Download or read book Traumas and Triumphs written by Paul Foxman and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to transcend the impact of trauma and achieve happiness, meaning, and purpose? At an early age, Dr. Paul Foxman became a victim of childhood sexual abuse, poverty, multiple life-threatening medical crises, a hostile divorce, and exposure to violence. Now an accomplished psychologist, Dr. Foxman shares key lessons from the process of overcoming traumas to create a life filled with love, fulfillment, and security. He validates the possibility of a fulfilling life that goes well beyond survival to true recovery: to regain the ability to trust, to love and be loved, to feel empowered and safe, and to discover one’s purpose. In Traumas and Triumphs, Dr. Foxman recounts his inspiring personal journey to recovery while supplying insights into resources to aid in managing anxiety and healing from trauma.

Download or read book Traumas and Triumphs written by Paul Foxman and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2022 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an accomplished psychologist who overcame severe trauma, this book is a personal, case example of what it takes to transcend the impact of childhood and adult trauma and achieve happiness, fulfillment, meaning, and purpose.

Download or read book Liza with a Z written by Michael Freedland and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughter of the legendary Judy Garland, Liza Minelli has lived an extraordinary and unconventional life. This biography explores her work on stage and screen, including Caberet and New York, New York and includes her relationship and marriage to producer David Gest.

Download or read book Got Issues Much written by Randi Reisfeld and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrities including Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Michelle Kwan, share their personal stories, offering insight into problems and issues confronting young readers

Download or read book The Girls Within written by Gill Frost and published by Phoenix Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling true story of one woman's battle with the aftermath of childhood trauma, which gives a gripping account of the often controversial and misunderstood condition of dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). This emotional but ultimately uplifting journey details the unforeseen twists and turns of the effects of therapy and how it can help in coming to terms with the past and its unsettling echoes in the present. Heartwarming and lucid, it's an inspiring tale for all to read. Through its clinical rigour, professional therapists will also gain insight into the various treatment options for DID, including the innovative use of energy therapy. The book contains 32 colour illustrations, including 24 drawings by The Girls. The star of this book is an extraordinary, bright-spirited, and entertaining six-year-old girl, called Little Vivvi, who experienced shocking abuse from members of her family. Yet Little Vivvi lives within Vivian, a middle-aged woman who has struggled with DID for many years. The challenging process of psychotherapy is laid bare, as Little Vivvi wrestles with overwhelming memories of childhood abuse. Alongside talking therapy, energy treatment, which she calls Wooshing, is utilised to astonishing effect, becoming the enigmatic ingredient that finally enables Little Vivvi to find relief from the distress and fear that had dominated her existence. As therapy seems to draw to a close, Izzy appears. A very sensitive, thoughtful and mature eight-year-old, Izzy too needs love, support and treatment to speak about her trauma. After overcoming her understandable distrust, Izzy enables an exceptional ending to the therapeutic journey, far beyond anything Vivian and her therapist, Gill, could have dreamed. Little Vivvi and Izzy will make you want to laugh out loud as well as cry. Their story teaches so much about suffering, dissociation and survival. Their aim is to enlighten, inspire and offer hope to others through reading their incredible tales, which reveal the astonishing power of The Girls within.

Download or read book Triumph and Trauma written by Bernhard Giesen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with triumphant and tragic heroes, with victims and perpetrators as archetypes of the Western imagination. A major recent change in Western societies is that memories of triumphant heroism-for example, the revolutionary uprising of the people-are increasingly replaced by the public remembrance of collective trauma of genocide, slavery and expulsion. The first part of the book deals with the heroes and victims and explores the social construction of charisma and its inevitable decay. Part 2 focuses on a paradigm case of the collective trauma of perpetrators: German national identity between 1945 and 2000. After a time of latency, the legacy of nationalistic trauma was addressed in a public conflict between generations. The conflict took center stage in vivid public debates and became a core element of Germany's official political culture. Today public confessions of the guilt of the past have spread beyond the German case. They are part of a new post-utopian pattern of collective identity in a globalised setting.

Download or read book Peeling Back the Layers written by Lawayne Childrey and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday millions of people lose sight of their dreams when life's gut wrenching curve balls knock them off their feet and out of the game. With the grace of God, that was not the case for Lawayne Orlando Childrey, who has endured some of the most horrific trauma imaginable, including childhood sexual abuse, depression, a crack cocaine addiction and an HIV diagnosis. Childrey beat all the odds to become an award-winning and respected news journalist, a dream he has had since childhood. In his autobiography, Peeling Back the Layers, Childrey demonstrates his ability to persevere during times of immense struggle by relying on the faith that was instilled in him as a child.

