The Pink Ghost by Shawn Marie, LMAC, MRC, CCTP, NATP
​Done disappearing to keep the peace? Shawn's new book The Pink Ghost is your field guide to recognizing manipulation, reclaiming yourself, and going The Distance.
The Pink Ghost gives you the words — and the map to find your way back.
This is not a self-help book. It is a field guide — 31 chapters of hard-won knowledge written by someone who has lived it, survived it, studied it clinically, and sat across from hundreds of people who needed exactly what you need right now.
Inside you will find:
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The tactics they use — love bombing, gaslighting, isolation, triangulation, and the slow erosion of your sense of self
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Why it worked — how your history, your compassion, and your loyalty were used against you without your knowledge
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How to trust yourself again — rebuilding the instincts that manipulation was designed to silence
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How to spot it early — recognizing the patterns before you're already in deep
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How to protect yourself going forward — practical strategies for every relationship in your life, personal and professional
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How to heal — not just survive, but become someone they will never be able to play again
This book was written for the person who keeps asking what's wrong with me — when the real question is what were they doing to me.
You may have been knocked down. But you are not knocked out.
Ready to go the distance? Get your copy of The Pink Ghost today — available on Amazon.
Table of Contents
​The Psychology of Deception: Why People Lie and Why You Missed It
Building Your Baseline: The Foundation of Seeing Through It
Reading the Smoke: Body Language, Micro-Expressions, and What People Reveal Without Words
The Language of Lies: Verbal Patterns and Speech
Emotional Red Flags: When Feelings Don't Match the Moment
Behavioral Patterns: The Cycles That Trap You
Gaslighting: When Reality Becomes Negotiable
Projection and Deflection: When They Accuse You of What They're Doing
Minimizing and Blame Shifting: When Your Pain Becomes Your Problem
Love Bombing and Emotional Resets: When Intensity Replaces Intimacy
Why You Missed the Red Flags: The Psychology of Hope, Empathy, and Cognitive Dissonance
Trusting Your Gut: Reclaiming the Instinct You Were Taught to Ignore
Trauma Bonding: When Pain Creates Attachment
Boundaries: The Line Between Self-Respect and Self-Abandonment
Self-Protection Strategies: Building Your Defense System
The Path Forward: Healing Without Forgetting
Reclaiming Your Power: From Victim to Survivor to Warrior
Rebuilding Trust: Learning to Open Again Without Losing Yourself
Breaking Generational Patterns: Ending the Cycle.
What Healthy Actually Looks Like: A New Standard.
Red Flags to Never Ignore Again: Your Non-Negotiables
Teaching What You've Learned: Protecting the Next Generation
When to Fight, When to Walk: Knowing the Difference
Staying Strong: When You Want to Give Up
Building a Life You Love: Beyond Survival Mode
Why You Keep Choosing the Same Person.
Triangulation: When They Make It a Competition
Hoovering and Flying Monkeys: When They Send the World After You
Healing From the Inside Out: Signs, Setbacks, and the Timeline
Protecting What You've Built: Unshakeable Boundaries
Still Standing at Round 15