Family Healing

If you love Christmas, love mountains and lakes, and love small communities filled with good friends, you'll find them all here in this Huckleberry Lake duet! Enjoy the hope, healing, love, and peace of a Christmas visit to the lake in these two faith-filled novellas, as two couple grow, learn, and change with God's help, until they can open their hearts to their lifetime loves! Calm & Bright Will Brad and Maddie let God use a Christmas together for the sake of their son to help them rediscover the love that led to their whirlwind romance, and overcome the issues that caused their divorce? ...

Most of us are only starting to become aware of how our foundational years contribute to who we are today. Our childhood environment shapes the foundation for our sense of self, how we feel about the world, and how we relate to others. If we experienced trauma or dysfunction along the way, it likely disrupted the pathways to these fundamental structures. Understanding our trauma is not about blame, but about understanding, learning, and growing. In most cases, our caregivers did the best they could with the tools they had, often while dealing with external or internal stressors as well.

Pierce and Daiya Jansen are about to face a Christmas like no other—one filled with unexpected challenges, undeniable love, and a journey they never saw coming. In this heartfelt spin-off of Something Different for Christmas, Scroggins weaves a tender love story that delves into the beauty and trials of relationships during the most magical time of year. With their faith tested and hearts stretched in ways they couldn’t imagine, Pierce and Daiya must rely on each other—and the true meaning of Christmas—to navigate the uncharted path before them. Rich with emotion, spiritual depth, ...

One look at Grant Riggins standing in my bakery looking at me like I'm his last meal is enough to know I'm in way over my head. He's relentless in his pursuit. The kind of man I could get lost in. But Grant makes me wish for things I can't have. I've finally got my life back. The last thing I need is to fall for the first man to give me a second glance, even if he does seem sincere in his efforts to win me over.

After a grizzly bear kills Antonia Valleau's trapper husband, she packs her few worldly possessions, leaves her home in the mountains of Montana, and treks to nearby Sweetwater Springs, seeking work to provide for her two young sons.

In this powerful and practical guide, Minaa shares therapeutic tools, client stories, and actionable insights to help you on your healing journey, along with reflections from her personal experiences. Each chapter focuses on a common emotional struggle—from overcoming dysfunctional family patterns to developing emotional maturity, finding our village, navigating racial trauma, and moving past isolation and despair.

People across the globe fall victim to challenging relationships, but that doesn't mean you have to stay a victim. You are more powerful than you realize—you just need to know where to direct your energy.

Ancestral healing is the process of revealing and releasing inherited wounds and traumas that have been passed down by our ancestors. Anyone researching their heritage will uncover both positive and negative issues that pass through the bloodlines from one generation to the next.

He’s grumpy, filthy rich, and so damn tempting… I should hate him. But every time he looks at me, I lose my mind. Cole Harrison thinks he can waltz into Cedar Falls, flash his checkbook, and take over my family’s inn. I don’t care how tall, dark, and broody he is—I’m not letting that happen. I should despise him for trying to take my family’s legacy. Instead, I’m losing myself in his bed. Developers start sabotaging me and my ex shows up spreading lies. My life is unraveling and Cole is suddenly the only person I can trust. His touch is fire, his kiss is addictive, and his ...

One in two children suffer from a chronic or recurring illness. If you feel stuck in a cycle of recurrent antibiotic use, missed school, sleepless nights and ER visits, Dr. Sheila Kilbane can help. In this book, integrative pediatrician Sheila Kilbane, MD, shares the methodology she's developed over almost 20 years of practicing medicine: a seven-step process that can begin to heal your child's chronic illness from the inside out.

For years, Christian women have been told, "If you just prayed more, had more faith, and trusted Jesus, you'd have more peace." But what does it mean when a Christian momma continues to worry? How does she reconcile her feelings of fear with her faith in God? And how does she raise her children in a home full of peace when she feels anything but peaceful?

