Set Your Own Table

A Survivor's Guide to Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse

by Author Terri Thorne

A transformative guide for survivors healing from childhood sexual abuse, toxic relationships, and generational trauma. Learn to break old patterns, trust your inner wisdom, and decide who belongs at your table.

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An incest survivor’s roadmap for healing from sexual abuse, family dysfunction, and childhood trauma.

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You may find yourself in abusive or unequal relationships, toxic workplaces, people‑pleasing, over-functioning, addictions, or a constant sense that you are “too much” or “not enough.” Set Your Own Table helps you gently untangle these patterns at the root so you can stop reliving old dynamics and start building a life that fits who you wish to become.

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Drawing from her own story as an incest survivor and what she first shared in her memoir, Predators at the Table, Terri Thorne offers practical tools, survivor-centered insight, and hard‑won wisdom about how childhood sexual abuse can shape adult relationships, work, self-worth, and your relationship with your own body.

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Inside, you’ll explore:

• How childhood sexual abuse and incest can silently script adult relationships, work, and self-esteem

• Naming and challenging the generational trauma and family patterns that keep you small, silent, or over-responsible

• Navigating complex family systems and loyalty binds

• Setting trauma-informed boundaries that honor your safety, energy, and values

• Moving from shame, secrecy, and self-blame toward dignity, truth-telling, and joy​

Each chapter weaves personal story, reflection affirmations, and concrete practices to help you listen to your body, trust your inner wisdom, and take the next right step at your own pace. You’ll be invited into the real work of trauma recovery with compassion and courage.

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This book is for anyone who survived the unthinkable, for those who feel broken, stuck, or haunted by patterns they do not fully understand and their supporters. Set Your Own Table bears witness to the human spirit’s capacity to move from merely surviving to boldly thriving by reclaiming voice, choice, and power.

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At its heart, this book is about giving you the power to decide who belongs at your table.

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About the Author
Terri Thorne is an incest survivor, author, speaker, and advocate dedicated to breaking the silence around childhood sexual abuse and healing generational trauma. 

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Through her books, the Place Cards Podcast, the Healing Transformed App, and her blog, she cultivates safe spaces where survivors feel seen, supported, and empowered. 

Learn more at iThriveCollective.com.

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Set Your Own Table is a transformative guide for survivors healing from childhood sexual abuse, toxic relationships, and generational trauma. Learn to break old patterns, trust your inner wisdom, and decide who belongs at your table.

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Paperback and eBook available on Amazon.com.

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Paperback available on Book.by.