NO AI WAS USED IN THIS BOOK.

This is an atypical workbook designed to help us begin staying safer from emotional manipulation/coercion through compassionate education on ourselves, called "Questions from a Storyteller". It is a collection of fantasy allegories and guided reflections used to help readers recognize emotional vulnerabilities that can lead to exploitation, as emotional manipulation surrounds us everywhere day-to-day.

Part One being released now — which addresses learning our own mental vulnerabilities first and I use a fantasy world and fiction character to make mistakes for the reader, who they can safely experience themselves through in order to dispel shame. Imagine of wearing a suit of armor that has openings & cracks you’re unaware of, or owning a house which has open windows and unsecured doors you don’t know about. Within our mind, these are potential points for emotional exploitation that we are rarely educated about.

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Two quotes from survivors who read this book state, “We need this way of thinking in today's world more than ever.  The exercises were gentle and so thoughtfully built. As a survivor myself, I can't even describe how helpful, insightful, and truly authentic all the stories felt to me.”

And another said, "Questions From A Storyteller is not a typical self-help book. It is part memoir, part psychological workbook, and part whimsical fable, and somehow, that impossible combination works beautifully. Ehren Elliott has taken one of the hardest topics imaginable, how and why we become vulnerable to manipulation, grooming, and exploitation, and wrapped it in a world of forest animals, magical "Wonderments," and a girl named Someone who is just trying to figure out who she is.

The structure is unlike anything I've encountered. Each week, you read a short allegorical story about Someone and her friends. Then, the author gently pulls back the curtain and reveals what the story was actually teaching you about shame, fantasy, addiction, and the beliefs that make us vulnerable. By the time you finish a chapter, you feel like you've learned something profound without ever being lectured to."

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Many adults have been left behind. They are taught vulnerability belongs to specific, focused-on groups, so they never realize what their vulnerabilities to exploitation may be. Romantic control/exploitation/abuse is focused the most for education, and the subtle manipulation and control we experience every day at the hands of co-workers, associates and our own culture is dismissed — even while we feel the hurt and pain of it constantly. This workbook is not just for survivors. It is even moreso for the adults who feel invisible or think their daily pain, feelings of helplessness in their life and depression don’t matter because it is “just what happens as an adult”. Yet your story matters and the ability for you to be coerced or exploited matters, too.