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Shelves of Courage, Healing & Growth 📚

23 items

Amanda Fannon

Books that inspire courage, guide healing, and support personal growth—offering hope, insight, and tools to reclaim your strength and thrive. Some I’ve read, others are on my to-read list, and all come highly recommended.

Sections

The Survivor's Shelf

The Healing Shelf

The Growth Shelf

The Survivor's Shelf

Real-life accounts of abuse survivors, sharing courage, resilience, and hope—proof that healing and empowerment are possible.

Elizabeth Smart recounts her survival after being abducted at fourteen and held captive for nine months. She shares her courage, faith, and determination to stay hopeful, ultimately outsmarting her captors and confronting them at trial.

My Story

A powerful tale of survival and healing. Lori shares her story of childhood abuse, kidnapping, and confronting her abuser, showing how hope, compassion, and self-reflection can transform even the deepest wounds.

I Live Here: Learning to Heal & Embrace Story

Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.

A Stolen Life: A Memoir: Dugard, Jaycee

A memoir about her 15 year relationship with a pedophile, beginning at age 7. Honestly written, it’s a powerful tale of childhood and survival.

Tiger, Tiger

A survivor of incest, abuse, and pedophilia, the author shares her journey of breaking cycles and ongoing healing, offering hope and inspiration to those overcoming trauma.

My Daddy the Pedophile: A Memoir

Three sisters reveal their experiences of physical and sexual abuse within the Children of God cult, their eventual escape and their journey to reunite and heal.

Not Without My Sister: True Story of 3 Girls

A chilling true story of a young woman trapped by her murderous father—yet remembered as a testament to courage, survival, and unbreakable spirit.

A Beautiful Child: True Story of Hope & Horror

A brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.

What My Bones Know: Memoir of Healing

Inspired by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, Ingrid’s memoir explores growing up in gaslighting, recognizing her own trauma, and finally writing the truths she had long carried.

Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse

The Healing Shelf

Books that gently guide and comfort those healing from trauma. These reads offer stories, wisdom, and hope to remind you that you are never alone on your journey.

Emotional trauma doesn’t just shape who we are—it rewires our biology. It leaves lasting biochemical “fingerprints” on the brain, permanently resetting the body’s stress response to high. This book explains how early trauma shapes lifelong health and...

Childhood Disrupted: How Biography Becomes Biology

This book offers insight, comfort, and hope, helping readers understand the patterns they carry and find resilience.

What Happened to You?: Trauma & Healing

Engaging and well-written, this book explains the ACE study and childhood adversity clearly. The storytelling is suspenseful and thought-provoking—truly life-changing.

The Deepest Well: Healing Childhood Trauma

This book shows how childhood trauma—abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction—can affect adult mental health, but also offers guidance for healing and reclaiming well-being.

Reparenting Your Inner Child: Healing Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score shows how trauma reshapes body and brain and offers innovative ways—like neurofeedback and yoga—to heal and reclaim life.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body

This book offers practical tools to release trauma-driven thinking, manage emotions, strengthen focus, and build better connections. Anna’s strategies can be used alone or alongside therapy, helping you achieve calmness and clarity.

Re-Regulated: Set Life Free from Childhood PTSD

This book gives tools to take control of your life and emotions, manage intrusive memories and mood swings, and build healthier relationships. Anyone healing from childhood abuse will find it supportive and liberating.

Overcoming Childhood Trauma: Self-Help Guide

The Growth Shelf

Admiral William H. McRaven shares ten life-changing lessons from Navy SEAL training, illustrated with stories of courage, determination, and honor. Full of practical wisdom and inspiration, this book guides readers to overcome challenges and make a p...

Make Your Bed: Little Things to Change Life

Motivational guide unveiling 7 principles to overcome mental obstacles build inner strength, and achieve transformational success in life.

T Is for Transformation: 7 Superpowers

If you want to take control of your life and achieve your biggest dreams, you must develop a "warrior mindset." This book will show you how to stop thinking like a victim and start thinking like a warrior.

Think Like a Warrior: Five Inner Beliefs

A self-help guide that tackles common lies women believe, sharing personal experiences and practical advice to build confidence and achieve their goals.

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing Lies

Say goodbye to self-doubt and hello to confidence! 🌸 The Self-Love Workbook for Women helps you embrace who you are, boost your self-love, and take charge of your goals—one empowering exercise at a time.

Self-Love Workbook for Women: Build Compassion

A quick, fun read full of practical guidance and witty insights. Stop forcing positivity and start being truly happy!

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

A fun, no-nonsense read that mixes humor and real talk to help shift your mindset.

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