How to Stop Drowning and Learn to Breathe: A Trauma Survivor's Guide to Real Recovery
Discover Attainable Steps To Stop the Flashbacks, End the Panic, Reclaim Your Safety... Without Toxic Positivity or Unrealistic Pressure"
Tell me if this sounds like you...
You're a trauma survivor who's fighting to stay alive, exhausted by flashbacks, panic attacks, and the belief that you're too broken to recover. You're determined and willing to do the work, but you're done with toxic positivity and unrealistic promises.
If you found yourself nodding along, you need real support, honest guidance, and baby steps that fit where you are right now. The Adaptable Warrior is designed to help you stop drowning in survival mode and learn to breathe again... to feel safe, reclaim your functioning, and build a life of genuine stability and self-respect.
How to Stop Drowning and Learn to Breathe: A Trauma Survivor's Guide to Real Recovery
Tell me if this sounds like you...
You're a trauma survivor who's fighting to stay alive, exhausted by flashbacks, panic attacks, and the belief that you're too broken to recover. You're determined and willing to do the work, but you're done with toxic positivity and unrealistic promises.
If you found yourself nodding along, you need real support, honest guidance, and baby steps that fit where you are right now. The Adaptable Warrior is designed to help you stop drowning in survival mode and learn to breathe again... to feel safe, reclaim your functioning, and build a life of genuine stability and self-respect.
"The Adaptable Warrior is an incredibly effective tool, not just for individuals navigating trauma, but also for therapists, caregivers, parents, guardians, or any other individuals supporting them.
It's written in a thoughtful, strategic way that offers flexible approaches and encourages realistic, achievable victories. These small wins are vital, especially for trauma warriors, as they create momentum and foster a sense of accomplishment.
The structure makes it easy to adapt across ages and situations, making it a versatile resource in both personal and professional settings. I highly recommend it to anyone walking alongside a trauma warrior—this book empowers both the individual and their support system."
~ Crystal Johnson CYC
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Sheina Speaks | From The Sacred Seat
This episode from Sheina's "Voices of the Embodied Leader" Series will leave you feeling seen, supported, and empowered!
Here's what you'll get when you watch:
🌿 How to honor small victories during hard times.
🌿 Why boundaries are crucial for sustainable growth.
🌿 The power of creating sacred, safe spaces for creativity and recovery.
🌿 What it means to lead as a Human Design Manifester with a magnetic yet repelling aura.
🌿 How to adapt self-care strategies during crisis and transformation.
Life Rewired: The Brain Injury Podcast
Discover how Cher turned pain into purpose, and how you can too when you watch this powerful episode with Host Rob Baugh from Life Rewired!
Here's what you'll get when you watch:
- Cher’s personal journey as a caregiver after her husband’s brain injury
- How trauma reshaped their lives—and her mission
- The birth of her book, The Adaptable Warrior, a self-care guide for navigating crisis
- Real talk on mental health, caregiving burnout, and finding light in the darkest moments
The Adaptable Warrior is a candle flicker of hope as you adapt to your current circumstances and learn to function well in them and hopefully, eventually, improve them.
"This Book Is Transformational!!"
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Perhaps one of the most impactful aspects of this book is Cher's unwavering reinforcement of the idea that any amount of progress, no matter how small, is a win.
This consistent and genuine encouragement is incredibly empowering. Who wouldn't want to be genuinely encouraged to celebrate every small victory on their path to adaptability?
Cher has crafted a book that is not only highly practical and informative but also genuinely enjoyable to read, leaving readers feeling empowered, understood, and ready to embrace their own adaptable warrior within.
Christina Shelly
Having this book read to me cause I have a brain injury and cognitive damage, I really enjoyed the book as a veteran with the humour (some of the dark humour).
And I've had trouble with being able to get myself to do a lot of the things in the book. This book brings me hope and helps me.
So if you know a veteran that has PTSD, I would recommend this book for them and if you know someone struggling with depression, I would also recommend this book for them.
It may be directed to veterans, but the tools inside would help anyone with depression
Garth Tanner
This book gets it.
When Life feels like way too much, but you're still trying, trying to be okay, trying to be healthy, trying to move forward, it meets you right there.
