Family Communication

You open up. You try to get closer. But the more you reach out… the more they pull away. They need space. You need reassurance. And suddenly, what should be a relationship—feels more like a chase. You overthink every message. Every pause. Every “I’m fine” that doesn’t feel fine at all. And deep down, you wonder: “Is it me? Am I too much? Or not enough?” This is what it feels like to live with an anxious attachment style—especially when you're in a relationship with someone emotionally avoidant. The connection feels real… but so does the pain. And the confusion. And the exhaustion.

Feeling overwhelmed by parenting stress and constant yelling? Discover the revolutionary 'No Yelling Formula' in this essential guide for struggling parents seeking peace and understanding at home. This book offers a practical path to stress-free parenting and better communication.

When Tracy Hogg's Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto best-seller lists across the country. Parents everywhere became "whisperers" to their newborns, amazed that they could actually communicate with their baby within weeks of their child's birth. Tracy gave parents what for some amounted to a miracle: the ability to understand their baby's every coo and cry so that they could tell immediately if the baby was hungry, tired, in real distress, or just in need of a little TLC.

Over half the world's children are potty-trained by one year old, yet the average potty training age in the United States is currently three years old. This leaves parents wondering: What did people do before diapers? And how do I help my own baby out of diapers sooner? With this audiobook, new parents can avoid years of messy diapers, potty training struggles, diaper rash, and unexplained fussiness.

In his extraordinary new audiobook, Terrence Real, distinguished therapist and best-selling author, offers women a set of effective tools with which they can create the truly intimate relationships they desire and deserve. He guides you through the process of relationship repair with exercises that you can do alone or with your partner.

Writer Peg Streep lays out seven distinct but interconnected stages on the path to reclaim your life from the effects of a toxic childhood: "discover", "discernment", "distinguish", "disarm", "reclaim", "redirect", and "recover". Each step is clearly explained and richly detailed with the stories of other women. With approaches drawn from psychology and other disciplines and with unique exercises, the book will help the listener tackle her own self-doubt and become consciously aware of how her mother's treatment continues to shape her behavior.

Have you recently walked away from a date or a conversation feeling uncomfortable or violated? Are you looking for ways to set limits with your spouse, kids, parents, or boss? This essential guide to setting and respecting boundaries is for anyone wanting to better understand themselves and others. Just as a cut in our skin causes pain and injury, a breach of any of our physical, emotional, or sexual boundaries can be very harmful to our bodies and minds.

Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN, has been weighing on them their entire lives, and are now in the process of recovery. Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships will offer even more solutions for the effects of CEN on people's lives: how to talk about CEN, and heal it, in relationships with partners, parents, and children.

It's not easy to be a teen girl, and it's definitely not easy parenting one. Parenting a Teen Girl is a guide for busy parents who want bottom-line information and tips that make sense - and work. It also offers scripts to improve communication, and exercises to navigate stressful interactions with skill and compassion. Whether your teen girl is struggling with academic pressure, social difficulties, physical self-care, or technology overload, this book offers practical advice to help you connect with your teen girl.

Ryan’s father is on a tour of duty with the National Guard. Everyone else in his family seems to have found ways to cope with his absence, but Ryan hasn’t! When his dad’s deployment is extended, Ryan has to find a way to stay in touch with him. A trip to the library may be just what he needs—both for communication with his dad, and finding his way to cope!

Connect with loved ones, be a more effective speaker in the workplace, and get your message across clearly by learning how to be a better communicator. If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, don’t worry. It’s never too late to turn things around and become a more effective and impactful speaker. Conveying a message clearly is more of an art form than a science, and those that have learned to master it become more successful, confident, and dare we say it - popular.

Written by Dr. Samantha Rodman, founder of DrPsychMom.com, How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce teaches you how to raise a happy, thriving family in a changing environment. Each chapter offers expert advice for discussing your decision in healthy and effective ways, including breaking the initial news, fostering an open dialogue, and ensuring that your children's emotional needs are met throughout your separation.

Difficult Conversations teaches you how to handle even the toughest conversations more effectively and with less anxiety. Based on 15 years of work at Harvard Negotiation Project and consultations with thousands of people, the authors answer the question: When people confront the conversations they dread the most, what works? Difficult Conversations walks you through a proven, concrete, step-by-step approach for understanding and conducting tough conversations.

In 7 Vital Parenting Skills for Improving Child Behavior and Positive Discipline, best-selling parenting advice author Frank Dixon offers caring parents proven and straightforward positive discipline methods that any mom or dad can use to overcome negative child behavior issues with the power of positive reinforcement, good family communication, and clear parental expectations.

Pour des enfants socialement et émotionnellement heureux. Pour que vos enfants soient heureux et épanouis, pratiquez les règles d'or de la communication ! Bien mieux que des principes, vous trouverez dans cet ouvrage une méthode que vous pourrez mettre directement en œuvre. Il présente un programme pratique pour gérer tous les conflits et développer des relations harmonieuses et épanouissantes pour tous en pratiquant : l'écoute active : indispensable pour que l'enfant vous parle ; le langage par lequel il se sent aimé et respecté tel qu'il est.

In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washington made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict, with more than 90-percent accuracy, whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing marriage into a successful one, so Gottman teamed up with his clinical psychologist wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, to develop intervention methods.

In How to Deal with Toxic People: Practical Tactics for Ending the Hold of Toxic Friends, Family, and Colleagues, you’ll learn how to spot manipulation early, protect your boundaries, and free yourself from their influence—without guilt, drama, or second-guessing. This is a short, no-fluff guide designed to be listened to and used immediately. Each chapter gives you strategies you can apply right now, whether the toxic person in your life is a controlling boss, a manipulative friend, or a family member who refuses to respect your limits.

If you're ready to transform your parenting experience from one of frustration to connection, then this book is for you. Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, but it can also be incredibly challenging. Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Do you find yourself snapping at your kids over seemingly small things? Do you worry that your anger is affecting your family? Do you long for a more harmonius home but don't know where to start?

In I Can’t Believe You Just Said That!, Ginger Hubbard provides a practical, three-step plan to reach beyond the behaviors of tongue-related struggles - such as lying, tattling, and whining - to address your child’s heart. After all, as Matthew 12:34 tells us, “the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

"J'ai passé les vingt dernières années à préparer et à mener des négociations considérées comme les plus difficiles et les plus risquées au monde. J'ai fait face à des forcenés retranchés, j'ai négocié avec des rebelles sud-américains, des criminels de toutes sortes... Pourtant, ces négociations sont bien loin d'égaler en termes de complexité et de moments de grande solitude celles que je mène au quotidien à la maison : en effet, j'ai quatre enfants !", L. Combalbert.