Great Parenting

Do you need some good parenting advice and tips? This book is for you! There are many books on recovering from the trauma of child abuse, but not many that focus on the job of parenting afterwards. This groundbreaking self-help book reinforces the importance of healing the damage to be the best parent you can be. While the subject is heavy, there are many light and humorous moments throughout the book, especially in the parenting scenarios. This is a parenting book with useful tips, whether you came from abuse or not.

At a time when the institution of marriage is failing in our culture, Christians are making a renewed commitment to discover the richness of biblical marriages as the foundation of society. In this collection of wedding sermons, Peter Leithart illuminates the subject from many perspectives, forming a loose, down-to-earth "systematic theology of marriage" that connects marriage with the doctrines of creation, salvation, sacraments, church, eschatology, and more.

Step into the transformative world of Wallace D. Wattles with "The Science Of Being Great," the third book in his seminal trilogy. Experience this pioneering work in its original 1910 edition, meticulously reproduced for today's listeners, complete with essential annotations including Historical Context and a Publisher's Preface.

In this short treatise, New Thought author Christian Larson discusses the power of the subconscious mind and the importance of establishing a working relationship with it. In the words of the author: "What is produced in the within will invariably come forth into expression in the personality; therefore, by knowing how to impress the subconscious, man may give his personal self any quality desired, and in any quantity desired."

The ultimate guide for wedding speeches. Attention Best Man: If you’ve been asked to be the Best Man in a wedding, then this is the audiobook for you! You'll get: All of the duties required of the Best Man. How to prepare, brainstorm, outline, rehearse, and execute your speech. We’ll discuss all of the duties of a Best Man so you're completely prepared for the day of the wedding. This will include coordinating with the bride and groom, dress and appearance, interacting with friends and family, recording the speech, and so much more.

Communication is the most important aspect of our daily lives, yet most of us are not very good at it, and it takes a back seat in academic study. We learn history, science, and math, and we learn to memorize the spelling of words and their meanings as well as how to put them together in sentences through proper punctuation. However, we receive little instruction on how to use those words and sentences to express adequately our ideas, create consensus, resolve conflicts, and improve our alliances.

If you've ever yearned for your parents' approval, felt the weight of their high expectations, or experienced the burden of unspoken obligations to care for them as they age, you're not alone. Too often, we hesitate to ask our parents about their lives, held back by mistaken beliefs or past conflicts. With warmth, wit, and vulnerability Amy Yip explores the profound influence her parents had on her life and offers you a roadmap to navigate conversations with your own parents.

If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common, it's this: they've all written some hot garbage. Revisionaries takes you on an engrossing tour through the discarded drafts, false starts, and abandoned projects of influential writers. In the process, it dismantles some of our most deeply held—and most suffocating—ideas about what it takes to produce great creative work.

The Great “I Am" written by author, motivational speaker, certified life coach Marisa L. Readus is set to bring forth the power of our words. It can often be taken for granted that we hold this power. In reality our words speak of our truth, values, and beliefs. What do you believe? This short story is designed to awaken the unconscious words spoken. Also, designed to ignite your conscious to intentional actions we can take to manifest our desired outcome. Your words are you! You are indeed manifesting your world with words.

On August 5, 2015, I took a surprise visit to the cardiac wing of Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. I suffered what was labeled a "small" heart attack. I remember thinking, "If this is small, I'd hate to see medium." Per the advice of my doctor, I changed my diet. I started exercising more. I decided to work on controlling stress. This audiobook is about the stress control part of my change. For the past four years, I have written a daily list: great things that happened today.

After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Matt Burriesci set out to write a book about 32 great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life. As someone who has spent a long and successful career advocating for great literature, Burriesci defends the great books in this series of tender and candid letters, rich in personal experience and full of humor.

As foreclosure fragments her family, five-year-old Mildred and her three siblings find refuge with her grandparents enjoying a modest retirement. When the "little heathens" flush the seniors and their child-rearing skills out of retirement, the grandparents deploy tough but loving bedtime schedules, Bible and prayer routines, and plenty of character-building chores. Having no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life.

Sage advice distilled from a Hall of Fame coach’s years of interactions and astute observations, this straight-to-the-point guidebook for parents of young athletes describes how to support your child’s journey to their dreams and capture their heart.

Criar a nuestros hijos es una experiencia bonita, fascinante y gratificante. Pero todo padre o madre atraviesa docenas de momentos frustrantes en los que se exaspera y duda de sí mismo. Nicholas Provenzano nos ayuda a combatir esa sensación. Ha pasado más de quince años de su vida profesional en las aulas, ayudando a desarrollar habilidades para el pensamiento crítico y la solución de problemas. Y, además, es padre.

Before there was "The Secret" there was Wallace D Wattles.

Love: it is the single human emotion that has inspired the most passionate and despairing poems in the language. Words sprung from the heart, this collection of our greatest love poems speaks to our deepest memories, our most ardent longings. In The Voices of Love, 10 talented actors read the enthralling testimony of poets over the centuries, who write of the heart's desires, the soul's choice. Here is life at its most intense. Listen, and be changed forever.

Empty Nest is hard enough to go through, but when there is no one who understands what you feel, it is harder. When everyone around you is either negative about the experience or tells you that you are being silly or you should be happy, they don't understand. It is especially hard when no one has been "Mom," but you. Great Grandma understands. This book was created out of a need for an older, more experienced woman to share her viewpoint of this pivotal transition in life.

Here's the problem: In my work as a speaking coach people tell me all the time how much they dislike, even hate, speaking before others. And is it ever obvious when I sit in on their presentations... the shaky voices, the tense and uninspiring delivery, the red faces and off-putting body language.

Think about it... If you ever find yourself up there in front of the room, giving talks or presentations lacking in confidence, expertise, or charisma, you don't lead, you don't convince, and you don't sell. Bottom line: Bad talks are bad for business. In this one-of-a-kind "Learn & Affirm" audio you will not only learn eight powerful strategies that will give you the ability to speak with poise, power, and pizzazz in front of any audience, but by using Stan Munslow's proven "Learn & Affirm" process, you will learn these strategies faster and more effectively than you ever thought possible.

In a world where relationships can be complex and challenging, Love, Trust, and Understanding offers a guiding light towards creating and nurturing extraordinary connections. This insightful and practical book explores the profound significance of love, trust, and understanding in our relationships and provides a roadmap for cultivating deep, meaningful bonds.