Forever Grateful (Kindle Edition)

Forever Grateful (Kindle Edition)
By Sonia Rumzi

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A short story by women's fiction bestselling author Sonia Rumzi.

When life deals you harshness, never look upon it as a mistake. It might not be! It might be the very thing you need or the very thing someone else needs from you or through you. A story of caring and helping. Women helping each other in times of crisis.A short story by women's fiction bestselling author Sonia Rumzi.

When life deals you harshness, never look upon it as a mistake. It might not be! It might be the very thing you need or the very thing someone else needs from you or through you. A story of caring and helping. Women helping each other in times of crisis. Read more

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Beyond Schizophrenia: Michael's Journey (Reflections of America) (Kindle Edition)

Beyond Schizophrenia: Michael's Journey (Reflections of America) (Kindle Edition)
By Susan Frances Dunham

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What would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affected every aspect of his life?

Susie Dunham, Midwestern mom and former nurse, never suspected her son Michael was anything but a typical college student with big dreams until he developed schizophrenia
shortly after his 21st birthday. The Dunham family quickly becomes immersed in the nightmare world of mental illness in America: psychiatric wards, a seemingly indifferent nursing staff, and the trial-and-error world of psychotropic meds. Michael’s ultimate recovery and remission comes with plenty of traumatic incidents involving both ignorance and stigma, but his courage and quest for dignity will inspire all readers.

Also available in trade paperback and eBook editionsWhat would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affected every aspect of his life?

Susie Dunham, Midwestern mom and former nurse, never suspected her son Michael was anything but a typical college student with big dreams until he developed schizophrenia
shortly after his 21st birthday. The Dunham family quickly becomes immersed in the nightmare world of mental illness in America: psychiatric wards, a seemingly indifferent nursing staff, and the trial-and-error world of psychotropic meds. Michael’s ultimate recovery and remission comes with plenty of traumatic incidents involving both ignorance and stigma, but his courage and quest for dignity will inspire all readers.

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An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life (Kindle Edition)

An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life (Kindle Edition)
By Women of the Pixie Chicks Writers' Group

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Where would we be in life without relationships? "An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life" uses poetry, life essays and short stories to look at how we relate to one another as well as to ourselves. Written by 55 women authors, "An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life" is filled with personal stories of a very varied group of women.

The authors of this book are Suzanne Ames, Jennifer Anderson, Ruth Barnes, Cynthia Brauer, Noreen Brisson, Sharon S. Brown, Sherry A.E. Cann, JoEllen Claypool, Elizabeth Cline, Patricia Cunfer, Rochelle Cunningham, Eileen L. Davidson, Conda V. Douglas, Rebecca Duggan, Allison Early, Sheila Eismann, Susan Emerson, Elyse Ericsson, Judy Ferro, Karma Fitzgerald, Tina Frederick, Jane Freund, Carol S.Y. Garcia, Karen Garruto, Carol Green, Merri Halma, Carolyn Haney, Kathleen Hiler, Giselle Jeffries, Lydia Justice-Edwards, Thelma Kirby Dobbs, Leona Lynne, Joan McBride, Nancy McKeeth, Ann McQueen, Lori Mers, Benita Nelson, Clancy Passey, Carol Peterson, Caroll Pilcher, Patty Poulsen, Taffy Pullin, Lynette Sali, Araminta Self, Gena Shikles, Suzanne McHone-Stevens, Janet Strong, Heather Sturgeon, Kearney Thompson, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, Nina Trenwith, Joanna Tucker, Phyllis Vavold, Teresa Weber, and Jennifer Whitewing

This book is the second volume written by the Women of the Pixie Chicks Writers' Group and comes just six months after the success of "An Eclectic Collage: Creative Works by the Women of the Pixie Chicks Writers' Group".Where would we be in life without relationships? "An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life" uses poetry, life essays and short stories to look at how we relate to one another as well as to ourselves. Written by 55 women authors, "An Eclectic Collage Volume 2: Relationships of Life" is filled with personal stories of a very varied group of women.

The authors of this book are Suzanne Ames, Jennifer Anderson, Ruth Barnes, Cynthia Brauer, Noreen Brisson, Sharon S. Brown, Sherry A.E. Cann, JoEllen Claypool, Elizabeth Cline, Patricia Cunfer, Rochelle Cunningham, Eileen L. Davidson, Conda V. Douglas, Rebecca Duggan, Allison Early, Sheila Eismann, Susan Emerson, Elyse Ericsson, Judy Ferro, Karma Fitzgerald, Tina Frederick, Jane Freund, Carol S.Y. Garcia, Karen Garruto, Carol Green, Merri Halma, Carolyn Haney, Kathleen Hiler, Giselle Jeffries, Lydia Justice-Edwards, Thelma Kirby Dobbs, Leona Lynne, Joan McBride, Nancy McKeeth, Ann McQueen, Lori Mers, Benita Nelson, Clancy Passey, Carol Peterson, Caroll Pilcher, Patty Poulsen, Taffy Pullin, Lynette Sali, Araminta Self, Gena Shikles, Suzanne McHone-Stevens, Janet Strong, Heather Sturgeon, Kearney Thompson, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, Nina Trenwith, Joanna Tucker, Phyllis Vavold, Teresa Weber, and Jennifer Whitewing

This book is the second volume written by the Women of the Pixie Chicks Writers' Group and comes just six months after the success of "An Eclectic Collage: Creative Works by the Women of the Pixie Chicks Writers' Group". Read more

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How's Your Family Really Doing? (Kindle Edition)

How's Your Family Really Doing? (Kindle Edition)
By Don MacMannis Ph.D.

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For most people, family is valued above all else. But the kind of family we want and the family we’ve created can be as different as night and day. Families can be our greatest comfort or the source of our deepest pain. Unprecedented levels of stress, massive cultural shifts, and new technologies challenge the way we live. We are flooded with more information and one-size-fits-all solutions than anyone can sort through, and it is little wonder parents feel at a loss for answers when their families are in crisis.
Because most of us haven’t had classes in how to be a family, Don MacMannis, Ph.D., and Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W., have written How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family (Two Harbors Press, $15.95), a guidebook that synthesizes contributions from family studies, psychological and brain research, systems theory and spirituality. The book highlights the ten essential keys that define successful families and provides practical tools to personalize every reader’s experience.

As a society, we are relentlessly inundated with “how to books” that typically focus on symptoms that one or more family members are experiencing- anxiety, depression, school problems, out of control behaviors, addictions, etc. But parents buying books about fixing specific problems are often frustrated when trying new techniques without success. That’s because these books fail to include what else may be going on in the family that can create or maintain problem behaviors. In contrast, How’s Your Family Really Doing? provides the reader with a checklist of the most important, underlying “family factors” that can add to their efforts at change.
The book begins with a 50-point questionnaire—the Current Family Assessment—to evaluate the family, identify where it is thriving, and explore where improvements are needed. Upon completing the questionnaire, readers learn which of the 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family need attention and why. Providing practical tools for families in any stage of the life cycle, it is concise, engaging, and designed to capture the interest of working moms and dads who are often too busy to pore through lengthier works.
“As practicing psychotherapists for 30-plus years, we have worked with thousands of couples and families who have reached out for help,” explain the authors. “Our model is positive, practical, and strength-based, and this book is an extension of that affirming approach.”

How’s Your Family Really Doing? helps parents:

• Recognize the characteristics of healthy families and how to bring out the best in one another.
• Identify their family’s strengths and areas needing improvement.
• Facilitate conversations about desired changes.
• Create a working set of goals to focus efforts at improvement.
• Examine the similarities and differences between their family of origin and current family.
• Find specific ways to strengthen skills for each of the 10 Keys.

How’s Your Family Really Doing? provides parents with the knowledge and resources to create happier, healthier, and more loving families for a lifetime.For most people, family is valued above all else. But the kind of family we want and the family we’ve created can be as different as night and day. Families can be our greatest comfort or the source of our deepest pain. Unprecedented levels of stress, massive cultural shifts, and new technologies challenge the way we live. We are flooded with more information and one-size-fits-all solutions than anyone can sort through, and it is little wonder parents feel at a loss for answers when their families are in crisis.
Because most of us haven’t had classes in how to be a family, Don MacMannis, Ph.D., and Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W., have written How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family (Two Harbors Press, $15.95), a guidebook that synthesizes contributions from family studies, psychological and brain research, systems theory and spirituality. The book highlights the ten essential keys that define successful families and provides practical tools to personalize every reader’s experience.

As a society, we are relentlessly inundated with “how to books” that typically focus on symptoms that one or more family members are experiencing- anxiety, depression, school problems, out of control behaviors, addictions, etc. But parents buying books about fixing specific problems are often frustrated when trying new techniques without success. That’s because these books fail to include what else may be going on in the family that can create or maintain problem behaviors. In contrast, How’s Your Family Really Doing? provides the reader with a checklist of the most important, underlying “family factors” that can add to their efforts at change.
The book begins with a 50-point questionnaire—the Current Family Assessment—to evaluate the family, identify where it is thriving, and explore where improvements are needed. Upon completing the questionnaire, readers learn which of the 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family need attention and why. Providing practical tools for families in any stage of the life cycle, it is concise, engaging, and designed to capture the interest of working moms and dads who are often too busy to pore through lengthier works.
“As practicing psychotherapists for 30-plus years, we have worked with thousands of couples and families who have reached out for help,” explain the authors. “Our model is positive, practical, and strength-based, and this book is an extension of that affirming approach.”

How’s Your Family Really Doing? helps parents:

• Recognize the characteristics of healthy families and how to bring out the best in one another.
• Identify their family’s strengths and areas needing improvement.
• Facilitate conversations about desired changes.
• Create a working set of goals to focus efforts at improvement.
• Examine the similarities and differences between their family of origin and current family.
• Find specific ways to strengthen skills for each of the 10 Keys.

