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Wounded Angels: What Inner Child Healing Feels Like
HEALING IS REAL. THIS BOOK PROVES IT.
You've held it together. Done what they said would work.
But every morning, you wake up exhausted again.
And you're left wondering why
no one ever showed you how healing feels.
Wounded Angels isn’t a self-help manual. It’s not a memoir with a heroic arc.
This is a lived record of spiritual transformation after a lifetime of quiet despair.
David Deane Haskell spent 40 years buried in guilt over his mother’s tragic death. Therapy didn’t help. How-to books couldn’t touch it. Nothing worked—until he finally stopped blocking out the pain and started facing it. Directly. Repeatedly. Unflinchingly.
This book is that journey.
“David, thank you for this remarkable book. You have such a clear, distinctive voice. You are also gifted with both courage and resilience. Beautifully written.”
— Carolyn Dever, PhD, Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Creative Writing, Dartmouth
Inside, you’ll experience:
✔️ What inner child healing actually feels like—unfiltered
✔️ How to stay present with shame, rage, and grief—and not run
✔️ Why healing isn’t a moment—it’s a sacred undoing that unfolds from within
This isn’t advice or inspiration.
This is transformation—felt in your chest, breath, and bones.
Read this if you've tried everything, and nothing has cracked the shell encasing the true you. This book is different precisely because it won't tell you how to crack that ancient scar-stuff. It will show you how it actually feels when the shattering begins. Then you'll know. Then you'll begin.
You’ve carried so much for so long.
If something shifted as you read this,
just pause—
and ask if this might be the one that walks with you now.
You've held it together. Done what they said would work.
But every morning, you wake up exhausted again.
And you're left wondering why
no one ever showed you how healing feels.
Wounded Angels isn’t a self-help manual. It’s not a memoir with a heroic arc.
This is a lived record of spiritual transformation after a lifetime of quiet despair.
David Deane Haskell spent 40 years buried in guilt over his mother’s tragic death. Therapy didn’t help. How-to books couldn’t touch it. Nothing worked—until he finally stopped blocking out the pain and started facing it. Directly. Repeatedly. Unflinchingly.
This book is that journey.
“David, thank you for this remarkable book. You have such a clear, distinctive voice. You are also gifted with both courage and resilience. Beautifully written.”
— Carolyn Dever, PhD, Guggenheim Fellow, Professor of Creative Writing, Dartmouth
Inside, you’ll experience:
✔️ What inner child healing actually feels like—unfiltered
✔️ How to stay present with shame, rage, and grief—and not run
✔️ Why healing isn’t a moment—it’s a sacred undoing that unfolds from within
This isn’t advice or inspiration.
This is transformation—felt in your chest, breath, and bones.
Read this if you've tried everything, and nothing has cracked the shell encasing the true you. This book is different precisely because it won't tell you how to crack that ancient scar-stuff. It will show you how it actually feels when the shattering begins. Then you'll know. Then you'll begin.
You’ve carried so much for so long.
If something shifted as you read this,
just pause—
and ask if this might be the one that walks with you now.
193 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2025
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About the author
David Deane Haskell
6 books25 followersDavid Deane Haskell is an author of Sweeping Science Fiction Worlds and Deep Recovery Memoirs, exploring the high-stakes intersection of AI Ethics, future technologies, and Inner Child Mindfulness.
Writing from the painful experience of profound transformation, David seeks to bridge the gap between fiction and non-fiction, finding that grounded middle that keeps us healing, and hopeful, through the art of story connection.
His memoir Wounded Angels is a raw, intimate plunge into addiction, self-loathing, and the long road out. His fiction weaves AI futures with ancient echoes, where machines dream and broken hearts remember how to feel. Every word is written for those who’ve tried everything and still ache for truth. If that’s you—welcome home.
Writing from the painful experience of profound transformation, David seeks to bridge the gap between fiction and non-fiction, finding that grounded middle that keeps us healing, and hopeful, through the art of story connection.
His memoir Wounded Angels is a raw, intimate plunge into addiction, self-loathing, and the long road out. His fiction weaves AI futures with ancient echoes, where machines dream and broken hearts remember how to feel. Every word is written for those who’ve tried everything and still ache for truth. If that’s you—welcome home.
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