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“I have been both moved and enlightened.” ~ Peter Chepaitis, OFM, Franciscan Catholic priest of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, cofounder of Bethany Ministries
Healing Without Forgiving
Hero’s Journey for Dissociative Survivors
Foreword by Jamie Marich, PhD
Lyn’s workbook is a roadmap for healing complete with exercises, illustrations, and real stories about real people. Plus, coloring pages!
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“I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any trauma survivor.” ~ Ronald F. Levant, EdD, LP, ABPP, professor of psychology emeritus at the University of Akron, former president of the American Psychological Association
“This is the book that survivors of chronic childhood trauma have been waiting for to free them from the ubiquitous cultural and religious expectation that forgiving our perpetrators is the goal of healing.” ~ Linda Crockett, founder of Safe Communities and author of The Deepest Wound: How a Journey to El Salvador Led to healing from Mother-Daughter Incest
Crazy
Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory
Award Winning Memoir
Lyn’s memoir tells the story of her discovery of and recovery from dissociative identity disorder …
“A wonderful story of overcoming adversity and reclaiming your life with fragmented traumatic memory.” ~ Jamie Pollock, Founder and Director of An Infinite Mind
Crazy Receives First Place Royal Dragonfly Award
Crazy was named First Place Winner in the Biography/Autobiography/Memoir category among 2022 Ebooks. The Royal Dragonfly Award honors excellence in all types of literature and book marketing, recognizing creativity and hard work for a comprehensive list of genres in 68 categories.
Crazy Receives NIEA Finalist Award
The National Indie Excellence Awards for 2022 have been announced and Crazy was named Finalist Award in the Memoir category. “Winners and Finalists are determined on the basis of superior written content coupled with excellent presentation in each and every facet of the final published product from cover to cover.”
Kirkus Review
“… Barrett’s prose style is precise and rich, and she excels at communicating her complex emotional states, keeping the reader grounded even when she describes the experience of switching between personalities. … An engaging and deeply felt account of mental illness.” ~ Kirkus Review
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”
Work with Lyn
Whether you are writing for yourself or for a larger audience, your story is important. Let me help you make your memoir the best that it can be! Click on the button below for more information.
2025 Beginners Memoir 101 Class
Individual Memoir Coaching
“You are the hero of your own journey.”
Dissociative Writers
In 2021, Lyn founded Dissociative Writers as a safe space for writers with dissociative coping strategies to gather. Become a part of a community of writers!
“Never, never, never give up.”
