Finding Your Way Back: A Companion Book for Trauma Survivors

Healing after trauma is hard enough without having to decode clinical language on your own. Finding Your Way Back was written to change that.

This 60-page companion book walks trauma survivors through the science and psychology behind their own experiences—in plain, compassionate language that meets you exactly where you are. Whether you're working through the Nervous System Healing Workbook or simply trying to make sense of what your body and mind have been doing, this book gives you the understanding you've been missing.

What's inside:

Across 17 chapters, you'll learn why your nervous system reacts the way it does, what your survival responses actually mean, and how the tools in your healing practice work—and why. Topics include:

• The autonomic nervous system explained for everyday life
• Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn—what they are and why you can't just "snap out of it"
• The window of tolerance and how trauma narrows it
• Triggers: the neuroscience behind why they happen
• How trauma is stored in the body — and what that means for healing
• Grounding, breathwork, and movement explained deeply, not just described
• Rebuilding self-trust after gaslighting and coercive control
• Boundaries as self-respect, not rejection
• A full guided walkthrough of the 90-Day Nervous System Healing Planner
• What to do on hard days — a practical protocol
• A glossary of 19 key terms and a curated resource guide

Who this is for:

This book is for anyone who has ever felt confused, frustrated, or ashamed by their own reactions—and deserved an explanation instead. It's for survivors of domestic violence, childhood trauma, relational abuse, and any experience that left the nervous system stuck in survival mode.

No diagnosis required. No prior knowledge needed. Just a willingness to understand yourself a little better than you did yesterday.

Presented by Blooming Lilies — resources for survivors, families, and advocates.