Radical Self-Care: Inclusive Tools for Overcoming PTSD, Heartbreak, Conflict, Anger, Discrimination, Addiction, Anxiety, and Other Trapped Emotions

What do conflict, PTSD, addiction, heartbreak, anxiety, anger, and parental dysfunction have in common? They all persist because of emotions that became trapped in the body from difficult experiences.Building on groundbreaking titles like My Grandmother’s Hands, Complex PTSD, and The Body Keeps the Score, Sage Liskey reimagines how we think about life’s struggles, making healing easier and more accessible for marginalized and privileged communities alike.Written through a social-justice lens, Radical Self-Care offers a compassionate, science-backed roadmap for healing. Actionable techniques to overcome big and small struggles are shared from over seventy books, hundreds of research articles, and the author’s personal experiences. Used by therapists and individuals, this guide shares easy to follow directions to:Navigate anxiety, grief, and heartbreakRecover from addictionAddress family dysfunctionHeal PTSD and complex PTSDForm new habitsPrevent burnoutQuiet the inner critic and build self-worthCalm angerResolve conflicts and assert boundariesBuild healthy relationshipsCreate a more equitable societyYou'll explore evidence-based practices drawn from modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, EMDR, narrative exposure therapy, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and inner child work.While most healing books focus solely on individual change, Radical Self-Care bridges personal recovery with systemic change at the communal, cultural, environmental, and societal levels. Let’s begin your journey to resilience and wholeness today.Available in Kindle, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited.Audiobook and therapeutic posters are available on the author’s website.Illustrated by Tara Chávez.Table of contents: 1. Foreword2. Trapped EmotionsPART I - IDENTIFYING AND COPING WITH TRAPPEDEMOTIONS3. Identifying Trapped Emotions4. Reducing Stress And Building Resilience5. Learning How To Experience EmotionsPART II - TRANSFORMING STORIES6. Stories And Self-Limiting Beliefs7. Basic Story Reframing8. Communication9. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization And10. Inner Family11. Psychedelic Therapy And IntegrationPART III - BEHAVIORS, MINDSET, RELATIONSHIPS,AND ENVIRONMENT12. Habits And Addictions13. Reforming Mental States14. Healthy Relationships15. Changing Your Environment16. Becoming A ChangemakerPART IV - RELEASING TRAPPED EMOTIONS17. How To Release Specific Trapped Emotions18. Moving Forward With Radical Self-Care19. Works Referenced20. Further Resources21. Bibliography Read more