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Healing the Wounds of the Heart: 15 Obstacles to Forgiveness and How to Overcome Them
by Olivier Clerc• Discusses 15 perceived obstacles to forgiveness and how to overcome them• Details four different methods of forgiveness: the Hawaiian practice of Ho'oponopono, Colin Tipping&’s Radical Forgiveness, Fred Luskin&’s Nine Steps to Forgiveness, and the author&’s own Gift of Forgiveness• Shares inspiring testimonies and stories from around the world, revealing how forgiveness helps stop a spiral of destruction, cleanses the heart, and leads to relief, freedom, and inner peaceCan Everything Be Forgiven? Forgiveness allows our hearts to heal and love to be revived. Forgiving the small and average sufferings experienced throughout life is one thing. But what about bigger transgressions, like infidelity, abuse, or even large-scale offenses such as genocide? Olivier Clerc identifies 15 obstacles to forgiveness--prejudices, confusions, misunderstandings--and discusses from where these perceptions originate and how they might keep us from taking the path to healing. Drawing from his years of forgiveness work as well as from the Forgiveness Project, he details four practical methods for forgiveness, each with a unique approach: the Hawaiian practice of Ho&‘oponopono, Colin Tipping&’s Radical Forgiveness, Fred Luskin&’s Nine Steps to Forgiveness, and the author&’s own Gift of Forgiveness, inspired by his work with don Miguel Ruiz. Inspiring testimonies and examples from both victims and perpetrators who have rebuilt their lives after trauma show that even when faced with the unspeakable we can heal. Choosing to engage in a conscious process of forgiving helps stop a spiral of destruction, cleanses the heart, and leads to relief, freedom, and inner peace.
Healing through Indigenous Wisdom
by Doctor Valerie RinglandCome on a journey to enrich your relationships with the land on which you live and with your ancestors.Learn to walk in two worlds: the Western world and your inner Indigenous cosmos. Through a 52-week journey of reflections, practical exercises, Indigenous storytelling and knowledge-sharing, this guide will support you to respectfully connect with your own ancestors as well as ancestors of the lands where you live, whether you identify as Indigenous or not. There are stories to inspire you and help you feel seen, exercises to illuminate blind spots and tools to heal individual and intergenerational wounds. You will learn to divine and work within your own medicine wheel and to enrich your spirit by integrating authentic earth-based rituals and ceremonies into your life.
Healing through Sound: Awakening Your Audible Body
by Vickie Dodd• Shows how sound, even humming, can change the body&’s tissues, rearrange posture, and release long-held emotional trauma and stress • Explains how to listen deeply to the body and discover the rhythms of the areas to be treated as well as how to intuit the sounds required for healing • Offers practices to help you immediately release tension and explains how to use your voice to release emotional conflicts so your body can naturally heal You are made of sound. By listening deeply, you can hear the rhythms and stories of the audible body. With the power of the voice, you can heal the body layer by layer, awakening your cells while releasing long-held tensions, stress, and emotional trauma. In this guide to sound as bodywork, sound healer Vickie Dodd shares her system for addressing trauma locked in the physical body with the healing power of sound. Touching on the function of the nervous system and the parasympathetic breath, she reveals how sound travels the inner pathways of the body, eliciting responses from the body memory of tissues and muscles while bypassing the mind. Sharing examples from sessions with her clients across five decades, she explains how sound can change the body&’s tissues, rearrange posture, and release undigested emotional experiences. She teaches how to prepare the body for the work of sounding and releasing and explains the vocabulary of healing sounds, in particular the power of vowels to start the healing process. Presenting experiential exercises, the author explores how to listen deeply and precisely to the body&’s stories and discover the rhythms of the areas to be treated as well as how to intuit the sounds required for healing—your unique soundprint. She offers practices to help you immediately experience a release of tension and stress and explains how to use your voice to release emotional conflicts so your body can naturally heal. She explores how to sing love songs to your shadow, transform negative patterns into harmonious ones, and discover the grace and peace that arise as your body&’s stories and tissues come to rest. Revealing the vast potential of sound to heal and transform, Vickie Dodd shows how each of us can dialogue with our own body for release, restoration, and vitality.
