I’m Teri Busse, who also writes under T.L. Everheart, award-winning author, screenwriter, speaker, podcast host, psychology graduate student, and the person behind more projects than I probably have any business starting at once.
Before this chapter of my life, I spent more than 25 years in emergency services and public safety, including work as a paramedic, firefighter, and corrections officer. These days, I write and speak about grief, trauma, recovery, resilience, true crime, and what happens when life doesn't go remotely according to plan.
My work includes award-winning books, the screenplay When Silence Never Ends, the podcast 13 Days of Silence: Living in the After, and projects focused on helping people navigate everything from publishing to grief and rebuilding after the worst.
There are books here, but there’s a lot more than books. There are stories, conversations, resources, experiments, occasional chaos, and a growing collection of things I once almost talked myself out of doing.
Take a look around. You never know what I’ll be working on next.
Welcome to my little corner of the internet.
I’m Teri Busse, who also writes under T.L. Everheart, award-winning author, screenwriter, speaker, podcast host, psychology graduate student, and the person behind more projects than I probably have any business starting at once.
Before this chapter of my life, I spent more than 25 years in emergency services and public safety, including work as a paramedic, firefighter, and corrections officer....
Nominated For International Impact Author of the Year 2026 with this book.
Her son was reduced to ashes and evidence. But to her, he was never just a case file. When she knows something is wrong, there is no handbook for what comes next. There are phone calls. Silence. Waiting. And the slow realization that the people we trust, friends,...
Winner of the International Impact Book Awards in Psychology for Grief and Bereavement
If getting out of bed feels like the hardest part of your day, this book was written for you.
When Getting Out of Bed Is the Hardest Part is not a guide filled with quick fixes, forced positivity, or promises of healing on a timeline. It is a quiet,...
If you’ve been told you have diabetes, you’ve probably also been given a lot of information… and not a lot of clarity.Diabetes Without the Hype was written to change that.After more than 25 years working directly with patients in high-stress, real-life medical situations, T.L. Everheart saw the same problem again and again: people leave...
