Don't Try This Alone
How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain
by Toni Collier
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Pub Date Aug 19 2025 | Archive Date Not set
Nelson Books | Thomas Nelson
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Description
Discover how to find healing from the pain and heartbreak in your life when you allow God and His people to come alongside you.
Author and founder of Broken Crayons Still Color, Toni Collier shows you that it's not only possible to heal from the things that have broken you but that you can build a strong, life-giving community to support you, be with you in the valleys, and speak love and truth into your life as God puts you back together again.
There's no avoiding pain in this world. Whether it's in the form of betrayal, trauma, illness, grief, or abandonment, we've all experienced the kind of pain that completely consumes us and transforms how we show up in the world. Whatever pain is felt, we're often left feeling alone, ashamed, and unsure where to turn for help. We're not sure we can trust others again, we pull back from social engagement, and we feel as if our hearts may never recover. But it doesn't have to be this way.
In Don't Try This Alone, Toni Collier shares how you can have hope in the midst of your most difficult days when you let others in. Opening up about her own experiences of walking through heartbreak, betrayal, and suffering, she shows you the importance of being vulnerable and allowing others to come alongside you as you heal—instead of trying to do it on your own—and gives you practical advice for how to actually heal.
Don't Try This Alone will encourage and guide you to:
- Discover that healing is a hard, nonlinear, but worthwhile journey
- Understand why being alone in your pain is dangerous
- Identify problematic thoughts and the misguided responses from others that keep you trapped in toxic patterns
- Recognize the qualities of safe people
Toni teaches you that in every tough circumstance, the way forward is always with God and his people. The hard stuff is coming, but we can get through it if we don't do it alone.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781400233540 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 240 |
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Featured Reviews
Brandi U, Reviewer
I really enjoyed this! It was such a good reminder that you can hide from the pain forever and how it is so important to have friends and people in your corner! Pain will come. It is how you handle that pain how you come out on the other side. You do not have to do this alone. You need a community.
Meghan E, Reviewer
Don’t Try This Alone is an inspiring and deeply practical guide for anyone who has ever felt broken, isolated, or unsure of how to move forward after pain. Toni Collier writes with honesty, warmth, and hard-earned wisdom as she reminds us that healing is not only possible—it’s a journey best taken with others by our side.
What I loved most about this book is how Toni weaves her personal stories of heartbreak and betrayal with actionable steps to help readers navigate their own valleys. She doesn’t sugarcoat the reality that healing is hard and nonlinear, but she offers hope and clarity through every page. Her insights on identifying safe people, breaking free from toxic patterns, and inviting God and community into our pain are both convicting and comforting.
This book is a life-giving resource for anyone who has ever tried to “push through” alone and ended up feeling stuck or ashamed. It’s a reminder that we are not meant to carry our burdens in isolation—and that freedom comes when we allow others to walk with us.
If you’re looking for a faith-filled, empowering book on resilience, vulnerability, and God’s redeeming love, Don’t Try This Alone is a must-read. I’ll be recommending it to friends, small groups, and anyone who needs encouragement in a hard season.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the gifted copy in exchange for my honest review.
Anna T, Reviewer
This book was filled with encouragement and hope. While I know that Toni had to walk through a serious valley to write this book, the inspiration she will provide others through her words will be the lifesaver that they need;their beacon of hope in their own tribulation. This book was encouragement on how to find good friends, how to be a good friend, and how to be open, vulnerable and honest with your needs. I love Toni’s heart and honesty. I can’t wait for others to glean words of wisdom from her!
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