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08/30/2024

Your Struggle With Food, Weight, Drugs or Alcohol Is Not Your Fault, It's A Normal Response To Surviving An Abnormal Childhood.

03/13/2023

Chatting with Catherine Gray with She Angel Investors on how to end the struggle with close relationships, food, weight, and substances by discussing my new book "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD," was amazing!

Be sure to check it out tomorrow, 3-14-23 at NOON when it airs on Facebook LIVE! http://ow.ly/ImPB50NhjRV

Grab the Kindle version of my book for just .99 cents! The paperback is also available. http://ow.ly/s9rI50NhjRT

03/12/2023

How Hidden Trauma Sabotaged My Close Relationships

When I learned that childhood trauma is also known as relational trauma, another piece of my life puzzle fell into place. I finally understood why finding and maintaining close friendships and fulfilling romantic relationships seemed to be so challenging for me.

Until then, I had no idea that I had been navigating my relationships with a nervous system and psyche full of emotional landmines, constantly on the alert and ready to go off at the slightest hint of danger.

Close relationships are stressful for survivors because our brains were wired to expect stress since this was what we experienced growing up with our family members. Understanding the dynamics of relational trauma helped explain how it had sabotaged my past romantic relationships with fellow survivors.

To read my entire post on "The 3 Reasons For Your Struggle With Close Relationships. Visit...
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When I learned that childhood trauma is also known as relational trauma, another piece of my life puzzle fell into place. I finally understood why finding and maintaining close friendships and fulfilling romantic relationships seemed to be so challenging for me.

03/03/2023

Identifying & Healing Invisible Trauma - Mary Giuliani Interviewed on Latchkey Urchins

I so enjoyed connecting with former http://ow.ly/KG1w50N8w1G staff member Cebulla on her podcast Latchkey Urchins. We had a lively discussion about the invisible traumas such as emotional neglect, being parentified, or raised by parents who chronically fight, or are addicted, anxious, or depressed, and most importantly, what we can do to heal.

I go into much more detail about these and other topics related to complex PTSD, addiction, obesity, and difficulty with close relationships in my new book recently published on Amazon:

It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD. http://ow.ly/OeUR50N8w1M

The Kindle version is on sale right now for just .99 cents. http://ow.ly/cu3g50N8w1z

Here is a link to listen to the interview on Latchkey Urchins. http://ow.ly/aLuo50N8w1r

02/28/2023

Kindle's running a .99 cent promotion for my new book "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD"! To get the .99 promotion, visit:
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In just six days, I'm thrilled to report it has received 26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Star reviews!

If you're curious about how the adversity or trauma you experienced in childhood may be why you continually struggle with relationships, food, weight, or substances and want to find a permanent solution by healing the root cause, this book was meant for you.

To buy the Kindle or paperback version, or to check out the reviews and take a quick peek at the contents of the book through the "Look Inside" feature, visit:

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02/23/2023

Tune in today at 1pm for my LIVE interview on The History, Culture, Trauma Podcast. To watch or listen visit: http://ow.ly/fJsK50N1bCt

Here is a bit of text about the interview:

For a preview of what the longtime student of childhood trauma AKA complex PTSD shares in her revealing “teaching memoir” "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD", tune into our ‘History. Culture. Trauma.’ podcast for a lively conversation between Mary Giuliani and hosts Ingrid Cockhren and Mathew Portell this Thursday the 23rd at 1 p.m. PT.

In the book—chock-full of quotes from top experts on the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and healing from codependency, addiction, and abuse—Giuliani describes her journey as she applies the learnings to her own life.

To watch live visit: http://ow.ly/g2LG50N1bCr

To check out my book's paperback version visit: http://ow.ly/hRyi50N1bCA

To check out the Kindle version (on sale for $2.99) http://ow.ly/E4MZ50N1bCc

02/13/2023

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To find out more about childhood trauma aka complex PTSD check out my new book "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD" which launches on 2-21-23 on Amazon.com.

