Winner Self-Help: Relationships 2021 Best Book Awards
Nearly 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes every day — that night, Jennifer was one of them.
On Shattered Wings is the powerful story of the people left behind and their powerful life lessons for us all, an unforgettable true story of a family’s struggle to survive overwhelming sorrow amidst ongoing unexpected and startling events. Along the way, they discover the value of faith, the insignificance of regrets, and the realization there can be joy again through harnessing pain into healing action for themselves and others.
“To say love is what makes a marriage work is like saying it takes oxygen to climb a mountain. Yes, oxygen is necessary. But not sufficient.”
From the author of the bestselling Go-Giver series and his wife, a clinically trained therapist, this one-of-a-kind relationship guide shows readers how to unlock a deeply satisfying, abundant relationship based on simple, everyday acts of generosity.
In this new narrative, a position has opened up at the top of the multinational giant Rachel’s Famous Coffee, and Tom desperately wants the job. To gain the position, he must first go through a series of interviews with the company’s top executives, including its eccentric CFO, Jeremiah.
Zen (and Rage)is Marcia Formica’s first, and perhaps forever only book. It’s a humorous and sometimes harrowing account of surviving and even thriving through a decade-long home renovation project co-produced with her husband. This is the story of the monumental project they undertook to morph their adorable little colonial reproduction home into an energy-efficient, sustainability-minded house over twice the size in just over three times the original timeframe—with almost no lasting loss of sanity.
How do you create a successful, romantic relationship that will stand the test of time?
What are the secret ingredients that makes some relationships thrive while others fail?
How do you let go of doubt and fear and enjoy a long, happy marriage or relationship?
Through deeply personal and moving stories, The Kickass Couple explores how you and your partner can become the vitalized couple you have always hoped you could be. You will learn how to gain a deeper understanding of your own attachment needs, and discover how to use this personal insight and awareness to create an unbreakable bond with your partner.
Finalist Self-Help: Relationships 2021 Best Book Awards
Living and Loving Mutually helps couples break out of hurtful patterns in their relationships. Through relatable examples, readers find new ways of understanding relationships that help couples move away from blaming each other for the pain they are each experiencing. Living and Loving Mutually shows that the problematic knots in relationships are mutually created and can only be resolved by two people working together to break the hurtful patterns. It takes two people to make a mess in any relationship, and it requires at least two people to undo it. About the Author: Avrum G. Weis, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who sees individuals and couples for psychotherapy online. Dr. Weiss is recognized nationally for his pioneering work on the process of change in individuals and organizations.
Finalist Self-Help: Relationships 2021 Best Book Awards
How Can I Give My Child Hope?
“I’m such a failure.” “No one cares about me.” “I haven’t felt happy for a long time.” “I don’t want to live anymore.”
If you have heard your child utter these words, your fear for their well-being has skyrocketed. But what can you do to help them?
Some experts say that depression and anxiety are the new normal. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people. As parents, we cannot accept this. Many young people feel helpless and hopeless. Our kids must be equipped with more than resilience and positivity. They need hope. Hope for a future. Along with her daughter Kendra, parent and family educator Lori Wildenberg encourages you to take the practical ways offered in Messy Hope to foster necessary hope growth in your children’s hearts. This is more than a self-help book, this is your lifeline to help them overcome depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation to experience a hope-filled life.
Finalist Self-Help: Relationships 2021 Best Book Awards
“Throughout this book is the metaphor to archery. Arrows fly; arrows land; arrows miss; arrows hit. The aim isn't merely metaphoric. It's a missed opportunity: a mother to know her son, a father to be the protector... the boy.
As the author targets the past and present in a series of well-paced vignettes, we are not left wondering about the destruction of child abuse and the scars it leaves. Text credited to The Wounded Storyteller gives the author a chance to share his questions of faith and existence, a search for meaning.
The Day the Sky Broke Open is an engaging read into hurt. Hoerner weaves dialog with honesty and poetic verse. His sense of emotional timing puts the reader in the front row of a house of dysfunction.
For those who are self-reflective, have questions of their own—or some experience with abuse, read this book. Lovingly attentive to the complications of the family heart, The Day the Sky Broke Open hits the bull's-eye.” —LitStack
Finalist Self-Help: Relationships 2021 Best Book Awards
It is the stuff of childhood dreams: standing at the altar and pledging to love each other for better or for worse. The unfortunate truth is that many people who are or who have been married, really don’t know what they are agreeing to; the nightmare of how bad “worse” can get.Stacia and Ed Gowens invite you to travel with them on a “Fantastic Voyage” of TRUE love. From starry eyed, completely smitten youngsters to busy parents of young children and then into the brick wall; infidelity times two. The story is told from three sides; Stacia’s, “She-Do”, Ed’s “He-Do” their common reflections and experiences, “We-Do”. Along the way, you will sing, dance and reminisce along a musical journey. Beginning with their Young Love (Janet Jackson) to their first big cross-country relocation with Motown Philly (Boyz II Men), their Confessions (Usher) and ultimately end with where their relationship is today, Endless Love (Diana Ross & Lionel Richie). As each phase of their relationship unfolds, the warning signs that were ignored, common marriage obstacles to look out for, and key lessons learned are revealed as a guide to help other couples avoid the pain that they endured.
