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Michelle Knight - now known as Lily Rose Lee - captured the world's attention in May 2013, when she and two fellow kidnapping victims were found and freed after being held for more than a decade by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. But many people are still asking: What happened after her escape? How do you re-enter society after years of abuse and isolation? How do you get past the trauma and live a happy and joy filled life? How do you learn to trust again?

Cult victims and those who have experienced abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides insightful information for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track.

Unfortunately, abuse happens everywhere and can come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, it can happen right in front of us, and we still won't see it, or maybe, we just choose to ignore it hoping that one day it will go away on its own. This is my true story about living with a monster - a monster whom only those in my household would have ever had the unfortunate chance to meet. The monster I called my daddy!

A unique survivor memoir. Essays that range from heartwarming to brutal. Individual trigger warnings (TW) allow listeners to practice self-care. Washington State native Mary Knight, MSW, experienced various forms of child sex trafficking, sometimes in her own home. Her parents were her pimps. Knight's current life is filled with safety, love, joy, and children. Happily married, she is a child advocate, a foster parent, and a grandmother.

Now in its third edition, It's My Life Now is a guide for survivors who have left an abusive relationship. It addresses - in clear, non-threatening language - various issues associated with abuse and violence, including post-relationship emotions, psychological impact, dealing with children, personal safety, legal problems, and financial security. Each chapter dismantles common myths about being in and leaving an abusive relationship and contains activities for self-exploration that survivors can complete as they navigate a new life free from abuse.

Based on over a decade of clinical and domestic abuse research, Women with Controlling Partners will help you identify the coercive constraints that can be predictive of intimate partner abuse, recognize the harmful effects of psychological abuse on your mental and physical health, and gain the personal strength and power to break free. Using the author's three-stage recovery model, you'll be empowered to move out of denial, deconstruct what holds you psychologically captive, and take back your life.

R.E.P.A.I.R. is a six-stage program for abuse survivors that will transform your life forever! This audiobook will help you: recognize and accept your adult problems stemming from childhood sexual abuse, enter into a commitment to transform your life, process your issues with tools and techniques that will enable you to become healthy, gain awareness to discover reality as you gather and assemble the pieces of the broken puzzle your life became, and gain insight into the complete picture helps you begin to return to what you were prior to being sexually violated.

You might find that most of your childhood revolved around your parents and their needs, instead of the other way around. You need to break this toxic cycle so that you can develop a nurturing, happy relationship with your kids. And it all begins with rising from the ashes of your own childhood trauma. Detaching yourself from the emotional trauma of your childhood will give you a positive outlook toward building a healthy relationship with your kids as you rediscover a better you. A new life awaits…without the emotional trauma. Free yourself from the toxic cycle of abuse.

Are you an empath struggling to heal from narcissistic abuse? Ready to transform your pain into power and reclaim your authentic self? This comprehensive audiobook is your compassionate companion on the journey from trauma to triumph. Written with deep understanding and practical wisdom, it offers a complete roadmap to healing and personal transformation.

This personal memoir chronicles the first 25 years of her life living in abusive environments, how she survived and, ultimately, found her way into the supportive and caring arms of 12-step recovery programs. Along the way, she describes for the listener exactly how she survived the traumas of physical and sexual abuse, mental illness, suicidal ideas, grief and loss as well as her struggles with sexual identity, bulimia, addiction, and more.

Have you ever wondered what living in Hell is like? Listen to this short diary from a 16-year-old based on a true story. Parental alienation is something not many hear about, but most are affected by at some point in their life. Child custody issues is where you will find most of the narcissistic parental alienators, but it happens in even the most "stable" of situations with a happy family. Surviving parental alienation syndrome for a child is surviving child abuse. Until you can end the alienation, lies, and deception, you will continue to die a bit each and every day.

The third of a nonfiction trilogy, this intrepid memoir tracks sexual harassment and sexual abuse in the life of a veteran American journalist. It also describes the long and ultimately successful psychotherapy the author undertook to heal.

From the depths of childhood trauma to a path of healing and hope, this raw and powerful memoir chronicles one survivor's 30-year therapeutic journey. Unflinchingly honest, the author recounts her experiences of severe child abuse - verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual - as well as neglect. But this is not just a story of pain; it's a testament to the human spirit's resilience and the transformative power of therapy. Listeners will gain insight into various therapeutic tools and techniques that aided the author's recovery.

Life After Death is an account of the traumatic loss of the author's aunt, Faith Lynn Hopkins Manley. It is a journey through the recovery process from a spiritual and psychological standpoint.

Selene Bartolo is a fighter and a thriver! In her latest book, Live Your Best Life: How to Go from Surviving to Thriving After Abuse, she courageously details her cycle of abuse that started at 3 years old, and painfully continued and intensified with her relationships as a young woman. Bartolo found the strength to finally say enough is enough, and details the exact steps she took to break free from her prison of abuse. Join the hundreds of thousands of people who have found peace and happiness the "thriver" way - living your best life free of the impacts of traumatic abuse.

It began as rumors. Whispers at dinner parties. Warnings about bad dates with a Canadian celebrity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, superstar CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi revealed his interest in "rough sex" in a long Facebook post, and a scandal of unprecedented scale descended on the radio host. What the public did not know was that months before Ghomeshi's emotional post, Canadaland podcaster Jesse Brown and Toronto Star journalist Kevin Donovan were quietly pursuing serious allegations against him.

Living Life Sideways paints a vivid picture of the adventure of a lifetime (a year-long, worldwide sailing journey), coupled with the fight of a lifetime. It describes one sailor’s odyssey to regain her sense of self when she realizes that her peace of mind is worth more than she could have ever imagined.

Michelle Segrest dreamed of checking one giant challenge off her bucket list. Boarding a 43-foot sailboat to rekindle her relationship of six years, she set out on the eight-month voyage from North Germany to Alabama filled with hope. But suffering extreme seasickness and heavy gales in the Baltic proved the least of her problems when she faced abusive gaslighting from her partner. Unable to keep food down long enough to help when maintenance issues struck, Michelle’s only comfort came from her two devoted beagles.

Have you or a friend or loved one struggled with loss, abuse, addiction, low self-esteem, or even suicidal ideation? Then this book will ring true for you. Dr. Liz’ personal memoir chronicles the first 25 years of her life living in abusive environments, how she survived and ultimately found her way into the supportive and caring arms of 12-step recovery programs.

This is a unique story focusing on long term impact of bullying on the human psyche. The book also demonstrates how to overcome the impact of bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder.