Fear of Flying Solo
An empowering guide through the emotional chaos for those who are newly and shockingly divorced.
Rebel Love
In Rebel Love, Dr. Chris Donaghue, PhD (TheAmber Rose Show with Dr. Chris ), reveals how traditional dating "rules" are toxic, why everything you've learned about dating and relationships is wrong, and how to have the best sex of your life. Dr. Chris is the sex expert you've been waiting for. He refuses to pathologize those whose sexuality doesn't fit in a neat little box and he doesn't just pay lip service to the pro-sex, feminist, and body-positive mores of the day -- he demands them. Rebel Love welcomes all sexualities and identities no matter where you fall on the spectrum and empowers people to be authentically who they are both in and out of the bedroom. Dr. Chris's prescription for hotter, healthier sex -- the two go hand in hand -- encourages you to stop participating in patriarchal stereotypes, broaden your sexual horizons, and have amazing sex. Best of all, he shows you how with real-world examples and inspirational case studies.
The Art of Intimate Marriage
From a two-time nationally award winning sexuality researcher - The Art of Intimate Marriage. God's plan for sexual intimacy in marriage is the work of a Master artist and genuine intimacy is like a beautiful masterpiece. Your marriage is going well but you want to make your sex life better and you're looking for help on how to do that. You want to know what God has to say about how to build a fulfilling sexual intimacy in your marriage. Your sexual relationship has been full of pain, discouragement, and frustration and you need some answers. You have some medical issues that are making sex difficult and you would like to rekindle experiencing mutually pleasurable sex. For these issues and more, The Art of Intimate Marriage provides direction and guidance on how to get there. Creating that masterpiece may mean learning God's view of sex, gaining life-giving intimacy skills, and figuring out how to work through conflict in a way that creates deeper connection. It may also mean overcoming things in your background, healing things in your marriage, or dealing with those medical challenges. We have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of God's loving heart through being deeply known and erotically bonded with our spouse. The Art of Intimate Marriage gives us a road map to experience growth toward a more rewarding, spiritual sexual relationship.
Broken Nek
50 year old Mary is living a healthy, relatively stress-free life, long removed from her history of abuse by her older brother, Ken. But then her mother passes away and the day after the funeral Mary's past and present collide. Her niece, Katie, Ken's youngest child at age 22, reaches out to Mary in a moment of terror stemming from a fight with her dad. Barely knowing each other prior, a strong bond forms as Mary realizes that her niece has been living a parallel life to what she herself endured growing up. Wanting to help Katie put an end to the abuse, but hesitant to bring her brother back into her life, Mary struggles with flashbacks and nightmares. The ensuing year is tumultuous and frightening; a reflection of what happens when mental illness is confronted head on. While Katie and Mary try to force Ken to confront his demons with professional help, their own relationship begins to heal each of them in unexpected ways, resulting in truth, vindication, and love.
Heartbreak Doesn’t Last Forever
Years ago a marriage ended for me, and a new life started. This book is partly a self-help book, partly a memoir of what I did to get my life back on track.I cover the steps taken to get life sorted out in eight self-contained chapters covering finance, work, legalities, social life, health and a few other aspects that need to be taken care of once you end up alone.How you take that next step after a marriage ends is up to you. This book is how I did it, and I wrote the book in hopes that someone will get inspiration from it.
How to Find Your Passion and Purpose
Focus Your Energy and Time to Achieve Outstanding Personal and Professional Results With Absolute Certainty and Excitement.What if you could increase your success, health, and happiness with a few simple steps? How would your life be different if you had more energy, motivation, confidence, and self-belief? What if you could hit your business, personal and financial targets easily? Imagine waking up every morning looking forward to your day, working and living with purpose, passion, and profit.Amazon bestselling author of Mid-Life Career Rescue, holistic therapist, and award-winning artist, Cassandra Gaisford provides simple but powerful and easy to implement ways to find your passion and purpose. Based on survey research, personal achievements and her professional expertise and success as a career and life coach helping people achieve outstanding results - including lawyers, teachers, back-to-work mums, accountants, school leavers, and creative entrepreneurs - Gaisford answers the question: how to do find your destiny and follow your bliss.In How To Find Your Passion and Purpose: Four Easy Steps to Discover A Job You Want and Live The Life You Love, you'll learn: Why successful people follow their passion, not their pension How to identify your REAL priorities How working with passion can cure many modern-day ills - depression, anxiety, overwhelm and boredom How passion and purpose reduces stress How to be happy and successful How to double your productivity effortlessly How to boost your self-esteem and super-charge the confidence needed to make an inspired change How to change jobs and find a career you will enjoy, including self-employment How to discover your signature gifts and talents and confirm your work-related strengths How identifying your PPT will increase profit, peace and prosperity BONUS: Find Your Passion Workbook BONUS: Living with Purpose Workbook BONUS: Making Decisions and Choosing Your Best-Fit Career WorkbookIf you're like many people who don't know what they are passionate about or what gives your life meaning and purpose, this book will help provide the answers.If you have been told it's not realistic to work and live with passion, this book will help change your mindset.If you're too busy, too tired, too stressed out to read a lengthy book, this concise guide comes to your rescue.Quit just existing and start really living!Buy this book now to start achieving outstanding personal and professional results with absolute certainty and excitement.
