Whole Again

Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse

By: Jackson MacKenzie, Shannon Thomas - foreword

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Erin Spencer

From a leading voice on recovering from toxic relationships, a deeply insightful guide to getting back to your "old self" again - in order to truly heal and move on.

Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of people in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. His first book, Psychopath Free, explained how to identify and survive the immediate situation. In this highly anticipated new audiobook, he guides listeners on what to do next - how to fully heal from abuse in order to find love and acceptance for the self and others.

Through his work with thousands of survivors of abusive relationships, Jackson discovered that survivors frequently have symptoms of trauma lasting long after the relationship is over. These may include feelings of numbness and emptiness, depression, mood swings, isolation, perfectionism, rumination, caretaking and people-pleasing, a need for control, physical maladies, substance abuse, and more.

But he also found that it is possible to work through these symptoms and find fulfillment and love on the other side. In Whole Again, he shares insights and tools for working through the protective self we've developed so that we can finally move on to live a full and authentic life - to once again feel light, free, whole, and ready to give and receive love.

Like Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection and John Bradshaw's Healing the Shame that Binds You, Whole Again offers hope and multiple strategies to anyone who has survived a toxic relationship, as well as anyone suffering the effects of a breakup involving lying, cheating, and other forms of abuse - to release old wounds and safely let the love back inside where it belongs.

©2019 Jackson MacKenzie and Shannon Thomas (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“In Whole Again, Jackson MacKenzie lays open some of his own personal wounds to advise on how scars from past traumas can heal. He describes how development of a ‘protective self’ can provide acute, numbing relief from emotional pain, but at the expense of more enduring self-acceptance. MacKenzie addresses co-dependency, addiction, post-traumatic stress, and borderline, narcissistic, and other personality disorders, outlining pathways to achieve forgiveness and discharging shame. This book may help fill in the holes that can make you whole again.” (Jerold Kreisman, MD, co-author of I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality)

"Jackson’s book is an empathetic gem of true knowing. Dismantling the effects of trauma can be a daunting undertaking. Whole Again is a compassionate guide. It takes your hand and encourages you to keep going, prompting you to build a power base of self-discovery that takes you home to yourself. All true healing happens within, which in turn offers you the miracle of hope." (Sarah Brassard, author of Inside: A Guide to the Resources Within to Stay Connected to Your Truth, Even in Trying Times)

"In Whole Again, Jackson MacKenzie has synthesized the important basic principles and tools of healing and writes in a style that is both warm and articulate. Whole Again offers a good starting point for those not yet ready for therapy or in conjunction with therapy. It is almost impossible to deal effectively on your own with the effects of trauma and abuse, but having a supportive community and using the simple tools in this book can help you begin the journey toward healing." (Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, founder of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® [PACT], and author of Wired for Love and We Do: Saying Yes to a Relationship of Depth, True Connection, and Enduring Love)

stunning

a lot of thoughtful suggestions in here. A good read after pshycopath free. Dont be scared if it feels advanced.

Life Changing!!!

The author described in EXACT detail my 3 year relationship with a BPD woman, both of our behaviors, even the thoughts racing thru my head, before, during each phase, and after the breakup. Helped me understand what was going on, and to focus on the sensation in my BODY!!

This understanding and implementing awareness practices, not feeding the protective self, unconditional self-love and forgiveness, has already changed my life and has the BELIEF that there is something inherently wrong with me.

I look forward to continuing my progression.

great follow up to psychopath free

I have to say that I have really enjoyed Jackson MacKenzie's books. They hit very close to home and always make me feel like someone understands what I'm going through.

Wow!

This book just helped me unpack the baggage of my life... A little over one year into my spiritual awakening, this book took me from my childhood to where I am now. I highly recommend.

Highly Recommend!!!

Ive been reading on complex PTSD, Attachment Theory & Boundaries for a yr now and this book had relevant information I hadn't gotten elsewhere. great read!

Enlightening

I enjoyed every chapter of this book. I gained knowledge of details and trends as to why some issues kept reoccurring. The book goes into in depth detail and helps understanding how to learn to let go - this book helped me with my great fear of all times: avoiding pain and therefore being unable to heal.

Practicality of the content

It is such a practical book that made me realize the tools that I didn’t utilize from my psychologist because I didn’t understand and appreciate their purpose. I would always be stuck in analysis paralysis and sweep emotions under the carpet. I viewed emotions as. Waste of time because dealing with them is an invocation of another emotion to deal with. Thank you for clarifying mindfulness in it simplest form.

Best book for HEALING from trauma and more

Love this book!!! After narcissist abuse this book helped me find my inner self of all goodness and set me free!!

Better than a Psychiatrist

I am 44 and have been through the whole PDR and can say from actual experience that the insights and mere vocabulary found in this book are what the pharmaceutical industry does not want you to know! Mental illness is a progression that can start with common anxiety then move into depression then mania then personality disorders and ultimately schizophrenia if recreational self medication is involved. This book unravels the progression so that you can tackle the "DAILY" struggle when no one is around or your doctor reschedules. There is a big difference between Psychiatrists and Psychologists, Psychologists don't prescribe medication! There are also Astropsychologists I have found very beneficial in finding the true self, at least the vocabulary to describe myself for those that don't follow. A must for all Scorpios or people with a Scorpio Moon, it's a tough place to be.

Wonderful book

This is the first time I'm picking up a self-help book as I have dealt with a toxic relationship for over 4 years. MacKenzie does an incredible job clarifying the underlying problems as well as scenarios we create in our head. Overall a great read and look forward to reading more from this author.