Changing Families

Whether you´re still pregnant and preparing for the postpartum period, or you´ve just delivered your baby, your body has accomplished something amazing: You´ve created a tiny little life. While it´s incredibly exciting to finally hold your baby, now you´re on the journey back to normalcy within your body, and if you don´t know what to expect, this can seem daunting. Luckily, you´ve found us to help!

Everyone—especially young children, teenagers and young adults—now reports higher levels of anxiety than ever before. Yet there's no playbook for parenting today. From the climate crisis to gun violence to political upheaval to racism, parenting in these times means bearing witness to chronic levels of uncertainty amidst societal and planetary transformation. Many are succumbing to fears and despair by becoming cynical “Doomers.” In Raising Anti‑Doomers, psychotherapist Ariella Cook‑Shonkoff reveals that Doomerism is nothing more than fear or despair gone wild.

How can we, as parents, raise resilient, self-driven children who are truly prepared for a world that’s rapidly changing, when traditional schooling often prioritizes outdated facts and test scores over essential skills, character, and an entrepreneurial mindset? This book offers a hands-on, practical guide inspired by insights from technology, business, and psychology—equipping you with strategies that truly prepare kids for the future.

Scarlett Fife has big feelings. And when she has big feelings, they explode out of her like an over-squeezed stress ball. Scarlett's in big trouble after a big feelings episode leads to a runaway hamster getting into the vicar's trousers at her aunty's engagement party. If she loses her temper one more time, she's going to miss out on her trip to Mega Awesome Sicky Fun World, the best theme park on the planet. But feelings are like slime in a party bag. No matter how much someone tells you to keep it in, it'll always find its way out.

Even if you've never been a parent or don't plan to be one this book is for you. Look within and discover how your own upbringing and family patterns influence your life experiences today. Listen and discover what you can do to change the patterns that no longer serve you. Learn how to assist yourself and your children in becoming self-directed, self-actualized and loving human beings.

Ariana is finally ready to graduate and get a new start at the University of Georgia. But she never expects to meet someone as perfect as Lucas at the beginning of senior year. Lucas is everything Ariana could ever want in a guy, but he can't be a part of Ariana's new start, not when his family needs him at home.

We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben and his wife Katherine sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children, and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives. What they weren’t prepared for was Katherine’s devastating second brain cancer diagnosis.

This audiobook is proof that we can create something from nothing together with our kids. What you're about to embark on is a journey that no one can take away from you. We're going to create a time capsule you'll be able to cherish until your 89-year-old neighbor finally tells you she's deaf and hasn't heard a word about it. This audiobook is going to help you create a bond with your kids.

Have you always wondered what an au pair is and what they do? Have you thought about being an au pair before? Are you nervous or anxious about moving away to become an au pair? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you. 50 Things to Know About Being an Au Pair by author Natalie Castle offers an approach to help you through the process of becoming an au pair, as well as offers helpful tips and advice on how to be the best au pair possible. Most books on being an au pair tell you all the amazing things you will experience, but never give you practical advice.

Can Louis' parents get any more embarrassing? Will they ever get on board with his dreams of stardom? Why is everyone dressed in glittery and ill-fitting clothes? And why, oh why is everyone chanting 'ommmmmm'? Follow the hilarious adventures and misadventures of Louis, the aspiring schoolboy comedian, in this laugh-out-loud tale from the award-winning author of How to Train Your Parents, Pete Johnson.

This light and entertaining book, spoken from a personal story, uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the astonishing influence of the 80/20 Rule, the mastery of solving the root cause of problems, or why failure is a myth), and delves into the way on forging a mind of clarity from the power of ideas. Doing the journey together. Providing actionable and achievable steps. Along the way, Gareth tells inspiring stories of uprisen artists, leading CEOs, and Nobel prize scientists who have persevered with powerful habits that led to gratitude, joy, and legacy.

In 7 Proven Strategies for Parenting Toddlers that Excel, from Potty Training to Preschool, best-selling parenting advice author Frank Dixon offers caring parents of toddler girls and boys more than just the basic potty training and positive discipline tips that you get from other toddler books. In this groundbreaking child development book, you will learn everything you need for teaching toddlers social skills that will help them for the rest of their lives, including making friends, accelerated learning ability, and improving self-esteem.

In The Vital Parenting Skills and Happy Children Box Set, best-selling parenting advice author Frank Dixon offers loving parents powerful positive parenting skills and effective communication techniques that any mom or dad can use to help your child to overcome adversity and be happy children, even if they struggle with negativity, low self-esteem, or child anxiety due to COVID-19, or other current social issues.

Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband, Thomas, their two beautiful children, and God. But then what begins as innocent letter writing with poet James starts to become something far more erotically charged, their meeting of minds threatening to become a meeting of bodies. As everything Maggie believes in is thrown into doubt, the listener is drawn ever deeper into the battleground of her soul.

Black men are trying to change their lives, and what they do not need, is outside influences obstructing their desire to positively change. Yes, many black men are angry, and many black men are tired of negative and racist misinformation concerning them and their communities. This is the most beloved book on real black men issues TRYING and DOING positive things to atone and avert from their past mistakes.

This is how you walk out of the front door every morning empowered and ready to take on the day. Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed before you've even had a chance to eat breakfast in the morning? Does it feel like there are always 10 million things to do that you simply don't have time for? Your entire day is determined by how your morning goes - you’ll carry this energy with you through the rest of the day - whether you want to or not. But it doesn't have to be this way. You can stop the cycle. A life of productivity and fulfillment for you and your family

As her senior year of high school nears its end, Seryna believes she knows what she wants out of life. But when she falls in love with a handsome stranger, untapped feelings and desires she never knew she had come forward. Pulled into a romance that changes her life, she engages in an affair with rich and powerful Kieran. Soon, complications beyond new love emerge for the young woman, including her lover’s role in the FBI investigation of her family’s potential crimes. It results in a suspenseful romance filled with twists and turns.Is her family hiding a dark secret? Will she take a ...

Commander Carlos Cortez was undercover on assignment at the local university. With little hope, he agreed to study for a year to search for missing females of his kind. What he found was more than he ever thought possible. With his trusted captain and best friend by his side, would he finally get the answers he's been searching for? Would it bring an end to the suffering of his people? Monarch Dawn is a short story prequel to Chrysalis of Change. These books are part of a three book series - The Metamorphosis Series. You can get this book for free by signing up for J.L. Sanchez newsletter.

Dive into a world where an ancient gypsy mask holds power over life and death. In "Masked Shadows" retired NFL Saints coach Joe and his allies face a malevolent force emanating from the depths of Russian folklore. As they grapple with creeping algae that threatens annihilation, the key to salvation lies in secrets as old as time itself. Are you prepared to witness what lies within a giant New Orleans warehouse?

Being a parent is a powerful experience, but often we don't anticipate the many ways it will change us. Expectant and new parents will find this book helpful because it examines the real effects children exert on a parent's sense of self, concept of love, personal and work goals, and your family relationships and friendships, and it explores the basis of the deep satisfaction we derive from being a parent - as well as areas that create stress.