Healing through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair
by Miriam Greenspan"We are all touched at some point by the dark emotions of grief, fear, or despair. In an age of global threat, these emotions have become widespread and overwhelming. While conventional wisdom warns us of the harmful effects of "negative" emotions, this revolutionary book offers a more hopeful view: there is a redemptive power in our worst feelings. Seasoned psychotherapist Miriam Greenspan argues that it's the avoidance and denial of the dark emotions that results in the escalating psychological disorders of our time: depression, anxiety, addiction, psychic numbing, and irrational violence. And she shows us how to trust the wisdom of the dark emotions to guide, heal, and transform our lives and our world.
Healing with Haiku: A Poetic Exploration of Self
by Anne HelferHealing With Haiku invites you to delve into your innermost self, both emotionally and spiritually, through the art of haiku. This form of poetry, with its emphasis on careful observation, contemplation, and honest vulnerability, allows you to navigate personal challenges while aspiring for a balanced, peaceful, and joyous life.Therapeutic writing has long been a cornerstone of wellness programs, particularly those addressing trauma, addiction, anxiety, and stress. By merging the healing power of therapeutic writing with the mindfulness and self-expression of haiku, you can process significant moments and emotions in a structured yet creative manner.In Healing With Haiku, you will learn to:• Compose authentic haikus using the 5-7-5 syllable structure• Choose emotional language to better express yourself• Write with both guided prompts and personal inspirationCreate deeply meaningful haikus and discover new ways to articulate what is true and important to you.
Healing with Homeopathy: The Doctors' Guide
by Wayne B. Jonas Jennifer JacobsUsing published studies and their own research and clinical experience, two prominent physicians and researchers provide easy-to-understand guidelines for using homeopathic remedies, real-life cases of miracle cures, and frank talk about homeopathy's limitations. Clearly written, this sourcebook includes a "toolbox" of homeopathic treatments, as well as advice on finding a reliable practitioner. Ailments addressed include: <BR>-- Sinus infections<BR>-- Heartburn and digestive problems<BR>-- Insomnia<BR>-- Colds and sore throats<BR>-- And many more.<P>Similar to Bill Moyers' Healing and the Mind (Main Street Books, 1995), here is a thorough, easy-to-use guide to homeopathy -- a method of treating illness by giving the patient a minute dose of what caused the symptoms in the first place.<P>"The most concise, useful, and practical book on homeopathy this reviewer has ever come across". -- Library Journal<P>"A must for anyone who wishes to comprehend the origins and the logic of this healing science". -- Charleston Post & Courier<P>"An invaluable and authoritative resource to both consumers and health professionals". -- Dana Ullman, M.P.H., author of The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy
Healing with Light Frequencies: The Transformative Power of Star Magic
by Jerry SargeantAccess high-vibrational Consciousness Codes to heal your body and mind • Explains how to work with extraterrestrial light frequencies to clear, energize, uplift, and empower your body and mind and speed up the healing process • Offers basic, intermediate, and advanced ways of healing, with step-by-step illustrations, exercises, meditations, and real-life cases of Star Magic transformations • Illustrates holograph blueprints, pineal gland activation, and how to work with the Mer-ka-ba field to turbocharge your life, as well as many other powerful techniques Star Magic Healing aligns you with high-vibrational Consciousness Codes and extraterrestrial light frequencies that expand your consciousness, shift your vibration, and speed up the healing process. Present on Earth in ancient Egyptian times, these Codes will transform your inner world and, in turn, upgrade your external reality. Through a series of major life events, Jerry Sargeant has reawakened this advanced soul technology and shares it here to help unleash the full potential of every living being. Jerry reveals how to connect with and harness extraterrestrial light frequencies to energize, uplift, and consciously empower your own life, others, and the planet. The author shares practical Star Magic Healing tools with step-by-step illustrations as well as visualizations, exercises, and meditations to shift your vibration and bring about rapid healing that lasts. He discusses holographic blueprints, pineal gland activation, quantum knowledge, parallel realities, shadow parasites, and the impact of crystals and sacred geometry. Offering basic, intermediate, and advanced ways of healing, the author explains how to work at the cellular level, clearly demonstrating how advanced healing is readily available for everyone. Learn how to activate your Mer-ka-ba field and open up to infinite streams of abundance. Jerry also shares real-life case studies, recounting how he has used high-vibrational light frequencies to successfully remove tumors, restore eyesight, heal hearts and relationships, and supercharge businesses for massive success. Star Magic offers an opportunity to heal at the deepest levels and find alignment with your life purpose. Star Magic Codes of Consciousness will connect you to the frequency of unconditional love, unleashing colossal inner wisdom and super-heightened awareness that enable you to manifest your perfect reality quickly. We each have the ancient power to heal and transform within us, and Star Magic offers the key to unleashing this power.
Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma
by Rochelle CalvertReconnect with Your Body and Nature to Heal from Trauma As psychologist and mindfulness teacher Rochelle Calvert explores in this powerful book, one of the greatest sources of healing from trauma is all around us — nature. Dr. Calvert shows how to relate to and connect with nature through the practice of mindfulness to calm and relax the nervous system, tune in to the somatic wisdom of the body to face lingering trauma and rewire it, and work with painful experiences to transform them in ways that heal the individual and contribute to healing the wider world. Healing with Nature pioneers a path not just to recovery but to lifelong healing and resilience.
Healing with Past Life Therapy
by Lorraine FlahertyProviding evidence to the validity of past lives, this self-help guide delves deeply into past life regression and offers a thorough understanding of each step of the process. Through detailed transcripts of actual sessions, ordinary people speak candidly about their experiences with this form of self-discovery. Confirming that she has gone through the same journey to healing, Lorraine Flaherty incorporates stories of her own past lives to illustrate the ways these insights can aid in clearing away mental clutter, help to form better decisions, cause one to become more empowered, and put one's life on the right path. With a compelling and down-to-earth approach, this remarkable discussion illustrates the ways that any reader-from the idly curious to the serious spiritual seeker-can develop a greater understanding of who they are, where they come from, and where they are going.
Healing with the Arts: A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community
by M.D., Michael Samuels Ph.D., Mary LaneHeal yourself and your community with this proven 12-week program that uses the arts to awaken your innate healing abilities. Acclaimed by hospitals and caretakers from around the world, Healing with the Arts brings a tried and true program out of the medical field and into your home and neighborhood. Improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health in just 12 weeks. Whether you are ill, suffering from emotional trauma, or looking to unite your community, the arts become the conduit to restore your wellness and thrive in life. Dr. Michael Samuels and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane created and developed this unique and powerful process to help anyone heal. Through innovative art projects--from the visual arts, movement and dance, writing, and music--along with spiritual practices and guided imagery, readers learn to get in touch with their inner muse and inner healer. Based on years of research and experience in the medical community, Healing with the Arts sets the stage for a more meaningful and healthier existence.
Healing without Fear: How to Overcome Your Fear of Doctors, Hospitals, and the Health Care System and Find Your Way to True Healing
by James Jealous Laurel Ann ReinhardtA workbook for recognizing, releasing, and transforming fear in one's self and in our health care system. • Over 60 exercises for recognizing, releasing, and transforming fear to promote healing. • Includes case studies, transcribed dreamwork, and the author's personal story of healing. When Laurel Ann Reinhardt discovered a lump in her breast she witnessed firsthand how fear holds silent reign over the patient in the Western health care system and hinders the process of healing. This fear is systematically perpetuated by doctors and insurance agents, and it has become the cultural norm--undermining the foundation of all healing and the important work these providers are meant to perform. Drawing on the work of Rupert Sheldrake, Ken Wilbur, and Carl Jung, as well as her 20-plus years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Laurel Ann Reinhardt provides a thoughtful discussion about the existence, creation, and impact of this morphogenetic "field of fear" in the health care system. She provides us with the tools we need to recognize and release this fear and its harmful role in the healing process. From exercises for "expelling the breath of fear" and "talking back to fear" to "being heard and seen by physicians" and "dealing with the fears of our health care providers," Healing without Fear utilizes visualizations, journaling, chakra meditations, and dreamwork to teach both health care professionals and laypersons how to transform fear and allow true healing to begin.
Healing: Cancer, Heart Disease, and Depression
by Jerry RhineThe purpose of this book is to provide readers with the power to utilize the mind's ability to create physiological changes in their bodies in combination with western medicine to reverse life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, AIDS, etc. This book provides numerous transforming images, which enable readers to tap into their mind's subconscious, of positive emotional states including Hope, Self-love, Happiness, and Courage, and thereby reverse immune suppressive states of depression and anxiety. To achieve this, the book enables readers to focus on images of a positive emotional state, recalling vivid uplifting memories using all of their senses, which, when repeated, can result in emotional and physical improvement. The book contains inspiring quotes by the Dalai Lama, Buddha, and William Wordsworth, suggestions for specific action including forgiving someone who has hurt them and feeling a sense of peace, and supporting facts, studies, and science, including gene therapy and quantum physics.