Undetected scars
Millions of Americans today suffer from depression, feelings of unworthiness, and unresolved traumas that, when left unchecked and unhealed, sabotage their growth and their relationships with others. In Undetected Scars, motivational speaker Andrew Ross shares his real life experiences and provides proven techniques that allowed him to overcome his own childhood traumas and subsequent drug addiction. Ross focuses on eight dimensions that support a balanced life. From spiritual health to financial well-being, Ross offers tangible steps readers can apply to their lives to improve their state of mind along with questions that lead to personal growth and fulfillment. Andrew Ross, a New York City native, has been working with individuals and community organizations for over two decades. As a PhD student in clinical psychology with a focus on childhood trauma, Ross specializes in persistent trauma and its ramifications in a person's life.
I am a Regenerated Spirit!!!
While you are waiting on my next book, I am available as a life coach. As a master life coach, I can help you develop all areas of your personal life, your business, as well as your relationships in both areas. I will help you integrate changes, implement new skills, and develop goals in your life. I can also help you to discover the obstacles and challenges in your life! Most importantly, I will help you to develop a course of action that will make your life more fulfilling. Plus, if you need prayer, Bible study, or how to set up a ministry, the Lord has equipped me with the experience necessary to help make your journey with the lord a success. I can be reached at regenerated.spirit@yahoo.com and I urge you to contact me if need arises! And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans, 8:28)
Twelve Liars in the Bible
We have all encountered liars, and perhaps even been "burned" by one or two, but, other than "thou shalt not bear false witness" (Ex. 20:16), what does the Bible have to say about lying? Starting with the first lie that Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden to the last lie told in the Bible by Ananias and Sapphira that resulted in their deaths, Twelve Liars in the Bible (and the Lives They Ruined) by author Steve Saunders, brings biblical liars and the destruction they brought upon themselves and the persons about whom they lied to the forefront for readers. While the biblical stories inside are well known by many, (included are the lies illustrated in the stories of Sarah and Abraham, Jacob and Esau, Samson and Delilah, and more), the author's focus on the biblical viewpoint of the lies will give the reader new and unique insight on the harm caused by lying. Practically every day we hear about professional athletes who have lied about doping, politicians who have lied to cover-up misdeeds, or well-known people who have lied about their sexual indiscretions. Let's face it; we too have told lies at some point in our lives. Hopefully, our errant ways were quickly corrected, but the question still remains: what consequences do our lies create? There has never been a more appropriate time than the present for Twelve Liars in the Bible (and the Lives They Ruined). The author's biblical research and personal stories combined with current events will be remembered by readers for the insight they gain. After growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Steve Saunders attended and graduated from what is now the Arlington Baptist University in Arlington, Texas. Arlington is also where he met and married his wife Patty. They have three sons, two of whom are married, and three grandchildren. Steve is retired from pastoring, after planting churches and pastoring in large cities, small towns, and rural areas for more than forty years. Steve's present ministry is writing, recording and publishing gospel music.
Knew Him Sense Him Knowing Him As My Father
This book was written from all the life experiences I had. I want to show others that might be walking in quick sand, that seeking God he will lift you out and put you where you need to be, walking on water with Him. Also, my mistakes could help someone else not make the same mistakes I did.
Before You Say I Do!
Before You Say I DO! is a premarital instruction manual chock full of information regarding considerations to make before marriage. There are many things people may not think about before they choose to marry their partner. It takes more than love to sustain a marriage, and Before You Say I DO! discusses issues and beliefs to be contemplated before you decide to take that leap. Learn the difference between infatuation, lust, and love along with their tell-tale signs. Dr. Wanda L. Hunter provides readers with wonderful dating advice and marriage advice, with tips to help avoid mistakes in love. So before you decide to have your wedding or even begin looking for the one, read Dr. Hunter's Before You Say I DO! God created marriage to be forever between a husband and wife, and Dr. Hunter seeks to bring to light the important factors of choosing a spouse.
Love Letters To My Spouse
"Love Letters To My Spouse" was written to inspire, ignite, and influence everyone to make the most significant investment of all, the investment of love in their significant others. This book contains keys to a successful marriage, letters, and poems to his wife written by Luther T. Collins expressing deep love, but this book isn't just for married couples; it's for anyone in a serious relationship who's looking to take their passion to another level.
Finding Your Sexual Voice
Finding Your Sexual Voice promotes the genuine understanding of strong female sexuality and empowers women to value desire, pleasure, eroticism and satisfaction.
