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A Break From the Day-to-Day Drama
A Hole in Her Sky follows a young woman coping with the loss of her twin sister while at the same time navigating a family feud that threatens her newfound romance with a childhood crush. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
I really wanted to take a break from the real world and let myself wander in a time and place that was less complicated in the day-to-day drama. This gave me a perfect place to experiment with love in its various forms, from family dynamics and friendships all the way to first love. The loss of someone who is essentially a part of you could completely erase who you are, and Maddie has a chance to either disappear completely or rewrite herself. Her strength becomes the only thing she has to hold onto in an uncertain time. She was an interesting character to interact with along the way.
There is a sense of love and innocence throughout the novel. How were you able to capture those feelings and put them into words?
I tried to imagine a time when my world felt innocent. And if that failed, I tried to see it through the eyes of a child like my own. With so many things making our kids grow up so fast, you have to remember what it was like to see the wonder in their eyes as they simply gaze up at the stars. I’d like to think that most of us would love to have more of that wonder back in our lives.
What experience in your life has had the biggest impact on your writing?
My experiences as a child still impact my writing. When I was younger, I often escaped into whatever world I was reading about at the time. Books got me through quite a few difficult times. I always wanted to do the same for another reader. I want to provide a small getaway from the world to let them forget the things that are weighing them down, if only for a little while.
I find a problem in well-written stories in that I always want there to be another book to keep the story going. Is there a second book planned?
Unfortunately, at this time, there are no plans for a second book. This was always intended to be a standalone.
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A Hole in Her Sky
Dealing with the devastating loss of her twin sister and an overwhelming sense of abandonment, Maddie spends her summer in a serene rural village with her grandmother in search of tranquility, hoping to get away from the emotional storm that is brewing inside of her. Her stay takes her on an unexpected trip that will force her to face her problems head-on and learn what it means to be sad, joyous, and in love.
A Hole in Her Sky, by Erik Daniel Shein, Karen Fuller, and Melissa Davis, is a compelling young adult novel that explores the complexities of grief, the nuances of young love, and the extraordinary resilience that lies within when faced with unfathomable loss. The narrative is told through the eyes of Maddie Tyler, a 17-year-old, whose emotional journey readers can easily identify with. Like most of us, she struggles with negativity that comes from inside, and it unfortunately affects her reality and fate. The use of Tristen’s character as not just her partner, but also as this supportive, affirming, and caring person was a nice touch added to the narrative. The authors use a delicate touch to intricately design their interactions, capturing the awkwardness and excitement of first love and creating a vivid image of the innocence and uncertainty that go along with these feelings. However, their affair is anything from easygoing. There is an additional layer of tension and strife brought on by the rekindling of a long-standing family rivalry between the Tyler and Tristen families. The authors expertly strike a balance between the dramatic and romantic components, making sure that the plot never gets overly serious or formulaic.
A Hole in Her Sky is a heartfelt and exquisitely written young adult book that examines sorrow, love, and the inner strength that may emerge from the depths of despair. The story is gripping from start to finish, thanks to its emotional resonance and surprising turns. This book is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the ability to discover hope and fortitude in the face of tragedy. I highly recommend this book to anyone undergoing severe traumatic and emotional experiences in their life right now, as this book can give them hope and help them see there is still light at the end of the tunnel.
Pages: 232 | ASIN : B0CJ6L1Z44
Healing Books For Women
This guide helps women identify their attachment wounds and help them reframe their thoughts to regain control over their relationships. What was the idea, or spark, that first set off the need to write Healing Your Attachment Wounds?
I’d not long self-published Women Going Sober when I experienced what I’d call a stark illumination of my wounded self. Researching Women Going Sober exposed me to Gabot Mate’s body of work, specifically his assertion that addictions originate in trauma and emotional loss. With this nugget of insight, I glimpsed how emotionally ill-formed I felt at my core. A harsh reality to own in my 60s! It dawned on me that I was showing up wounded in every relationship, be it with my partner, adult children, family, career choices, etc. This broken version of me was sabotaging any and all attempts to step fully into an authentic life I’d yearned for as a young girl. I wanted to understand what it meant to have attachment wounds, how I got them in the first place, and where the path to healing might take me. It was only a matter of months after publishing my first book that I launched into writing book #2 Healing Your Attachment Wounds.
What were some goals you set for yourself as a writer in this book?
The vision, when sitting down to write my healing books for women, bundled together as the Sisterhood series, was to blend the latest neuroscience research with an overlay of spiritual awakening, shared struggles and triumphs, peppered throughout with hope and sisterhood. I set out to create a relatable roadmap for personal transformation and healing that would guide my readers through issues emanating from attachment trauma.
In writing Healing Your Attachment Wounds, I imagined my readers would receive a comprehensive understanding of their attachment style and its effect on their interpersonal relationships.
I understood, as I embarked on this healing journey with my readers, I’d be taking courage to confront my own demons.
