Everything Can Be Taken Away

Maya Sullivan, 55, thought she'd escaped her traumatic childhood by building a successful business. She was wrong.

After 848 job rejections, Maya's life is crumbling. Unemployed and invisible, she's forced to confront her mother's childhood warning: "Nothing you own is yours."

In therapy, Maya discovers her perfectionism and hypervigilance aren't personality traits—they're survival mechanisms from unprocessed childhood trauma. Now she must learn the difference between surviving and truly living.

A raw exploration of midlife trauma recognition and the courage to heal alone.

Book 1 in the "Not Quite Good Enough" series.

For readers seeking authentic complex PTSD representation and midlife women's stories.

Length: Approximately 15,000 words

Content warning: Childhood abuse themes.