It's Not Laziness: Your Brain Isn't Broken
Understanding your brain with compassion instead of shame.
The Books
Books written the way I’d actually say it.
Ten of them. One memoir about losing everything and getting it back, five in the Let’s Talk About It series, and four that stand on their own: anxiety, ADHD, grief, trauma, forgiveness, and the long work of starting over. No jargon, no lecturing.
Read along: the author's shelf
Honest books for the messy middle of being human.
My "Let's Talk About It" series puts plain, kind words to the things we all carry, so you can pick one up at 2am and feel a little less alone. Every guide has a companion workbook, so you can put it into practice at your own pace.
One thread runs through every page: wherever you are is okay, you're not broken, and you're not doing this alone.
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The memoir, for the drive to work, the walk around the block, or the nights reading feels like too much. The audiobook is on sale for 99¢ for a limited time. You can play a free sample on the Amazon page before you buy.
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Finding My Way Home
A Memoir of Addiction, Healing, Rebuilding & Second Chances
This is the story beneath everything else: sixteen years of starting over, told without polish or pretense. If you're rebuilding a life of your own, you won't be reading it alone.
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In Finding My Way Home, Jessica shares her deeply personal journey through addiction, recovery, heartbreak, motherhood, rebuilding relationships, and learning how to create a life she once believed she had permanently ruined her chance at having.
With honesty, vulnerability, and hard-earned wisdom, she takes readers through the highs and lows of recovery, the challenges of rebuilding trust, the search for identity beyond survival, and the unexpected beauty found in second chances. Along the way, she discovers that healing is not about becoming perfect. It's about becoming honest, learning to forgive yourself, and finding the courage to keep moving forward.
For anyone who has ever felt lost, ashamed, broken, or convinced they were too far gone to start over, Finding My Way Home is a reminder that your hardest seasons do not have to become your final identity.
Sometimes home is not a place you find. Sometimes it is a life you build, one choice, one relationship, and one second chance at a time.
Start with this one if…
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If your mind won’t slow down…You’re Not Crazy: Your Brain Is Trying to Protect You
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If you call yourself lazy (and it isn’t that)…It’s Not Laziness: Your Brain Isn’t Broken
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If you’re grieving something nobody sees…Grief Doesn’t Only Happen When Someone Dies
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If the past keeps showing up in the present…What Happened to You Matters
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If you’re in recovery, or loving someone who is…What Nobody Told Me About Recovery
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If you can’t forgive yourself (or someone else)…More Than Our Worst Chapter
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If everything feels heavier than it should…Adulting Is Harder Than It Looks
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If you don’t recognize yourself right now…You’re Not Lost, You’re Becoming
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If you keep waiting for the right time…If Not Now, Then When?
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If you want the whole story first…Finding My Way Home (the memoir)
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The whole shelf
You're Not Crazy: Your Brain Is Trying to Protect You
Anxiety, overthinking, and why your mind won't slow down.
Adulting Is Harder Than It Looks
Why everything feels so heavy, and how to build a life that works.
Grief Doesn't Only Happen When Someone Dies
Loss, change, and learning to carry what you can't fix.
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You're Not Lost, You're Becoming
Rebuilding yourself when everything feels off.
If Not Now, Then When?
Stop waiting for the perfect time to start building.
More Than Our Worst Chapter
Freedom through forgiveness, perspective, and grace.
What Nobody Told Me About Recovery
Real stories. Hard lessons. Hope that lasts.
What Happened to You Matters
Trauma, healing, and the stories that shape us.
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Not sure this is the right one?
Ten books is a lot to choose between. Four questions and I’ll tell you which one I’d hand you first.