An incisive “couple’s workshop in a book” for navigating the challenges of relationships and unlocking lasting love Linda Carroll’s first book, Love Cycles , describes the five stages of intimate relationships in detail, illuminating the behaviors associated with each stage and strategies for successfully navigating them. This companion workbook, Love Skills , is a practical guide to creating and maintaining a loving relationship. Exercises,...
The universe apparently thrusts complimentary opposites together and calls them the full quantum of love. In an attempt to have us love more of ourselves and our world, we are given a mirror. As we move through our lessons of love, there is more clarity reflected with the recognition of the profound truth that we are all one in spirit. That which we cannot love, we will attract until we do. <br><br>The ultimate goal is to love all the parts of yourself; including the ego, the liar,...
Mama Says is a delightful, funny, and very wise book of over 400 sayings from mothers from around the world that represent a lineage of mothers' wisdom. The sayings are not always kind, not always useful, but always true to the intention of teaching young ones how to survive in the world. Many times, it's clear that these sayings are inherited wisdom, received from their mothers who learned it from theirs back into the untraceable past:"Nobody said life was fair."«You don't have...
Als der achtjährige Lukas seinem Vater Frank Bonkowski verkündet, nicht mehr an Gott glauben zu wollen, geht es dem Pastor durch Mark und Bein. Es ist weniger der Schock über den Unglauben seines Sohnes, sondern vielmehr die Tatsache, dass er selber gerade durch eine tiefe Glaubens- und Lebenskrise gegangen ist, die ihn bei Lukas‘ Worten so betroffen macht. Statt seinen Sohn zum Glauben zu überreden, wagt er ein ungewöhnliches Experiment: Er schlägt ihm vor, gemeinsam nach Afrika zu reisen....
Anxiety is one of the biggest challenges facing people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families. They can experience anxiety in all areas of their lives–school, family, and social life–and it compounds the difficulties they already may have with communicating, interacting socially, and controlling their emotions. Managing Anxiety in People with Autism is one of the first books to provide practical information about dealing with anxiety in people with ASD. Drawing on her...
Challenging behaviour, violent outbursts and meltdowns can put a strain on the entire family of a child on the autism spectrum. This book offers practical, long-term and effective strategies to help resolve common challenging behaviours using a low arousal approach – a non-aversive approach based on avoiding confrontation and reducing stress and anxiety. Managing Family Meltdown provides explanations for challenging behaviours, and offers a wealth of guidance on how families can manage...
This is a study guide on marriage. Discussions include: covenant vs contract, concepts of biblical marriage, loneliness and looking for a mate, the realities of divorce, and family in the larger community. I titled the study guide «Marriage in Interesting Times,» because we are living at a time when profound changes in the way marriage is understood. Not that long ago, it was assumed by many in American society that traditional marriage not only involved a man and a woman, but the man was the...
