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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. We spend a majority of our lives as survivors with no clue what we are actually surviving. To protect us, our brains have frozen in time the incidents fueling our ability to be in denial. Unfortunately, the truth of our sexual abuse seeps out into all areas of our lives, causing us to behave like maligned versions of our true selves. We yell, when we are not yellers. We cheat, when we want love. We drink and abuse drugs when we want to see God. Only through facing the denial do we find our true selves hidden in the cobwebs. Author Kim O'Hara takes the reader through her eleven years of recovery and offers tools and tips to make different choices in living while looking at generational abuse, spirituality, inner child, taking back one's body, financial independence and romance. By the end of 21 chapters, the reader experiences a transformation in how they approach living as a survivor. …

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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Becoming the grandmother of twins changed Harriet Hodgson and altered her life course. According to Hodgson, we live in a fast-paced, complex time, a time when too many grandchildren are victims of bullying, internet scams, and sexual abuse. Hodgson believes that grandmothers are needed today more than any other time in history. Grandmas can't be passive, she declares. Every grandma has the power to protect and guide her grandchildren and needs to tap this power. This narrative weaves Hodgson's personal story with research findings and is packed with ideas for helping grandchildren. The Grandma Force is about the power of love and the power of one, Hodgson says. One-by-one, grandmas are standing up for grandchildren and creating a hopeful future for them.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Becoming the grandmother of twins changed Harriet Hodgson and altered her life course. According to Hodgson, we live in a fast-paced, complex time, a time when too many grandchildren are victims of bullying, internet scams, and sexual abuse. Hodgson believes that grandmothers are needed today more than any other time in history. Grandmas can't be passive, she declares. Every grandma has the power to protect and guide her grandchildren and needs to tap this power. This narrative weaves Hodgson's personal story with research findings and is packed with ideas for helping grandchildren. The Grandma Force is about the power of love and the power of one, Hodgson says. One-by-one, grandmas are standing up for grandchildren and creating a hopeful future for them.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Caring for a loved one at home. What's really involved? And what does it mean for your family and future? Tens of millions of Americans have had these questions and more as they prepare for this unsettling yet necessary task. The Family Caregiver's Guide fills in the gaps, connecting the dots between research and real life. Drawing on the author's extensive caregiving experience, this book provides strategies to care for your loved one, inside and out, as well as for yourself--including how to use your natural skills in your new role, and which skills you may need to add. You'll discover how to set up your home for caregiving, including a safety checklist, equipment suggestions, and words you should know. And for those days that are more than a handful, you'll find positive affirmations, a section on facing and accepting illness, and smart steps at the end of each chapter, in case you need guidance in a hurry. Caregiving has both rewards and challenges. But through it all, you'll discover what's most important--that caregiving is love in action. …