It's not preachy or overwhelming. It just gives you small, doable things that actually make sense!
Like... why changing your right sock can matter.
Seriously. It explains things in a way that makes you feel like you can take a step.
And the artwork? Simple but beautiful, it's like a quiet little hug that goes with the words.
If you 've been stuck or just tired of pretending you're not, this is the book you'll want in your corner.
Rae Braun
"I really enjoyed reading it."
Being a veteran with PTSD I found this read very interesting and some of these suggestions I use daily. There are some that I will start to incorporate in to my day in the future. Thank you.
Cheryl Fleury
The author’s tone, and her advice, is often humorous, and designed to get a response from people who may not be responding to very much. It is direct, engaging, and in fact very hard to ignore.
- Note From The Editor
The Adaptable Warrior by Cherylyn Tanner offers a rare combination of practicality and support that is genuinely motivating.
- Asher Syed (Readers Favorite Review)
The Adaptable Warrior is an excellent read for anyone in recovery. I appreciate that Cherylyn Tanner draws from personal experiences.
- Luwi Nyakansaila (Readers Favorite Review)
The playbook for anyone experiencing PTSD and/or severe trauma.
This book helps you regain focus and understand that achieving victory can be straightforward and attainable.
Alex LaRochelle
The Adaptable Warrior is a book to share with loved ones undergoing recovery from loss, trauma, or a difficult time. You feel as though you are walking with someone who deeply cares about you and who holds your hand through the darkness.
- Romuald Dzemo (Readers Favorite Review)
This book is proof that even in the darkest moments, you can still take small steps to feel better.
- Stewart Brian (Readers Favorite Review)
While mental health awareness has massively over the years, a holistic guide such as this makes navigating anxiety, stress, and trauma much easier for the general populace.
- Pikasho Deka (Readers Favorite Review)
"The Book I Wish I Had When I Was Going Through Hell!"
Every day felt like a battle. I needed something to give me hope. - Cher Tanner
"FINALLY, A book that doesn't sugar coat the challenges of LOSS, Anxiety, pTSD and Trauma, AND also gives practical advice on how to work through it."
As an RN, a Veteran spouse/mom, and survivor of trauma myself, I have seen and continue to see first-hand the effect that PTSD and Trauma has on people...
You become a master at separating your professional and personal life.
At work, you put on your mask and somehow find the strength to do your job, only to go home and fight through wave after wave of panic.
The silence is deafening, the alcohol accessible, and you find yourself sitting in the corner of your room staring at the door wondering if you are secure in your own home.
I know what it's like to go through hell and to have the "experts" telling you that you just need to "go for 20 minute brisk walk" or "get out and socialize more" as if you have the mental capacity and physical stamina to do anything more than the critical minimum.
I know what it's like to feel like you're constantly failing because you're not achieving standards set by someone else who is giving you thriving strategies when you need crisis survival techniques.
As I fought for survival for myself and for those I support and held on to the hope that the light at the end of the tunnel wasn't just another train, I began looking for ways to use the tidbits I have learned along the way to support other people who are going through similar situations.
And That's When It Hit Me...
The bar for self-care while in crisis is too high.
The current requirements of the self-care wheel are not designed for someone who can barely find the courage to open their eyes or get out of bed to use the washroom.
They are a standard for someone who is thriving and the gap between thriving and crisis is too wide to successfully leap.
I began to shift the way I viewed self-care and made it attainable for me and for my family.
I began to celebrate every microscopic victory.
Made an attempt to make the bed?
Victory.
Brushed my teeth?
Victory.
Ate one bite of food?
Victory.
Pulled a weed from my garden?
Victory.
Unnoticeablely, shifts began to occur. At some point, bedmaking became the way I start my day. Teeth get brushed regularly.
I can eat full meals and snacks with minimal effort most of the time. I became able to stack my garden weeding with taking the dog for a pee.
The Adaptable Warrior is written to provide a crisis functional support so you too can find and celebrate those moments of attainable victories as you stabilize, heal, recover, and shift into the post trauma version of yourself.
You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.
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Inside'The Adaptable Warrior': The Baby Steps and Strategies That Actually Work for Trauma Recovery
- The Real Recovery Roadmap: Baby Steps to Move from Survival Mode to Stability — Learn the exact, achievable steps to regulate your nervous system, reclaim safety, and build functioning in your current reality... without unrealistic leaps or toxic positivity.