Download or read book From Trauma 2 Triumph written by Antoinette Spade and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love. What is it? Can a person describe love? Can love even be described? Throughout time, it has been heard that love can be defined in different ways. That there are different types and styles. It has been heard that love could be defined as an attraction (driven by the chemicals in our brains such as adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin), an infatuation, a feeling, an emotion, an action and even as much as a choice. In this book you will read of how a woman experienced the Storge (empathy), Philia (friendly), Eros (romantic) types of love throughout her life at the onset of trauma that cost her identity, therefore, leading her through life searching for the only type of love that not only covered all her mistakes and bad decisions, but also experienced the only type of love that she needed called the Agape (unconditional) type of love. The trauma Antoinette experienced stemmed from various types of abuse she went through during her childhood at which when she reached her teen years had prompted her to embark on different endeavors during those years into the adult years of her life. The most crucial and important type of love there is to be found by everyone, including Antoinette. It was when she found that type of love did she realize that there really and truly was someone who did see her as a person, a human that noticed and loved her for who she was. Someone not only fully loved her, but also fully knew her even when she was in her mother’s womb. This love, my friend, was the love that she had been longing for, searching for her whole life. It took for her to experience this love that she finally recognized someone was chasing her all along and didn’t even know it. This love that was given to Antoinette was not merely because she was attracted by this someone, no, she was chosen by this someone because of the unconditional love that He had for her. He made a choice, which is an action. He made a sacrifice for her, but He knew He had to let her experience all that she did in order for her to find the love that she longed for. It has been 16 years since she has found this love and it hasn’t faded away for her, nor did it ever leave or hurt her, not one time. Because of this very reason, Antoinette would like to share who gave her this love and let you know that this love is being given to you too. I must assure you; Antoinette is of NO exception to this very love by any means and she would just like to share her story with you in hopes that you will find this very same love too. It doesn’t matter who we are, where we come from, or even what we did in our life because we too are worth being loved the very same way that she was at all costs. This love that Antoinette found was totally worth finding. She found it so worthy that she is willingly choosing to share it with all of us in hopes of us accepting the value of our own worth to accept this very same love too. Contact Information: [email protected]

Download or read book Your Queendom Awaits written by LaTonya Porter and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you living a life that you did not chose for yourself?Is it plagued by challenges and obstacles or painful memories?Are you looking for healthy ways to heal from the trauma you've experienced?Most of us would never choose a life that is filled with pain and suffering, but often from the most demanding times the greatest triumphs are born. Life's challenges are designed to create a journey that prepares us for our Queendom.This book, Your Queendom Awaits, is the sharing of seven intimate stories detailing personal traumas the author has endured from adolescence to adulthood and includes:Being braveUsing faith as a toolHow to selfishly reach your goalsForgiving others and yourselfAccepting failure as a step towards successChanging yourself and your lifeAnd much more...If you are stuck in a cycle of constant doubt, foolish decisions and catastrophic consequences be sure that there are paths that you can navigate through it.In just five crucial steps, using Your Queendom Awaits, you can implement a strategy to unlock your potential and find your own Queendom.We may not choose the trials of our lives, but we can choose the triumphs!

Download or read book The Myth of Normal written by Gabor Maté, MD and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.

Download or read book Against All Odds written by Tyree Washington and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tyree's book is an inspirational story of setbacks and how to persevere to overcome them. In the exciting and highly competitive field of track and field, Tyree was able to stand out as a dedicated athlete who always stood for the right.

Download or read book A Bright New Place written by Fiona O'Branyll and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiona OBranyll was subject to severe abuse in the most tender and vulnerable years of her young life. How did she survive? This engaging story gives a vivid and practical picture of how the power of faith in God, and hanging on to His words, becomes a sustaining and permanent refuge during and after the worst of times. On her journey through loss and into peace, Fiona's faith ignited miraculous optimism within her, sustaining her spirit and soul throughout her life. Written with survivors of abuse in mind, this book will encourage anyone with a traumatic past, but it will also bring hope to every person going through challenging circumstances. Mary Beth Griffis, MA, LMHC Fiona O'Branyll's recounting of a horrendously destructive childhood brings light to God's power to transform a life. Hers is a great example of God giving a crown of beauty instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. In reading her book, you will witness this supernatural transformation where God turns to good what man meant for harm. Fiona's transparency and honest recall reminds us of Abba Father's love for us. Barbara Beck, co-host, TV45's The Good Life Fiona O'Branyll has a story of unimaginable pain as well as the redemption and life-transforming power of Jesus Christ. She movingly describes the terrors of abuse, the resulting bitterness and struggle to forgive, and the persistent, healing love of Jesus Christ. Saturated with Scripture and punctuated with poems she penned as a young adult, Fiona offers great hope to abuse victims as well as wise insights for those of us who desire to care for those who have suffered. Mark Altrogge, pastor and songwriter

Download or read book Turning Trauma Into Triumph written by Richard C. Scheinberg and published by Wordclay. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if someone told you that the most difficult period in your life may be a blessing in disguise? As a psychotherapist with 25 years of experience, Richard C. Scheinberg has candidly and succinctly summarized the spiritual and deeply personal transformation of ten people attempting to overcome the worst challenges of their lives. In this inspirational book, Scheinberg also reveals how he survived the most difficult periods in his own life. Furthermore, he conveys his personal conviction that our common strengths emanate from a source more powerful than any challenges that may come our way. "An amazing book!" -Dr. Vivienne Finnegan, MD, Melbourne, Australia "It's very rare that a book comes along that is so thought-provoking about life. It made me reflect about my own life and start to truly understand 'How did I get here?' I started reading and I couldn't put it down! I loved it in its entirety and I can't wait to read it again!" -Michael D'Amico, Medical Programming Engineer, Selden, New York

