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Sanctuary: How One Anxiety-Riddled Mom Built a Safe Space for Emotional Healing - Softcover

Baker, Cara

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Synopsis

What do you do when everything falls apart at once?

Cara was doing her best to hold it together — raising young kids, watching her husband lose his battle with brain cancer, and sitting with her mother as dementia slowly took her away. Oh, and she was also wrestling with the anxiety and religious trauma she'd been quietly carrying since childhood. There was no good time for any of this. It all happened at once.

Sanctuary is the book she wrote on the other side of it.

This isn't a book that ties everything up neatly. It's a raw, honest memoir from a woman who fought hard to become a safe place for herself and her kids — even when she had no idea how to do that. Cara shares what she actually tried, what helped, and what didn't. She talks about therapy, medication, faith deconstruction, and the slow, unglamorous work of rebuilding a life.

If you've ever felt like you were failing at grief, you need to read this book.

Inside, you'll find:

  • The real story of caregiving during terminal illness — not the Instagram version
  • Practical tools for managing anxiety when you can barely function
  • An honest look at religious trauma and what healing from it can actually look like
  • Strategies for creating emotional safety for your kids when you're running on empty
  • Hope that isn't cheap or easy — the kind that actually holds

Sanctuary is for anyone who's ever needed permission to fall apart — and a guide for finding their way back.

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About the Author

Cara Baker is an award-winning writer and former Editorial Director at a faith-based media company. Her work has been recognized in top publications like HuffPost, The New York Post, CNN, USA Today and The New York Times. Through Sanctuary, she offers heartfelt insights drawn from personal experiences, aiming to empower and inspire readers on their own journeys. Connect with her at papertiger.store.

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