The Cost of Silence® series starts with It’s OK Not To Be OK, looking at the things young people can go through when they’re struggling but don’t always feel able to say so. Through our Books & Publications collection, the series covers bullying, emotional pain and mental wellbeing, as well as the effect these experiences can have on confidence, relationships, family life and the way someone sees themselves.
Sometimes the most important conversation is simply the one that hasn’t happened yet. These books have been written for young people and the parents, families, educators and professionals around them, helping people understand what may be happening and why it matters. They’re about making room for honest conversations, recognising when someone needs support and showing that difficult feelings don’t have to be hidden or dealt with alone.
It’s OK Not To Be OK is available worldwide, with digital, audio and printed editions available through the stores below.
Format & buying options:
• E-book or audiobook: Google Play (worldwide)
• Paperback or hardback: Amazon
• All language editions: Available worldwide
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The Cost of Silence® series is a journey you’ll not want to miss. Tackling bullying, mental health, trauma, and addiction
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It’s OK Not To Be OK is a powerful bullying awareness book from Inspiring Futures Media that looks at the real impact bullying can have on confidence, identity, behaviour and long-term mental health. The story explores emotional harm, isolation and what can happen when online bullying is dismissed as “just a joke” — until the consequences become far more serious than anyone expected.
When Kyle targets a quiet classmate called Jamie, what happens doesn’t simply stay online. At home, Kyle is vulnerable to quiet influence and manipulation, while the effects of what’s happening begin to reach their families and emotional wellbeing starts to suffer. Written to support mental health awareness, safeguarding and open conversation, the book encourages readers to recognise the warning signs, speak up sooner and understand why breaking the cycle of bullying matters.
It’s OK To Struggle is a hard-hitting mental health awareness and grooming awareness book from Inspiring Futures Media that looks at the dangerous connection between bullying, peer pressure, manipulation and silence. It explores how emotional harm can go unnoticed, how coercion can be mistaken for trust, and how control can gradually take hold when warning signs are missed or ignored.
Told through the eyes of a vulnerable teenager who’s desperate to feel accepted, the story follows the slow and calculated pull of grooming, psychological pressure and coercive control, including the threat of schoolyard drugs and emotional abuse. As friendships begin to break down and isolation grows, fear and misplaced loyalty trap a young person in a cycle that reaches into home life, affecting parents and caregivers, everyday routines and emotional wellbeing.
Written to support safeguarding awareness, understanding and trauma recovery, It’s OK To Struggle helps readers recognise warning signs, question concerning behaviour and act before the damage becomes lasting. If you’re looking for books on bullying, books on mental health, or powerful stories about grooming, exploitation and breaking toxic cycles, this book carries a clear message: speaking up early matters, because when silence is allowed to grow, the harm rarely stays in one place.
Dopamine & Devotion explores what can happen when the need for validation, reassurance and approval begins to shape the way we feel about ourselves. It looks at mental health, people-pleasing and the emotional harm that can develop when we become dependent on attention from other people to feel secure. From phones and relationships to the constant search for reassurance, the book examines why those temporary highs rarely last — and why slowing down can feel surprisingly uncomfortable when you’ve become used to constant stimulation.
Published by Inspiring Futures Media, this self-help book focuses on emotional healing and recovery through greater mindfulness and self-awareness. It helps readers understand their triggers, recognise compulsive patterns and begin rebuilding a healthier sense of control over the behaviours that can gradually affect confidence, relationships and everyday life. It also looks at emotional numbness, the pressure to “perform” in order to feel accepted, and how unhealthy emotional patterns can develop long before we recognise the effect they’re having.
At its heart, Dopamine & Devotion is about healing from past trauma, rebuilding self-esteem and breaking toxic cycles without pretending there’s a quick or easy answer. It explores healthier boundaries, self-worth and emotional stability in a way that doesn’t rely on false positivity or promises of an overnight transformation. If you’re tired of chasing things that make you feel better for a moment but never seem to last, the book offers a different way forward: slowing down, reconnecting with yourself and beginning to step away from the patterns that keep pulling you back.
Buy the Kindle edition of Dopamine & Devotion on Amazon.
It’s also available in multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish & Portuguese (Brazilian).
Children & Teenagers
Parents and Caregivers
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Mental Health Professionals
Community Support Groups
Libraries and Resource Centres
Our books can be read on your own or shared as part of a wider conversation, and they’re also used in schools, educational settings and therapeutic environments.
Want to bring our books into your school, library or therapy practice, or use them as part of a community reading project?
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Tailored packages are also available for schools and youth organisations.
Helping young people put into words what they’re going through when they can’t always explain it themselves.
Making difficult conversations a little easier to start, whether that’s at home, at school or with someone they trust.
Honest, straightforward books about subjects that aren’t always easy to talk about.
Books don’t just tell stories — they help to reshape lives. When we give people the right words, we offer strength. When we share truthful stories, we open a path toward healing.
Explore these books, share them widely, and start conversations that break silence and build hope together.
Whether you’re looking for support, interested in working with us, ordering books or school resources, or simply want to get in touch and tell us what’s on your mind, we’d be glad to hear from you.
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