Family Conflict

Being a teenager is difficult even under idyllic circumstances. But when bad things happen, the challenges of being a teenager can be overwhelming, leading to self-destructive behavior, eating disorders, substance abuse, and other challenges. In addition, many teens are faced with illness, car accidents, loss of loved ones, divorces, or other upheavals. This audiobook includes 101 of our best stories about the toughest teenage times - and how to overcome them.

Why do more than half of all marriages end in divorce? And why is there so much unhappiness in the marriages that survive? Greg Baer offers the solutions for a long-lasting marriage in his anticipated follow-up to Real Love: The Truth About Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships. No matter how many wounds have been inflicted in a marriage, Greg Baer believes that they can be healed, giving both partners the sense of fulfillment and joy they’ve always wanted.

With the increasing pressure to excel at parenting, work, and personal relationships, it's easy to feel stressed and dissatisfied. This targeted positive discipline guide gives parents the tools to parent effectively without sacrificing their well-being or giving up on their life goals. Instead of creating unachievable expectations, parents will learn how to play to their strengths at work and at home. Attitude is key - if you feel confident in your parenting abilities and at your job, your children are more likely to adopt an attitude of self-reliance and cooperation.

Why don't our kids do what we want them to do? Parents often take the blame for misbehavior, but this obscures a broader trend: in our modern, highly connected age, children have less self-control than ever. About half of the current generation of children will develop a mood or behavioral disorder or a substance addiction by age 18. Contemporary kids need to learn independence and responsibility, yet our old ideas of punishments and rewards are preventing this from happening.

Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with neo-natal abstinence syndrome and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie's loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her 'forever mummy' in Rosie.

The Effective Anger Management Guide for Parents looks at the sources and triggers of explosive anger in parents to provide alternative strategies that can help you cope with stressful parenting situations.

It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events.

Are you struggling against a courtroom full of people who are stressing you out more than your ex did? Are you terrified of losing everything in the midst of a high conflict divorce? Are you terrified that the torture will never end? Do you fear retaliation from the narcissist, and do you fear losing your children or your sanity to him? In 20 minutes, we will discuss a lot of the feelings and emotions that you are going through, and we will tell you how to better cope with going up against the narcissist in court.

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.

Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important problems. They have discovered that uncomfortable situations can be avoided or resolved through direct conversation. But most of us don't know how to have difficult conversations, and we see confrontation as scary or adversarial. Authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend take the principles from their award-winning and best-selling book, Boundaries, and apply them to a variety of the most common difficult situations and relationships.

We are surrounded by choices. If we want to watch a movie, we have multiple platforms we can choose from. If we grow tired of a friend or conversation, we leave them on read. It's never been easier to tune out and make a switch when something doesn't go perfectly or when we are offended. It's easy to cancel something from our lives when it comes to technology, television shows, or choices of food and drinks. But what about canceling friends or family members when we are disappointed or offended by them?

If you're in a stepfamily, you may not be able to pause this book. It tracks the experiences of several real step-couples as they navigate the multiple issues and relationships in a stepfamily. Research validated strategies are clearly offered that, when incorporated, greatly reduce stepfamily conflicts.

It is becoming increasingly more and more common to enter into divorce or custody proceedings with a narcissistic partner. Narcissism is caused by DRD4 long gene polymorphism (source: NCBI) as well as many other disorders being caused by an explosion of this gene. The population of narcissists have exploded since 2015 when we began researching and writing our narcissism library of books.

Sin saberlo, todos llevamos un pesado equipaje abarrotado de una herencia familiar que no vemos. Desafortunadamente, esto te afecta a ti y a tus hijos. Lo peor es que cada nuevo miembro de tu familia clona el equipaje y le agrega más peso.

De una manera clara, amable y cercana, Michelle Aziz Kuri nos presenta los diferentes modelos de crianza que existen y nos invita a guiarnos por la crianza emocional. Si aprendemos como madres, padres, educadores y cuidadores distintasherramientas, vamos a ser capaces de criar a nuestros hijos en sus emociones, para que crezcan felices, seguros y confiados. Y lo mejor de todo, vamos a saber manejar sus berrinches de una manera asertiva.

With humor, vulnerability, and stories of her own limited life as a mom of five—two of whom struggle with severe autism—pastor and podcaster Jessica Hurlbut ignites hope in the hearts of overwhelmed moms to believe that God has more. Revealing twelve limits that hinder mothers—very real things like exhaustion, distractions, and disillusionment—Jessica empowers you to respond in obedience rather than react in emotions.

Do you ever feel stuck and failing in everything you do as a woman, mom, and friend? Are you tired of the life that you have and want a change? Do you feel like everyone is going against your will? Do you feel joy and happiness are just so hard to find? Do you constantly fear the outcome of your decisions? In this book, you’ll find the one most important tool that, when mastered, will give you leverage to transform your doubts into confidence and to embrace and love yourself without changing yourself. You'll transform your life into one you want and create the change you want.

This book will teach you how to build a strong, trust-based bond with your child, and how to instill responsibility and accountability by using effective communication and teaching about the consequences of your child’s actions.

Let’s address the facts. You’ve spent far too long catering and bending to the desires of others. So much so that being assertive and standing up for yourself feels unnatural, difficult, or even impossible at times. There is a very real difference between being kind and considerate, and disregarding your own priorities for the sake of others—and you’re starting to realize it. You are your own person! Time to start acting like it. Be the change that needs to happen in your life and begin setting effective, firm boundaries. If you don’t, no one ever will.

Are you tired of repeating the same old patterns that leave you feeling alone and unheard? You're not the only one. Studies show that unresolved conflicts and lack of emotional intimacy are among the top reasons couples split up or live in misery. But what if you could change all that starting today? What if you had the tools to build a love that lasts—passionate, honest, and unbreakable? That's where Shadow Work Guide for Couples comes in. In this intimate guide, you'll embark on a transformative journey into the hidden depths of yourself and your partner.