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.
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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