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In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend's life: that the man she’d loved had gaslit, lied to, stolen from, and painfully betrayed her and many others. In this spellbinding memoir, Suleyman exposes one man's control over many women and the trauma he left behind and celebrates the sisterhood that formed in his wake despite—and in spite of—him.

Most information intended to assist women with terrible relationships begins past the point of no return. Those books offer to help you after you understand your relationship is poo. You don't have to be in a relationship with a controller or an abuser to profit by this information. An audiobook that follows the examples in the journeys towards recuperation for women getting away control all the while features the remarkable idea of this journey and, incomprehensibly, it's basic establishing in the conventional, the regular.

Nobody in the family talks about Ellen's grandmother Lola, who was swallowed up by the circus and emerged as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot-free for killing her husband. When Ellen's husband Wayne beats her nearly to death, she runs to the only place she knows where a woman can completely disappear - the same Big Top that once sheltered her grandmother. Though the circus moves from one town to the next, Wayne tracks it, and Ellen, relentlessly.

Barrister Charlotte Proudman has represented countless women in cases spanning rape, domestic abuse, child abduction, forced marriage and female genital mutilation. She has seen first-hand how the family court deepens the trauma of vulnerable women, staking their futures on the biases of individual judges and forcing them to endure the torture of a judicial process that stretches over months and sometimes years.

Is your relationship making you feel constantly on edge, emotional, and confused? Do you have a person in your life who constantly drives up your stress and anxiety? Are you always apologizing to your significant other and often question your own judgement? By saying yes to any of these questions, you have just established that you are a victim of gaslighting.

Rise from the Shadows: A Journey to Freedom is a heart-wrenching and inspiring memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing experiences with domestic violence and her courageous journey to reclaim her life. From a childhood marred by a violent father, the author recounts terrifying nights and the lasting scars left on her psyche. As she grows older, the pattern of abuse continues in her romantic relationships, culminating in a profoundly traumatic relationship with Ray Allen, a controlling and manipulative mail carrier.

From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal experience it is hard for us to understand what it is like to struggle with them, and harder still to envision potential solutions. These compelling documentaries introduce us to a range of individuals who have confronted various hardships, telling their stories and following them as they ask difficult questions and endeavour to drive positive change.

Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she had been mothered) was shaped by this devastating murder. After her mother's death, Amani began reassessing everything she knew of her parents' relationship. They had been unhappy for so long - should she have known that it would end like this?

The product of a schizophrenic mother and absentee father, Lorraine Wilkes shares her captivating survival story. Her struggle progresses from eating out of trash cans at the age of five, becoming the primary caregiver of her four younger sisters, to being sheltered by her zero-tolerance aunt. To cope, she learned how to become invisible. In her hiding places, horror stories are overheard, unspoken acts of violence are performed, and her only refuge is to hide deep within the recesses of her mind. Inherently, she always knew her day to physically escape would come. This book will help ...

Gaslighting and narcissism go hand in hand, as most narcissists use gaslighting as a form of abuse. Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which the abuser attempts to diffuse confusion and self-doubt in the victim’s mind. By distorting reality and forcing the victim to question their own judgment, gaslighters are typically seeking to gain control and power over the other person

Is divorce a sin? Millions of people across the world have suffered through a misinterpretation of Jesus' statements regarding divorce. Faulty translations and ignorance of Jewish culture have led to a mass misunderstanding of the Bible’s true stance on this topic. This book is designed to offer salve for the wounds caused by this confusion, and help those suffering know that they’re not second-rate citizens of the Kingdom.

Thawing Toxic Relationships is number three of a four part series entitled Thawing the Iceberg. The Thawing the Iceberg Series is designed to address various issues outlined in the author’s bestselling book, Thaw – Freedom from Frozen feelings. The other two books in the Series are: Thawing Adult/Child Syndrome and Thawing Childhood Abandonment Issues. Thawing Toxic Relationships is a book about healing and co-creating healthy, functional relationships for those who grew up in a dysfunctional family such as one that included alcoholism, addiction, and/or codependency. If you relate to ...

I am the narcissist. I suffer through my moods and my emotions. But they are not the same moods that you suffer through as an empath. I don’t suffer the same range of emotions that you suffer through. I don’t feel the depth of the love, the joy, the happiness, the satisfaction, the gratefulness, and the compassion. No. I suffer dark moods. Much darker than I will ever let on to you when you first meet me.

A shocking true story of domestic violence, physical and sexual child abuse, and a mother's fatal journey with a very evil man. ~~~~~~~~~ The People's Book Awards: Kindle Winner January 2013 and HALL OF FAME; Amazon International Bestseller, and Winner of Top 10 True Crime Book Awards 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Stars! "This book evoked so much emotion from me... Book voyeurs who are able to tackle tough subject matter will love this tale." --Kim Cantrell, TCBR ~~~~~~~~~~ This book is the first to explore the mysterious death of Janyce "Janny" Hansen, a former top model from Denver, Colorado. She, ...

"There's a fine line between love and hate. Sometimes there's no line at all." Nya Kumari tells all in her autobiography, a searing exposé of passionate sex and equally passionate abuse. A relationship that will have many wondering, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Anyone who has felt trapped in such a relationship can empathize and learn from Nya's story. The wrong person sweeps her off her feet. She thinks he is only single because his wife passed away. However, she soon learns there are plenty of other reasons.

If your relationships with a control freak leave you emotionally drained, exhausted, low on self-esteem, and you are looking for a way to escape and recover, this audiobook is the one for you! We all need a little bit of control in our life. It helps to maintain a balanced and harmonious structure in our lifestyle. But when that desire to control goes to the extreme, and we end up wanting to control every single aspect of our lives and the people around us, that is the point when things start becoming toxic and harmful.

Not Ours to See is the inspirational story of a woman who faced adversities as a child, teenager and adult. Anne Sauter Lieb struggled to learn in school, struggled to feel understood in her family and struggled to find peace in a marriage where her feelings didn’t matter. In spite of everything, this devoted mother refused to give up and vowed to provide her daughters with better lives.

“Better dead than divorced", responds a young wife to those who urge her to divorce her adulterous, manipulative, and abusing husband, who plans to kill her. She knows about his evil intentions, and she is urged to leave him and save her life, but her love, her devotion, and societal prejudice against divorced women make her stay. And dead she ends up by a commissioned assassin. Her cousin, a principled man, fights beyond his modest means in a corrupt system to have justice for her loss served.

The tale of Mary Hope MacLaren is a story of hope. It is the story of a young woman's hopes and dreams, shattered, as her new husband turns violent. It is the story of hope enduring over the years, but of hope renewed at his untimely death. Most of all, it is the tale of a woman's fight back to who she had been before and of her renewed hope for the life she once wanted, dreamt of having.

I do not know how many people plan to divorce after getting married. Well, I didn't. That's why the reality of an impending divorce and a feeling of failing had me in its grip for years during a physically and emotionally abusive marriage. Even more, it was a foreign concept to me to seek a way out of it, because as a Christian, divorce did not seem to be a right alternative or choice. In this audiobook, I invite you to explore with me my struggles, mental health, confusion, and ultimately my journey into clarity and freedom, choice, and mental well-being.