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Are you sick and tired of bad habits dictating your life? Have you tried endless other solutions but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks? Do you finally want to say goodbye to trauma/PTSD and discover something which works for you?...you can utilize principles of neuroplasticity to improve cognitive flexibility, eliminate depression, and so much more without experiencing any negative side effects and without spending a lot of money!

Have you ever wondered why you cannot stop thinking about the narcissist in your life? Perhaps that person texted or called you, and you did not know how to respond. Despite your best efforts, you always feel trapped in a continuous cycle and stuck on your journey to recovering from narcissistic abuse.

False claims can hurt a person mentally and financially. False accusations can destroy lives. Shock, withdrawal, and panic are different stages of being falsely accused of rape. They may lose their sense of self-worth, their respect, their friends, their partner, and their freedom. They may experience high anxiety levels, severe depression, anxiety attacks, anger, be fearful, paranoid, suicidal, and PTSD. It is a horrible reality that people lie about being raped to get revenge or to hurt someone.

These are stories about friends and families who have lost loved ones. They have lost their daughters, grandchildren, nieces, friends, and sometimes entire families. Some have been forced to leave their abusers by going into hiding. Others haven't been as lucky; they died at the hands of their abusers. These people that are left behind tell heartbreaking stories of their losses and grief.

Do you feel you lost your childhood because your parents weren't ready to emotionally take care of a child? Have you ever feel like you always have been the adult in your child-parent relationship? All you ever wanted was parents who listen to your stories, welcome you with open arms, and tell you how much they love you, no matter what you do. Instead, you walked around on eggshells making sure none of your actions would upset or irritate your parents. Now, it is the right time to start healing yourself instead of taking care of others.

Brandon Andrew Morgan finds himself sitting on the top of the world for once, a definite change from the harrowing ordeals and ridiculousness that has plagued his life of late. Now, he's got the vampire thing figured out, has a stellar girlfriend, and is co-leader of the illustrious and growing town of Haven. As far as Brandon is concerned, everything is as it should be. He couldn’t ask for anything more, and nothing could strip him of his newfound happiness. Or so he hopes.

In 1973, the summer of change, Perry Ann lost her parents in a tragic accident. Then, in 1983, the summer of hard choices, PerryAnn and her best friend, MatiLou, pursued answers to what happened on that fateful day. A past love interest, Billy, who may have been involved, accosted PerryAnn, forcing her to make hard choices.

In 1973, Perry Ann lost her parents in a tragic accident. Then in 1983, Perry Ann and her best friend MatiLou pursued answers as to what happened on that fateful day. A past love interest, Billy, who may have been involved, accosted Perry Ann, forcing her to make hard choices. And in 1995, he continued to push Perry Ann to the brink of desperation.

Do you want to find amazing and unique experiences around the world? Strolling with Your Elephant: Perfect Moments in Travel tells travelers of all ages and abilities how to find and enjoy them. Drawing on 23 years as president of D. Tours Travel, a boutique luxury travel agency, Diana Hechler outlines almost 80 experiences that are fun, unusual, and thrilling, and that many people do not know are available for everyone.

While Brandon Morgan helps guide the town of Haven to newfound glory, his brother Aaron has taken a decidedly different road. Tagging along with his custodian friends turned defenders of justice, let’s just say Aaron’s life is forever changed.

In the business and governmental centers of the United States, Valeska Vargas, the director of the global operations of the Humana Project, has selected two FBI agents to investigate why some of the small corner meat markets in Northern Texas refuse to agree to a win-win scenario that is sweeping the nation. Old man Sam, who owns a market in A La Vista, Texas, refuses to become a part of a project that promises to fulfill everyone's dreams and pay them to believe it.

Somehow, Brandon Andrew Morgan survived the Omega Vaccine and the total collapse of society that followed it. And yes, he’s just as surprised about it as you are. But while his brother is off to unknown adventures, Brandon has decided to stick around, make a life for himself, and care for his best buds as they transition to their new lives as vampires.

Randall Sullivan slumped in the passenger seat aboard a speeding train on its continuing trip between the realms of truth and fantasy. He will awaken, like many others, without a ticket, without any knowledge as to how he arrived in the seat across the aisle from an elderly couple dressed in gray attire. But during his time on this train, he’ll come to understand a mystery few have ever known. Many are travelers, those who languish between this world and the next.

Darkness choked him. It choked him every night. There was nowhere left for him to run. Solitude, loneliness, and fear loomed in the air as thick as morning fog. Where could he go to hide? He jumped into bed, clutched the covers up around his neck, wedged the blanket under his feet, and prayed for comfort from the watchers, ghosts, unseen visitors, monsters, and those unwanted and uninvited specters that always come from the other world into the room where he slept. They invaded his will, his mind, and his soul.

He can't seem to shake the memory. From the top floor of his office building, he stands in the window and looks out over his domain, one of the cities that never sleeps in the north. His mind is drawn to a simple uncluttered encounter, a scene stuck in his mind for over 15 years. Miles away, on the outskirts of a place called the "Shanty Town", Mrs. Craft remembers a person met by accident at the train station's taxi turnabout. She barely said thank you as he held the taxi door for her. But as he held the door, there was an undeniable sensation that he'd see her again.

In Alone on a Cliff, the girls return to the cliff where they spent a night stranded in 1973 while on a trek PerryAnn hatched to find Billy. Now, over 20 years later, they are on a trek to find Billy again, only this time, it isn't only Billy they are searching for. Unhealed wounds, the healing balm of forgiveness, and gratitude for those who stand by us weave the story like threads running through a tapestry. Through it all, MatiLou and PerryAnn always return to the most important quest they share: to care for Mother Earth.

Summer of Hard Choices is a mystery with a mission to find the truth. In the first novella Summer of Change, PerryAnn’s parents died when their VW bus careened off the road. Now, 10 years later, she and MatiLou embark on the quest to find out what happened that fateful day. In the search of truth, they brush imminent danger. PerryAnn deals with trauma from losing her family. MatiLou still deals with scars from bullying during her childhood. The truth about the accident offers some solace, yet they have hard choices to make as they navigate their experiences.

MatiLou is 11, the brightest one in her class, and an only child. She’s wished for a sister and on the hottest day, PerryAnn, who is 14, appears on Grandma Waters’ cactus farm next door. PerryAnn’s grandmother sells the minerals rights under the farm and begins drinking heavily while in the midst of grieving the loss of her only son, PerryAnn’s father. The threat of external change to the beloved cactus farm looms throughout the story because three men in steel toe boots have come to stake a well right in front of Grandma Waters’ house.

In 16 short stories and a novella, Anne Leigh Parrish explores the magic of life, love, and the soft boundary between fact and fantasy. The wife of an artist disappears under mysterious circumstances, a woman has the gift of taking away sorrow, another finds inner strength through writing poetry, and a great-grandmother spends the day sitting on a folding chair in a grocery store parking lot, contemplating the nature of the human heart. What Nell Dreams is Parrish's eighth book of fiction.

Puffton Village. Back in the 1980s, a group of strangers lived in a college town apartment complex. They became great friends and went through daily struggles together. They supported each other and comforted each other. They became an untraditional family. A Crazy Life. A life filled with drama, love, fear, bonding, and adventures. A life filled with fear, terror, heartache, and questions.