Awakening from the spell - Book Coming Soon
A trauma-informed journey through emotional addiction, trauma bonds, and the slow, powerful return to self-trust. This memoir and healing guide explores the invisible patterns that keep strong, loving women trapped in painful relationships — and the moment when survival turns into awakening. Blending lived experience, nervous-system healing, and spiritual recovery, this book is for anyone who has ever asked: Why do I keep choosing the same pain in different forms? Currently in progress — coming soon.
For whom is this book?
While living in Phoenix, I took on work that unexpectedly placed me in long, unfiltered conversations with people across the city — women and men of different ages, backgrounds, and socioeconomic realities.
Over time, the same themes surfaced again and again — instability in dating, mixed messages, attachment confusion, and, in some cases, ongoing abuse. These patterns appeared across demographics, and not only among those who were single. Even women who were married described dynamics that mirrored the same attachment injuries.
These conversations became an unintentional case study, and they deeply informed the framework behind this work.
If you're feeling lost, seeking purpose, or struggling to understand why you keep repeating the same painful relationship patterns, "Awakening from the Spell" is for you. It's a trauma-informed guide to understanding emotional addiction and trauma bonds, offering a path toward self-trust and healing. Learn your own patterns and be more trauma informed about why you continue to pick abusive relationships.
A Brutally Honest, funny memoir about bad love, borrowed money, sobriety, and the exact moment I stopped confusing endurance with devotion
Book - AWAKENING FROM THE SPELL
The message
The most important takeaway from "Awakening from the Spell" is understanding your own patterns, trauma bonds, and attachment theories. Through S.D. Caldwell's memoir, readers will gain insights into these complex dynamics and find a pathway to break free.
After reading about "Awakening from the Spell," we hope you feel empowered to take the next step in your healing journey. Consider joining a support group for shared experiences and encouragement.
The book is a memoir written by S.D. Caldwell
Author’s Note
Author’s Note
This book is not written from a place of resentment, nor is it an indictment of men or relationships as a whole. It is a record of lived experience, presented as accurately and honestly as I am able.
I do not believe truth requires hatred, exaggeration, or moral superiority. What is described here is offered without the intention to persuade or assign blame. The patterns, contradictions, and consequences are presented as they occurred and speak for themselves.
Where my own choices contributed to the outcomes described, they are included as part of the record. My intention is not to tell the reader what to think, but to tell the story as it unfolded—and to trust the reader to draw their own conclusions.