The Phoenix Within is now available!
- Tabitha Polenz
- Jul 19
- 1 min read
For years, this story existed in fragments—in memories, music, patterns, silence, and the truths I was not yet ready to tell.
This is not a polished account of healing tied neatly together with inspirational lessons. It is the story of Complex PTSD, identity, relationships, motherhood, medicine, survival, and the nonlinear journey back to self.
Its first independent review awarded it five stars and described it as: “A raw, heartfelt memoir showing that healing is rarely graceful, never simple, and sometimes powered by pure stubbornness.”
Robin’s Review also called the book “courageous, emotional, and refreshingly genuine,” praising it for telling “the uncomfortable parts instead of only displaying the socially acceptable ones.”
That may be the greatest compliment this book could receive—because telling the uncomfortable parts was the point.
The Phoenix Within: A Soul’s Journey from Complex PTSD and Ten Steps Back to Self is available now.
Please review the content guidance before reading. This memoir includes trauma, abuse, mental-health struggles, medical concerns, emotional distress, family difficulties, and discussions of suicidal thoughts.
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