The Cradle of the Raptor
Life could be beautiful and idyllic on the little Raptor farm nestled among the shady green forests and sunny meadows of the Big Timber Indian Reservation. But strange and powerful forces were tearing the tiny mission church apart at the seams. Tough and ruggedly handsome Carl Raptor with his coldly competent wife, Charlotte, were raising their small sons in this remote place where the passions and stresses were beyond Carl's ability to cope.For the Raptor boys, the exhilarating freedom of exploring thousands of acres of wild, game-rich reservation land and thundering their horses down gravel and dirt logging roads would instantly evaporate when their father lost all control and used them to work off his white hot fits of rage. The two oldest sons seemed able to cope, but Michael, the third son, lived in near-constant fear.The beatings and torments increased as Carl's stress levels rose, and while the welts and bruises on their small bodies healed fairly quickly, the emotional and psychological scarring of Michael's soul would take many years to heal. This is his story.
The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing
Sandi Latimer's life changed forever the day she returned home after her volunteer to find her husband dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In The Bills Keeps Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing, she shares her story, telling how several times she turned to her journalist talents to find answers. Having no immediate family to rely on, she deals by herself. She also discovered she was not alone in her daily thoughts of her loved one and why he did what he did. Thanks to a local mental health agency, she was put in touch with a chapter of Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Group. Although Latimer writes for a living, she turned to a different form of writing to share her experiences. In The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing, she narrates how she's had a rough time adjusting, but that she's learned to get through it one day at a time. Praise for The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing- "Sandi Latimer has written a compelling, candid, brave account of coping with the tragic death of her husband." -Bill Rabinowitz, Columbus Dispatch sports writer and author of Buckeye Rebirth and The Chase "Latimer opens the curtain on a topic few people may want to talk about but everyone should pay attention to." -Andrew Welsh-Huggins, author of the Andy Hayes mystery series.
Jive Talking
This book is dedicated to all the people that cannot find the right words to express themselves internally-when writing or speaking to friends or foes. These catchy sentences and signature endings are penned especially for you.
Through the Storm
The middle of a storm can be filled with fear-fear of the unknown, and fear of the future. Fear can surround us in crisis, and the same can happen within our homes. When the storms of addiction, anger, abuse, neglect, sexual immorality, and unfaithfulness tear the roof off our marriage, we are left exposed and scared. Through the Storm: Helping Marriages Find Healing After Hurt can show Christian couples how to have hope and see the sun even in the middle of a storm. Author and counselor Emily Funderburk offers a seven-step survival guide for marriages affected by sin, and she shares the efforts of a therapeutic first-responder showing up at your door and meeting you in the moments of shame, regret, heartache, anger, and bitterness, helping you put one foot in front of the other. Through the Storm holds hands with couples in the middle of crisis and gives a pathway for healing, restoration, forgiveness, and even strength. Our God is a healer, and he is the ultimate redeemer in caring for broken things. In the marriage that feels hopeless, he shows up and brings life to the driest of bones. Join us as we go Through the Storm with the reminder that you are not alone.
Through the Storm
The middle of a storm can be filled with fear-fear of the unknown, and fear of the future. Fear can surround us in crisis, and the same can happen within our homes. When the storms of addiction, anger, abuse, neglect, sexual immorality, and unfaithfulness tear the roof off our marriage, we are left exposed and scared. Through the Storm: Helping Marriages Find Healing After Hurt can show Christian couples how to have hope and see the sun even in the middle of a storm. Author and counselor Emily Funderburk offers a seven-step survival guide for marriages affected by sin, and she shares the efforts of a therapeutic first-responder showing up at your door and meeting you in the moments of shame, regret, heartache, anger, and bitterness, helping you put one foot in front of the other. Through the Storm holds hands with couples in the middle of crisis and gives a pathway for healing, restoration, forgiveness, and even strength. Our God is a healer, and he is the ultimate redeemer in caring for broken things. In the marriage that feels hopeless, he shows up and brings life to the driest of bones. Join us as we go Through the Storm with the reminder that you are not alone.
Somebody Hold Me
Nearly 50% of Americans checked the "single" box in the 2010 census. Because we equate touch with sex, many of us suffer alone when we crave physical comfort and tenderness. Somebody Hold Me: The Single Person's Guide to Nurturing Human Touch takes a simple, radical approach to health and relationships by teaching you how to get more platonic touch. Somebody Hold Me walks you through the increasingly fraught physical space between humans, and allows for more connection and closeness through giving and receiving structured touch in your existing relationships.Designed for people in alternative communities (Burners, pagans, polyamorists, kinksters, asexuals, furries, ren festers, cosplayers) who have large circles of friends, Somebody Hold Me gives you a step-by-step guide to share touch with people you already know. Enjoy better health, feel happier, and deepen your friendships. Get off your phone, out of your head, and into your body with the simple practice of nurturing human touch.
