Step Parenting

By listening to this manifesto, I vow to care for my spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being. I vow to free myself from the need to meet others’ expectations, seeking only the approval of Allah (swt) as I pursue a life of purpose and peace. I promise to seek out knowledge, surround myself with positive influences, and engage in practices that nurture my soul. I will remind myself daily that my worth is not defined by the standards of others, but by my devotion to Allah (swt) and the sincerity of my intentions.

The Happy Stepcouple is a comprehensive, practical self-help book designed to help couples with children from prior relationships thrive despite the complexity of stepfamily life. More than two thirds of stepcouple relationships break up within the first few years of committing to each other. With these terrible odds, every stepcouple needs an arsenal of tools necessary to sustain a loving relationship. The Happy Stepcouple gives them everything they need to navigate complex stepfamily dynamics with confidence and kindness, allowing them to build a happy, fulfilling life.

Effective Strategies for Healing Your Inner Child is more than a book—it’s a practical roadmap to emotional freedom. Through powerful insights and actionable exercises, you'll embark on a transformative journey toward self-discovery and lasting change.

Mari A. Lee is the founder of Growth Counseling Services, a counseling and recovery center in Southern California specializing in working with sex and porn addicts, and partner and spouse betrayal trauma. With over 10 years of clinical experience, Mari has written Healing Betrayal for the partner or spouse who has just learned that their significant other may be dealing with sex and/or porn addiction. Having had her own personal journey as a former partner, Mari knows how heartbreaking and emotionally draining it is to be in relationship with a person who is sexually deceptive.

Polly Moretti and David Baxter have distilled years of research (and a few heartbreaks of their own!) to bring you the ultimate how-to process for getting over a breakup. No nonsense, no unrealistic ideas - breakups are never easy, but this book will teach you genuine, heartfelt ways to deal with the confusion, pain, loss, and anger. Topics covered include dealing with the initial shock and first few days, fast and proven methods to deal with the pain, dealing with being single again, how to realistically move on in life, and so much more!

Do you want to be brave enough to do what you really want instead of what you’re supposed to do? What would your life be like if you stopped doubting yourself and found the courage to pursue your goals without worrying what people will say? Do you want to develop unshakeable self-confidence to help you overcome your low self-esteem, insecurities and fears? Self-confidence is perhaps the most important factor when it comes to achieving true happiness, inner peace and life satisfaction.

This is the first guide specifically for partners affected by addictive behavior that addresses, in detail, how to identify, create, and maintain boundaries as a vital component of self-care and an indispensable tool for healing and growth. Through working the five-step boundary solution, partners will gain clarity, reduce the chaos inherent in relationships impacted by sex addiction, feel more empowered and in control of their lives, and discover whether or not their relationship with the addict is salvageable.

Pardonner pour guérir, guérir pour pardonner. Et d'abord, qu'est-ce que pardonner ?

No Deadline for Dreams is an empowering guide for anyone who believes it’s never too late to chase their passions. Whether you’re 25 or 75, starting fresh or reigniting a long-held vision, Stuart Berretini offers a practical and inspiring roadmap to turn your dreams into reality—no matter the obstacles. This book dismantles the myth that dreams have an expiration date, showing you how to start where you stand, overcome fear, and build a legacy of courage that inspires others.

Suffering from writer's block? Wish you were more inventive? Perhaps, like most of us, you were taught to think vertically - to solve problems by going from one logical step to the next. In this international best seller, Dr. de Bono shows how lateral thinking can free your creative mind. Learn to hone your thinking skills and discover powerful yet simple techniques to help you generate idea after idea.

As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can be double the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. Marc Weissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted moms and dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stay asleep, and sleep regularly.

Living with anxiety, depression or struggling with a mental health condition can feel like you’re constantly being thrashed around by strong emotions. On top of the regular challenges of everyday life, it can be exhausting to deal with these emotions. The truth is there is no simple solution to struggling with emotional regulation. As hard as it is, this has be accepted but despite this we can still begin to change.

How to Rewire Your Brain with NLP in 30 Days gives you a practical, proven system for creating lasting change—without relying on willpower, self-discipline, or guilt. Using the powerful tools of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), you’ll discover exactly how to break the cycle, interrupt old patterns, and rewire your habits from the inside out. This isn’t another “try harder” program. It’s a step-by-step, brain-based approach that works with your mind—not against it—so change feels natural, sustainable, and real.

Your kids are the most important people in your lives. In this increasingly competitive and confusing world they need you to help them be their best. They need you to guide them in developing traits for success and happiness. Grit for Kids will teach you how to help your child to develop their own grit in just 16 easy-to-follow chapters. Each one contains real stories of real kids facing common situations, proven steps to take in these situations, and the outcomes after the steps were taken.

A new, comprehensive approach to help you identify, challenge, and overcome all types of worry. This empowering seven-step program, includes practical, easy-to-follow advice and techniques.

Lifestyle changes can be overwhelming: It’s hard to take on major goals without falling prey to self-doubt. But with kaizen, big goals become small, approachable steps. This Japanese method first made waves in the business world by launching Toyota to success; it also adds magic to Marie Kondo’s life-changing method of tidying up. As Kondo puts it: “You can take the first small step toward your dream today, and keep taking small steps to grow your passions.” Now, Sarah Harvey unlocks kaizen’s amazing potential to enhance our everyday lives.

Worried about mean girls? Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it starts - in elementary school.

Have you reached the point where restful sleep just feels like a delusional fantasy, one that will never be attained? Are you the parent of a baby who struggles to fall asleep every night, not being able to fall into a natural feeding and sleeping schedule? Are you so sleep deprived, that you have trouble functioning and even the slightest of inconveniences send you straight to a mental breakdown? Do you worry about your baby’s health due to their extensive period of little sleep, believing that, sooner or later, it will take a toll on their overall well-being?

What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting chronicles Jyl Barlow’s bumpy road to success as a (step)mother. Shared are the struggles of being inserted into an existing family still sitting within the emotional woodchipper of divorce. Jyl shares real-world lessons, not the mumbo-jumbo one can receive for the low price of a co-pay.

Transform your relationship in just 8 weeks with proven techniques to boost intimacy, build trust, and resolve conflicts—even if past efforts have failed. Are you struggling with constant arguments or emotional distance? The Complete Couples Therapy Workbook offers practical, step-by-step exercises to help couples reconnect, communicate effectively, and rebuild trust. Whether you’ve been together for months or decades, this workbook is tailored to fit your relationship’s unique challenges and goals.