What is one thing that you hope readers take away from your book?
Healing implies emotional work. It requires us to put our suffering into perspective. To look for the gift wrapped up in the wounds we lay down. Letting go of our wounds, however, we got them in the first place, creates space for our story to be as magical as we can imagine. We commit to nothing less than a deeply loving opinion of ourselves.
Do you have future books planned for The Sisterhood Series? If so can you tell us what topics they will cover and when you expect them to be published?
Yes, I feel book #3 calling to be written. I took a road trip recently. It was a long, exhaustive 13-hour solo drive. Towards the end, I got a glimpse of the direction my next book in the Sisterhood series might take. I believe women, young and old, are on their own heroine’s journey to usher in personal transformation that will upshift us all. Using my own journey as the backdrop, as I did in books 1 and 2, might I create an impactful healing book that not only encourages transformative experiences but provides a roadmap to connect with and experience our heroic self?
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Many women don’t have secure attachment styles, which impacts adult behavior. By identifying and addressing attachment scars, we can more authentically improve the way we develop positive relationships in life.
If you’re a woman struggling with codependent behavior, addiction, anxiety, intimacy, or other trauma, former attachment wounds are molding your current experiences. Negative attachments, obsessions, and lack of trust no longer need to dominate or destroy your connections with others.
It’s time to reframe your attachment styles once and for all so you can heal, create personal independence, and establish successful relationships.
With a thorough examination and understanding of attachment, you can learn to more genuinely bridge a healthy relationship between yourself and others.
We build strong and thriving interpersonal relationships by learning how to comprehend our past and mend any damage caused by negative attachments. In this second book of The Sisterhood Series, author Boadi Moore offers insightful, candid, and personal connections to help readers quickly and effectively realize their healing potential.
Inside Healing Your Attachment Wounds, you’ll discover:How attachment styles impact individuals far into adulthood
Ways to understand which attachment styles connect most to your life
Raw and relatable stories that highlight how women can learn to let go of negative attachments
Strategies to explore and resolve negative parental attachment
Methods to detach from childhood trauma
Techniques to identify and heal toxic attachments
Ideas for reframing personal boundaries and communication
Unique and constructive self-care routines to begin celebrating you!
Plus, you’ll receive ideas for sharing your story of attachment and healing.
Neuroscientists and doctors are making society more and more aware of the undeniable connection between the mind, spirit, and body—which are holistically integrated parts of our whole being. Doctors Gabor Maté, Amir Levine, and Bessel van der Kolk are but a few of the prominent names who advocate this integrative mind-body system.
While the past shapes our behaviors and interactions with others, attachment wounds don’t have to impede our ability to succeed in the present. True integration of our wounds gives us the power to embrace love and nurture the connections we hold dear.
Healing Your Attachment Wounds: A Guide to What’s Hidden in Your Attachment Style and Relationships
Delving into the intricate world of developmental theory, Boadi Moore’s Healing Your Attachment Wounds illuminates the significant influence of childhood attachment on adult relationships. Moore thoroughly unpacks how attachment styles, shaped during early development, permeate through every aspect of relational interaction, occasionally leading to trauma and misunderstanding.
In this sophisticated exploration, the second in the Sisterhood series, Moore seamlessly combines her personal narratives with comprehensive research. Her transparent and candid writing style elucidates complex theoretical frameworks, making the subject matter both accessible and enlightening. Serving as an empathetic guide, Moore adopts a holistic perspective on attachment disorders, offering tangible steps towards healing and self-improvement.
One of the standout sections of this insightful book is the chapter dedicated to the concept of ‘letting go’. Despite the common skepticism around this idea, Moore convincingly argues that there comes a point where blaming upbringing loses its merit. Letting go, she posits, creates the necessary mental space to facilitate healing—a vital gem among numerous others in this compelling read.
Healing Your Attachment Wounds not only presents a powerful discourse on attachment styles and their implications, but also fosters meaningful conversation around these often-overlooked aspects of relational dynamics. Moore successfully reframes the common narratives around ‘toxic partners’ by encouraging readers to understand the underlying causes of their behaviors, thus promoting empathy and compassion.
Designed for anyone grappling with challenges related to intimacy, trust, anxious attachment, and identity merging, this book can serve as a valuable starting point. While it does not replace professional therapy, it equips the reader with a comprehensive understanding of their attachment style and its effect on interpersonal relationships. It inspires readers to embark on the journey of self-discovery and self-improvement.
Boadi Moore’s creation is indeed a beacon of hope for individuals seeking healthier relationships, despite the lingering effects of negative childhood attachments. It emphasizes that the past, while significant, need not dictate the future adversely.
The compelling narrative, coupled with Moore’s authentic connection with the reader, makes Healing Your Attachment Wounds not only worthy of one’s time but also deserving of recommendation. It truly serves as an instrument of healing for readers from all walks of life.
