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  • If I am Brave Enough

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    I met Jake in the springtime . . . So begins Cristina’s story, a story of love and marriage, but also abuse and violence. Cristina met Jake when she was on the rebound, not looking for anything serious. And he seemed like the perfect guy: he was...


  • The Intuitive Compass

    Using the Power of Your Intuition to Overcome Adversity & Transform Your Life
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    It’s not until we find ourselves in the midst of a toxic situation or adversity that we need to seek ways to keep going for our own mental & emotional health, for those we love and care for or, in extreme cases, for our own survival. It can put...


  • Her Believable Lies

    Surviving Intimate Partner Violence
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    On May 7, 1988, Michelle got married. Shawn, the man standing before her, was her abuser, her controller, and the only serious boyfriend she’d ever had. In that moment, she felt like this wedding ceremony would mark the end of her life; it turned...


  • Scars Never Heal

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    This is a story about some traumatic events in my life. How it effects my future life. How I met my daughter’s father and how everything went downhill when I got involved with him. How much he damaged me to the point I couldn’t look at myself in...


  • Mama Bird

    A True Story Of Family, Trauma & Survival
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    Mama Bird is a true story about the endurance and perseverance needed to survive an abusive marriage. When Susan found herself pregnant at the age of twenty-one, she did what she thought was the best thing and married her baby’s father, Cain....


  • Son, Daddy Has To Go

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    When young Novak Jovanovic returns to Serbia to find his bride, he is full of optimism, hoping things will go well and that the three-week vacation will turn out as he imagined it might. He believes that a girl of his own nationality will share...


  • Mommy's Little Monster

    My Journey with the Narcissist
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    When 14-year-old Anne meets Brian, 19, she’s captivated by his good looks, guitar-playing skills, and bad-boy persona. Despite their age gap, what starts as a slow-burn friendship ignites into a sexual relationship and then marriage—all...


  • The Holy F*cks of Life

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    Life can change in an instant. While working as a model and actress in Vancouver, British Columbia, author Chantel Rose receives a desperate phone call that changes her life. In an instant, she is back in her hometown, forced into a world she...


  • My Story

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    The Traumas I went through as a child meeting the love of my life, and losing him at no fault of mind. Who I have been and who I am now, the lessons life taught me and the path it has lead me on to be Who I am today. I believe that without these...


  • Unlimited Revisions

    Exposing the Glitch: Confronting Female Complicity in Recovery from Toxic Relationships
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    By age fifty, Lorelie Friesen considered herself an educated woman who should have been living the good life. Instead, she found herself with a serious problem: how to justify staying in an abusive marriage. She realized it was time to look...