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How to Breathe While Suffocating

A Story Of Overcoming Addiction, Recovering From Trauma, and Healing My Soul
Brief Description
Let go of negativity, rediscover your inherent worth, and unlock your true potential. How to Breathe While Suffocating is your antidote to the all-too-common tendency to surrender and give up on your life’s ambitions. You don’t have to give up! For anyone who has been caught... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Let go of negativity, rediscover your inherent worth, and unlock your true potential.

How to Breathe While Suffocating is your antidote to the all-too-common tendency to surrender and give up on your life’s ambitions. You don’t have to give up! For anyone who has been caught in the trap of "I can’t do it," this book reminds you that you are enough, you possess value, and your unique ability to engage with the world can and will get you to where you want to be. Through simple positive affirmations, unflinching first-person stories, and insightful analysis, author Bruce W. Brackett helps you focus on the positive and keep moving forward.

Society today is experiencing a hidden pandemic of loneliness, disconnection, and resistance to recovery. After the life-altering shutdowns of COVID-19, many of us have simply remained in shutdown mode. This book uses universal concepts, expressed through engaging narrative, to help you grapple with issues like mental health, isolation, gender identity, disconnection, and the overwhelming sense of negativity for our collective future. By the end, you’ll learn to turn it around and get back to the business of living. The message of How to Breathe While Suffocating is simple—spread love, inhabit joy, and embrace the power of positivity.

  • Gain the inspiration you need to seize your potential, find confidence, and step into your authentic self.
  • Change your outlook on life with simple slogans and mantras for developing a healthier, more positive attitude.
  • Realise that you aren’t alone in your struggle, and see how others are finding the strength to move forward in difficult times.
  • Read the compelling story of one man who overcame insurmountable odds and found salvation from negativity and self-doubt.

After a two-decade healing journey of intensive trauma therapy, psychiatric treatment, and rehab, Bruce W. Brackett has emerged a survivor. Anyone in the midst of their own healing journey will resonate with the benefits of his lived experience, portrayed here with intimate vulnerability and universal appeal.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781394369218

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 February 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

About the Author

BRUCE W. BRACKETT is a certified motivational speaker and social media personality, creating mental health and positivity content. Having overcome abuse, neglect, emotional trauma, mental and physical health diagnoses, developmental disabilities, and addiction, Bruce has transformed his existence and continues to share his message of positivity with those experiencing similar challenges.

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