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Breaking up in normal circumstances is hard enough. If you throw a narcissist into the equation, it makes it all the more difficult. If you're looking to listen to this audiobook, you're likely heartbroken and looking for some guidance, support, or understanding. As someone who has been through the hell of a narcissistic relationship, I can offer you all three, and I hope this audiobook can help you make sense of this heartbreaking time.

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill 12 students and a teacher and wound 24 others before taking their own lives. For the last 16 years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror?

But It’s Your Family is a remarkable account of what it means to cut ties to toxic family abuse and thrive in the aftermath. Loving someone doesn’t always mean having a relationship with them, just like forgiveness doesn’t always mean reconciliation. Reconciling, in many cases, only sets people up for more abuse. A significant part of healing comes with accepting that this is a part of life; there are some relationships that are so poisonous that they destroy one’s ability to be healthy and function best.

Ken Falke and Josh Goldberg train combat veterans battling PTSD to understand and achieve Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). PTG helps you discover opportunities from times of struggle, and this book provides actionable strategies for making peace with past experiences, living in the present, and planning for a great future. Through Ken and Josh’s work, thousands have transformed struggle into profound strength and lifelong growth. Now it is your turn. It’s time to learn how to Struggle Well.

A striking memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle and Half a Life, in which a young Alaskan woman must relearn how to live after accidentally killing a cyclist. When she was sixteen, Ella Jacobson drove through an intersection as a cyclist ran his red light. He died shortly after impact, while...

Traumatization and Its Aftermath guides listeners through each element of the personalized struggle for survival and offers compassionate and patient explanations on how to shorten this struggle—and even prevent it. Packed with detailed resources and accessible storytelling, this book is a must listen for clinicians and anyone looking to better understand the mind, body, and natural ability to heal.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns...

Having gone from standing atop high mountain peaks to becoming a martial art and close-quarter combat specialist, and surviving 18 years of brutal special operations involvement, White Wolf's life took a turn that led him to face his most challenging adversary. His development of chronic illness sent his life tumbling headlong into an abyss where a maelstrom awaited. Invisible combatants threw his body into chaos.

A Marine's searing and intimate story—"A passionate, fascinating, and deeply humane memoir of both war and of the hard work of citizenship and healing in war’s aftermath. A superb addition to our understanding of the Vietnam War, and of its lessons” (Phil Klay, author of Redeployment)...

From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down through the Black Death in the Middle Ages and on through the 1918 flu epidemic (which killed between 50 and 100 million people) and this century's deadly SARS outbreak, plagues have been a much more relentless fact of life than many realize. The legacy of epidemics, Brian Michael Jenkins observes, is not only one of lives lost but of devastated economies and social disorder, all of which have severe political repercussions.

This two-book bundle is here to offer the comfort, guidance, and practical tools you need to navigate the profound grief and trauma of pregnancy loss. With compassionate language and a holistic approach, these guides will help you journey through the pain and move toward healing.

“Life doesn’t always break softly. Sometimes it shatters — and in the silence after, we’re left standing in the ashes, wondering how to begin again.” Ashes and Aftermath is a podcast about trauma, healing, and the messy, beautiful work of rebuilding after life-altering experiences. Hosted by Brandon Holder, each episode opens a safe, honest space to explore what it really means to survive and to grow. Here, you’ll hear: Real stories from survivors who found hope in the aftermath Conversations with experts in trauma recovery, therapy, and resilience Personal reflections on the ups, ...

Beginning in 2026, a new podcast titled “Breaking the Silence Together: The Aftermath of Suicide" will premiere. This platform will confront the raw realities of suicide loss, the immediate crisis families face, traumatic grief, and the role Post-Traumatic Stress plays throughout the healing process. Our focus is on transforming pain into resilience and purpose while amplifying the voices of families who are too often unheard. Weekly co-hosts to appear as we engage in these difficult but necessary conversations to drive measurable impact within our communities. To learn more, please visit ...

What happens after a traumatic event? In this podcast we explore the reactions, positive and negative, to difficult life events. Difficult topics are discussed with a lighthearted conversation in order to help others who are also struggling with their own trauma find a ray of sunshine, even if it is with dark humor. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chaotic-aftermath/support

Hey, friend! Have your lingering physical symptoms ever been dismissed? The message moms get is that there’s nothing you can do about the aftermath of having kids, let alone the emotional roller coaster and energy-suck these symptoms cause: you just have to live with it. WTF?

Signs of Sexual Abuse from A to Z provides a compassionate, in-depth guide to recognizing the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse in friends, loved ones, or yourself. From Anxiety to other often-overlooked indicators, each letter offers insight, explanations, and heartfelt reflections to help listeners understand the experiences of survivors. Written by Hillary Hawkins, who brings years of experience from non-profits and child protective services, and Jade McKenzie Stone, a survivor sharing her personal perspective, this audiobook is both informative and empathetic.

What would you do if you walked in on your Lover/husband? If the woman's job requires her to travel does that give him permission to have a Side Chick? Listen to Lady T, Smooth, & Q The Alpha, as they dissect & fillet each TRUE "Bed Time Stories": told in a His & Her version. The sexual initmacy is palpable as these two (Larendon St. Caire & Keith Spinnister II) attempt to reach their Sexual Freedom Level (SFL). The collateral impact of their "Keep it Real" persona is riveting in these "Real Talks." Enjoy this rollercoaster ride as it impregnates your hopes of reaching Your own Sexual Freedom ...

Military Sexual Assault (MSA) is a prevalent problem within all branches of the military. Our soldiers, sailors, and airmen are at risk of sexual assault and harassment while defending our nation. This podcast is a safe space for MSA survivors, military members, and others to share their stories, form a community, gather resources, and understand this devastating issue. Music by www.waywardblues.com Please follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Youtube: https://linktr.ee/sailors_disgrace

His story begins as cliché: an aging jock with nagging lower-back pain. For the better part of a year, he ignores it, convinced he has a slipped or herniated disk. It’s only when he can no longer ride a bike, a lifelong passion, that he makes the doctor appointment. The problem isn’t a disk; it’s a tumor on his spine the size of a softball. In the summer of 2014, Todd Balf, author of the acclaimed adventure tales The Darkest Jungle and The Last River, was diagnosed with a rare spinal cancer called chordoma.