{"product_id":"unshattered-surviving-my-mothers-123-personalities-and-transforming-a-legacy-of-abuse-paperback","title":"Unshattered: Surviving My Mother's 123 Personalities and Transforming a Legacy of Abuse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma M. MDIV Churchman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when your mother isn't one person, but 123?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emma Churchman's extraordinary memoir follows her search for identity as the eldest child of a woman with one of the most extreme cases of multiple personality disorder (now known as dissociative identity disorder) diagnosed in the 1980s. Never knowing which of her mother's alters would emerge--the playful child, the raging demon, or the suicidal depressive--Emma became the family's anchor in an ocean of psychological chaos, raising her three younger brothers while navigating a mother who had no clear identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This gripping account captures a lineage of violence over generations leading to a family struggles with suicide, addiction, and mental illness. Emma reveals a landscape where reality is shattered: changing personalities, a mother locked in a padded room, a homeless father, a child asking for a bodyguard, alters too young to parent, and a daughter picking up the pieces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emma's transformation leads to her role as a trauma chaplain and then a successful entrepreneur and demonstrates how our deepest wounds can become our greatest wisdom. With raw honesty and hard-won insights, she proves we can choose integration over fragmentation, wholeness over mere survival. This beautifully crafted narrative poses the fundamental question: Is identity predetermined by genetics and environment, or can character be born anew through selective choices? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For readers who loved \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, this revolutionary story shows that healing isn't just survival--it's transformation in its most powerful form. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma M. Churchman, MDiv, is a spiritual leader, writer, and mentor who overcame acute childhood trauma. She has helped thousands of people, through her own private practice as a spiritual mentor, to transform their trauma - so they can create lives and businesses they love. She lives on top of a mountain outside of Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband Jeff and their two dachshunds, Winston and Leroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44809695658086,"sku":"9781966346074","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/jnWgdylavR9781966346074.webp?v=1771592080","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/unshattered-surviving-my-mothers-123-personalities-and-transforming-a-legacy-of-abuse-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}