Healing: fortfarande barnens bröd
by Dr Gilbert AdimoraEn sammanfattning av valda bibeltexter med fördjupade förklaringar. Författaren har sammanfattat utvalda delar ur bibeltext för att skapa en bok att bedja utifrån för att underlätta och hela smärta och sjukdom. Han ger hänvisningar till bibeltext som han sedan kommenterar.
Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
by Linda Bacon Lindo BaconFat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that help you to feel good. You too can feel great in your body right now—and Health at Every Size will show you how. Health at Every Size has been scientifically proven to boost health and self-esteem. The program was evaluated in a government-funded academic study, its data published in well-respected scientific journals. Updated with the latest scientific research and even more powerful messages, Health at Every Size is not a diet book, and after reading it, you will be convinced the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight.
Health Habits for Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to Changing Behaviors & Mindset for Managing Type 2 Diabetes
by Justin KompfA patient's guide to identifying and executing easy strategies and positive behaviors to help better manage their Type 2 diabetes. Health Habits for Diabetes highlights how to take the motivation to change from their diagnosis, use willpower, examine their sources of influence, form habits, and form a new integrated identity around healthy behaviors. Health Habits for Diabetes provides a what, why, and how for each stage of health behavior change including medication compliance, physical activity, mindset and nutrition. Most of the things that make us sick are preventable. They are preventable because they are the result of our behaviors. Using examples from research and practice, Health Habits for Diabetes uses this behavioral focus to help patients manage their Type 2 diabetes.
Health Revelations from Heaven: 8 Divine Teachings from a Near Death Experience
by Stephen Sinatra Tommy RosaIn 1999, Bronx-born plumber Tommy Rosa died after being the victim of a hit-and-run incident. Lying by the road, he felt a tug whisking him off into a tunnel of light. He found himself in an indescribably beautiful place, filled with a total sense of peace and joy. Tommy met his Divine Teacher and received a series of profound lessons—Eight Revelations about the nature of health, healing, and well-being. He was shown that God created the Earth to nourish and heal mankind and that our sense of separation from each other and the divine is of our own making.Around the same time, integrative cardiologist Dr. Stephen Sinatra was revolutionizing his medical practice with a holistic approach to treatment. When a chance meeting brought the two men together, they gradually came to realize that the revelations of healing from Tommy’s Teacher aligned with the groundbreaking results Dr. Sinatra was seeing in his own scientific research. Health Revelations from Heaven combines Dr. Sinatra’s practices with Tommy’s Revelations to lead you toward revitalized health, a newfound sense of purpose, and spiritual balance. Fully corroborated by Dr. Sinatra’s four decades of medical expertise, these stories and practices can bring the gifts of Heaven and Earth into everyday life.
Health Revolution: Finding Happiness and Health Through an Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
by Maria BoreliusThe story of one woman’s unique, four-year-long quest to banish melancholy and depression, find happiness and fulfillment, cultivate wellness, and ultimately create her best self—lessons anyone can use to pursue a healthier and more satisfied life.When Maria Borelius turned fifty-two, she hit menopause and her physical health began to decline. Feeling tired, sad, and depressed, she suffered from physical pain, including a lingering back ache. Fearful that this was a glimpse of what the future would be, she embarked on a personal odyssey, an exploratory journey that introduced her to a whole new style of living that would transform her body, mind, and soul – an anti-inflammatory lifestyle.Maria began with science. She traveled the globe to meet medical and fitness experts in Canada, the United States, Denmark, India, and Sweden. She studied history, exploring the health secrets of ancient civilizations and religious sects with unexpected long life-spans. What she discovered helped her turn back her clock and find renewed energy, enthusiasm, and joy. She changed her eating habits, making plants the center of her diet. She got her body moving to strengthen her muscles and stimulate her mind. She also opened herself to the possibilities of the world around her, cultivating a sense of awe and wonder and an appreciation for glorious sunsets and more of the priceless beauty life offers.Health Revolution is the fascinating chronicle of one woman’s quest for knowledge and her desire to foster physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. Filled with inspiring and calming imagery and illustrations, this energizing motivational guide includes concrete and doable tips and recipes for everyone who wants to experience a stronger, happier, and more youthful version of themselves.
