Surviving Relationships

Today’s middle school girls have it rough. In those few short years, girls go through an incredible number of biological and emotional changes, making it the most formative - and risky - time in their lives. Groups form and turn on each other, childhood friends can reveal trusted secrets just by sending a text message or updating a Facebook status, and deciding where to sit in the cafeteria can be a daily struggle. As any tween will tell you, life for a middle school girl can be summed up in one word: drama.

Surviving My Mother is the harrowing, candid, beautiful story of a woman’s quest to survive, a mother’s quest to heal, and a daughter’s quest to forgive. Debbie Matzkin shares the life-saving lessons she learned, how she was able to find happiness in even the darkest of depths, and how she ultimately reclaimed her future.

We all want our children to be successful in school and beyond. For this to happen, a true partnership with schools and families will help develop this success. This book provides a road map, tips, and hacks on how to best navigate the journey and put your child in the best position possible to succeed!

When 16-year-old Amy returns home, she can't tell her family what's happened to her. She can't tell them where she's been since she and her best friend, her cousin Dee, were kidnapped six years ago - who stole them from their families or what's become of Dee. She has to stay silent because she's afraid of what might happen next, and she's desperate to protect her secrets at any cost. Amy tries to readjust to life at "home," but nothing she does feels right. She's a stranger in her own family, and the guilt that she's the one who returned is insurmountable.

Beloved pastor and Bible teacher Chuck Swindoll offers a refreshing dose of hope and practical help for marriage. His sage advice, based on the Bible and his own 50-year marriage, shows us how to move our marriages from just surviving to actually thriving. And that target can be hit dead-center if we rely on God and His Word as our marriage counselor, our guide, our glue.

In Sins of the Mother, author Michael Ratliff offers a gripping and heart-wrenching account of his tumultuous eleven-year marriage to Erica, a woman whose charm and manipulation masked the darker traits of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This powerful memoir uncovers the deep-seated deception, psychological abuse, and emotional turmoil that defined their relationship.

What is "struggle love"? It's a term used to describe relationships that are defined by constant conflict, emotional abuse, and other toxic behaviors. Many people find themselves trapped in these relationships, feeling as though they can't escape the cycle of pain and hurt.

Everything that parents need to survive and thrive in the 21st century. Marriage, children, and family have been lifelong priorities for Charles Swindoll. Based on his extensive study of both the Old and New Testaments, Chuck has drawn together those timeless insights for building close and rewarding family relationships. Following a biblical exploration of God's purpose and plans for families, listeners are equipped with all the tools necessary to grow strong healthy families.

Have you ever wondered why certain people thrive in life? Is there a secret to living in a thriving state of being? In Surviving Life’s Storms and Thriving in the Aftermath, Christine Fruehwirth, a professional career and life coach and mother of three adult children, explores her ‘four stages of living’ which are surviving, stabilizing, emerging and thriving. You’ll learn about: Needing to heal from our emotional holes to become a whole person by addressing what is holding us back. Utilizing a framework she developed to move successfully from survival mode to a thriving state.

You don’t need to have the perfect relationship with your ex for the kids to be happy. Life can be better for you after separation or divorce. Some couples aren’t meant to stay together.

For today’s teens, social media is much more than a platform—it's a space where friendships form, relationships blossom, and sometimes, heartbreak happens. Likes, Follows, and Heartbreaks: A Teen's Digital Diary is the ultimate guide for teens (and the parents who care about them) to navigate the complex emotions that come with living in a world driven by likes, follows, and online interactions.

The powerful assistance offered by this program will enable you to release your negative emotions and heal mentally from this experience. Learn to feel positive about the days ahead and build a beautiful new life!

At age four, Diana manages her family's banking, grocery shops alone, and befriends the town drunk. Her father is too busy chasing skirts and throwing fits to notice what she does. And her mom is too mentally absent to properly parent. While Diana's narcissistic dad terrorizes and exploits her, she works harder to please him. Estill, an award-winning humor author, shares an honest and comedic look at her dysfunctional childhood. As an adult, she struggles to reclaim her power while caring for her dementia-impaired dad.

The son of a Salvadoran mother and Scotch Irish mechanic father, Marcos spent much of his life trying to break away from his Southern Appalachian past and the trauma experienced there and striving to get closer to his Salvadoran heritage. His journey includes steeping himself in the Spanish language and Latin American literature, especially the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez; a stint in Nicaragua with Witness for Peace, followed by missionary work in Guatemala; and social-justice work with Mexican migrant farmworkers in Alabama.

The five works abridged and introduced by historian and New Thought scholar Mitch Horowitz in Iron Heart inspire you towards the mental toughness and fortitude you need to face any adversity.

Re-Creation: Surviving the Human Experience is a unique book that takes the listener on a journey through Anna's dark past she never realized existed. She uncovers a life filled with deceit and abusive relationships. Anna became so beaten down and overwhelmed that she actually encounters a near death experience. It took all of these experiences for her to recognize how she lost herself trying to please others.

The dream of joining the military after high school to serve the country other family members had honorably served takes a terrifying turn in her first assignment after boot camp. Authority Beyond Reproach tells the author's experience of physical, emotional, and sexual trauma from her superiors in the immediate chain of command.

Teenagers are flooded with too much information from the internet, and it can be difficult to navigate what is helpful or hurtful to learn from. Even as adults, it can be challenging to have a grasp on life skills without an early start.

His life was one devastating blow after another, losing multiple family members over the years to suicide, growing up in foster care, and being bullied. How does one pull themselves out of a storm like that? Surviving Loss: My Journey of Hope follows a man who often has reason to ask Why me? Many people ask themselves the same question when life pummels them, but this is a story of hope and coming out the other side, of recognizing the gifts and blessings between the pain and struggle.

The Vacuum Effect, Surviving the Shift When it Happens, identifies spiritual, emotional, and physical relationships that shift our lives from love, kindness, joy, and innocence; to continuous experiences of negativity, trauma, anger, and insecurities that cause a shift to our future.