Patricia Shade has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors. The most-rated is I Was a Trophy Wife.
Storytelling as a Therapy Tool
Summary
Use the ancient practice of storytelling to help your clients heal from trauma and abuse. Are you a therapist, counselor, or someone healing from trauma and abuse? Are you searching for a tool that can facilitate healing in an easy yet profound way? Are you looking for something that will take your group therapy participants to a deeper, life-changing level? Storytelling is a practice used by counselors in prisons and many other settings to help people heal from trauma and abuse. It is a powerful tool that has been used since the beginning of time to help people make sense of their world, especially the hard parts, and it can be added to traditional or non-traditional therapy to facilitate healing. In Storytelling as a Therapy Tool, Heidi Henyon - who uses storytelling and other complementary practices with her coaching clients and traditional therapists - will teach you: How to help your group honor who they are and see and acknowledge themselves fully To help clients or yourself tell the stories that release painful feelings Why storytelling is such a powerful tool How to create groups where you or your clients can safely tell their stories To use stories to create a delightful future As you come to understand this simple process, you will be amazed at how you can transform your path and create joy.
©2021 Heidi Henyon (P)2021 Heidi Henyon
Pies & Poison
Summary
Tragedy strikes the sleepy town of Wrangler’s Hill, Indiana, when a retired media giant, James Orion, is found dead in his parked car. Immediately, amateur sleuths Geneva and Iris suspect foul play: there are faint skid marks leading to the car as if he were dragged and dumped there. But who would kill an old man who spent the last ten years of his life in quiet retirement, rarely leaving his house? Lots of people, as it turns out. As Geneva and Iris investigate, they uncover a murderer’s row of erstwhile friends and acquaintances who felt betrayed by Orion and had reason to seek vengeance. For starters, there is the informant’s family Orion recklessly endangered, and the woman he loved and betrayed.... As the investigation races on, Geneva and Iris grapple with a mystery more deadly than any they’ve faced previously. For this time, they must confront someone who has likely killed once and is just desperate enough to do it again....
©2019 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
Cars & Corpses
Summary
Amateur sleuths Geneva Pomolo and Iris Reeves are invited to the local high school by their young friend Suzie Orleans, who is rehearsing for a performance of Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Vicarage. From the moment they set foot on campus, Geneva senses mysterious things afoot. There’s the custodian who is using a vacuum cleaner that isn’t plugged into the wall. There’s the cafeteria worker who has recently inherited a large sum of money and worries she’s being defrauded. There’s the group of teenage boys who are exchanging scandalous pictures of an older woman. When not one, but two murders take place on campus in the span of an hour, Geneva and Iris are thrust neck-deep into their most dizzying case yet. There is no shortage of suspects: a troubled juvenile with a fondness for alcohol...a belligerent Southern transplant with an explosive temper and a compassionate heart...an oily con artist who has devised a clever plan to take over a local resort...a sister of one of the victims who is enjoying her first taste of the good life.... When an innocent teenage girl is targeted, Geneva tangles with a culprit both cunning and ruthless. It will take all her considerable ingenuity to apprehend the killer before he or she strikes again. And with secrets flying thick and fast inside the school’s halls, things are about to get worse.
©2020 Tica House Publishing LLC (P)2020 Tica House Publishing LLC
Ash Wednesday
Summary
Elizabeth was a practicing therapist, college professor, and single mother whose dysfunctional family dynamic only became worse after her mother died of cancer. Her grieving father could not afford the funeral his wife had wanted, and Elizabeth’s sisters wouldn’t help, so Elizabeth took over and had her mother cremated. But something very strange happened at the family ceremony to scatter her mother’s ashes, and Elizabeth’s life took a completely unexpected turn. When an attorney brought a mysterious package to her home, it set off a chain of events that challenged the very reality Elizabeth believed in, and led to the exposure of a secret her mother had kept since Elizabeth was born. The package contained a rare and special book that led to the discovery that Elizabeth had another family, one that went back 16 generations and followed an ancient tradition of Earth-based spirituality and magic. And included in the package was an heirloom, an ancient Celtic ring...one that would change Elizabeth’s life forever.
©2020 D.J.B. Griffin (P)2020 D.J.B. Griffin
Called to Be Creative
Summary
"I’m not creative." "I could never do something like that." "I don’t have time to be creative." Does any of this sound familiar? Do you find yourself wishing that you had pursued your creative talents before it was too late? In a world full of creativity, there is no such thing as “too late.” Called to Be Creative is for anyone looking to reignite that tiny spark inside of them and invite creativity into their lives through simple, everyday practices. A certified grief counselor and a program coordinator for Shalom Spirituality Center, Mary Potter Kenyon walks you step by step through the process of exploring your true potential in this inspirational guide to embracing your innate creativity. With in-depth research from the most notable creative authorities, insight from creative pioneers, her personal experiences, and small activities to kick-start your own creative revolution, Kenyon offers you everything you need to live a more creative life.
©2020 Mary Potter Kenyon (P)2020 Mary Potter Kenyon
Finding Peace in Sadness
Summary
A comprehensive 10-step guide on the aftermath of grief and loss and how best to manage your life when you feel least inclined to continue living. In your darkest moments, when you feel most alone, isolated, and fragile - your loved one taken from you - it might feel like the pain is too much to bear. You know you can not go on like you are. Yet, thoughts of "moving on" and going back to "normal" feel dismissive and even disrespectful to the memory of your loved one. What is there to be done then? Grief is not something you will simply get over; it is you trying to come to terms with an unspeakable reality. That the person you love is gone. As unimaginable as it might seem, however, you will come to terms with it. Billions have in the past, and so shall you. You will deny, you will lash out, you will be completely overwhelmed and immobilized, but sooner or later...the reality will hit you, and you will accept it. Then and there, you will find peace in the midst of your sadness. A peace that is respectful and carries with it the memory of your loved one. One that signifies the new person you have become, for the old who has died, and the second you lost what matters most. This book aims to provide you with the understanding and tools necessary to get you to that point in the least turbulent manner possible by delving into: The truth behind the five stages of grief model How cultural attitudes to death are affecting your grieving process Practical strategies for dealing with the first few weeks after a loss A bulletproof way to get your body on your side What true support looks like - and why you need it How to express your feelings when you can’t find the words How to recognize grief triggers and be prepared for them Strategies for coping with grief when you have children Tips to help you keep your loved one’s memory alive And much more... Let this serve as a guiding light to help you through the darkness. A new type of peace awaits you.
©2020 Aubrey Lawrence (P)2020 Aubrey Lawrence
I Was a Trophy Wife
Summary
Shannon Page is composed of multitudes: backwoods hippie child, nude model, trophy wife, unsuccessful realtor, and very successful editor. She’s been monogamous and polyamorous, vegetarian and carnivorous, poor and rich. And she’s always been a writer. Her essay topics range from personal growth, to relationship styles, to life on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Page also explores the pressing questions of life, like whether or not to have children, wear a bra, get a divorce, or pose for Playboy. From making a perfect cassoulet to writing a novel in three weeks flat, Page’s warm and welcoming voice ties together all these threads and more. So grab your favorite beverage, put your feet up, and dive in - because once you start listening, you won’t want to stop.
©2020 Shannon Page (P)2021 Shannon Page