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Caring for a loved one at home. What's really involved? And what does it mean for your family and future? Tens of millions of Americans have had these questions and more as they prepare for this unsettling yet necessary task. The Family Caregiver's Guide fills in the gaps, connecting the dots between research and real life. Drawing on the author's extensive caregiving experience, this book provides strategies to care for your loved one, inside and out, as well as for yourself--including how to use your natural skills in your new role, and which skills you may need to add. You'll discover how to set up your home for caregiving, including a safety checklist, equipment suggestions, and words you should know. And for those days that are more than a handful, you'll find positive affirmations, a section on facing and accepting illness, and smart steps at the end of each chapter, in case you need guidance in a hurry. Caregiving has both rewards and challenges. But through it all, you'll discover what's most important--that caregiving is love in action.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. From the very first page, Grief Doodling invites action. Topics range from the benefits of doodling, to why doodling is fun, to doodling tips, and responding to doodling prompts. The prompts, based on grief research, promote self-worth and healing. This is a hopeful book--something all grieving kids need.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. From the very first page, Grief Doodling invites action. Topics range from the benefits of doodling, to why doodling is fun, to doodling tips, and responding to doodling prompts. The prompts, based on grief research, promote self-worth and healing. This is a hopeful book--something all grieving kids need.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. According to the US Census Bureau, more than 10% of all grandparents in the nation are raising their grandkids, and the number is going up. You may be one of these grandparents and it's a role you never expected. Willing as you are to assume this role, you have some questions. How will I find the energy for this? Is my grandchild normal? What if I "blow it?" Each day, you look for ways to make life easier. Help has arrived. This inspiring self-help book for grandparents raising grandchildren will: *Help ease your worries and guilt *Offer tips for creating a grandfamily *Give methods for improving grandparent-grandchild communication *Suggest ideas for how you can connect with your grandchild's school *Provide child development information *Recommend approaches to help your grandchild set goals *Stress the importance of having fun together *Offer ideas of how to foster your grandchild's hopes and dreams. So, You're Raising Your Grandkids blends Harriet Hodgson's unbelievable grandparenting story with recent research and findings. It comes from her 21 years of caregiving experience, including seven years of raising her twin grandkids. Each chapter ends with What Works, proven tips for grandparents raising grandkids. At the end, you'll cheer for all the loving grandparents--including you--who are putting grandchildren first.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Madelyn Kubin was a 70-year-old Kansas farm wife. She appeared to be fragile because of her thinning white hair, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, and severe hearing loss. But when her husband Quentin suffered a debilitating stroke, she was forced to summon all of her physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths in order to care for him at home. Madelyn managed her isolation, loneliness, and stress by going to her computer, disengaging her emotional monitor, and writing letters to her daughter Elaine. Madelyn's story of faith, courage, and love is told through her unflinchingly honest and surprisingly funny letters written in real time over the course of six-and-a-half years. Although she prayed every day that she would be a willing channel for God's love and compassion, there were plenty of days she felt like telling God to go find himself another servant. Madelyn wrote unabashedly about her anger, guilt, depression, and grief. When Quentin displayed dementia-related inappropriate sexual behavior, Madelyn eventually learned how to handle it with grace and humor. She was an example of how it is possible, even in the very worst end-of-life situations, to experience mental and spiritual growth.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Have you ever stood at the kitchen counter urgently devouring insane amounts of frozen, stale hot dog buns dipped alternatively in jelly and almond butter, while on high alert for approaching humans? After a lifetime of getting knocked to the ground by the same opponent, a Dark Voice, and then rising repeatedly while praying for a way out, Naomi Joseph wrote the rules of Binge and Sprint: Use cake as fortitude to steel yourself to plow ahead, and then keep moving, keep achieving, and never ever let the world see your suffering. Never idle, Joseph takes the reader on a four decade journey from childhood through college, marriage, buying a home, comparison, community, infertility, low self-worth, work, starting a business, keeping up with the Joneses, and caring for children and ailing parents, all while chained to her secret burden. Readers will understand their own darkness in the midst of the good life as the lid is blown off the shameful shroud of the taboo war with food. Poignant and hilarious, Joseph's journey will help the reader claim their power, and lean into their greatness as they incorporate the many lessons that brought her to recovery into their own lives.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The state of the economy has pushed back retirement for many in the job market. After working one job for many years, renewing the search may make a job seeker feel like a duck out of water. According to government statistics, job seekers over 50 encounter notably longer unemployment than their younger counterparts, but these statistics do not have to apply to you! There are employers out there that not only will hire you, they are looking for you. The key is to find them and sell them on your skills. In Over 50 and Motivated, Brian Howard offers a systematic approach for conducting a job search based on years of frontline recruiting experience, offering tips for combating age bias, getting job offers, and landing your next fulfilling position.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Senseless behavior--that's mishegas. According to Harley Dresner, it means life with overbearing, obstreperous, melodramatic parents and a pugilistic, caffeine-addicted, octogenarian uncle. Blend Jerry Seinfeld's and Raymond Barone's parents together and the result is the Vesuvian mess that Dresner calls his family. In one vignette, social graces are callously thrown to the Las Vegas desert wind when Gerry and Uncle Bernard offend everyone from hotel receptionists to street hookers. Furthering reading finds doctoring for sport a new American pastime through obsessions with colonoscopies and wars waged against phlegm. Dresner's unmistakable, take-no-prisoners sarcasm and wit shine through this dysfunctional Cruise to Nowhere. His memoir is a fresh, laugh-out-loud study of life-long relationships that proves one can embrace familial roots while maintaining perspective--and sanity. Readers will revel in the uncomfortable, squirming circumstances in which a family routinely embroils a child. Anyone who wouldn't dream of running away from the family they would love to escape understands Mishegas.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Senseless behavior--that's mishegas. According to Harley Dresner, it means life with overbearing, obstreperous, melodramatic parents and a pugilistic, caffeine-addicted, octogenarian uncle. Blend Jerry Seinfeld's and Raymond Barone's parents together and the result is the Vesuvian mess that Dresner calls his family. In one vignette, social graces are callously thrown to the Las Vegas desert wind when Gerry and Uncle Bernard offend everyone from hotel receptionists to street hookers. Furthering reading finds doctoring for sport a new American pastime through obsessions with colonoscopies and wars waged against phlegm. Dresner's unmistakable, take-no-prisoners sarcasm and wit shine through this dysfunctional Cruise to Nowhere. His memoir is a fresh, laugh-out-loud study of life-long relationships that proves one can embrace familial roots while maintaining perspective--and sanity. Readers will revel in the uncomfortable, squirming circumstances in which a family routinely embroils a child. Anyone who wouldn't dream of running away from the family they would love to escape understands Mishegas.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Winning is grief healing at its best. Harriet Hodgson is well-acquainted with grief. She is a bereaved mother, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, wife, and friend. After so many losses, she decided "Death would be the loser; life would be the winner. I will make it so." Winning is all about healing - a story of love with surprise laughter, useful tips, personal growth, and a path for creating a new life. Winning can help you embrace the life that is waiting for you. …