Pages: 303 | ASIN : B0C8P968GQ
Unseen Instinct: Resilience and the Search for a Why after Murder-Suicide
In J. Amanda’s deeply moving work, Unseen Instinct: Resilience and the Search for a Why after Murder-Suicide, readers are taken on a whirlwind of emotions, each page resonating with genuine sentiments and vulnerability. Chronicling her personal experiences with tragedy and adversity, Amanda deftly illustrates that resilience, often imperceptible, is an innate trait within us all, waiting to be unearthed irrespective of our life situations.
Delving deep into the harrowing loss of her mother to murder-suicide, Amanda sheds light on her grief journey and the incremental steps towards healing. She introduces a methodical approach, employing the “5 Ws and the How”, a tool she found pivotal in organizing her thoughts and processing her grief. A distinctive feature of her narrative is the direct conversation with her readers, establishing a powerful, emotive connection that grows with every chapter.
Melding her personal story with practical advice, Amanda not only maps out her healing journey but also extends a guiding hand for those navigating the tumultuous seas of loss. Her insights as a medical professional add depth and nuance, offering both emotional and technical perspectives to the recovery process.
Unseen Instinct stands as more than just a memoir. It feels like a heart-to-heart with a wise, empathetic elder sibling, understanding and validating every ounce of your pain. This book would be helpful reading not just for those grappling with grief but for anyone seeking clarity and purpose in their existence.
Pages: 73 | ISBN : 1943616493
At The Beginning Of Yesterday
At The Beginning Of Yesterday, by Tiffiny Rose Allen, is an evocative anthology of poetry, exquisitely capturing the nuances of day-to-day moments. Throughout her verse, Allen weaves beauty and elegance into every line, presenting the world in a poignant light. The collection delves into universal themes, ensuring that it resonates with a diverse audience.
From the pangs of heartbreak to the transformative powers of healing, Allen’s words serve as a balm to readers who have traveled similar paths. Her prose has the ability to stir empathy, fostering a shared sense of humanity and reminding us of the interconnected nature of our experiences. With a blend of ethereal and grounded narratives, Allen escorts her readers through the intricate dance of love, loss, self-awareness, and the vast array of emotions that define us.
Each piece is meticulously sculpted with vivid imagery, metaphors, and seemingly effortless phrasing that tugs at the reader’s heartstrings. I feel certain poems might benefit from a slightly more streamlined structure, but Allen’s writing talent remains evident. She possesses an innate talent to artistically render emotions, making them palpable to her audience.
At The Beginning Of Yesterday stands as a celebration of poetry’s timeless capacity to delve into the very core of human emotion. Allen’s anthology is essential for those who appreciate the artistry of language molded into verses that span the broad spectrum of human feelings. Ideal for readers yearning for deep, authentic connections through words and shared experiences, this collection promises solace and inspiration, making it an invaluable gem for any poetry lover’s library.
Pages: 74 | ASIN : B0CCT2JV1F
Carry on Castle
There are certain kinds of grief no one should ever have to endure, but nonetheless happen every day. Losing the love of your life at an early age is one of these, and one that author Jennifer Stults had to endure. Although she expected to live happily ever after, life had other plans. Chronicling the journey of loss and learning to live with the pieces, Stults details a life she never would have, or even could have, imagined for herself and her daughter. The story she tells is in turn heartbreaking and heartwarming as she illustrates the stages of grief in startling clarity.
In Carry on Castle, Stults relays the good, the bad, and the incredibly ugly that comes with unexpected loss at an extremely unexpected time in life. Her brutally honest narrative, and vivid details of the night her husband Dan died, leaves nothing to the imagination. During the course of the book she details each of the stages of grief and her own reaction to them. It’s a hard fact to accept that while life is shattered it must still go on, but Stults unflinchingly describes doing so, even on days when she has no interest in doing so. Despite the support system in her life, her family, Dan’s family, her friends, and her daughter, among others, the loss of her husband creates a vacuum that Stults feels powerless against, with the feeling resurfacing at the most random times.
Stults’ book is just as much a roadmap for others dealing with the same grief as it is catharsis for her own journey. She is open about the fact that writing was never an aspiration of hers, yet her style and tone flow so easily, it would be reasonable to guess she had done it all her life. Even with the melancholy subject matter, Stults manages to infuse enough humor to keep it from becoming too heavy, as well as showing the value of laughter as a coping mechanism. For those who have suffered this type of loss, the book is a solid reminder that no one is alone in their struggles. For those that haven’t, it is a rollercoaster of a ride that they can never completely understand. Her candor helps to convey such an incredible story.
Carry on Castle is such a well written and riveting story that I’m certain wasn’t easy to put on paper. Whether you have been through a similar experience or not, Stults provides some wisdom for both sides of the coin.
Pages: 254 | ASIN : B07Q2DX7HG
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