How’s Your Family Really Doing? provides parents with the knowledge and resources to create happier, healthier, and more loving families for a lifetime. Read more

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Train the Brain to Hear: Brain Training Techniques to Treat Auditory Processing Disorders in Kids with ADD/ADHD, Low Spectrum Autism, and Auditory Processing Disorders (Paperback)

Train the Brain to Hear: Brain Training Techniques to Treat Auditory Processing Disorders in Kids with ADD/ADHD, Low Spectrum Autism, and Auditory Processing Disorders (Paperback)
By Jennifer L. Holland

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Train the Brain to Hear was written by a parent and teacher for parents and teachers. The program utilizes brain training techniques specific to auditory learning to encourage development of the connection between the brain and the ears. The program also focuses on treating many of the symptoms of auditory processing disorders in children who have ADD/ADHD, low spectrum autism, hearing impairments and auditory processing disorders. One of the most difficult things for a parent to hear is that there is something wrong with a child and that there is nothing that can be done to help him. This is what author Jennifer Holland and her husband Charles were told in 2001 when their oldest son was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder. It began a mission to find ways to help their child succeed in the classroom and in life. Jennifer developed a program to treat auditory processing difficulties in pre- and early readers and also in older children that addresses many of the difficulties those children have functioning in everyday situations. Train the Brain to Hear will help children who have auditory processing difficulties as part of their ADD/ADHD, low spectrum autism, or hearing impairment, as well as those who have only auditory processing difficulties. The program was written for every parent who has been told there was nothing that could be done and for every teacher who knows more can be. Read more

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Mama Moon (True, inspirational story of courage, love & triumph! Almost free) (Kindle Edition)

Mama Moon (True, inspirational story of courage, love & triumph! Almost free) (Kindle Edition)
By Susan Gayle

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An inspirational story of an extraordinary mother whose love for her children drove her to accomplish the seemingly impossible -- becoming a self-made millionaire despite her illiteracy and hardships. An incredible, true story of love, courage, and perseverance.

After fleeing an abusive, arranged marriage, Moon married an American soldier and immigrated to the United States from Korea in the 1950s. Her secure happy life ended abruptly when her husband did not return from Vietnam. A sheltered housewife who could barely read and write, left with three small children, and without family and friends. So began her incredible journey toward caring for and building a future for her children. Faced with every tragedy known to mankind, and armed with nothing but sheer will power, Moon discovered a knack for negotiating lucrative real estate business deals.

Although Moon’s new life brought many hardships, working for days without sleep, dealing with the sorrow of losing two children tragically, struggling with illiteracy, to name a few, Moon was forever grateful for every hardship she experienced and overcame.

Moon wanted to share her life story with others. To give hope to those who are at their darkest hour. To inspire those who want to achieve more in life. To help people stop feeling sorry for themselves. By sharing herself with others, she hoped that they would appreciate what they have – no matter how little or small – and use it to their fullest potential.

Most, if not all, readers will find they have much, much more to start with compared to Moon. So you’ll be left with no excuses for fulfilling your dreams and armed with the motivation to do so. She achieved the impossible, so can you!
An inspirational story of an extraordinary mother whose love for her children drove her to accomplish the seemingly impossible -- becoming a self-made millionaire despite her illiteracy and hardships. An incredible, true story of love, courage, and perseverance.

After fleeing an abusive, arranged marriage, Moon married an American soldier and immigrated to the United States from Korea in the 1950s. Her secure happy life ended abruptly when her husband did not return from Vietnam. A sheltered housewife who could barely read and write, left with three small children, and without family and friends. So began her incredible journey toward caring for and building a future for her children. Faced with every tragedy known to mankind, and armed with nothing but sheer will power, Moon discovered a knack for negotiating lucrative real estate business deals.

Although Moon’s new life brought many hardships, working for days without sleep, dealing with the sorrow of losing two children tragically, struggling with illiteracy, to name a few, Moon was forever grateful for every hardship she experienced and overcame.

Moon wanted to share her life story with others. To give hope to those who are at their darkest hour. To inspire those who want to achieve more in life. To help people stop feeling sorry for themselves. By sharing herself with others, she hoped that they would appreciate what they have – no matter how little or small – and use it to their fullest potential.

Most, if not all, readers will find they have much, much more to start with compared to Moon. So you’ll be left with no excuses for fulfilling your dreams and armed with the motivation to do so. She achieved the impossible, so can you!
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My Crazy Baby Brother (Paperback)

My Crazy Baby Brother (Paperback)
By Charlotte Dean

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Customer tags: educational books for children, educational, education, sibling rivalry, charlotte dean, baby, siblings, childrens books, parenting, baby book

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My Crazy Baby Brother is a sweet, funny children's book about an older brother coming to terms with having a new baby brother in his life. Read more

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