Coming July 8th, 2025 On Paperback, Hardcover, eBook, & Audiobook.
Rewiring Trust. Rebuilding Confidence. Reclaiming Your Life.
Spanning over 260 pages, this book isn’t fluff—it’s a full blueprint for emotional repair.
Covert Damage is a field manual for men recovering from emotional wounds that leave you doubting your worth, memory, and sense of self.
Foreword by Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia, Psy.D.
Dr. Deniz is a licensed clinical psychologist, trauma recovery specialist, and Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University. She brings deep clinical expertise in modalities like ACT, DBT, and Prolonged Exposure—and integrates them with mindfulness, movement, and trauma-informed yoga to support healing that honors both body and mind. She is widely recognized for her compassionate, integrative approach to nervous system regulation and emotional resilience.
If you’ve ever been blamed for everything with someone who played victim while subtly destroying your confidence, you’re not crazy—and you’re not alone.
This book is for the men who gave everything and walked away hollow. It’s for the ones who were gaslit, manipulated, love-bombed, discarded, or constantly made to feel like the problem - when they were the one trying to hold it all together.
Inside you’ll find:
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Unfiltered breakdowns of covert abuse, trauma bonds, gaslighting, and emotional chaos—told without sugarcoating
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Clear, grounded language that actually makes sense—no therapy jargon or academic fluff
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Tactical exercises and prompts to help you rebuild your sense of self, rewire your patterns, and stop chasing pain
Plus Exclusive Bonus materials for all readers: Get exclusive access to guided affirmation meditations for rewiring after covert abuse, and more content to support your healing and growth
Covert Damage
Paperback
The paperback edition is perfect if you like to underline, dog-ear, and revisit
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If you purchase the paperback edition of Covert Damage and leave an honest review on Amazon, email us a screenshot or link—and we’ll send you an exclusive guided meditation track created specifically for readers of the book.
This is our way of saying thanks—and helping you go even deeper in your healing journey.
Out July 8th, 2025
Covert Damage
Hardcover
The hardcover edition of Covert Damage is designed to be both durable and display-worthy — perfect for readers who want a lasting, tangible keepsake of their healing journey.
Whether you're revisiting exercises, journaling through prompts, or just proud to own a powerful book that reflects your inner growth, this edition is built to last.
It’s also a meaningful gift for someone in your life who’s ready to reclaim their power and start healing.
Out July 8th, 2025
Covert Damage
Audiobook
The audiobook edition of Covert Damage includes a downloadable PDF with all the written exercises, reflection prompts, and mantra sections from the print version—so you can follow along, revisit, and write your way through the healing process.
You’ll also get exclusive access to a guided audio meditation created specifically for listeners.
This version is built to go deeper—not just to be heard, but to be felt.
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Covert Damage
eBook
The digital version of Covert Damage is available across all major formats—including PDF, ePub, and Kindle (MOBI)—so you can read it your way, on your preferred device. Whether you're using a Kindle, iPhone, Android tablet, or desktop, you'll have access to the full experience wherever you are.
Perfect for late-night reflection, travel reading, or journaling alongside the exercises.
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About Ray Vaughn
Ray Vaughn is a writer with certifications in Trauma-Informed Coaching (The Centre For Healing) and Professional Life Coaching (Transformation Academy).
He wrote Covert Damage to help men heal from the kind of emotional harm no one talks about—covert abuse, manipulation, and trauma bonds that quietly fracture identity.
He’s lived it, studied it, and built this book as both a mirror and a manual for men searching for a way forward.
His work combines raw honesty with practical tools—no fluff, no performative positivity.
Covert Damage is his way of giving back, built to help others heal from what nearly broke him.
