{"product_id":"sh-thouse-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Sh!thouse: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Dollie Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren was seven when she helped her step-father boost rum bottles from the local liquor store.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The next year, her biological father took her to a hotel room and shot up heroin in the bathroom. The next day he robbed a bank with a finger gun!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When he was released from prison, he moved into Lauren's basement. They spent the weekends smoking cartons of cigarettes, diving into dumpsters and swindling used cars.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lauren's upbringing provided her with only one lens through which she saw herself - shame. And that shame overflowed into every aspect of her life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this compassionate and gritty real-life fairytale the author, Lauren Dollie Duke, shows how it's possible for good people to do bad things and what it takes to create peace with where you come from in order to find true happiness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This raw and humorous account about trauma, transcendence and resilience challenges the binary of good vs. evil. It lays out the evolution of shame psychology and intergenerational trauma seeking to answer the question of how we unravel ourselves from the history and patterns of our families.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sh!thouse will make you want to investigate your own historical patterns, examine all of your relationships, and forgive everyone, including yourself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's a tether to our shared humanity which reminds us there is belonging in the world no matter how horrific it was to start. It is a beautifully written map that draws back to the personal root of where sabotaging behavior, shame and limitation is born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren Dollie Duke is a writer, educator, entrepreneur, and community activist. She's taught thousands of yoga students over the last 15 years, led dozens of international retreats, and continues to push the edge between yoga, mental health, and trauma. She founded a one-of-a-kind community center and yoga studio in Encinitas, California. In a sea of corporate yoga, where most independent studios don't survive, she created a thriving community, teaching and hosting a variety of sold-out yoga classes, educational seminars, and writing workshops. She devotes her time to helping educate people on the anatomy of trauma and how those experiences are woven into the tapestry of our lives. She has studied with the world's leading traumatologists: Bessel van der Kolk, Peter A. Levine, Gabor Mate, and Stephen Porges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46567500087481,"sku":"9781955090018","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/sh-thouse-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}