Daddy's Blue Eyes
Daddy's Blue Eyes is a story about a little girl whose father died and how much she misses him. But this little girl was given a gift-her daddy's blue eyes.Eyes that help her to see all the things her daddy can't see anymore. Eyes that help her to remember all the things she and her daddy loved. Eyes that help her see the sun shining each morning and know that her daddy is watching over her.Research has found that a significant number of children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before they reach adulthood, with 21% of children who lose a parent developing mental health issues. Grieving children often feel alone, isolated from their peers, and misunderstood.Daddy's Blue Eyes is a short and endearing story meant to help parents, teachers, and caregivers open up a tender discussion with a bereaved child in their lives. It offers questions the child can explore and suggests activities to help the child remember happier times. There is also a list of online resources for child-focused bereavement, to help children and their families cope with loss and grief....
Daddy's Blue Eyes
Daddy's Blue Eyes is a story about a little girl whose father died and how much she misses him. But this little girl was given a gift-her daddy's blue eyes.Eyes that help her to see all the things her daddy can't see anymore. Eyes that help her to remember all the things she and her daddy loved. Eyes that help her see the sun shining each morning and know that her daddy is watching over her.Research has found that a significant number of children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before they reach adulthood, with 21% of children who lose a parent developing mental health issues. Grieving children often feel alone, isolated from their peers, and misunderstood.Daddy's Blue Eyes is a short and endearing story meant to help parents, teachers, and caregivers open up a tender discussion with a bereaved child in their lives. It offers questions the child can explore and suggests activities to help the child remember happier times. There is also a list of online resources for child-focused bereavement, to help children and their families cope with loss and grief.
Claude de Passion矇
Claude is born into the de Passion矇 family, an old wealthy aristocratic French family with extensive ownership in wineries and vineyards. Claude starts life as a rebellious youth, constantly pushing back against his domineering mother, Marie-France and his philandering father, The Marquis.While studying at The Sorbonne in Paris, Claude forges friendships and finds love, until he accidentally stumbles into an international crime ring. His life is changed forever.Determined to distance himself from his dysfunctional family, Claude embarks upon an international journey until fate intervenes and he returns to the family business.After years pass, he meets the love of his life...or so he believes. Again he is thrown into turmoil. A new love emerges and Claude is enraptured until the truth is revealed and Claude faces the ultimate decision. Should he forgive or flee?The story of a life filled with privilege, deceit and escapades, Claude's life is anything but simple.Claude is born into the de Passion矇 family, an old wealthy aristocratic French family with extensive ownership in wineries and vineyards. Claude starts life as a rebellious youth, constantly pushing back against his domineering mother, Marie-France and his philandering father, The Marquis.While studying at The Sorbonne in Paris, Claude forges friendships and finds love, until he accidentally stumbles into an international crime ring. His life is changed forever.Determined to distance himself from his dysfunctional family, Claude embarks upon an international journey until fate intervenes and he returns to the family business.After years pass, he meets the love of his life...or so he believes. Again he is thrown into turmoil. A new love emerges and Claude is enraptured until the truth is revealed and Claude faces the ultimate decision. Should he forgive or flee?The story of a life filled with privilege, deceit and escapades, Claude's life is anything but simple.
Get What You Want from Your Man
Provides a complete guide for women to understand their man, get everything they desire, and create the relationship of their dreams.
The Story of Yani’s Goal
Yani is a young child who does not know how to make decisions or solve problems on his own. Despite his lack of self-confidence, when the queen of his kingdom is captured and taken to the island of Herrt, he is determined to find a way to rescue her. In his adventurous journey to achieve that goal, he encounters a wise and kind teacher along with her unique and creative helpers. With simple visual tools, they enable him to develop the skills, self-confidence, and resilience he needs to make and follow through on responsible choices. Young children will not only be engaged by the story but will also learn thinking and communication tools that they can use every day in real life. The story has a moral: You can achieve your goals in life if you think through your actions so that they lead to win-win solutions to problems. Third in the series, this book focuses on cause-and-effect logic and how the consequences of choices lead to both positive and negative outcomes.
The Homosexuality Debate; Nature or Nurture
Has science identified a cause for homosexuality? Why are most Christian denominations and other major religions opposed to the practice of homosexuality? Can homosexuals change? These are just some of the questions persons are asking as the debate on homosexuality rages on. This book will seek to answer these and other questions as I draw on scientific research material, biblical commentaries and observations drawn from my years of experience as a counselling psychologist in Jamaica. The book provides insights that are useful in assisting persons to make informed decisions with regards to the practice of homosexuality.
