Fierce Boundaries: Practical Skills and Somatic Exercises for Healing in a Traumatized World - Softcover

Garner DBH, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798990415119

Verlag: Safe Within Publications, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Healing starts with you. You are enough. You are worthy of care. You are the work.

In a world filled with political turmoil, mental health crises, and environmental destruction, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. But we can no longer afford to stay numb, hollow, or stuck. Now is the time to reclaim our power, re-inhabit our bodies, and honor the grief in our hearts so we can move forward with clarity, love, and resilience.

In Fierce Boundaries, Dr. Cynthia Garner—a doctor of body-mind healing, somatic psychotherapist, empowerment coach, educator, and survivor of relational trauma—offers a proven, field-tested pathway for reclaiming your attention, finding your strength, and healing your relationship with yourself and others.

This book is a practical and compassionate guide for anyone ready to:

• Reclaim their attention and mental real estate.
• Heal their relationship with themselves and those around them.
• Cultivate agency, resilience, and embodied kindness in the face of adversity.
• Set and protect boundaries with strength and compassion.
• Find joy, clarity, and purpose amid life’s chaos.

Filled with real-world therapeutic practices and deeply relatable stories, Fierce Boundaries empowers you to wake up, take control of your life, and create a brighter, more compassionate future. This book is not just about surviving—it’s about thriving and being a beacon of hope in challenging times.

Praise for Fierce Boundaries

💬 “Relatable, poignant, and brave, Garner’s collection of real-world skills for courageous healing is a must-read. This relatable book from a trauma survivor, educator, and therapist offers accessible practices for building boundaries, compassion, and presence.”
—Elena Brower, bestselling author of Practice You and Softening Time

💬 “A highly practical toolkit for putting the power of somatic techniques to work for you.”
—Gay Hendricks, author of The Big Leap

This book is for anyone seeking a new narrative—one that reminds us:

• Healing is possible.
• A future worth saving awaits.
• We each hold the power to pierce the darkness with our radiant light.

Your journey to healing, empowerment, and fierce boundaries begins here.

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Cynthia Garner holds Doctorate in Bodymind Health (DBH) from the Parkmore Institute and an MFA in writing creative nonfiction from Goucher College. She is also an executive coach, certified meditation teacher, somatic psychotherapist, former classroom teacher, adoptee, and single mom. Her passion is helping leaders find refuge in the present moment and connect with their inner light so they can lead with clarity and love. She also teaches therapeutic courses online and works with educators, nonprofit organizations, and survivors of domestic violence, offering practical coping skills, secular mindfulness, and in-the-moment interventions for managing reactivity and breaking the patterns of generational, systemic, and relational trauma. She studied counseling at Regis University and is trained in group psychoeducation through the UCSD Medical School, the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, Inward Bound, Mindful Schools, and the Hakomi Institute. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and the author of the memoir Out of Grace: An Extraordinary Journey through Guatemala's Haunted Highlands. She attended undergrad at Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in anthropology and worked as the managing editor of The College Reporter. Cynthia lives in Colorado with her daughter and two dogs, and when she isn't writing or teaching, she enjoys traveling, camping, painting, hiking, horseback riding, songwriting, and playing bluegrass music.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Safe Within Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798990415119
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 269
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