Parenting Essentials

Communication expert and popular speaker Quentin Schultze offers a practical, accessible, and inspiring guide to public speaking, showing readers how to serve their audiences with faith, skill, and virtue. This thoroughly rewritten and expanded edition has been tested and revised with input from Christian undergraduates and contains new chapters on timely topics, such as speaking for video, conducting group presentations, and engaging society civilly. A complete public speaking textbook for Christian universities, it includes helpful sidebars, tips, and appendixes.

If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP), you're in good company. HSPs make up some 20 percent of the population, individuals like you who both enjoy and wrestle with a finely tuned nervous system. You often sense things that others ignore such as strong smells, bright lights, and the crush of crowds. Even the presence of strangers in your immediate vicinity can cause you considerable distraction.

People often confuse communication for talking or making conversation, and this is the root cause of why many of these same people are so unsuccessful when it comes to how to communicate better. Communication in relationships, at its core, is about connecting and using your verbal, written, and physical skills to fulfill your partner’s needs.

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe firsthand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering.

The desire for dignity is universal and powerful. It is a motivating force behind all human interaction - in families, in communities, in the business world, and in relationships at the international level. When dignity is violated, the response is likely to involve aggression, even violence, hatred, and vengeance. On the other hand, when people treat one another with dignity, they become more connected and are able to create more meaningful relationships.

The fourth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

American baby boomers are aging, and 15 million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in US history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals, as well as for society. This book is a passionate exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers". Author Sara Zeff Geber takes listeners on a journey, starting with the choice for childlessness and then suggests ways in which Solo Agers can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship-building and rigorous planning for their future.

Being a dad isn’t easy. And life moves fast as dads juggle their responsibilities at work and home on a daily basis. As a result, a lot of dads end up letting mom lead the family—causing every relationship in the family to suffer. In this audio, Parenting by Design founders Chris Groff and Lee Long give busy dads the basic principles they need to improve their parenting skills.

Take the leap from terrified newbie to confident dad in your first year of fatherhood – even if diapers seem unsolvable and swaddles make you sweat! You're not alone. Fatherhood is like assembling an Ikea cupboard with no instructions – simple in theory, confusing in practice. You don’t need to be an expert to conquer fatherhood. All you need are the right tools and a touch of humor. What if there was a guide just for you – a first-time dad – with practical advice, ingenious baby hacks, and entertaining anecdotes? Well, that guide exists!

A strong relationship thrives on open and honest communication…. Discover how to reignite your relationship with your partner. You don't have to be a perfect communicator–sometimes you’re going to make mistakes. And that's okay…. After all, you’re only human.

The Motivational Interviewing Path to Personal Change combines forty years of research-proven strategies along with skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you get started on the path to positive change.

Dr Sara Kayat is a GP and mum of two – as a medical professional overwhelmed by the information (and often lack of information!) available to new parents, she wanted to write the book that she wish she’d had when she was starting her family. The chapters cover everything from pre-pregnancy nutrition, early pregnancy symptoms and FAQs, to what all the medical jargon at your scans really means, when to worry and when not to worry, what to expect, what is normal, and when to seek further help – Sara has it all covered.

This audiobook is all about the wonderful world of the mind and its subconscious. We all find ourselves living in a highly competitive world. There’s always someone else just around the corner trying to take what we have or do what we do better and more efficiently. People are always looking for that "cure-all" or "magic bullet" which will put them one step ahead. But the real truth is...we already possess it!

If you've always wanted to achieve greatness in your life, but you struggle with negative thoughts or productivity, then pay attention...Two manuscripts in one audiobook: Mindset and Self-Talk. Some of the topics covered: Unlocking the power of positive thinking through learning how to approach each day with joy and enthusiasm, and where negative self-talk comes from, and how we form habits and behaviors from it that are holding us back.

You find yourself at a crossroads, feeling a stirring in your soul that there must be more to life than the daily grind. Each day seems to blur into the next, leaving you craving deeper connections and lasting fulfillment. When you think you will never escape the cycle of monotony, a spark ignites within you, urging you to explore the ten essential keys that can transform your existence. As you embark on this enlightening journey, prepare to discover practical tools that uplift your spirit and empower you to embrace happiness.

Thanks to technology and marriage equality, more and more people are looking to become parents. Third-party reproduction has become easier, more accessible, and more successful, yet it is a complex process. Regardless of their gender or marital status, people come to the process with questions like, "How are sperm, eggs, embryos, or surrogates screened?", "What are the legal issues surrounding surrogacy?", "How do I find an egg donor?", and "How do I tell my family's story?" Your Future Family is the definitive handbook to answer these important questions.

Take a second to imagine how you’ll feel once you start accomplishing your goals and how your family and friends will react when you become successful. Even if you lack willpower and motivation, you can attain your goals by following the simple and practical advice in this audiobook. Includes: Goal-Setting and Procrastination.

In his commencement address to the graduating class of 2016, James E. Ryan, dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, offered remarkable advice to the crowd of hopeful men and women eager to make their marks on the world. The key to achieving emotional connections and social progress, he told them, can be found in five essential questions.

Welcome to the "GUIDED MEDITATION ESSENTIAL BUNDLES" program, an audiobook series specifically designed for beginners to guide you through the transformative world of meditation. This program includes Beginner Friendly Sessions for Deep Sleep, Complete Relaxation, Stress And Anxiety Relief, Pain Alleviation, and Energy Renewal.

This indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book to infertility provides people with the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate fertility treatments and highs and lows of their infertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides listeners through every stage of the process—from knowing when to seek medical advice to parenting after infertility, and everything in between.