamicsWhy the family 'Empath' can end up scapegoatedStrategies to reduce fawn/submit behaviors and realign with your 'true self'Recommended resources and therapy modalities for FSA recoveryFrom the Author: "Scapegoating in any social system is a dehumanizing process of 'othering'. When you are the target of scapegoating in your family-of-origin, the consequences to your mental and emotional health can be severe, including the development of complex trauma (C-PTSD) symptoms. This introductory guide's purpose is to help the reader determine if they are in the 'family scapegoat' role while educating on family scapegoating dynamics and the devastating consequences of being 'rejected, shamed, and blamed' by the people who were supposed to love and care for them the most."Rebecca C. Mandeville is a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist, Certified Complex Trauma Professional, and recognized Family Systems expert. She has over 20 years experience in treating adult survivors of dysfunctional family abuse in both clinical and private practice settings. A recognized thought leader in family psycho-emotional abuse, she coined the term family scapegoating abuse (FSA) while researching family scapegoating's impact on the targeted child / adult child while Core Faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is also a pioneer in identifying the overlapping symptoms of family scapegoating abuse (FSA), complex trauma (C-PTSD), betrayal trauma, and the devastating impact and effects of multigenerational trauma on adult survivors of dysfunctional, narcissistic, or abusive family systems.©2020 - 2023 Rebecca C. Mandeville All Rights Reserved Read more

Thirteen siblings were held captive in their own home―and lived to tell their story.On January 14, 2018, a seventeen-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 on a borrowed cell phone. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her twelve siblings―ranging in age from two to twenty-nine―were being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. “I’ve never been out,” she stammered. She wasn’t even sure how to spell her own last name.Louise and David Turpin presented themselves as loving, faithful parents. On social media they shared snapshots of family outings and vacations, often with their children in matching outfits. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, Louise and David had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, fear, and near starvation. New York Times bestselling author John Glatt's The Family Next Door is the definitive, devastating, and unforgettable account of the Turpins: a family whose dark secrets would shock and captivate the world.“Thoroughly researched and thoroughly disturbing.” ―Booklist“Unflinching...this chilling portrayal of abuse and secrecy may leave readers looking differently at their neighbors.”―Publishers Weekly Read more