ABOUT STEPHANIE
After more than twenty years in the workforce, Stephanie Larkin rekindled her love of writing when she returned to college as a "late bloomer" to pursue a degree in elementary education. She had no idea at the time that elective courses focusing on the history of Somalia and an oppressed minority population called the Somali Bantu would lead to an ongoing friendship with the Bantu refugee community, as well as a book about their relationship (Resettled). In 2019 she co-authored the first published phrasebook for Chizigula, the endangered Bantu language spoken by her friends. In addition to helping Chizigula speakers in the U.S. learn English, copies of Introduction to Chizigula and English-Chizigula Book 1 have been hand-delivered by her co-author, Dadiri Nuro, to Chizigula speakers in Tanzania, Somalia, and the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
Larkin put her university studies in the fields of education and psychology to good use in writing Pain Power Purpose: A Story of Trauma-Informed Healing and Grief Country: A New Way of Thinking About Loss. Her unique style blends her personal experiences with research and historical perspectives around issues such as childhood trauma and grief. Both books are currently being used by a number of licensed mental health counselors who have found them to be useful supplements to traditional therapies.
She has also shared her experience as a caregiver for a parent with Alzheimer's disease with large and small groups, and she conducts a peer-led workshop for those who have experienced the long-term effects of developmental trauma and seek to "change their life story."
Larkin's most recent release is Widowed in Seattle: Local Resources and Information.
Larkin put her university studies in the fields of education and psychology to good use in writing Pain Power Purpose: A Story of Trauma-Informed Healing and Grief Country: A New Way of Thinking About Loss. Her unique style blends her personal experiences with research and historical perspectives around issues such as childhood trauma and grief. Both books are currently being used by a number of licensed mental health counselors who have found them to be useful supplements to traditional therapies.
She has also shared her experience as a caregiver for a parent with Alzheimer's disease with large and small groups, and she conducts a peer-led workshop for those who have experienced the long-term effects of developmental trauma and seek to "change their life story."
Larkin's most recent release is Widowed in Seattle: Local Resources and Information.