What Love Isn't offers support, guidance, and validation for survivors of abuse and coercive control in intimate partner relationship. The author details her story of waking up to gaslighting and coercive control in an abusive relationship, the community resources she found to help her get away, and the steps she took to find her way back to the person she was before abuse took over her life.

The book discusses:

• victim-blaming


• shame


• subtle and covert tactics


• narcissism


• coercive control


• physical, verbal, sexual, spiritual, narcissitic and psychological abuse


• power and control wheel


• cycle of abuse

Included are thought-provoking journal prompts and self-reflecting activities to help you determine if what you are experiencing is indeed gaslighting and abuse, to reveal your own strengths, and to get you started on your own path to self-awareness and independence. The author includes references and practical advice from creating a safety plan to establishing healthy boundaries and re-inventing yourself.

"What Love Isn't serves as a great example of how we can overcome the darkest of times and even rejuvenate to become like the author -- a light and strength to help others." Hannah M. (Amazon reviewer)

"...this book is a real booster shot for me and a valuable guide for those in bad relationships." (anonymous Amazon reviewer).

100 pages including journal prompts