Self Development Family

Now, more than ever, parents and educators need better information about the challenges facing their children, what sorts of issues to expect and when, and the warning signs to look for. You'll find the guidance you need to feel prepared and tackle obstacles to your child's wellbeing in Things Have Changed.

The Busy Mom’s Decluttering Blueprint is the ultimate self-help guide for overwhelmed mothers, working moms, stay-at-home moms, and anyone trying to juggle motherhood, home management, and family life without losing their sanity. This is not about perfection. It’s about creating peace that lasts—through simple, proven systems designed for real-life moms with real-life messes.

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."

If you are starting the process of finding your child's first school - or if you want to choose a new learning environment - The School Choice Roadmap is for you. This first-of-its-kind audiobook offers a practical, jargon-free overview of school-choice policies, from public-school open enrollment to private-school scholarships and more.

Today's children and teens are growing up more anxious, depressed, and fearful than previous generations. But if we help this generation, often called "Gen Z", to discover true God-confidence, instead of chasing the illusive self-confidence, we can empower them to embrace their uniqueness and find their purpose, passion, and peace as they grow into humble, compassionate, and resilient young people. Cyndie Claypool de Neve, an associate marriage and family therapist, shares her personal journey from feeling anxious and suicidal to learning God-confidence.

No one wants to feel like a failure, especially when the pressure and expectation of others is weighing you down. You want to make yourself and others proud and prove that you can do anything you set your mind to, so what’s holding you back? It’s that little voice inside saying, “Are you crazy? Of course, you can’t really achieve your goals.” No, you most certainly can. You are in a world where you choose the life you want to live. You deserve freedom and happiness.

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.

If your child is starting life in college, there's a surprise around every corner.... But that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only is a witty and wise guide to everything you need to know about the college experience. Harlan Cohen, America's most trusted college life expert, delivers the best advice, facts, stats, tips, and stories from parents, students, and experts across the country to ensure that you and your child will have an incredible and meaningful college experience.

This book is for anyone, whether they are sober-curious, already sober or considering becoming sober. Broken into four parts, you will discover how to: understand your relationship with alcohol, including grey-area drinking; use the full sober toolkit to help you build and sustain your sober life; stay sober, particularly on high days and holidays, and rediscover who you are without alcohol; and fine-tune your toolkit to make it perfect for you and your new life.

Raise your kids through positive parenting, understanding, and leadership...and be the ultimate influencer in their lives.

إن هذا الكتاب موجَّه للأمهات على شتى أنواعهن؛ العاملات منهن واللاتي لديهن أطفال من مختلف الأعمار، والأمهات اللائي يعانين ضغوط الحياة أحيانًا، والأمهات اللائي يفتقدن حياتهن قبل إنجاب الأطفال ولكنهن لن يغيرن أي شيء، والأمهات اللائي يعرفن أنهن بحاجة إلى مزيد من العناية بالذات، ويردن أن يشعرن بتحسن. هذا الكتاب لجميع الأمهات، ولأولئك اللائي لديهن دعم من شركائهن في الحياة وأولئك الذين يخوضون تلك الرحلة بمفردهن. ويمكنكِ الحصول على مزيد من العناية بالذات في حياتك، بدءًا من 5 دقائق فقط في كل مرة؛ لذا، فقد حان وقت البدء!

Feeling overwhelmed by demands or pressures and struggling to say "No"? Transform your life and relationships with Setting Boundaries Made Simple. This audiobook offers easy steps to setting boundaries and finding peace in all areas of your life. Whether you need guidance on setting boundaries at work, establishing personal boundaries, or navigating relationships with family, friends, or coworkers, this audiobook has you covered.

Remove negative thinking and replace with positive thinking!

The law is the law, and in Aurora's case, it's life-altering. Follow her story and be inspired by her journey from shock and denial, to acceptance of her own accountability.

After Rachel and Matthew had their first child, they had a couple of fights. Well, okay, more than a couple - they fought for over three years. They fought about schedules. They fought about bad habits. They even fought about the lawn mower. And besides actually having their child, it was the best thing that could've happened. Chronicling their greatest hits, from the great birth control debate to the divorce joke showdown, Fights You'll Have After Having a Baby is a postpartum story with hope.

In this easy-to-listen-to, eye-opening how-to guide, best-selling author and self-care coach Jody Agard delivers "fun-sized" chapters packed with inspiring stories, practical exercises, and wise advice for modern-day busy moms.

Conventional wisdom teaches us to put our children's needs above our own. Our worth as parents is often judged by how much we sacrifice for the good of our children rather than how happy and well-adjusted they are. In Go Take a Bath!, licensed psychotherapist and parenting coach Robin Kevles-Necowitz suggests that we invert this modern-day standard. She advises us to make parents, not children, our top priority, in much the same way that flight attendants instruct us to put on our own oxygen masks before assisting others.

Searching for a roadmap to raise a successful child who makes a positive difference in this world? Neuroscientist and mother Erin Clabough teaches that to thrive as adults, children need to learn self-regulation, a master life skill founded in empathy, creativity, and self-control. The lack of even one of these intertwined skills underlies nearly all of the parenting problems we face.

Are you living a life based on who you really are or one built on outdated messages from your past? Is your past negatively influencing your present and potentially derailing your future? What if you could shift your perspective from limiting to liberating?

Ever wonder about the wisdom of every day sayings? For instance, “If you want something done right, do it yourself” or “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” These sayings have been with us for years, sometimes centuries and yet, we never give them much thought. This is a book about those sayings broken down into simple explanations that will allow anyone to apply these teachings. This particular “Pearl” focuses on the relationship to self with sayings that you’ll find familiar and some unfamiliar as they were created by Tracey and inspired by clients.