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The Truth About Trauma and Grief
When tragedy strikes, it sends a shockwave through your life. In the aftermath of sudden, unexpected loss and other traumatic events that create a real or perceived threat, it can be hard to find your balance. This book provides simple, practical explanations of what you may experience, and includes strategies that can help you cope when the worst case scenario comes true.
Reading the Truth About Trauma and Grief is like sitting down with Maureen over coffee and getting the heart-to-heart you didn't know you needed. Maureen writes about trauma and grief with such compassion, clarity and truth that you feel both seen and supported. It's not just information - it's a gentle hand on your shoulder reminding you that you're not broken, you're human.
~ Michelle Walker, MSW
Heart Work
The Transformative Power of Story and Song
A Memoir and Guide
Part memoir and part guide, this book includes stories about the ways that therapeutic writing and songwriting have helped Maureen heal along with simple exercises designed to help you write your own stories and songs for healing.
"This is a profound book about healing through writing. It allowed me to gently remember parts of myself that have stories to tell, and how to listen through writing. If you are looking to begin or deepen your writing and healing practices, Heart Work: The Transformative Power of Story and Song will take you there."
~ Erin Brown, MSW, RSW
"With empathy and vulnerability Maureen Pollard takes us on an autobiographical journey from trauma to healing in her memoir Heart Work :The Transformative Power of Story and Song. She teaches us to wield art like a scalpel and to bind our wounds by shining the light of inspiration through the stained glass of trauma, sending us back out into the world a little lighter…a little stronger."
~ Ron Hawkins, singer-songwriter and visual artist
28 Prompts to Write to Heal
This companion book skips the author's memoir and takes you straight to the heart of the work you want to do with 28 writing prompts and exercises designed to help you write your own stories and songs for healing.
In Angel's Wake
William Maguire is a young man coming of age as his family is evicted from their home in Argentia, Newfoundland to make way for the Americans to build a naval base as they entered World War II. Will thought his life was set, with his beloved Angel by his side. When Angel is swept off her feet by a dashing Yankee sailor, everything changes. Is Will destined to be alone, or will he let Rose Spencer make a place in his heart?
Inspired by the song Yankee Sailor by Great Big Sea, In Angel's Wake is available to order in paperback or as an e-book on Kindle.
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Self Preservation
A Survival Guide for A Career in Trauma-Exposed Environments
An easy-to-use resource filled with practical strategies for building, maintaining and recovering resilience across a career on the front lines.
"Maureen’s book is a gift—a guide to help you navigate the complex and often treacherous waters of trauma-exposed work. It’s a reminder that while this work will change you, it doesn’t have to destroy you. You can emerge from it stronger, wiser, and more compassionate, not just towards others, but towards yourself as well."
Brian Knowler, BA, LLB, Mental health advocate, law enforcement officer, retired lawyer and best-selling author of On the Other Side of Broken: One Cops Battle With the Demons of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Career Suicide is Overrated: Equipping Leaders With Mental Health Strategies for Their Teams and Themselves.
What I Wish for You
A Book of Affirmations
What I Wish for You began as a series of journal entries, written as messages intended for the author's four children as they move out into the world as young adults, and then developed into this touching tribute to the things we all wish for those we love.
Best Interests
A Novel
Seasoned child protection worker, Amy Malloy, has learned to balance her own well-being against a demanding workload. When Amy experiences trauma on the job, she is determined to cope with her feelings and carry on with her work. She knows there are people who count on her, including young Justin, whose mother is dying.
Just as Amy is recovering, she faces another devastating situation. In the aftermath of this terrible failure, Amy withdraws from everyone, including Evan Grant, the police officer whose friendship she has hesitantly accepted.
When she cannot seem to find her balance again at work, Amy retreats to a cottage on an island for solace and soul searching. Can Amy find the strength to return to the profession she loves and recover the relationships she abandoned?
The Twentieth Year
A Memoir of Miscarriage
When Maureen Pollard was ready to become a parent, she had never heard anyone talk about pregnancy loss. Her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage in the first trimester, shocking her and disrupting her neatly laid plans to build a family with her partner. Their journey to parenthood would involve two more early losses, and then a bouncing baby boy would enter their lives. Ready to try again, Maureen was sure they had solved their fertility problems. Not so. She experienced three more early miscarriages, including the loss of a twin pregnancy, before the safe arrival of three lovely daughters satisfied their desire to have four living children. This memoir details Maureen’s personal loss experience and also provides insights and guidance for bereaved parents and the people who support them following pregnancy loss.