COming June 2026

The Seasons of Staying

Why You Lose Yourself in Confusing Relationships – Recognizing Coercive Control and Emotional Abuse

A debut book by Michelle Lesley, Registered Nurse. Written from lived experience – both inside the relationship and after.


For the woman still in it. The woman just out. The woman still carrying it.

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