Paperback. Etat : Good. Winning is grief healing at its best. Harriet Hodgson is well-acquainted with grief. She is a bereaved mother, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, wife, and friend. After so many losses, she decided "Death would be the loser; life would be the winner. I will make it so." Winning is all about healing - a story of love with surprise laughter, useful tips, personal growth, and a path for creating a new life. Winning can help you embrace the life that is waiting for you. …

Paperback. Etat : New. Movida por la tragedia de Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ferial Pearson se preguntÓ si un simple acto de amabilidad podrÍa cambiar una vida. PensÓ en la escuela donde enseÑaba y en los estudiantes a los que guiaba todos los dÍas y se preguntÓ ¿quÉ pasarÍa si comenzÁramos a realizar pequeÑos actos secretamente de bondad en la escuela? ¿PodrÍa un modesto acto de compasiÓn realmente cambiar el curso de una vida? Ella planteÓ la pregunta a sus estudiantes. No tenÍan las respuestas pero estaban dispuestos a descubrirlas. Y asÍ se convirtieron en los Secret Kindness Agents (Agentes Secretos de Bondad). Aprendieron lo que podrÍa ser la bondad, lo que se siente ser amable con los demÁs sin esperanza de reconocimiento, y los efectos gigantes de sus pequeÑas bondades, no solo en la vida de los demÁs, sino tambiÉn en las suyas. Su esperanza, su corazÓn y su voracidad para la felicidad lo inspirarÁn a cambiar su pequeÑo rincÓn del mundo, a su manera, para lo mejor. Deja que le muestren cÓmo lo hicieron y cÓmo puede hacer lo mismo.…

Paperback. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : Good. What would it be like to be a part of country music history? Singer/songwriter and manager Merle Kilgore could have told you. He awed his fans with tales of his life in the music business, always with a supporting cast of impossibly famous friends. At age fourteen Merle carried the guitar for Hank Williams Sr. Four years later he wrote his first song, and Webb Pierce turned it into a million-seller. He double-dated with Elvis Presley, wrecked hotel rooms with Johnny Cash, held seances with Johnny Horton, and convinced Audrey Williams to put Hank Jr. on the road at fourteen-years-old. Merle became a prolific songwriter, entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He co-wrote his signature accomplishment, Ring of Fire with June Carter Cash. This work is listed by CMT as one of the top four all-time country music songs. These are just a few of the amazing stories of Merle's life, showcased in These Are My People, written by his grandson Mark Rickert.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Movida por la tragedia de Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ferial Pearson se pregunt si un simple acto de amabilidad podra cambiar una vida. Pens en la escuela donde enseaba y en los estudiantes a los que guiaba todos los das y se pregunt que pasara si comenzramos a realizar pequeos actos secretamente de bondad en la escuela? Podra un modesto acto de compasin realmente cambiar el curso de una vida? Ella plante la pregunta a sus estudiantes. No tenan las respuestas pero estaban dispuestos a descubrirlas. Y as se convirtieron en los Secret Kindness Agents (Agentes Secretos de Bondad). Aprendieron lo que podra ser la bondad, lo que se siente ser amable con los dems sin esperanza de reconocimiento, y los efectos gigantes de sus pequeas bondades, no solo en la vida de los dems, sino tambien en las suyas. Su esperanza, su corazn y su voracidad para la felicidad lo inspirarn a cambiar su pequeo rincn del mundo, a su manera, para lo mejor. Deja que le muestren cmo lo hicieron y cmo puede hacer lo mismo. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition., Some highlighting to text.

Paperback. Etat : New. The biggest challenge for authors is transitioning from being a writer to being an author, which are two totally different occupations. Many authors have the mindset that once they are published, their publisher handles all marketing and the sales come in like magic. In today's world, that is not reality, no matter how you are published. Written by publisher and author Terri Ann Leidich and author marketing coach and support Julie Bromley, this book simplifies marketing by taking the approach of Get Ready, Get Set, Succeed.…

Paperback. Etat : New. For Judy Lipson, her sisters were her compass, constant, champions, and competitors and for thirty years she suppressed the grief of losing her two beloved sisters. Judy lost her younger sister Jane at age twenty-two in an automobile accident and nine years later her older sister Margie at age thirty-five to a twenty year battle with anorexia and bulimia. It was not until 2011 that Judy began her journey to mourn for Margie and Jane. Judy experienced the reality that those who lose siblings are the forgotten mourners and they are left to take care of their parents and children. The impact of their loss takes a back seat. Through her participation and work prescribed in a complicated grief study, Judy learned to restore her well-being, happy memories of her sisters, and the passion the three of them had for figure skating. By bringing her sisters and their memories together more present in her life, Judy found peace. To honor the memory of her sisters, Judy created and continues to hold, Celebration of Sisters, an annual ice skating fundraiser which benefits Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. This is the story of how Judy used her memories and their shared love of ice skating to come full circle. When she performs on the ice, Judy feels Margie and Jane on each shoulder guiding her and whispering in her ear, "Judy, you've got this." This is a story of love, grief, and moving forward, even years after the loss.…

