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As Good as the Best: Power and Possibility Beyond C-PTSD
Winner of the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medal—New Age / Mind Body Spirit
FROM TRAUMA TO BASELINE TO CONSCIOUS CREATION
I understand how hard it is to imagine possibility when you've spent your childhood in chaos, dysfunction, and/or poverty. How hard it is to feel powerful when the trauma you experienced was ongoing and inescapable for so long.
Sometimes, the thoughts, beliefs, actions, and reactions that saved you as a child—that brought you here—are the exact thoughts, beliefs, actions, and reactions standing in the way of knowing and bringing forth your dreams as an adult.
Sometimes, the resilience that ensured your survival demands you continue to be someone you no longer need to be.
Combining somatic healing practices, positive psychology, socially conscious observation, deeply personal memoir, and a trauma-aware reimagining of manifestation, As Good as the Best explores what becomes possible when the echoes of trauma are no longer running your life.
You deserve so much more than survival.
You are allowed to heal, dream, reflect, create, and love.
You are allowed to be seen, to be heard, to tell the truth, to take breaks, and to take risks.
Even if your past taught you otherwise.
Not because you are perfectly healed, but because you already are worthy of a life as good as the best. You always have been.
Heal not just so you can function.
Heal so you can dream.
Heal so you can free your destiny from the legacy of trauma.
Reclaim your narrative, align with what was always true, and unfold into what is now possible.
FROM TRAUMA TO BASELINE TO CONSCIOUS CREATION
I understand how hard it is to imagine possibility when you've spent your childhood in chaos, dysfunction, and/or poverty. How hard it is to feel powerful when the trauma you experienced was ongoing and inescapable for so long.
Sometimes, the thoughts, beliefs, actions, and reactions that saved you as a child—that brought you here—are the exact thoughts, beliefs, actions, and reactions standing in the way of knowing and bringing forth your dreams as an adult.
Sometimes, the resilience that ensured your survival demands you continue to be someone you no longer need to be.
Combining somatic healing practices, positive psychology, socially conscious observation, deeply personal memoir, and a trauma-aware reimagining of manifestation, As Good as the Best explores what becomes possible when the echoes of trauma are no longer running your life.
You deserve so much more than survival.
You are allowed to heal, dream, reflect, create, and love.
You are allowed to be seen, to be heard, to tell the truth, to take breaks, and to take risks.
Even if your past taught you otherwise.
Not because you are perfectly healed, but because you already are worthy of a life as good as the best. You always have been.
Heal not just so you can function.
Heal so you can dream.
Heal so you can free your destiny from the legacy of trauma.
Reclaim your narrative, align with what was always true, and unfold into what is now possible.
306 pages, Paperback
Published January 30, 2026
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January 28, 2026
This wasn’t a bad book. In fact, it was quite well written, and overcoming trauma is a topic we as a society should not stop discussing. I admire how Novo writes with genuine compassion, and the introduction really let me understand how much he cares.
However, I noticed that Novo wrote a lot about mindset shifts, like practicing abundance and abandoning a scarcity mindset. But there’s little in the way of HOW to practice abundance or shift said mindsets. A lot of traumatic effects cause a downward spiral, where thinking of the trauma causes you to spiral more and feel hopeless. I feel like that should have been addressed with practical steps to helping, as opposed to mentality shift advice.
Other than that, this book is great!
However, I noticed that Novo wrote a lot about mindset shifts, like practicing abundance and abandoning a scarcity mindset. But there’s little in the way of HOW to practice abundance or shift said mindsets. A lot of traumatic effects cause a downward spiral, where thinking of the trauma causes you to spiral more and feel hopeless. I feel like that should have been addressed with practical steps to helping, as opposed to mentality shift advice.
Other than that, this book is great!
January 28, 2026
The tips in this book will help you unlock your potential and live a more fulfilled life.
In As Good as the Best: Power and Possibility Beyond C-PTSD, author D. Novo presents an empowering guidebook written to unlock readers' potential and allow us to see beyond our current limits. He lays particular emphasis on readers with complex PTSD- a phenomenon all too common today. Over 11 chapters, Novo lays a foundation from which readers can improve their mental state, thereby unlocking their potential despite PTSD. Tips like practicing connection are foundational not just for overcoming PTSD, but living a fulfilling life, and this book gives a multitude of such tips.
