Self Development Family

When Melissa Moore was 13 years old, her father said to her, "I know how to kill someone and get away with it". At the time she chalked it up to his love of detective novels, but it didn't change the fact that her father had always been someone who made her anxious. Two years later, in 1995, Melissa's father was arrested for the murder of eight women over a period of five years - he was the serial killer known nationally as the Happy Face Killer.

Shine from Within is the go-to guide to help girls navigate their teen years with a positive, fresh take on self-image and overall wellbeing. Amanda Rootsey brings a wealth of experience not only from her own teenage years but also from her work with teenage girls through her Shine from Within programs. Amanda delivers a book that teens will want to listen to: big sister guidance written in a fun, caring, relatable style, which also makes it a perfect gift from mums, aunts, god mothers and friends for the teen girl in their life.

Eating Disorders, depression, gender confusion - these sound like problems for other people, but the reality is your students are dealing with them every day. The issues that girls face are growing in complexity and number. Written with the end user in mind, this resource will be one that won't leave a youth worker's hands.

Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question - from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair!" - Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to explain the world to your growing child.

The audiobook is divided into units on self-worth, self-respect, and self-esteem; friendship; love and meaningful relationships; finding meaning, purpose, and direction in life; giving, sharing, and making a difference; encouragement and success; and coping with pressure, stress, and tough issues. Real teens reviewed this work, and the authors completed it with the collaborative feedback of those teens.

Martha Alicia Chávez give us the best method to recognize truth as a fundamental part in our maturation process and personal growth. In Honor of Truth is a book about authenticity, congruency, and the healing power of truth. The author shows us different ways of deceiving ourselves when we talk about our children, our romantic relationships, our money, and other social situations.

Eltern wollen, dass ihre Kinder stark werden, damit sie gut durchs Leben kommen. Leandra Vogt, Kindheitspädagogin und Resilienztrainerin für Eltern, zeigt, wie das mit den 8 Schlüsseln der Resilienz gelingt. Es ist normal, hinzufallen, entscheidend ist, wieder aufzustehen. Das gilt für Kinder ebenso wie für Eltern, die Kraft für den Familienalltag, im Beruf oder für die Bewältigung innerer Konflikte brauchen und weil der Resilienzschlüssel "Beziehung" wesentlich für Familien ist.

Whether you're becoming a mum for the first time or you have children who are growing up faster than you could have ever imagined, motherhood can feel like the most joyful and yet the most daunting of times. But you're not alone. From the moment I knew my first baby was a girl I started to plan, hope and dream. I couldn't wait to experience that special bond, but I wondered how I'd feel about being a working mum, how I'd hold on to the person I am.

Joe Massengale grew up a poor African-American boy in Depression-era Texas, never imagining that he would one day be a successful businessman, race-horse owner, and father. In this book, Massengale distills his success into six learned principles: confidence, fortitude, persistence, pride, fearlessness, and focus.

Nothing beats a good connection, whether it's romantic, familial, or self-care. A relationship is a tight bond between two people that can be favorable or bad. There are different kinds of connections, each with its own set of features. Trust, mutual respect, honesty, open communication, and affection are characteristics of healthy partnerships. According to Sternberg's triangle theory of love, depending on which of these three aspects is present, we can find ourselves in one or more of these seven types of relationships.

Fast jeder erlebt Belastungen und Enttäuschungen gegenüber den Eltern. Werden die negativen Einflüsse zu stark, wird die Persönlichkeitsentfaltung gehemmt. Wir können das verletzte innere Kind, das Schattenkind, heilen. Mit einer innere Stimme, die sich liebevoll und unterstützend dem jüngeren Selbst zuwendet - mit der heilenden Kraft der elterlichen Liebe. Kümmern wir uns wie eine fürsorgliche Mutter und ein einfühlsamer Vater um uns selbst, finden wir die Unterstützung, die wir als Kind vermisst haben: Zuwendung (Nestwärme) und Ermutigung (Flügel).

The Happiest Women is an exploration of the factors that influence the success and happiness of women in society. Often these components are both the conscious and unconscious foundational relationship a daughter has with her father and is a critical first step in the overall process of true contentment.

Parenting is one of the most stressful fulltime jobs around. School, lessons, sports, homework, hormones, dinner, dishes...Parents want to know how to be calm and enjoy these wonder years. Dr. Ben Bernstein, celebrated performance coach for CEOs, professional athletes, and musicians, takes on parents this time around in his book Stressed Out! For Parents.

The purpose of this book is to offer people who have challenging and emotionally debilitating family relationships a strategy to take back their personal power and their personal peace-or to discover it for the first time. In this tender and emotionally moving book, Wardenburg not only offers inspiration, but actionable steps-BOLD MOVES-to lift you physically, emotionally, and spiritually from victim to victor.

Pathbreaker Parenting challenges conventional wisdom and reveals how following a one-size-fits-all “path” to successful adulthood is failing today’s teenagers. The author deconstructs these expectations, exposing the flaws in an outdated system. The book is divided into five sections: In the first section, the author delves into the life experiences that shaped his own beliefs and convictions about education, achievement, and happiness.

Parents instinctively push their kids to succeed. Yet well-meaning parents can put soul-crushing pressure on kids, leading to under-performance and serious mental health problems instead of social, emotional, and academic success. So where are they going astray? According to Drs. Chris Thurber and Hendrie Weisinger, it all comes down to asking the right question. Instead of “How much pressure?”, you should be thinking “How do I apply pressure?”

If you experience a yearning to make peace with your history and a desire to create a compassionate and loving relationship with all of your inner ages, this book will gently lead you along a path of inner healing with rewards beyond imagination or expectations! Using various writing exercises, you will tap into the wisdom, strengths, and clarity you need to become the loving parental support and guide all your inner selves have yearned for and deserve.

Acclaimed author Lauren Slater ruminates on what it means to be family. Lauren Slater's rocky childhood left her cold to the idea of ever creating a family of her own, but a husband, two dogs, two children, and three houses later, she came around to the challenges, trials, and unexpected rewards of playing house. In these autobiographical pieces, Slater presents snapshots of domestic life, populating them with the gritty details and jarring realities of sharing home, life, and body in the curious institution called "family."

Powerful and eye-opening, Seeing Ezra is an inspirational chronicle of a mother's struggle to protect her son from a system that seeks to compartmentalize and "fix" him, and of her journey toward accepting and valuing him for who he is - just as he is.

Taking the Stress out of Homework breaks down for parents exactly when and how to offer homework support. Whether your child's stress point is executive functioning - the ability to plan or organize - or a subject-specific struggle in math, reading, writing, or standardized test-preparation, Abby and Brian use real-life stories to provide individualized, actionable advice.