Paperback. Etat : New. Caring for a loved one at home. What's really involved? And what does it mean for your family and future? Tens of millions of Americans have had these questions and more as they prepare for this unsettling yet necessary task. The Family Caregiver's Guide fills in the gaps, connecting the dots between research and real life. Drawing on the author's extensive caregiving experience, this book provides strategies to care for your loved one, inside and out, as well as for yourself-including how to use your natural skills in your new role, and which skills you may need to add. You'll discover how to set up your home for caregiving, including a safety checklist, equipment suggestions, and words you should know. And for those days that are more than a handful, you'll find positive affirmations, a section on facing and accepting illness, and smart steps at the end of each chapter, in case you need guidance in a hurry. Caregiving has both rewards and challenges. But through it all, you'll discover what's most important-that caregiving is love in action. …

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Paperback. Etat : Good. More than just another Reiki book, Reiki and Your Intuition: A Union of Healing and Wisdom is a step-by-step process for exploring your intuition, your heart, and your soul as Reiki touches your life, enters your experience, and becomes a part of who you are. This manual will assist you, as a practitioner or a teacher, in understanding all the strange and sometimes weird and scary intuitive perceptions that Reiki opens you up to. Using a clear and knowledgeable framework presented in this book, prepare to become a better healing vessel as you discover the beautiful union between healing and intuitive wisdom. Within the covers of this book, you will: Find spaces to privately document your heightened awareness Realize what intuition truly is and the keys to being a successful intuitive Reiki practitioner Learn that your intuition is awakened by the Reiki attunements Begin to utilize all the intuitive pathways to assist others and yourself Learn that thoughts and emotions are a vital key to illness, suffering, and wellness Find out why empaths suffer and what to do to help yourself and others Protect yourself in a new way Create a sacred union with intuition and the wisdom of Reiki.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. More than just another Reiki book, Reiki and Your Intuition: A Union of Healing and Wisdom is a step-by-step process for exploring your intuition, your heart, and your soul as Reiki touches your life, enters your experience, and becomes a part of who you are. This manual will assist you, as a practitioner or a teacher, in understanding all the strange and sometimes weird and scary intuitive perceptions that Reiki opens you up to. Using a clear and knowledgeable framework presented in this book, prepare to become a better healing vessel as you discover the beautiful union between healing and intuitive wisdom. Within the covers of this book, you will: Find spaces to privately document your heightened awareness Realize what intuition truly is and the keys to being a successful intuitive Reiki practitioner Learn that your intuition is awakened by the Reiki attunements Begin to utilize all the intuitive pathways to assist others and yourself Learn that thoughts and emotions are a vital key to illness, suffering, and wellness Find out why empaths suffer and what to do to help yourself and others Protect yourself in a new way Create a sacred union with intuition and the wisdom of Reiki.…

Paperback. Etat : New. Becoming the grandmother of twins changed Harriet Hodgson and altered her life course. According to Hodgson, we live in a fast-paced, complex time, a time when too many grandchildren are victims of bullying, internet scams, and sexual abuse. Hodgson believes that grandmothers are needed today more than any other time in history. "Grandmas can't be passive," she declares. "Every grandma has the power to protect and guide her grandchildren and needs to tap this power." This narrative weaves Hodgson's personal story with research findings and is packed with ideas for helping grandchildren. "The Grandma Force is about the power of love and the power of one," Hodgson says. "One-by-one, grandmas are standing up for grandchildren and creating a hopeful future for them.".…

Paperback. Etat : New. A daily guide providing practical and emotional guidance for those grieving the loss of a loved one. Just like you, Harriet Hodgson has lost loved ones. Just like you, she sought help. When Harriet couldn't find the help she wanted, she wrote Daisy a Day, 365 short readings about coping with grief. Her tender, thoughtful words can help you find your healing path and keep walking toward the future. Daisy a Day is the hug you need.…

Paperback. Etat : New. A daily guide providing practical and emotional guidance for those grieving the loss of a loved one. Just like you, Harriet Hodgson has lost loved ones. Just like you, she sought help. When Harriet couldn't find the help she wanted, she wrote Daisy a Day, 365 short readings about coping with grief. Her tender, thoughtful words can help you find your healing path and keep walking toward the future. Daisy a Day is the hug you need.…