In As Good as the Best: Power and Possibility Beyond C-PTSD, author D. Novo presents an empowering guidebook written to unlock readers' potential and allow us to see beyond our current limits. He lays particular emphasis on readers with complex PTSD- a phenomenon all too common today. Over 11 chapters, Novo lays a foundation from which readers can improve their mental state, thereby unlocking their potential despite PTSD. Tips like practicing connection are foundational not just for overcoming PTSD, but living a fulfilling life, and this book gives a multitude of such tips.
January 29, 2026
D Novo inspires and uplifts readers through this passionate reimagining of the healing process. Novo culminated years of experience dealing with C-PTSD into the teachings he prescribes in this book, assisting readers to do what therapists may charge thousands for. He urges readers to reimagine the process of healing from complex PTSD, embrace positivity, and retire their brains to look past their trauma and towards the future. Of course, these things are easier said than done, but Novo acknowledges that with time, these habits do work. I would recommend this book not only for the clinically diagnosed, but for everyone, as C-PTSD is a widely overlooked plague in modern society.
January 29, 2026
D Novo wrote this book as a reminder that survivors of C-PTSD can function just as well as the best of us, and he shows us how.
This is a compassionate guide, where Novo offers advice from a wealth of experience, showing us how to overcome C-PTSD as efficiently as possible: through mental resets. Novo notes that healing can take time, but he encourages us to embrace that, using that time to relearn and adapt to a new process- one that holistically improves us not with drugs, but with lifestyle and mindset changes that work.
This is a compassionate guide, where Novo offers advice from a wealth of experience, showing us how to overcome C-PTSD as efficiently as possible: through mental resets. Novo notes that healing can take time, but he encourages us to embrace that, using that time to relearn and adapt to a new process- one that holistically improves us not with drugs, but with lifestyle and mindset changes that work.
January 29, 2026
In this handy guidebook, Novo shows readers that they can breeze past limits. He first argues that most limits are self-imposed results of childhood trauma, before, with compassion and genuine understanding, explaining mindset shifts to help readers overcome C-PTSD. This book is for people looking to understand and heal from complex PTSD, overcome their childhood trauma, and be better versions of themselves.
March 29, 2026
As Good as the Best: Power and Possibility Beyond C-PTSD by D. Novo is an inspiring, compassionate guide for anyone seeking to heal from complex childhood trauma and reclaim a sense of agency over their life. Written not from a clinical perspective but from lived experience, the book offers a deeply personal, hopeful, and practical approach to reconnecting mind and body and rebuilding a life on empowering beliefs.
Novo invites readers to radically reimagine what healing can look like, moving beyond mere survival toward genuine growth, creativity, and fulfillment. The book thoughtfully bridges the gap between positive thinking and the real, often messy complexity of trauma recovery, offering encouragement without denying how difficult the journey can be. Rather than prescribing rigid methods, it focuses on mindset shifts, self-awareness, and the slow, meaningful work of integration and self-trust.
One of the book’s greatest strengths is its gentle but motivating tone. Passages like, “You are light. You will heal. Your possibilities are limitless. A life as good as the best is yours,” capture the heart of the message: that your past does not get to dictate your future.
Uplifting, grounding, and emotionally resonant, As Good as the Best is ideal for readers who want a trauma-aware, hopeful companion on their healing journey, one that emphasizes possibility, self-compassion, and the belief that a better life is not only imaginable, but attainable.
Novo invites readers to radically reimagine what healing can look like, moving beyond mere survival toward genuine growth, creativity, and fulfillment. The book thoughtfully bridges the gap between positive thinking and the real, often messy complexity of trauma recovery, offering encouragement without denying how difficult the journey can be. Rather than prescribing rigid methods, it focuses on mindset shifts, self-awareness, and the slow, meaningful work of integration and self-trust.
One of the book’s greatest strengths is its gentle but motivating tone. Passages like, “You are light. You will heal. Your possibilities are limitless. A life as good as the best is yours,” capture the heart of the message: that your past does not get to dictate your future.
Uplifting, grounding, and emotionally resonant, As Good as the Best is ideal for readers who want a trauma-aware, hopeful companion on their healing journey, one that emphasizes possibility, self-compassion, and the belief that a better life is not only imaginable, but attainable.
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