HELD IN LOVE

A Healing Guide for Mothers of Addicted or Struggling Adult Children — Releasing Guilt, Setting Boundaries, and Finding Peace

By: Nati Carrillo

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She lies awake at night wondering if her child is safe.

She replays old conversations. She searches for the moment everything changed. She carries a weight that most people will never see — the weight of loving someone who is struggling with addiction, incarceration, or a life path that terrifies her.

If this description sounds like you, this book was written for your heart.

Held in Love is a healing guide for mothers who have been stretched to their limits — and are ready to find their way back to peace.

Written by Nati Carrillo, FNP-BC — a family nurse practitioner, trauma-informed healer, author, and mother who knows too well the pain of this love—this book offers what most self-help books don't: permission to stop losing yourself in someone else's storm.

Inside these pages, you will find:

✦ Compassionate stories from mothers who have walked this same path
✦ Trauma-informed insights grounded in nervous system science
✦ The Inner Alignment Method™ — a gentle four-stage framework for emotional recovery
✦ Journal prompts to help you process guilt, anger, and grief
✦ Guided meditations to calm your body when worry takes over
✦ Original healing songs written to hold what words alone cannot
✦ A chapter-by-chapter path from self-blame to self-compassion

This book will help you understand:

✦ Why boundaries are not betrayal
✦ Why guilt does not make you a bad mother
✦ Why releasing control is an act of love — not abandonment
✦ Why your peace matters as much as your child's healing
✦ Why becoming the lighthouse is the most powerful thing you can do

"Healing does not mean you stop loving your child. Healing means your love no longer destroys you."

Whether your child is battling addiction, making destructive choices, or walking a path you cannot control — this book meets you exactly where you are. No judgment. No pressure. Just compassion, clarity, and a gentle hand guiding you home to yourself.

You are not alone. And your heart deserves peace, too.

Includes The Inner Alignment Method™: Awareness → Acknowledgment → Acceptance → Alignment