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Finding Everland: When Religion Wounds, A Psalm Journey to Healing and Wholeness
You have left the old country of invasive religious trauma, but you have not yet arrived at the integrated wholeness you seek. You carry spiritual hunger that refuses to die alongside the wounds inflicted in its name. You need a map for the territory between captivity and freedom.
Finding Everland guides readers through the first forty-one Psalms as a framework for healing from spiritual abuse. This is not a devotional. This is not an academic commentary. This is a companion text for those traveling between inherited religious trauma and integrated faith.
The book refuses to offer you escape or denial. It refuses to rush you toward false arrival. It names the unique grief of honoring spiritual origins you must also refuse. It provides language for losses that others minimize and experiences that have lived in your body without words.
Everland is the destination—the post-trauma territory where you can dwell with dignity and integration. But this book focuses on the journey between. I walk that terrain with you.
What readers will find:
- Trauma-informed interpretation of Psalms that honors both text and lived experience
- Recognition of religious harm without requiring abandonment of spiritual hunger
- Practical frameworks for navigating faith transitions and identity displacement
- Permission to grieve what was lost without demonizing what you left
I Was Loved: 10 Statements I Hope My Child Can Say About Their Childhood
Leaders of the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) movement asked a crucial question: How can we prevent adverse childhood experiences before they occur?
I Was Loved responds by offering parents ten guiding principles designed to create environments where children build resilience from the beginning rather than requiring repair later. This book extends the salutogenic framework—focusing on what supports the origins of health—into family systems.
The ten statements function as both assessment and aspiration. They give parents a starting point for raising children who will one day say with certainty, "I felt safe and secure." I was encouraged to explore and learn. I was listened to, and my feelings were respected.
This is prevention work, not recovery work. It addresses how we build flourishing before harm occurs rather than only healing after devastation. It serves parents who refuse to repeat patterns they inherited and who seek practical guidance for creating the environments their children deserve.
What parents will find:
- Ten clear statements that children should be able to say about their upbringing
- Practical guidance for creating safety, autonomy, and emotional validation
- Integration of attachment theory and trauma-informed parenting
- Reflection prompts for assessing current practices and making aligned adjustments
- Recognition that parenting from this framework requires doing your own healing work
This book will not promise perfect parenting or eliminate all struggle. It will provide a compass for parents navigating the territory between inherited patterns and integrated practice.
