Healing from Narcissistic Trauma — A Live Author Event with Agatha Peters

Do you ever feel torn between honoring your parents and protecting your own well-being?

In many cultures, loyalty to family is revered, respect is expected, obedience is valued, and silence is rewarded. But what happens when love becomes control, and tradition becomes a cage no one acknowledges?

Join us for a deeply moving author event and book reading with Agatha Peters, therapist and author of the breakthrough book Trapped in Their Script: Reclaim Your Life from Narcissistic Parents & Cultural Expectations .

Rated 5 stars by early readers, this book is reshaping conversations around trauma, culture, and emotional freedom.

Unlike conventional books that simply tell survivors to cut ties, Peters illuminates a gentler — yet powerful — path designed for people whose identities and communities run deeply through their family lines.

Inside her work, readers discover:

1. Hidden signs of narcissistic parenting that appear “normal” in cultural settings
   2. How childhood wounds shape adulthood, relationships, identity, and voice. 3.When traditional respect becomes a tool for manipulation
   4. How to protect yourself without betraying your heritage
   5. A culturally-attuned roadmap to real healing and freedom

Drawing on lived experience and clinical practice, Peters offers language, validation, and strategies that many survivors have longed for but never found.

✔️ Live reading and storytelling from the author
✔️ Insightful discussion on cultural trauma, survival, and reclaiming self-worth
✔️ Audience Q&A — bring your questions, reflections, and curiosity
✔️ Meet-and-greet + optional book signing

Whether you are a survivor, a mental health professional, part of a collectivist culture, or someone seeking to understand these dynamics more deeply, this event will offer clarity, community, and hope.

You are not weak for wanting peace.

You are not dishonoring culture by healing.

Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is rewrite the script you were handed.

Come ready to learn, connect, and take the first step toward reclaiming your story.

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