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Held against her will and raped by her 38-year-old boss, 19-year-old Anna tries to make sense of her unbelievable situation. How did an innocent friendship with her boss turn into weeks of forced sex and the inability to leave her oppressor's side? Furthermore, what happens when weeks of rape result in a pregnancy? This true-life novel depicts a graphic and raw recounting of the unimaginable horrors of the Summer of 2010.

Are you still carrying the weight of an emotionally abusive relationship long after it’s ended? Struggling to break free from the heavy chains of a trauma bond that keeps pulling you back? Jennifer Alushan, an experienced educator with several degrees in education and specialized training in trauma processing, guides you on this journey of recovery and self-empowerment.

Narcissistic personality disorder is surprisingly common, affecting up to six percent of the population. People with this disorder can seem charming and self-confident, but their excessive need for admiration from others masks deeper insecurity and self-loathing that drive them to manipulate and abuse the people who care about them.

Are you finding it difficult to move forward after being in an abusive relationship with a narcissist? Are you still in a relationship with a narcissist but know that it’s time to leave? Are you struggling to regain your confidence because your narcissistic partner convinced you that you’re worthless and no one else will ever love you? Sadly, studies show that narcissistic abuse affects more than 158 million people in the United States.

Heal and empower your family, even if your ex is exceptionally manipulative and you’ve felt hopeless for years Are you exhausted from the constant conflict with your narcissistic ex? Fed up with the emotional manipulation and anxious about its impact on your children? Do you ache for a healthy co-parenting relationship but feel it's impossible with a narcissist? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're not alone. Many parents in similar situations feel isolated and overwhelmed, but there is hope.

Have you ever felt like you're losing your mind in a relationship? You keep trying to reach some destination but keep continuously looping in circles until you can't remember where you were trying to go in the first place. That is what a relationship with a Covert, Narcissistic Psychopath is like.

Do you dread going into work? Do you have a problem falling asleep on a Sunday night because going to work in the morning is the last thing you want to do? You’ve tried hard to set your boundaries with your narcissistic coworker and enforce them, but every time you do, your shitty coworker somehow dismisses them, which causes you to freeze up. You could go to HR, but you fear retaliation. The great news is that you don’t have to put up with this kind of behavior anymore.

The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life? And what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study of sexual assault on a campus to date, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault’s social roots

In this book, I will share parts of my story, not because I want to prove a point of how much I suffered, but I realize that survivors of psychological abuse share the same fears, and the purpose of my writing this book is to hold your hand and give you the courage to face yours as I still do every single day to this very day.

An examination of adults who have been manipulated by divorcing parents. Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) occurs when divorcing parents use children as pawns, trying to turn the child against the other parent. This book examines the impact of PAS on adults and offers strategies and hope for dealing with the long-term effects.

In this essential audiobook, best-selling author and former confidence coach Zoe McKey exposes the harmful consequences emotional unavailability and toxic relationships can have. Experiences with such people create a feeling of neglect, inadequacy, or unworthiness. Find ways to heal from the pain.

Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners - girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers - trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs along the way. She shows couples how to deepen compassion, improve communication, and develop an understanding of healing as a shared activity.

Una no ficción atípica que combina percepciones y recuerdos personales con la investigación de tres femicidios en el interior de la Argentina durante la década del 80 y que revelan, de modo sutil, la ferocidad del machismo y la indefensión de las mujeres pobres. Tres asesinatos entre los cientos que no alcanzan para titulares de tapa ni convocan a las cámaras de los canales de Buenos Aires. Tres casos que llegan desordenados: los anuncia la radio, los conmemora un diario de pueblo, alguien los recuerda en una conversación.

Invisible Target is a true, detailed account of one girl’s experience of educator sexual abuse at the hands of her middle school teacher. It follows her journey, beginning with her tumultuous childhood, meeting the teacher, and the grooming process he created to lure her into a false sense of trust. After years of abuse, she finally found the courage to bravely break away from her abuser. More than a memoir, this book provides thought-provoking questions at the close of each chapter and serves as a strong educational tool for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Do you feel like you are living a lie? Do you always feel at fault? Do you doubt every move you make? Are relationships like war zones in your life? Do you attract toxic situations? Do you shrink inside your uncomfortable skin? These are some of the many valid emotions that arise from dysfunctional interaction with a narcissistic carer. Being born to a narcissistic mother can be one of the most destructive scenarios to face, and some daughters never find peace, not even after the death of their mother. This book addresses the realities of maternal narcissistic victimization.

Here's how you will benefit from Skinny Thinking: Learn to make wise food and eating choices. Permanently change the way you eat and think about food. End your weight struggle forever and free yourself from food worries. Learn to accept your body.

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man....

Relationships with narcissists are turbulent, draining you of your essence while feeding their endless fire. Yet, like the phoenix, you possess the power to rise, reborn from the ashes, stronger and more radiant. It's time to prioritize your wellbeing, reclaim your narrative, and embrace the flight of the Phoenix. Begin your ascent towards healing and empowerment.

This audiobook is for you if: You are confused about what a narcissist is and wonder if you have one in your life, you are not sure if the self-obsessed git or the rude bully is a narcissist, or you want to know how to deal with narcissists and how to overcome narcissistic abuse. You will move from being a victim to victor by understanding how they operate and strategies to move away from their mind messing power. Dr Mariette Jansen has written this audiobook from the perspective of the victim of a narcissistic mother and later in life of a partner.

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.