Alive Beneath The Ashes

<p><strong>You didn't lose yourself. You buried yourself-to survive.</strong></p><p><em>Alive Beneath the Ashes</em> is a science-based trauma-informed self-help book for high-functioning individuals who feel emotionally numb disconnected or burned out-even while doing everything right.</p><p>If you're silently battling <strong>emotional burnout</strong> <strong>inherited trauma</strong> or a deep sense of disconnection this book is your quiet return home.</p><p>Written with poetic warmth and clinical clarity Dr. Saif Qazi blends <strong>neuroscience</strong> <strong>somatic healing</strong> and reflective storytelling to explain how <strong>survival patterns are wired into your nervous system</strong>-and how they can be gently rewired for healing.</p><ul><li>You'll discover:</li><li> - Why <strong>joy often feels unsafe</strong> to a survival-based nervous system</li><li> - How <strong>burnout and high-functioning anxiety</strong> can hide early emotional wounds</li><li> - How <strong>emotional healing</strong> is possible without forcing positivity</li><li> - Why your <strong>subconscious beliefs about worth and safety</strong> still shape your behavior</li></ul><p>Each chapter offers <strong>nervous-system-friendly practices</strong> mirror-like insights and soft spaces to reconnect with the version of you that was never broken-only hidden beneath performance silence and survival.</p><p>This isn't another self-help checklist. It's a reclamation. A soft rebellion. A return to the self you almost forgot.</p><p>Whether you're an <strong>overthinker</strong> a <strong>high achiever</strong> quietly aching for more or someone searching for healing without a map <em>Alive Beneath the Ashes</em> offers a path toward <strong>emotional clarity somatic recovery</strong> and self-compassion.</p><p><strong>Perfect for readers of:</strong></p><p> <em>The Body Keeps the Score</em> by Bessel van der Kolk</p><p> <em>What Happened to You?</em> by Dr. Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey</p><p> <em>Untamed</em> by Glennon Doyle</p><p>If you're ready to rise from the ache you've normalized this book is your <strong>mirror. And your beginning.</strong></p><p></p>