Surviving Relationships

You know how devastating it is to lose a loved one. Coping with bereavement is a painful and bumpy journey with many twists and turns. It helps to have an outline or rough roadmap along this painful and bumpy journey, with a few short stories sprinkled in just to illustrate certain points. Give yourself time; handling and overcoming bereavement is all part of the journey.

The Pelzer family's secret life of fear and abuse was first revealed in Dave Pelzer's inspiring New York Times best seller, A Child Called "It", followed by The Lost Child and A Man Called Dave. Here, for the first time, Richard Pelzer tells the courageous and moving story of his abusive childhood.

Choices is the fifth novella in the ongoing Andersen Family Saga. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s been less than a month since her death and the four children she leaves behind struggle with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. But they are not alone. Her grandchildren and other members of Livia's large and extended family are also grappling with life without her there to turn to... Trisha Slavik knows better than most that sometimes you don’t always get the answers you’re looking for. She knows ...

With raw vulnerability, a deep well of wisdom, and the practical knowledge of someone who's been there, Kim Erickson walks grieving moms through the life-after-death process from how to plan the funeral to how to deal with friends, family, holidays, and birthdays. This is a profound and powerful resource that's invaluable for the mom who has lost a child - and for her friends and family who want to love her well.

In today's fast-paced, unstable workplace achieving success requires speaking up, promoting oneself and one's ideas, and taking initiative. Extroverts, fearless in tooting their own horns, naturally thrive in this environment, but introverts often stumble. If you question your ability to perform and succeed in this extroverted work culture, The Introvert's Complete Career Guide is custom fit for you. In this supportive, all-inclusive handbook, Jane Finkle demonstrates how to use your introverted qualities to their best advantage.

This ‘Teenage Relationships Guide’ will help you steer clear of the relationship dilemmas which can cause heartache instead of love and bonding through the delicate teenage years. This is your handy guide whenever you need guidance in these four important areas of teenage relationships; mother, best friend, siblings, and love interest. You will discover essential tips that will give you the power to develop the most awesome relationships through your teen years and beyond. Almost every teenage girl has relationship problems which they wish they could avoid. With the teenage years so ...

Who Needs Santa? & Other Lessons in Surviving Toxic Parents serves as a beacon for those navigating the aftermath of toxic relationships. It's a raw and powerful account of recognizing dysfunction, claiming autonomy, and the ongoing work of self-recovery. Each chapter delves into the lessons learned, offering insights and affirmations for others on their path to healing. This audiobook stands as an intimate discussion about the resilience required to turn adversity into strength.

This audiobook will change your fundamental understanding about the reality of boy rape and its lifelong impact on the abused. Dr. Gregg takes the listeners into his world as a nine-year-old boy: mistreated at home, bullied at school, and then brutally raped. It is insightfully interpreted from Dr. Gregg’s vantage point as a now highly respected behavioral scientist.

Parenting can only be described as an endless adventure, but in reality it is so much more. Whether you are raising young toddlers, teenagers, or those on the brink of adulting, parenting can be terrifying, overwhelming, and yes, even exhausting at times. Every stage of their growth and development becomes a new journey. Each time we think we have it figured out; they grow up a little more. We are left feeling unprepared, lost, and out of date, like a stubby armed tyrannosaurus rex trapped in a world filled with push-button-start cars and touch-screen cell phones.

Nous avons tous, un jour ou l’autre, jeune ou moins jeune, connu un chagrin d’amour. Si certains s’en remettent vite et bien, pour d’autres, la triste sentence d’Anatole France : « Chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie » résonne comme une vérité effroyable, paralysante, indépassable… C’est pour ces derniers–pour les premiers aussi–qu’Yvon Dallaire a rédigé cet excellent traité !

Growing up in an environment unsure of anything is stressful. Being unaware, but knowing at the same time something doesn’t feel right, is uncomfortable. You know the saying “what goes on in this house stays in this house”. But what actually goes on in this house? Who do you call? What do you say? Do I love her enough to endure this with her?Does she love me enough to let go? If love is the key that unlocks the heart, then where is the key that prevents death?

On April 24, 1996, Becky Olson was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, the 43-year-old mother of five and highly successful businesswoman now stood at the crossroads between life and death. Surviving arduous treatments and physical, mental, and emotional turmoil, Becky used the only weapon she had - her hat - to win the battle against the uninvited and overwhelming foe.

Betrayal is not merely an act of disloyalty; it is a wound that cuts deep, shattering trust and leaving behind a landscape of fractured emotions and disillusionment. In this raw and poignant memoir, Cheryl Dyson-Bennett invites you into her world of narcissistic abuse—a harrowing journey marked by emotional manipulation and profound betrayal. With courage and clarity, she shares her most vulnerable moments: the chilling silence of late-night absences, the agonizing realization of infidelity, and the heartache that reshaped her very sense of self.

After nine years of marriage, Toyin M. Falusi, MD, a specialist in infectious diseases, found herself divorced and raising two young children. It was a trying, stressful time, but rather than accept the hackneyed stereotype of the miserable and overwrought single mom, Falusi chose to embrace her new existence. Twelve years later, she’s still leading a happy, successful life. In The Decade After: Surviving Thriving After Divorce, she shares what she’s learned along the way.

One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list—drop the kids to school, get coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added 'pick up steroids'. She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for 20 years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same again. But this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late-night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person who matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at all.

The powerful collaboration of stories in this book has the influence to impact generations and nations by resonating the hope and resilience of women who initially believed there was no hope. These 12 women share their journeys from insidious abuse to freedom and purpose, to help empower women globally with the resources and strategies to navigate their own healing journey from fearful to fearless. While each woman’s experience is unique to her, and their stories were not easy to tell, all their impactful narratives reveal the classic characteristics of narcissistic abuse. Behind each ...

Becoming a step-parent is one of the toughest journeys anyone could ever take, but the rewards can be immeasurable. In this insightful and reassuring book, Australia's leading parenting expert, Michael Carr-Greg, offers practical advice. Surviving Step-Families is an invaluable resource that will help to give your new family the greatest chance of success.

We all want our children to be successful in school and beyond. For this to happen, a true partnership with schools and families will help develop this success. This book provides a road map, tips, and hacks on how to best navigate the journey and put your child in the best position possible to succeed!

Today’s middle school girls have it rough. In those few short years, girls go through an incredible number of biological and emotional changes, making it the most formative - and risky - time in their lives. Groups form and turn on each other, childhood friends can reveal trusted secrets just by sending a text message or updating a Facebook status, and deciding where to sit in the cafeteria can be a daily struggle. As any tween will tell you, life for a middle school girl can be summed up in one word: drama.

For more than 50 years, Harold Phifer's childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from those who thought they knew him best. No one knew about his past growing up with a mother who suffered from mental illness; a greedy, controlling aunt; a mindless and spoiled older brother; an absent father. It wasn't until an explosion in Afghanistan that his memory blasted back into focus. This book is the result of a long, cathartic chat with a stranger at a beach bar, where Harold finally found some peace.