Game Changer
Stop living on autopilot in your relationships and become captain of your own ship, then you can experience the authentic, long lasting, and monogamous relationship you deserve. This book is full of practical exercises to help you transform and maintain the relationship you are in or attract the one you want. Through consciously focusing on different areas of your life and bringing honest awareness to them you can approach the new model of interdependent relationships based upon fairness and truth for both parties. This book assists in evolving consciousness through using your intellect, logic, and awareness and applying it to your life and relationships. When confidence is gained then your bond of love with self is strengthened and you integrate with other bonds of love only then.
Game Changer
Stop living on autopilot in your relationships and become captain of your own ship, then you can experience the authentic, long lasting, and monogamous relationship you deserve. This book is full of practical exercises to help you transform and maintain the relationship you are in or attract the one you want. Through consciously focusing on different areas of your life and bringing honest awareness to them you can approach the new model of interdependent relationships based upon fairness and truth for both parties. This book assists in evolving consciousness through using your intellect, logic, and awareness and applying it to your life and relationships. When confidence is gained then your bond of love with self is strengthened and you integrate with other bonds of love only then.
The Stranger Who Loves You
The Stranger Who Loves You is an insightful, emotional lesson through the ups and downs of our relationships. Whether you are young and looking or mature and married, this book has something for everyone. We all have things to learn about our situations and things we want to improve on. This book can bring out the best in every couple by shedding light on what's in our hearts and minds. We cannot always express ourselves well, but the Stranger helps to clarify what we really mean and, thus, get to the root of the problem. If it's an argument to resolve or a relationship to improve on, The Stranger Who Loves You can put you on the right track.
Rain Makers Prayer Study Guide
Rainmakers prayer study guide is to set in motion and discover how to pray effectively. As you learn to pray and communicate to God, this study guide will assist you with your creativity, a renewed hope, and a strong sense of peace as you experience a newfound desire to speak to God. This prayer study guide assists you in discovering, experiencing, and accepting questions that are directed toward your prayer life. You will create your own plan of prayer as it relates to you. Whether it be addiction issues, trauma, relationship problems, abuse, or family struggles, you will find new strength in connecting to God, your perspective in praying to God, and transformation when you pray. God's kingdom has authority, power, and position to release your faith, reveal the temptations of this life, and find your fiery freedom as you secure your confidence through his purpose.
No More Fighting
Build a stronger bond with your partner in only 20 minutes a weekGet the guidance you need to tackle the fundamental issues that act as the triggers for conflict in your relationship. This title has everything you could want from relationship books, featuring straightforward anecdotes and simple exercises designed to help you work through 52 of the most common challenges faced by couples, and work towards a life with no more fighting.This standout among relationship books for couples takes a sympathetic and understanding approach to navigating difficult relationship issues. Not only will you learn how to approach specific obstacles but you'll also develop a communication toolbox that will help you maintain a happy and healthy relationship Go beyond other relationship books with: 52 Relationship challenges--From communication to sex, each weekly chapter focuses on an individual concern faced by many couples.20-minute exercises--Make it easy to work on your relationship no matter how busy you both are with short and simple exercises that help improve communication.Real case studies--Better understand these challenges with the help of case studies that demonstrate how they can present, how you can identify blind spots, and more.Whether it's marriage or any other committed relationship, develop the tools to stop fights before they start.
Aging in Place
Aging in Place is filled with information and ideas for both people with aging family members or seniors seeking to make their aging journey as stress-free as possible for themselves and their loved ones.
The Stranger Who Loves You
The Stranger Who Loves You is an insightful, emotional lesson through the ups and downs of our relationships. Whether you are young and looking or mature and married, this book has something for everyone. We all have things to learn about our situations and things we want to improve on. This book can bring out the best in every couple by shedding light on what's in our hearts and minds. We cannot always express ourselves well, but the Stranger helps to clarify what we really mean and, thus, get to the root of the problem. If it's an argument to resolve or a relationship to improve on, The Stranger Who Loves You can put you on the right track.
Grace According To Gifts
Russian novelist and philosopher, Fyodor Dostoevsky, wrote: "Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing." Life was going precisely as planned when Jim and Karol Holmes began praying, "We are your servants, Lord. Use us to make a difference in the lives of others." In response, God brought something they didn't expect. All it took was one phone call to set their lives on a path entirely different from the one they had imagined. Suddenly, they were faced with an agonizing decision when God asked them to love one very special child. In Grace According To Gifts, Karol Glueck Holmes is unflinchingly honest as she takes the reader on an incredible journey of love in action. She and Jim discover that, together, they have a gift that they didn't know they had and, frankly, didn't even want. As they answer God's call for their life, they are thrust into a world of heartache, tragedy, and extraordinary testing of their faith. They asked God to use them to make a difference for others. They never imagined that three little children would lead them and, ultimately, make a radical difference in them. Wherever you are in your journey through life, Karol's story will bring hope and cause you to stop and ask, "What does God want for my life?" Karol Glueck Holmes and her husband, Jim, live in a small rural community in the Midwest. Together they have seven beautiful children, six on earth and one in heaven. They own and operate a residential contracting business. Karol also works part-time in the special education department at a local elementary school. Karol is passionate about coming alongside new parents whose lives have been touched by the challenges of special needs and those who carry the heavy burden of child loss.