After heartbreak and betrayal, Hannah Elmsworth's life is in shambles. In Broken: Hannah’s Story, Hannah wants to forget the rejection felt after her fiancé leaves her. Determined to start over, she takes the first job offered. It's far enough away from her parents that she can begin to heal without their nosiness interfering in her life. What she isn't expecting is loneliness and isolation. With her friends all gone, this leaves only her sister as her closest companion, and things aren't quite right with the two of them either. Just as Hannah starts navigating her new life, her past ...

Discover the transformative power of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with this compassionate and practical guide designed for beginners. This book introduces you to the concept of your “inner parts” and shows how to build a harmonious relationship with every part of yourself. Through step-by-step explanations, relatable examples, and actionable exercises, you’ll learn how to identify and work with protectors, connect safely with vulnerable exiles, and access your Self—the calm, compassionate leader within.

This Is Not the End of You How to Grieve Estrangement, Reclaim Your Power, and Live Free from the Past What happens when someone you love walks away and never looks back? Estrangement is one of the most painful and misunderstood experiences a person can endure. It’s a loss that comes without ceremony or support—a grief without a funeral. Whether it’s your adult child, your sibling, a parent, or someone you once trusted deeply, the silence they leave behind is deafening. You search for answers. You wonder if it was your fault. You carry the guilt, shame, and sadness quietly while life ...

A gripping and emotional short story, The Good Son follows Ethan, a man haunted by childhood abuse and the scars left by an alcoholic stepfather. After his mother’s death, Ethan is forced to confront the man who shaped his darkest impulses—and reckon with the kind of father he’s becoming himself. Spanning decades of trauma, rage, and redemption, this story explores the brutal legacy of violence—and one man’s quiet decision to end the cycle.

Lorielle Starting over wasn’t supposed to be easy. After losing Daddy and escaping a home that felt more like a prison, I landed in Shreveport, Louisiana, with nothing but my bags and a prayer. Love? That wasn’t on my agenda—not with my heart so guarded. Then I met Mike Preston. A soldier back in Louisiana, trying to figure out who he is without the Army. With hazel eyes that see through my walls and a smile that feels like a promise, he’s everything I didn’t think I could have. But letting him in feels like a risk—what if he leaves? Mike isn’t the kind to run. He’s patient,...

Lauren’s life story is a raw and gripping journey through the darker side of human experience. With the false freedom of quick cash and the harsh reality of hitting rock bottom, Lauren's quest for independence and survival is both intense and inspiring. When adversity strikes, she reaches out for help but encounters predators at every turn, each encounter shaping her understanding of herself and the world. Reflecting on her troubled childhood in a small town, Lauren's narrative captures the delicate balance between innocence and exploitation, strength and vulnerability. Through vivid and ...

Jennifer Giustra-Kozek is a therapist who practices in Connecticut, and is also the mother of a son with Autism Spectrum disorders. After treating Evan bio-medically, along with other healing practices, Jennifer witnessed the kind of improvements that every parent of a similarly diagnosed child dreams of: Evan no longer grunts and screams, throws toys, hits others, or has mood swings. He no longer throws himself into fits of uncontrollable rage; he now listens to his teachers and responds appropriately. He copes better with changes in routine and makes eye contact more often.

Patricia Byrnes's life began with being reared by deaf parents during an era when the deaf community was shunned rather than supported. Poverty, alcoholism, incest, and poor parenting were the underpinnings of Patricia's life, leading to her own issues with alcohol. Eventually, with a 12-step recovery program, her life became a powerful, positive example to others.

Not every fairytale starts with once upon a time. She built an empire one spreadsheet at a time. Now she’s burying the woman who raised her, facing the man she once left behind, and discovering a life she never planned—but might just need. Rachel Ashcroft has everything she thought she wanted—a high-powered career, a luxury apartment, and a calendar so full she doesn’t have time to breathe. But when her grandmother passes away, she’s forced to return to the sleepy hometown she once fled and the house full of memories she never meant to inherit. She expects to be in and out in a ...