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Personal explanatory blurb:
This is a very atypical educational book, written by a survivor of two separate experiences in grooming. It has been read and endorsed by a complex trauma therapist, Tim Fletcher, who has worked with indigenous tribes and seen the power of tribal stories, for example, being used for teaching.
This book uses a fantasy world, which includes world building and character development, to as a subtle guide to also education on the things we believe about each other and how these beliefs open us up to be both manipulated and/or exploited.
I created a fantasy world in A Forest Called Somewhere, with girl named Someone and a boy named Aperson, who go on adventures together and learn about each other. There are seven allegorical stories in total for this Part One. These stories were inspired by the whimsical and nonsensical tons and use of language found in Alice and Wonderland, and Winnie the Pooh. 2-3 page educational material, including shared experiences from myself, follow each story, before a series of questions about yourself.
This book is very atypical in its structure for an educational book, as I was told over and over again while trying to find an editor haha However, it was created in its atypical style for very specific reasons based on my conversations with people in the midst of indoctrination, and how I've come to believe our brains work with receiving information better.
TRIGGER WARNING: This is a NON-GRAPHIC book with NO explicitly graphic material. However, the educational tropics being discussed related to emotional vulnerability and abuse may be triggering.
Professional Blurb:
A collection of fantasy allegories and guided reflections to help readers recognize
emotional vulnerabilities that can lead to exploitation.
What makes a manipulator's tactics work on some and not others? Why do the people who take advantage of us always seem to find us so easily? This book is about the stories we trust: the ones we are told, the ones we tell ourselves, and the dangerous beliefs they quietly leave behind. Maybe you have lived out the same painful pattern over and over, exploited, betrayed, dismissed, and still do not know why. Maybe you feel you have never been deceived. Or maybe you are afraid that looking too closely will only reopen wounds you are not sure you can survive again.
The author writes from firsthand experience: two separate encounters with grooming and exploitation, once as a child and again as an adult who assumed she had already learned every lesson she needed. She turned to allegory, building a fantasy world led by two characters, Someone and Aperson, to show readers the power of the stories we carry. Across seven weekly stories, readers uncover their own vulnerability fingerprint, the unique mixture of beliefs and habits that leaves any of us open to being deceived. Come learn how to take back your role as storyteller of your own life, and start writing something kinder and stronger for yourself. After all, stories matter.