Healthiest You Ever: 365 Ways to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Boost Your BMI, Lower Your Blood Pressure, Increase Your Stamina, Improve Your Cholesterol Levels, and Energize from Head to Toe!
by Meera LesterGood health means making good choices every day-and with this book, you can get fit and happy, one choice at a time. With daily advice and tried-and-true tactics for every aspect of health, you'll reach your optimum level of well being-from head to toe:Monday: Go meatless on MondaysTuesday: Do push-ups to strengthen your coreWednesday: Sign up for a foreign language class-and stimulate your brainThursday: Incorporate interval training into your run to build enduranceFriday: Take a yoga class to build flexibilitySaturday: Play a game of pick-up basketball with your best budsSunday: Take a nap on the afternoon for some much-needed Zs With this book, you'll have the advice you need to make this the year that you truly do get healthier every day in every way!
Healthy & Happy
by Julie BooherLife is too short to spend your time consumed with food and a negative body image. For those who have spent years on the diet roller coaster, stuck in the rut of food obsession and body shaming, never finding a way to break free from those bad habits and pattern eating – today is your day to liberate. Inspired by her successful 8 week- lifestyle makeover program, nutrition coach Julie Booher delivers the ultimate guide to finding food freedom and improving your life! Healthy & Happy gives you the tools you need to create the body and life you love. This book takes a light-hearted, fun approach to changing your lifestyle — everything from improving your mindset, body confidence tips, creating your own magic morning routine, and food strategies that help you become more balanced. It’s everything you need to know to finally put an end to your struggle with food, find confidence and fall in love with yourself. You will come away from this book being able to create more room in your life for things that truly inspire you including: building better relationships, finding a purpose and learning that the more we trust our bodies, the more it opens the door to having a fulfilling life.
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
by Andrew WeilAndrew Weil M.D. offers information on nutrition, diet and exercise to promote graceful and healthy aging.
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-being
by Andrew WeilIn each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other. Drawing on the new science of biogerontology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity -- diet, activity and attitude -- Dr. Weil explains that there are a myriad of things we can do to keep our bodies and minds in good working order through all phases of life. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting,Healthy Agingis infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Weil our most trusted source on healthy living. With detailed information on: -Learning to eat right: Following the anti-inflammatory diet, Dr. Weil's guide to the nutritional components of a healthy lifestyle -Separating myth from fact about the would-be elixirs of life extension -- herbs, hormones, and anti-aging "medicines" -Learning exercise, breathing and stress-management techniques to benefit your mind and body -Understanding the science behind the aging process -Keeping record of your life lessons to share with loved ones.
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
by Billie Fitzpatrick Wendy SuzukiThe key to a happy life . . . is a healthy brainFrom the outside, it looked like Dr. Wendy Suzuki had it all. She was a world-renowned neuroscientist. She had been lauded by her peers with many prizes and had produced many highly regarded scientific publications. She had tenure at a top-ranked university, where she also ran her own lab--two of the most difficult and highly coveted positions for any scientist to attain. And yet . . .Wendy was forty, frumpy, and focused on her work one hundred percent of the time. She was single, overwhelmed by her responsibilities, and often found herself in uncomfortable, strained interactions with everyone around her. To put it simply, Wendy Suzuki needed to change her life.She set out on a journey that would transform her body, her mind, and her brain. The first step was exercise and creating a regime that would make her body more fit. In the process, Wendy found herself focusing better, working smarter, and getting more accomplished in a shorter amount of time. As her body changed, her determination grew. Wendy set out to build a more vibrant social life, spark her creativity, and engage in meditation and other mindful activities--using her expertise in neuroscience to pinpoint exactly how these actions not only made her brain work better but also made her feel, well, happy. In Healthy Brain, Happy Life, Wendy Suzuki makes the ultimate mind-body-spirit connection and shows that everything she did for her body changed her brain--and her life--for the better.Healthy Brain, Happy Life is an accessible blend of memoir and science narrative that will transform the way you think about your brain, your health, and your personal happiness. Through both groundbreaking brain research and personal stories, Wendy offers practical and fascinating ways to improve memory, engage the mind more deeply, and learn new skills that will ultimately transform your body and your life.
Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home
by Christopher GaviganLearn how to Create a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home ? from Christopher Gavigan and the trusted experts at Healthy Child Healthy World. Healthy Child Healthy World is the essential guide for parents! All parents want a happy and healthy child in a safe home, but where do they start? It starts with the small steps to creating a healthier, less toxic, and more environmentally sound home ? and this is the definitive book to get you there. Unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans, overwhelmingly children, now face chronic disease and illnesses including cancer, autism, asthma, allergies, birth defects, ADD/ADHD, obesity/diabetes, and learning and developmental disabilities. The number gets higher each year and more parents ask WHY? Scientific evidence increasingly finds chemicals in everyday products like cleaning supplies, beauty care and cosmetics, home furnishings, plastics, food, and even toys that are contributors to these ailments. The good news is that you can something to protect your children with a few simple changes! Inside, you?ll find practical, inexpensive, and easy lifestyle advice for every stage of parenting including: * Advice on preparing a nontoxic nursery for a new baby * What every expectant mom needs to do to have a safer pregnancy * Clarifying which plastics and baby products to avoid and the healthier solutions * Tips to take to the grocery store, including the most and least pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables and the best healthy kid-approved snacks * Which beauty care / cosmetic products pose the biggest risk to health * The best recipes for healthy snacks, low-cost and safe homemade cleaners, and non-toxic art supplies * How to easily minimize allergens, dust, and lead * A greener garden, yard, and outdoor spaces * Tips to keep your pets healthy, and the unwanted pests out naturally * Renovation ideas, naturally fresher indoor air, and safer sleeping options, * An 27 page extensive shopper?s guide to most trusted and best products every home needs Inside is also packed with over 40 featured contributions from renowned doctors, environmental scientists, and public-health experts like Dr. Harvey Karp, Dr Philip Landrigan, and William McDonough, as well as many celebrity parents like Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobey Maguire, Sheryl Crow, Erin Brockovich and Tom Hanks. A special featured contribution from First Lady Michelle Obama on her best ways of coping with her daughter?s asthma.
Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life: A Biblical Guide for Communicating Thoughts, Feelings, and Opinions with Grace, Truth, and Zero Regret
by Donna JonesAuthor, speaker, and pastor's wife Donna Jones gives women a practical, biblical blueprint for making regret-free choices in the middle of real-life conflict so they can exchange relational turmoil for personal and relational peace.We've all had moments where we look back on a conflict, shake our heads, and think, why did I handle it that way?With three decades of ministry experience, Donna Jones has had a front-row seat to--and been in the middle of--all kinds of conflict and she understands the regret, guilt, heartache, and hurt conflict can produce. But she also knows it's possible for God to use those chaotic, painful moments and turn them into opportunities for better connection with those around us. With encouragement, warmth, and wisdom, Donna shows readers how to navigate the stressful confusion conflict can bring and helps them todiscover the single most important quality necessary to handle conflict well;communicate thoughts, feelings, and opinions with grace, truth, and zero regret;be equipped to handle conflict in a God honoring way by exchanging conflict styles that hurt with conflict styles that heal; identify common conflict mistakes and prevent unnecessary disagreements and defeat; andstop being pulled into other people's drama and remain calm in the midst of chaos. Whether readers are dealing with daily disagreements or occasional blowups, Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life offers them a new paradigm, one where they learn how to honor God when they've been hurt, communicate when they'd rather retaliate, and move toward others when it seems easier to run away.
Healthy Dependency: Leaning on Others without Losing Yourself
by Mary A. Languirand Robert F. BornsteinFrom the psychologist who coined the phrase "healthy dependency"—the first and only book that outlines its four key steps and helps readers understand and use these principles to achieve balance in love, in friendships, with family, and at work.The research is clear: Too much dependency in our relationships can be a bad thing, but too little dependency is just as bad. Healthy dependency—that flexible middle ground between rigid independence and unhealthy overdependence—is the ability to balance intimacy and autonomy, lean on others while maintaining a strong sense of self, and feel good (not guilty) about asking for help when you need it.The authors' studies confirm that healthy dependency brings a wealth of positive effects including: increased satisfaction in love relationshipsgreater likelihood of academic and career successbetter family communication and improved parenting skillsenhanced physical and psychological healthThis unique book, meticulously organized and laced throughout with case studies, anecdotes, relationship-style questionnaires, and research findings, draws from the authors' more than 20 years of research and clinical experience. A valuable guide to achieving healthy relationships between men and women of all ages, it will help readers identify where they are on the relationship continuum, and understand the skills they will need to address in order to strengthen their personal, professional, and family relationships.