Monster Behind the Mask: Reclaiming Your Voice, Rediscovering Your Joy, and Rising Beyond Narcissistic Abuse

By Julia Shelton

Break free. Heal deeply. Live authentically.
In this groundbreaking guide, Julia takes readers on a transformative journey through the hidden dynamics of narcissistic abuse and the profound process of recovery. With a lyrical voice and practical clarity, she exposes the mechanics of trauma bonding, gaslighting, and emotional manipulation, and reveals the path to resilience, joy, and authentic living.

Blending psychology, lived experience, and spiritual wisdom, this book is both a mirror and a map. It validates the struggles of survivors while offering strategies for reclaiming identity, cultivating mindful joy, and creating a future rooted in purpose.

More than a book about survival, this is a guide to thriving, a blueprint for turning pain into power and wounds into wisdom. Whether you are still entangled in an abusive dynamic, freshly emerging from its shadow, or years into your healing, this work will meet you where you are and guide you forward with compassion, courage, and hope.

Discover:

Why leaving feels like breaking an addiction, and how to free yourself.

How attachment styles and early wounds shape vulnerability.

The neurobiology of trauma bonding, and how to rewire your brain.

Practical tools for authenticity, joy, and resilience.

A vision of life not just free from abuse, but full of meaning and light.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRZ7LTKF
• ISBN13: 9798266395411
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.5" x 5.5"