Tapestry
Author Hunter Darden explains the grieving process through her main character, Olivia. The story becomes the true roller coaster ride to healing...and the challenges one confronts when feeling that black cloud of hopelessness that covers in its thick, heavy blanket. The story allows you to feel the pain, to become one with it, then takes you on the road to healing. Tapestry will live forever in the hearts of readers. It will comfort every person who deals with loss. It will allow the reader to grieve and still feel safe.
The Comforter
"THE COMFORTER" is based upon the real experiences of the author - dreams, visions, signs and even healing from beyond the grave - that have left him in no doubt that he has genuinely interacted with his departed relatives, which, along with various other spiritual realizations and inspirations, surely prove that our lost loved ones - mind and spirit - literally survive the death of their bodies, remaining near us and continuing to love and care for us forevermore."Possibly the best book I've ever read on the subject...a unique book...that cannot fail to have a positive impact on the reader." - Homicide Caseworker.This book aims to give hope to all who read it as it explains that death is really a matter of perspective, just as when the sun goes down we are left in the dark and miss it, but all the while it is indeed still shining, just hidden from view by the horizon. It hopes to help grieving readers cope better with the loss of a loved one by explaining that they have only lost sight of them... temporarily."I read the first few chapters of the book to my mum and sisters...we're all so moved...mum is feeling happier than she was this morning because she was proper breaking down and slowly going into a dark place." - Reader who lost her father.While explaining its universal message, this book also answers many of life's most pondered questions, like: What happens after the body dies? Who is God and What Created It? Who do the Mother Goddess/Venus figurines represent? Where is heaven and what's it like? What shape is the universe and what lies beyond it? What is the meaning of life? Evolution or Creation... or both?Linking Biblical passages and imagery with Prehistoric, Ancient Egyptian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Rastafarian knowledge, highlighting that eternal life is the common message of all religious teachings, this book points out the unity and destiny of all beings (including animals), regardless of their faith, or lack thereof. Using a variety of illustrations to help explain each point, this book is designed to provide the reader with the essential facts in the easiest, quickest, most effective ways, promoting quicker healing and understanding."When we lose someone, we should be mindful of the fact that they are still near us, so we should behave how we would like them to see us behaving, knowing they still love us and still want us to be happy and make the most of our lives. Know that as long as we are happy, they are happy.""I hope that this book helps you live your life in the comfort of knowing you will always be loved and... you will always be!" - THE COMFORTER.
Diamonds in the Dust
A poem of grief held a life time, only to be made worse by the death of my brother. A tribute, a plan of action to recovery of a different kind. To lose my brother, horrible...to lose the other four siblings, immense. Help us to fly again...in missing man formation across the sky, the four together and he and I... from the 'orginal six' to become the 'fabulous five'. A doodle book to ponder what you might know and do.
Aging and Skilled Performance
The term "skill" encompasses an array of topics and issues. For example, individuals are skilled in a variety of domains such as chess, typing, air traffic control, or knitting; researchers study skill in a variety of ways, including speed of acquisition, accuracy of performance, and retention over time; and there are a variety of approaches to the study of skill such as computer modeling or experimental analysis. Contributing to the understanding of whether, how, when, and why skills may decline as a function of age is the goal of this volume. This book is based on the Aging and Skill Conference sponsored by the Center for Applied Cognitive Research on Aging. The broad focus of the conference was to discuss cognitive theories underlying age-related skill acquisition, transfer, and retention and to discuss applications of these theories to such issues as age-adaptive training, compensatory strategies and devices, and utilization of new and existing technology. The contributors were asked to discuss the cognitive theory relevant to their topic, explain how the theory informs the field about aging, examine where gaps exist among general cognitive theory in this area and theories of aging, and demonstrate the practical relevance of the theory to enhancing or enabling activities of daily living--for work, home, or leisure--for older adults. This is the first book to focus exclusively on aging and skill. It covers a range of abilities, provides the theoretical basis for the current status of age-related differences in skill, and offers direct evidence of the applicability of research on proficiency to aspects of daily living. Each chapter was written either by an expert in the field of aging, or by an expert in the field of skill--many expert in both areas.
Momma's Boys Make Bad Husbands...
Momma's Boys Make Bad Husbands is a biblically based look at how to do marriage in God's way. While not a deeply theological work, it contains sound truth straight out of the Bible. You will love Pastor Mel's honest, straightforward, anecdotal teaching about this most important of all human relationships. Applying these timeless truths will help you prepare for marriage or improve the one you are already in!
