by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health
At different times in our lives, we all face the experience of grief—it’s part of the human condition. That statement is easy enough to understand, but doesn’t it also ring more true than it should in our culture, one that often glosses over troubling emotions? In her...
by Lake Drive Reporter | Lake Drive Books Events, Mental Health, Trauma Recovery
Trauma leaves indelible marks on the soul, but as Caroline Beidler and her mother, Diana Dalles, illustrate in their powerful book You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree, those marks don’t have to define us. In a candid video...
by Kate Meyer | Mental Health
When we think of grief, many of us picture the widely known “five stages of grief” framework: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. While this model offers structure, it gets a little complicated for the average person and can feel a...
by Marla Taviano | Current Events, Mental Health
So you’ve probably noticed there are a couple few things going on in the world right now. You’ve possibly sensed some tension, some anxiety, some angst. Maybe some racism, some misogyny, some white Christian Naziism. (And by “some” I mean a whole heck of a lot.)...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health
I met bereavement counselor and hospice chaplain Kate Meyer when she was pitching her book to publishers on Twitter. Yes, you heard that right. Twitter. It was 2021, and Meyer participated in a Twitter/X event that helped authors get the attention of book publishers...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health, Trauma Recovery
Lake Drive Books is pleased to announce that You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree, by mental health and addiction recovery expert Caroline Beidler, MSW, is now on sale! As someone who has studied psychology and spirituality my...