HOMESTEADING in the CALM EYE of the STORM: A Therapist Navigates His Complex PTSD

This book is such a delight! After having read both "Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" and "The Tao of Fully Feeling", it has added yet another deeper dimension and even more colour to the personality of Pete Walker. I am endlessly grateful for what this man has lived and shared with the humans!! Bless his heart for being a patron saint of CPTSD survivors and helping to navigate this world in such a rich fulfilling manner!

Thank you Pete Walker! I've recently started my long journey to recover from CPTSD. I have been looking for real true answers for a very long time. As a mature women I realize it's never to late. I'm not as scared to deal with all the pain and speechless horror as I used to be because of your books. Even though I know that I wasn't alone in the world with the traumas that I secretly hid, there was no one out there speaking about the tabo subjects. I have found a good therapist , when I called about my marriage problems., she says to me that she specializes in trauma patients, I thought, that's nice, as I smirked to myself, and wondered why she would tell me this. My goal in therapy was to learn to cry again, as numbness had become quite comfortable and angry was stepping up to bat. As she showed me your books and I begain to read your warm and transparent words, I begain to cry again, and laugh with you and hope again. I can't wait for my life to thrive as it was meant to be Thank you, thank you, thank you! Mistakes are my teachers. Every misstep is a chance to practice self-compassion. Pg. 228 Ps. Your poetry is beautiful. Your adventures are encouraging. It's a true honor to know the deepest of Pete Walker through your words. Your journey is a gift to all of us that feel as if we were left stranded on the dark and lonely side of the roads of life. Thank you again, with my whole heart!

This book makes sense of so many things and is a timely exposure of the idea that everything can be solved with love and peace. It clearly shows that PTSD is often caused by some truly nasty people, be they parents, partners or colleagues. Anger, expressed in safe ways that harm no one - Pete Walker has many brilliant ideas for this- is an absolutely appropriate response. Furthermore, sometimes forgiveness is not an option. It can be better to just walk away. A deeply empowering book. Best read in conjunction with Pete Walker's brilliant book on healing PTSD.

In reading the book with the honesty of Pete through sharing his expereinces you know he has travelled the stormy CPTSD road of life. How he felt as he went through his experiences and how he walked through the flashbacks and then how he has come out the other side is truly inspiring. It is a light showing me that the things he has done and how he felt along the way are very similar to my journey, gave me hope that I am not alone and finding love and family is possible. He also writes with humour which makes reading the deep stuff a little easier. Not only will you learn from this book you will enjoy the read. Thank you Pete for your honesty and unveiling your truth to the world which I know takes great courage to share with the world.

i agree with another review that was made here, it is a stenographic account of his life, but very little reflective and kinda shallow. i was very disappointed about the lack of depth. it left me feeling empty and this is what no cptsd survivor needs more of in his or her life. I am sure the other books are better. at least I hope.