Let Not Man Put Asunder
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... Have you ever felt like Humpty Dumpty...with your life shattered into pieces by divorce or the threat of divorce? Let Not Man Put Asunder is the story of how Jesus took the broken pieces of my life after divorce and put them and ME back together again. The decisions of one person ultimately affected the lives of so many, but I am now standing confident and secure on the Solid Rock. Although I am no longer sitting fearfully on a wall, there are still some cracks, holes, and crevices that will never be the same. Psalms 147:3 says, "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Sandra Gollihar has been my mentor and friend for over 20 years.Time after time, I have come to her for marriage advice and have received the counsel and support I needed. Let Not Man Put Asunder is a book filled with tools from God's Word and life applications to guide you to a transformed marriage. Sandra's testimony and willingness to share the most vulnerable moments of her life are what makes this book so relatable. I implore you to heed the wisdom given in these pages. It will be live-changing! She is the author of three other excellent books: My Father in Heaven, My Father on Earth; A Study of the Good, the Bad, and the Desperate Women in the Bible; and By Hand or by Heart. Sandra has taught Sunday school classes of all ages, led ladies meetings, and spoken at ladies events in multiple venues, all while still remaining active in the visitation and soul-winning ministries of her local church. Mindy Holeman, Pastor's Wife
Family Matters
A support book for those who support family members overseas.
Indestructible
Indestructible tells the shocking story of a marriage that didn't go as planned, the truth that shattered everything, and the beautiful unfolding of a woman who decided that saving her marriage wasn't worth losing herself.
Parenting Across the Life Span
Parenting takes many twists and turns as we invest our energy into nurturing others. There will be wonderful surprises and proud moments interspersed with times of intense worry, sadness, frustration, and disappointment. Linda E. Powers, who raised three daughters and is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, educator, and former pediatric nurse, helps parents make sense of it all in this guide for helping children of all ages-from infancy into adulthood. She outlines theories of social and emotional development, the importance of mental health during pregnancy, how heredity and environment contribute to temperament, how to improve a toddler's speech through verbal interactions, the power of play and pretend, ways to help children understand right versus wrong, and how to navigate interactions with adult children. Parenting can be a more positive experience if we understand the developmental process, have good communication tools, and use effective strategies to manage stress while spending quality time with our families. Get meaningful insights to nurture future generations (as well as yourself) with the guidance in Parenting across the Lifespan.
Walking My Momma Home
You are NOT Alone!Over 15.7 million people today are caring for a loved one with dementia.As caregivers, it's easy for us to feel isolated. If you're weary of the heartache and losses you both suffer, of the restless nights and chaotic days, then you know that our frustrations, helplessness, and fear can drive us to our knees. Dementia is cruel.But the caregiving journey that we are on also offers unexpected, uplifting gifts: -profound personal insight-explosive spiritual growth-discovery of our deepest selfAll of these gifts are buried, to be uncovered in the experience of walking alongside.Caregiving is tough, yet it can open a channel to accessible grace that will change your life forever.Walking My Momma Home is a memoir of my mom and me. It's about love, hope, uncertainty, role reversal, courage and the raw humanity in Mom's experience of losing herself to the disease. It's about the hard decisions, conflicts, the relationship balancing and personal soul-stretching my caregiving required. It's our story of surprising joy and laughter, of tears and terrors, of opening hearts and deep, emotional healing. Filled with stories, reflection, insightful questions, and invaluable resources, Walking My Momma Home helps you reflect on and process your own journey through the raw experience of fellow travelers walking dementia's labyrinth.PRAISE FOR WALKING MY MOMMA HOME: "There are truly no words for how deeply this book resonated with me. There were so many days while reading it that the bravery and authenticity Kathy showed by sharing her journey helped me face the walk I'm currently on with my parents. I laughed. I cried. And then I cried some more, but I cried tears of comfort and understanding. This book is the ultimate story of the cycle of life - the journey home - that each of us is on, and it's full of light, love, and laughter along with all the tears. Thank you, Kathy, for writing such a powerful, heartfelt book and for sharing your journey and your mom's journey with the world. I'm forever grateful." --- D. D. Scott, International Bestselling AuthorABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kathy Flora is a Nationally Certified Career Counselor and Master Career Coach. She began this work at Purdue University in College Placement. Through successive job changes, she's worked as a consultant, a business executive, organization development and job search trainer, an elected State Representative in New Hampshire, an HR representative at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, and finally as a leadership program manager in an Intelligence Community agency in the federal service in Washington D. C. and Tampa, Florida.Her life's passion has been helping others find theirs. She has been a Hospice volunteer, is a leadership and HR blogger for A. J. O'Connor Associates, a volunteer career coach and speaker for CancerandCareers.org, and she delights in spending time helping out at Selah Vie, the local thrift store of Selah Freedom, a national not-for profit organization that fights Human Trafficking on the Suncoast and across the country.She is a mom, a grandma, a daughter, a sister, a friend and Jim's loving wife, a political junkie, public speaker, novice hiker, and an avid cyclist. She and Jim live in Bradenton, FL, with an inspiring view of the sunsets over the marsh along the Manatee River in a neighborhood with plenty of walking trails and biking paths. Those paths are where she finds her bliss nearly every morning before starting the rest of her day.This is her first book, and it was a surprise even to her since she sat down to write on an entirely different topic. But as you may have noticed, God had other plans.
