CRADLED In COMPASSION: Loving Words for Gentle Self-Returning

By Michael Patrick

CRADLED in COMPASSION: Loving Words for Gentle Self-Returning

This book is a warm place to rest-
a quiet invitation to lay down the weight you've been carrying,
to breathe without bracing,
and to remember you are already enough.

Every page is a whisper of kindness for your nervous system.
You will not be hurried here.
You will not be asked to perform.
You will only be welcomed as you are.

Written especially for those navigating trauma, anxiety, stress, worry, fear, sensory overwhelm, and the unique needs of Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), this book offers a compassionate refuge when life feels heavy or loud.

Through 80 gentle, poetic entries, CRADLED in COMPASSION offers:

Soothing words that dissolve pressure and soften self-judgment

A safe space to meet your feelings without rushing to fix them

Reminders of worthiness that do not depend on achievement or change

This is a book to open slowly, to return to often, and to let live beside you like a trusted friend.

If you are ready to come home to yourself-
softly, patiently, without conditions-
let these pages hold you.

You are safe now.
You are seen.
You are so deeply loved.

Look inside sample:

Entry 6
The Place That Doesn't Push

There is a place
beneath all doing-
a place that doesn't push,
doesn't pull,
doesn't ask.

It simply is.
Still as a lake
at dawn.
Soft as a child's hand
on your back.

Compassion waits there.
Not to fix-
but to hold.
To listen.

Come sit awhile.
There is nothing to prove.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLQD2ZBC
• ISBN13: 9798297050068
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"