Amazon Book Link: It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD
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01/13/2023

I finally finished writing my first book!

Hi everyone! I want to acknowledge I've been out of the loop lately. Okay, the truth is, it's been several years since I last posted here regularly. Why did I go silent for so long? I've been super busy writing my first book.

The good news is after seven years with a five year break (AKA stall-out) in between, I have finally finished my new book,
"It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It's About Healing Complex PTSD"

My book's launch date is in 6 weeks, on Feb 21st, 2023. To stay in the loop to watch me being interviewed about my book on podcasts and get FREE giveaways, book discounts, and bonuses—and to join me on launch day for my Zoom launch party, be sure to sign up for my newsletter today by visiting: https://marygiuliani.net/free-newsletter

What's My Book About? Below is the text from the back cover.

Your Struggle With Food, Weight, or Substances Is Not Your Fault
It's A Normal Response To Surviving An Abnormal Childhood

Even though Mary was in long-term recovery with food, severe obesity, drugs, and alcohol and had what most people would consider a successful life— behind closed doors, she still struggled and wondered…

• Why she had so few close friends and had difficulty finding a fulfilling, romantic relationship
• Why she still struggled with food, sleep, and caffeine
• Why she couldn't find the flow and passion she longed for in her career
• Why, even though she was in long-term recovery with food and substances and had maintained a healthy weight for several decades, she felt the need to hide these parts of her past from others
Finally, in mid-life, she discovered the root cause driving these, and her past struggles with food, obesity, and substances was a condition known as Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)—a more severe form of PTSD that developed from her being raised in a chaotic alcoholic home.
This discovery sent Mary on a five-year journey where she researched leading experts in the fields of C-PTSD, neuroscience, developmental psychology, adverse childhood experiences, and addiction medicine to find the most effective treatments for optimal healing.

Join Mary as she experiences one mind-blowing revelation after another as she learns that C-PTSD was operating behind the scenes
sabotaging her weight, recovery, relationships, career, and health, and learn what she did to heal.

Witness Mary go from believing she was weak, a failure, hopeless, and unworthy due to her struggle with food, weight, substances, and relationships, to finally ending these battles by healing the trauma driving them. Discover how she found compassion for what happened to her, released the shame over how she coped and learned to accept herself just as she is. Learn how healing trauma opened the door for her to forge healthy relationships and finally find her purpose in helping fellow survivors heal and thrive.

In This Blending of Memoir, Science-Based Research & Practical Healing Guide, You'll Learn:

• You're not alone; you're not bad or defective; it's not your fault, your symptoms are normal, and you can heal.
• Children can develop as much trauma being raised by parents who chronically fight, are emotionally invalidating, are addicted, anxious, depressed, or who divorce as those who were sexually or physically abused.
• C-PTSD is relational trauma, making relationships with spouses, family, and friends difficult & how to heal.
• Why talk therapy, spirituality, 12-step & personal growth programs can't completely heal trauma & what can.
• How bullying, homophobia, and shame-based religion can cause significant trauma, and how to heal.
• How Mary turned her pain into purpose, helping fellow survivors heal, and how you can too.

End Your Struggle By Healing The Root Cause With Step-By-Step, Compassionate Guidance

• Receive safe, practical guidance to heal, recover and thrive through quizzes, worksheets and questionnaires.
• Access a 36-item menu of evidence-based, trauma-informed therapies and recovery resources that have proven effective for Mary in healing from C-PTSD and achieving long-term recovery with substances, food, obesity, and codependency.

Stay In The Loop About My Book Launch By Signing Up For My Newsletter Today

To be notified about my upcoming podcast interviews and to get FREE giveaways, book discounts, and bonuses—and to join me on launch day for my Zoom launch party, be sure to sign up for my newsletter today by visiting: https://marygiuliani.net/free-newsletter