A Chapter-by-Chapter Summary of the Book Below is a full-book, chapter-by-chapter summary. The core concepts are distilled, and along with their direct applications for incest trauma, its long-term effects, why it’s so hard to heal, and what healing actually requires. Trauma deserves reverence. Neuroscience deserves clarity. The text establishes one central thesis: Human nature originates in the unconscious, right-brain-dominant relational processes formed in early attachment. These processes shape stress regulation, emotional development, personality, trauma vulnerability, and the…
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