Download or read book Dancing with Fear written by Paul Foxman, Ph.D. and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panic attacks, phobias, avoidant behavior, worrying, compulsive behavior, unwanted obsessions, and body symptoms such as racing heart, breathing difficulties, sweating, shaking, nausea, numbness and weakness are some of the many manifestations of anxiety. DANCING WITH FEAR is a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing the many forms of anxiety. Using a recovery theme, the book offers a hopeful, self-help approach to the most common, costly, and chronic emotional problem in our country. According to experts, anxiety develops from the combination of three ingredients: genetic traits (such as “biological sensitivity”), family influences, and stress (the “why now” factor). The stress ingredient accounts for the widespread prevalence of anxiety today. Basically, anxiety is largely a learned reaction to stress overload in people with a sensitive temperament. Through new skills and habits, anxiety can be replaced with more effective behavior along with greater peace, optimism, and joy. The book is clearly written and technically accurate. Diagrams, lists, and charts illustrate the information, and 35 concrete skills and exercises are included. The book includes information on: · Survival instinct and anxiety · List of anxiety disorders with explanations · Diagnostic criteria for each anxiety disorder · Common fears by age group · Anxiety personality traits · Comparison of incomplete and complete stress recovery · Drugs used to treat anxiety · Herbs and natural remedies for anxiety Some examples of exercises and techniques are: · Meditation instructions · “The three-S” approach to stress management (Signals, Sources, Solutions) · Yoga and bioenergetic breathing exercises · Dietary guidelines for managing anxiety · Guidelines for friends and family members · How to replace worry with positive thinking · Three fundamental health practices for managing anxiety · Joy, pleasure, and satisfaction exercise · How to spiritually revitalize your life Content is based on the author’s personal anxiety background, as well as his expertise as a seasoned psychologist. Dr. Foxman’s own recovery from several anxiety disorders is described in an opening chapter. See Prior Distribution for a description of what is specifically new in this second edition.

Download or read book Triumph written by Ruth Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumph ....Moving Forward Through Trauma & Other Fantastic Events is both momentous , and unprecedented. It will encourage you and let you know that no matter how much adversity and tragedy that you encounter on your life's journey that God is, and always will be there with you. This book will warn you of wicked things and how to avoid them and will express the lessons that I learned. You will be encouraged to reach resolves concerning things that are what they are so to speak. You will learn to take one day at a time and how to recognize which battles to choose to fight.

Download or read book Trauma to Triumph written by Sandra Cooper, , and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Sandra as she shows you how to see your life as an invitation to grow, and ultimately flourish. She authors this book so that you may find hope in hopeless times, healing from trauma and other unresolved issues, and the courage to reclaim your life. All are welcome. No one is excluded from this journey of love to which we are all invited. Sandra Cooper has been writing and lamenting her life in journals from the time she was in the eighth grade. Feeling "different" she was unable to connect to or accept the expected and traditional roles that were only beginning to be challenged during her childhood years. Sandra documents the ups and downs that constitute any life. She shares stories of alcohol abuse, the destructive relationships which were an offshoot of her poor self-worth, and the anger that drove her to change the direction of her life. This book describes the lessons Sandra learned while trying to navigate her life outside the boundaries defined by others. Hurt and angry, Sandra challenges the status quo again and again. Stepping into her fears and facing her isolation, she discovers that living a life of freedom means taking the narrow road into and beyond herself.Sandra is an introspective soul, able to read between the lines of her life. As she begins to reclaim that life, weeding out what others expected her to be versus who she actually was, she realizes that life was inviting her to heal and to grow. She accepted that invitation, learning the lessons set before her. Doing so allowed her to leave the chaos behind to find the life she wanted.Sandra's faith in the unseen led her to discover radical self-love and self-acceptance as the means to peace and contentment. It is along this road that Sandra discovers her own gifts and abilities. She hangs up her RN hat to become a licensed professional counselor. In this role, she is her most authentic self. It is there that she finds meaning for her experiences; the lessons learned invaluable as she assists others to discover their best self.Sandra writes with honesty, acknowledging her dark side and asking the questions others are afraid to ask. She invites us to consider spirituality and mysticism as part and parcel of who we are. She steps away from religion, embracing her new understanding of spirituality. Sandra's understanding of her own life experiences is a template for understanding our own.

Download or read book Object Relations Therapy of Physical and Sexual Trauma written by Jill Savege Scharff and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising above the polemics surrounding sexual and physical abuse, David and Jill Savege Scharff bring a relational perspective to the integration of psychoanalytic and trauma theories in order to understand the effects of overwhelming physical and psychological trauma, including sexual abuse, injury, and birth defect. The Scharffs draw from their object relations therapy with individuals, families, and couples recovering from trauma and abundance of relevant clinical examples described in their characteristically personal and vivid style.