- How to Stop the Cycle: Tools to Manage Flashbacks, Triggers, and Panic Without Shame — Discover practical strategies to interrupt intrusive thoughts, calm your nervous system in crisis moments, and move through triggers with clarity instead of overwhelm.
- Redefine Success on Your Terms: A Framework for Building a Life Worth Living — Stop measuring yourself against old versions of yourself. Learn how to set realistic goals, celebrate small wins, and reclaim self-respect in your new reality.
- You're Not Alone in This: How to Build Safe Connection and Ask for Support — Understand how to communicate your needs, identify safe people, and create a support system that actually gets it... without isolation or judgment.
- From "I'm Too Broken" to "I Can Do This": Rewire the Beliefs That Are Holding You Back — Challenge the limiting thoughts keeping you stuck and replace them with a grounded, realistic mindset that acknowledges both your struggle and your capacity to heal.
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Who Is This For?
If you are a veteran, healthcare worker, emergency services worker, or anyone who is looking at life and wondering if they will be able to go another minute, hour, or day... This book was written for you.
VETERANS
- Army
- Airforce
- Navy
- Active Duty
FIRE
- Firefighters
- Chief's
- Investigators
- Safety Advisors
HEALTH CARE
- Doctors
- Nurses
- EMT's
- Medical Staff
POLICE
- Municipal
- Provincial
- First Nations
- Federal
So If You're Someone who has found themselves in crisis and you need support to rest, recover, and find your feet again...
This Book Is For You!
Get insider insight into how dark the darkness can really be and why it is important to give yourself permission to set the bar where it needs to be for your current level of capacity so you can still have attainable victories each and every day.
The Adaptable Warrior is cleverly designed to adapt to where you are in your stabilization, recovery, and healing journeys by placing the attainable victory directives on the right hand pages with the bolded benefits and benefit insights on the flip side so it is easy to direct your focus to what you need/can handle at that time.
The Adaptable Warrior is a candle flicker of hope as you adapt to your current circumstances and learn to function well in them and hopefully, eventually, improve them.
Let Me Unlock A Few Victories You'll Find Inside!
Here's A Sneak Peek of What You'll Get:
Listen to your version of soothing music. - Pg. 29
- Something to listen to besides the voices in your head.
- Creates an environment that brings you peace.
- Helps with brain focus.
Put your hand on your chest and feel your heart beat. - Pg. 49
- Promotes regulated breathing as you focus.
- Able to assess heart rate and respond accordingly.
- Takes focus and concentration, everything else fades away.
Field bath - pits and bits - Pg. 61
- Freshens up the areas that sweat or catch sweat the most.
- Decreased risk of skin irritation and infection.
- A chance to assess current health status of those areas.
Make your bed. - Pg. 117
- Start your day with a victory, and then everything else is gravy!
- Reduces risk of sores when sheets and blankets are smooth vs. crumpled.
- Easier to climb into later and be immediately comfortable.
Fold 2 pieces of clean laundry - Pg. 215
- Task Starter.
- Breaking it into bite sized chunks makes it feel manageable.
- Shows you what you have available to wear.
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Meet the Author
Cher Tanner
Cher wanted to be an RN ever since she was a little girl. After high school, she relentlessly pursued her dream and finished her degree in 4 short years.
She worked in community nursing for 3 years before moving on to be an O.R. (Operating Room) nurse at the Victoria Hospital in London, ON. After recovering from an unforeseen setback, she transitioned to start her own practice as an RN, Psychotherapist.
During her training, she realized that the "self-care" industry set the bar too high for people who were experiencing severe PTSD and trauma, and "The Adaptable Warrior" book was born.
Through Strategic Layout and Easy To Implement Activities You'll Discover
How You Can Achieve Success Every Day.
- Easy to read layout designed to minimize overwhelm.
- Expanded ideas so that you can explore the depth of each victory.
- Thoughtfully designed images to help you feel connected to the victories.
- Crafted from firsthand experience, ensuring you feel truly understood.
- Easy to apply victories to help you reset your focus and achieve success without the current high standards of the self-care industry.
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