Lemonade Tough by David Quitmeyer
Available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback from all major booksellers.

Lemonade Tough is for anyone who’s ever had life fall apart and needed more than advice, just someone to walk beside them. It’s not a quick fix or a checklist. It’s a companion for the moments when you’re exhausted, uncertain, or just trying to hold it together.

Born from real-life experience in trauma care and the deeply personal work of recovery, this book offers presence instead of pressure. It walks gently beside the reader through grief, overwhelm, boundaries, emotional survival, and the slow return to joy, not as a destination but as a way of being.

This isn’t a book about bouncing back. It’s about learning how to stay with yourself when everything else feels shaky. It’s about building a life from the inside out, even if all you’ve got are pieces.

Lemonade Tough is for those who are still standing, maybe quietly, maybe shakily, but ready to begin again on their own terms.


After the Hurt by David Quitmeyer
Available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback from all major booksellers.

After the Hurt: Moving On with Grace is a warm, empowering guide for anyone ready to release resentment, rebuild self-trust, and reclaim their life after emotional harm. This is not a book about forgetting the past or minimizing pain. It is about learning how to carry yourself forward with clarity, strength, and compassion.

Through practical tools, reflective exercises, and thoughtful guidance, this book helps readers navigate the process of letting go. Not for others, but for themselves. Inside are journal prompts, step-by-step frameworks, and real-life scenarios to support forgiveness, daily release, and creating a life beyond old narratives.

This is a guide to freedom—the kind that comes from choosing not to let the past define you. If you are ready to move on, not with bitterness but with grace, this book will help you take the next step toward peace and possibility.


Works in Progress

  • Untitled book about battling burnout for healthcare workers…details soon