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Self-Help 1, 2, 3!

The Journey from Abandonement to Healing by Susan Anderson

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

Please Yourself by Emma Reed Turrell

July 30, 2021 by Claire Badger 1 Comment

It’s time for the heavy-weight competitors of the Self-Help category! A team up of not two but three books that are written by highly regarded mental health professionals and containing a wealth of helpful and, in this combo, complimentary advice on how to get over your damn shit! Okay but seriously, the combo of these books and the order I read them in was really great, which is why I’m doing a triple review. The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Surviving and recovering from the […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abandonment, Abusive relationship, childhood trauma, emma reed turrell, family relationships, generational trauma, intergenerational trauma, lindsay c. gibson, Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, Mental Health, people pleasing, Psychology, PsyD, Self-help, susan anderson, toxic relationships

Claire Badger's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: abandonment, Abusive relationship, childhood trauma, emma reed turrell, family relationships, generational trauma, intergenerational trauma, lindsay c. gibson, Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, Mental Health, people pleasing, Psychology, PsyD, Self-help, susan anderson, toxic relationships ·
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Cover of Not That I Could Tell

Not That I Could Tell: Nosy and Nefarious Neighbors

Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

June 27, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

A woman is missing. Not just a woman, but a woman and her twins. Out of a beautiful, safe neighborhood in Yellow Springs, Ohio – home to Dave Chappelle.  She went missing after having a girls’ night with some of the neighborhood ladies, and no one seems to know where she is. But everyone is interested in finding out: from the intrepid young reporter, publishing an independent neighborhood paper to the only single woman in the neighborhood with a fraught familial relationship to the stay-at-home […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Abusive relationship, Jessica Strawser, Missing Children, Missing Woman, Neighbors, Not That I Could Tell, ohio

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Abusive relationship, Jessica Strawser, Missing Children, Missing Woman, Neighbors, Not That I Could Tell, ohio ·
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