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Erika Nelson

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Self Help, Contemporary, Fiction

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Erika Nelson is a licensed professional counselor, therapeutic fiction author and educator who loves the moon, water (being in, on, or around it), glitter, and writing books!

She published Brave Love 365: Daily Inspiration, Validation, and Support for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationships - and - The Brave Love Journal.

She is currently in the editing process of her upcoming novel, Brave Love: Alexia's Journey and has a list of projects for the future to assist others in healing from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships while finding their inner magnificence.

Erika is also a survivor of many things, her early history of trauma shaping her life’s purpose of helping others heal from the things we don’t talk about.

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Average rating: 4.71 · 14 ratings · 5 reviews · 1 distinct work

Brave Love 365: Daily Inspiration, Validation, and Support for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationships

4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions

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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

by Natalie Goldberg

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