Between Wounded and Well

Lessons in Healing

By: Debra Palmer

Narrated by: Candace Joice, Dr. Debra Palmer

What if the wounds you carry could become the source of your greatest strength?

Between Wounded and Well: Lessons in Healing shares a nurse practitioner journey of resilience and hope through the lens of wound healing stages. Debra Palmer, PhD, nurse, researcher, educator and survivor shares an extraordinary story of a childhood marked by trauma and chaos, in which she chooses to not let her past define her future. Through decades of personal struggle and professional insight, she discovered that healing begins with courage.

Drawing on both her lived experience and her clinical expertise, Debra offers an honest, empowering look at the four stages of emotional healing: Awareness, Acknowledgments, Activation, and Acceptance. With each chapter, you’ll find stories that reveal the hidden wounds many of us carry and practical steps for moving from pain to purpose.

Whether you’re healing from childhood trauma, supporting others on their path to recovery, or simply seeking to live a more whole and joyful life, this book will show you that brokenness need not define our stories. It can be the beginning of a beautiful new chapter.

©2025 Dr. Debra Palmer (P)2025 Dr. Debra Palmer

Honest and revealing

The author shares her life story in a way that offers her readers the opportunity to learn and heal from their own past traumas.
I was impressed that she bravely shared her vulnerability by embracing her spiritual beliefs and practices.
This memoir left me wanting to learn more of the author's story.

Heartfelt

Between Wounded and Well is an inspiring memoir in which Debra Palmer shares her journey from teen motherhood to earning her doctorate in nursing. It’s a powerful story of resilience, determination, and hope.

Insightful for anyone who listens.

Voice easy to listen. Memoir insightful.. An honest telling of an ACE experience, with reflection and strategies for healing.