Taking Back My Life One Step At a Time: Overcoming and thriving after trauma:

by Linda Ambard

Overview

Twelve years ago my husband of 23 years was assassinated. This book is my journey to move beyond surviving to thriving through the use of running all over the world. The chapters are written from the perspective I had on my grief journey, where I was running, and what worked and didn't work (specific strategies). The book is helpful to people in the middle of trauma, coming through trauma, or for individuals helping those in trauma.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798390027448
Publisher:	Linda Ambard
Publication date:	04/22/2023
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

As a teacher, military wife, and mother, I was ill prepared when my husband of 23 years was assasssinated in the line of duty twelve years ago. My friends and family did not know what to say or do to help the utter devastation that took over my life. I couldn’t help my children because I couldn’t fix their hurts when I couldn’t fix my own hurts. I was in survival mode.

Two years later, I was one stoplight from the Boston Marathon line when the bombs went off. I ran for my life. I n the immediate aftermath of terror and disbelief, I began to fight to take back my life one step at a time. I faced my fears and ran a marathon on all seven continents. I completed additional graduate degrees in counseling, thanatology (suicide), and resiliency.

My story keeps it real and includes strategies that worked and didn’t work as I fought to thrive versus just survive.