the Permission Slip: A Field Guide to Stopping Performance and Surviving Your Own Life

For anyone living with high-functioning anxiety, burnout, or emotional exhaustion - this book is for you.In The Permission Slip, A M Lavender speaks to the capable, responsible, high-achieving person who is quietly unraveling behind the scenes.You're functioning. You're productive. You show up. But inside, you're tired in a way sleep doesn't fix.Following his memoir The Truth I Found in the Silence, which explored collapse and addiction, Lavender turns to what comes after the breaking point: burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, boundary-setting, and rebuilding without performance.Blending personal narrative with trauma-informed tools and practical reflection, this book explores:High-functioning anxiety and depressionChronic stress and nervous system shutdownPeople-pleasing and perfectionismSoft addictions and dopamine dependenceReligious and family performance patternsEmotional burnout and recoveryEach chapter includes a Field Guide with realistic, trauma-aware practices designed to help readers regulate stress, reduce overwhelm, and step out of survival mode - without toxic positivity, productivity pressure, or "fix yourself" messaging.This is not a quick-fix self-help book.It's a grounded guide for anyone who feels stuck in performance mode and wants to recover their life without losing themselves in the process.You are not broken.You may simply be carrying too much - for too long.

Pagina's: 108, Paperback, A M Lavender Press