Family Self Help

Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband, Thomas, their two beautiful children, and God. But then what begins as innocent letter writing with poet James starts to become something far more erotically charged, their meeting of minds threatening to become a meeting of bodies. As everything Maggie believes in is thrown into doubt, the listener is drawn ever deeper into the battleground of her soul.

Two tours as a Marine in Iraq taught Dan Sheehan that he'd been extremely well prepared to go to war. Coming home was a different story. After stumbling through the aftermath of his own combat trauma as a helicopter gunship pilot and special operations forward air controller, Dan discovered a gap in his understanding of the warrior's journey that left him vulnerable to injuries in the years that followed. Continuing Actions draws on the works of mental health professionals, comparative mythology scholars, and other veterans to expose the reality that warriors have always faced challenges ...

Adolescents, especially those in their early teens, have daily anxiety-producing issues. Indeed, many youngsters are more prone to anxiety attacks than most adults. With the pressures of academic success, biological changes in the bodies, changes in their social life and the looming arrival of adulthood, adolescents often have a harder time dealing with many of the disturbing things presented to them in today’s world.

The remarkable true story of a couple on the brink of separation who finds love again while spending a year in Italy with their family now including an update five years later. Tired, empty, and disillusioned with married life, Susan Pohlman was ready to call it quits. As soon as she and her husband, Tim, completed their business trip to Italy, she planned to break the news that she wanted to end their eighteen-year marriage. During their last day as they walked along the Italian Rivera, Tim fantasized aloud that, perhaps, they could live there. After initially dismissing the idea, Susan ...

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally. You will learn to reach for the "ultimate step," which brings you face to face with your personal spirituality. It will be this that helps you appreciate the complexity that is life.

Do you have a child who finds it hard to control their emotions? Have you tried various things to improve their behavior? Are you ready to try anything to change the way they behave? Raising children is hard work at the best of times but when you have a child who has an explosive temper and nothing seems to work to calm them down, it can seem like an impossible challenge. Temper tantrums and poor manners when you are in public can be embarrassing and finding a solution is often difficult. Luckily there is help for you now.

The Perfect Gift is a holiday story about the gift of time. Don't let time pass you by without sharing it with those you love. Put pride and ego aside and connect this coming holiday season. Time is the best gift you can give - and it's free!

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Atunci când avem parte de un eveniment traumatic, existența ne e dată peste cap și devenim o rană deschisă, nemaiputând să ne desfășurăm viața firesc. Însă trauma nu trebuie să fie o suferință continuă. Dr. Edith Shiro, psihoterapeută cu o bogată experiență clinică, ne propune un program în cinci etape, menit să ne ajute nu doar să depășim trauma, ci și să îi întoarcem efectele în favoarea noastră.

MARRIAGE can be compared to a journey, an odyssey that brings many surprises—some exquisite, others painful. How can you make that journey more successful and enjoyable? Many couples feel the need for a ‘marital road map’ to direct them along the way. How your marriage will turn out will depend on how much effort both of you is willing to put forth. How to build a successful marriage provides you the four pillars to a successful marriage. They are: communication, commitment, trust and love.

Choose the parent you'll be - and you choose the child you'll raise. When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else's on the planet. And that's why Les and Leslie Parrott - in a parenting book like no other - give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have.

Addiction takes over one's life in a slow manner. You'll find yourself getting hooked on something before you know it. The worst part is, addiction can generate negative side effects such as depression, diseases and low self-esteem.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. În urma cercetărilor făcute, Andrew Newberg și Mark Robert Waldman au constatat în mod repetat că o conversație dificilă se poate transforma într‑una binevoitoare în doar câteva minute – dacă se face apel la comunicarea empatică. Prin 12 pași simpli, comunicarea empatică schimbă realmente structura creierului, contribuind la crearea unei legături stabile între oameni. Astfel, eliberați de neîncredere și conflict, putem vorbi mai eficient, asculta mai profund, colabora fără efort și rezolva mai rapid orice problemă.

Bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and podcaster Allison Carmen's new audiobook, Maybe Everything is Okay: A Parent's Guide to Less Stress and Worry (September 17, 2024; Tantor Audio Original; narrated by Kim Niemi), is both important and timely. It offers parents a powerful and uplifting tool called the "Maybe mindset" to help them navigate the unknown with greater ease and renewed hope.

HONEYMOON FOREVER: Is about that first stage of love, the Honeymoon Phase, the essential stepping stone and critical gateway to everlasting love – a HONEYMOON FOREVER. Will show you how to perpetuate the initial excitement and hope of the often-misunderstood Honeymoon Phase, and how to make it last a lifetime. Help you to realize that the Honeymoon Phase, when correctly navigated, is the most reliable way to a successful HONEYMOON FOREVER. Is your comprehensive guide and practical path to the successful attainment of a lifelong intimate connection with that special other. Isn’t only ...

“Suck it up.”Those words empowered and encouraged me as a boy. They injured me as a man. When we talk about pain, we first think of physical pain from injury or accident. There is a masculine, internal block on the notion of our emotions or feelings being hurt. How could they be, we’re men after all! That was my stubborn mindset for years until I realized that my unresolved pain had devastated most of my adult life and held a lasting effect on me. Once I dropped the macho facade, God showed me how to get free from the stranglehold of what living a life of hurt and hate had caused. I ...

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Când totul în jur se duce de râpă, cel mai neinspirat e să-ți spui că va fi bine. Iată o primă doză de șoc cu care Fabrice Midal, al cărui sport preferat rămâne să zdruncine idei primite de-a gata, ne arată nebănuitele posibilități pe care le avem ca ființe umane. Dar pe care adeseori nu le vedem, pentru simplul motiv că așa ne-am obișnuit.

It can seem like your baby needs so much gear and so many toys! But when it comes to their health and development, less is more. In Retro Baby, pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist Anne H. Zachry, PhD, OTR/L, shows you how bouncers, swings, and other baby holders, as well as electronic toys and screen time, can hinder your baby's development and delay milestones. Retro Baby will help you cultivate a back-to-basics parenting approach.

Her mother was raped. This is how Melanie was born. For years, the sight of Melanie's face reminded her mother of the sexual assault, so Melanie herself was verbally and physically abused through childhood. But Melanie's obligation was to love and honor her mother, she told herself. This is what Melanie believed as a Christian, and it's what she believed even more so after converting to Islam. In the Qur'an, God commanded, "Reverence the wombs that bore you." But what if those wombs broke you, and incited deep emotional trauma? What then? In this groundbreaking book about healing from ...

Taking the Stress out of Homework breaks down for parents exactly when and how to offer homework support. Whether your child's stress point is executive functioning - the ability to plan or organize - or a subject-specific struggle in math, reading, writing, or standardized test-preparation, Abby and Brian use real-life stories to provide individualized, actionable advice.

Spirituality in the Work Place: Why it MUST NEVER be Neglected! Deepen faith, improve overall performance at work, and foster positive relationships with co-workers – these are just some of the benefits of having workplace spirituality. Spirituality is one of the most important aspects in life, yet it is also one of the most neglected. You typically work eight hours a day, five days a week, which gives you very little time to focus on other things you are passionate about, and are important to them, such as religion and spirituality in the workplace. As a result, you go through your days ...