This is THE best book on making the symptoms of manipulation accessible and understandable. With her countless examples, Dr. Stern builds our awareness of when we are being manipulated but more importantly, tells us what to do about it. Oh, if I could only get every person from the age of 12 on to read this book. Hail to Dr. Robin Stern.

My number one most referred book. Patricia Evans describes with clarity the symptoms of verbal abuse, what is acceptable and what is unacceptable in our daily conversations with a stranger, lover or boss. If getting along with others is challenging at best or you aren't sure whether it's you or them, read this book. The bible of verbal abuse.

Sadly, most women have experienced emotional abuse in their life yet do not even know what hit them. They just feel crazy or unloved or lost. Emotional abuse is a dream killer, confidence drainer and self-love denier. If every woman understood emotional abuse and stopped participating in it, the world would be changed.

Redefined trauma. My life changed when I started to understand the connection between trauma and my body. With my parent's murder-suicide at the age of 14, this work revolutionized my understanding of how trauma (how ever so slight) can impact us until we heal it with our body as well as our heart, head and spirit.

Love this book. I gave this book to myself on a birthday oh-so-long-ago; it took me 30 days to read it cover to cover and it was worth it. Clarissa Pinkola Estes is a story teller and the stories she has to tell are ones that help us understand the sacred wounds of humanity.