Being Married To You Is Killing Me
Is God in the center of your marriage? Is your marriage built on the principal of purpose? Do you know what you are called to do in your marriage? What God has joined together, let no one tear it apart. Being Married To You Is Killing Me can help bring answers to your questions. It follows real-life examples of how God can save and bring you to a place of true happiness and fulfillment in your marriage. Sonya's transparency on marriage, love and ministry is a heartfelt journey of spiritual reformation. So many people get married for the wrong reasons and when situations happen that they are not equipped for, they quit. Being Married To You Is Killing Me reminds us that quitting doesn't have to be the answer. So, before you throw in the towel, give it a try, read this book. Open your ear to the heart of the Father. Only He knows what His plans are for your marriage. If God truly put your marriage together, He can make it last.
A Parent's Guide to Divorce
A Parent's Guide to Divorce is every family's reference for raising healthy, happy children of all ages through divorce at all stages. Healthy, thriving children have strong family bonds--but that doesn't mean their parents need to stay married. A Parent's Guide to Divorce coaches both high-conflict and cooperating parents alike on how to best address children's needs to become a stronger and closer family than before. From creating a parenting plan to navigating the post-divorce world, this child-centered reference teaches you what to say and do to guide your children through divorce. With age-specific guidance for toddlers to young adults, A Parent's Guide to Divorce offers proactive solutions to make your child a priority as you successfully transition to co-parenting. A Parent's Guide to Divorce helps your family overcome divorce and start a new chapter with: Child-centered guidance that incorporates developmental milestones for toddlers, preschoolers, young children, preteens, teenagers, and young adults. A step-by-step structure that offers support before, during, and after divorce. Practical tips that include scripts for finding compassionate answers to tough questions, and advice on handling holidays, making two homes truly home, new relationships, and other important topics for co-parents. Divorce is a difficult time for you and your children, but it's only part of your story. A Parent's Guide to Divorce shows you how to turn a new page and give your kids a childhood filled with positive memories.
You Can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse
Heal your pain and break free from toxic relationships with this unique recovery program designed by one of the world's leading authorities on narcissistic abuse. Narcissistic abuse was originally defined as a specific form of emotional abuse of children by narcissistic parents. More recently, the term has been applied more broadly, referring to any abuse by a narcissist (someone that who admires their own attributes)--especially adult-to-adult relationships, where the abuse may be mental, physical, financial, spiritual, or sexual. If you have been through an abusive relationship with someone who has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, you will know that no one understands what you are going through unless they have personally experienced it. Author Melanie Tonia Evans was abused by her former husband for over five years, and it almost took her to the point of no return. At her lowest point, she had an epiphany that signified the birth of the Quanta Freedom Healing Technique, which she presents here. In this book, you will learn how to: - recognize if you are in an abusive relationship - detach or remove yourself from the narcissist's ability to affect or abuse you - identify your subconscious programming, release it, and replace it - focus on healing yourself to become empowered to thrive and not just survive With thousands of patients successfully treated worldwide, this revolutionary program is designed to heal you from the inside out.
The Relevance of Christian Counseling Today
If you are a pastor, Christian counselor, chaplain, or a student training to become a minister, this book is for you. The book is informative and inspiring and the chapter on, "What is Missing from the 21st Century Pulpit," paints the picture of the real life setting that impacts every church. Also included in this book is a couple's conflict resolution diagnostic instrument. The instrument has the capacity to reveal and uncover conflicts between a couple without either one disclosing or verbalizing their conflict. The book will sharpen your sense of awareness to the reality of the people sitting in your church pews and the urgent need for a paradigm shift in the way you minister to these people to meet their felt needs beyond the spiritual. Beverly Sterling-Cross was born in Jamaica and migrated to the United States at an early age. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees in Christian Counseling and is presently pursuing her lifelong dream as a Christian counselor. Beverly has been a ministerial spouse for over four decades. She was married to Dr. Milton Sterling for forty-three years, he predeceased her. She is presently married to Dr. Dolphy Cross, a pastor, psychotherapist, and conflict resolution specialist. She has seen, heard, and felt the pain and woes of many members sitting in the pews of different congregations. She has also seen how pastors responded to the many silent calls for help. These and much more motivated and inspired her to write this book. Her encouragement to you is to have faith in God and hope in the future you cannot see. She believes that the Creator God is in the business of making something out of nothing.
