How do parents cope when their adult children struggle to launch, battle depression or addiction, or return home unable to face independence? With empathy and insight, When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us confronts the painful gap between parental hopes and the reality of “adultolescents” who are stuck, struggling, or spiraling.In this groundbreaking book, a social psychologist who’s been chronicling the lives of American families for over two decades confron...

"Jane Adams gets at the heart of human relationships by illuminating the boundaries that create and sustain them. Taking on a subject that everyone talks about but few people really understand, she breaks new psychological ground in this accessible, empathetic, and original book that offers concrete assistance and wise counsel to all who struggle with the central dilemma of being human-being both separate and connected, intimate as well as autonomous, without sacrificing the self." -Edward...

They say that we all have a day, a dark day of the soul when we either sink for good or fight it and rise from the depths threatening our everything. I dont think I had a day, but rather a period of time where things were so dark I knew that if something didn't change - if I didn't change - then I would get pulled under and never escape, leaving my girls without a mum, just as I had been left without mine.This book is born from that journey, its my struggle from just barely survivi...

Spiritually fierce is a not just a phrase. Spiritually fierce is a movement of awakening consciousness and you are part of it.It's time to change the conversation about intuition. We should begin by asking ourselves one question... Do I know that I am pure, unlimited consciousness? If the answer is no, then this is the spiritual guidebook for you. Intuition expert and spiritual scholar, Ricci-Jane Adams talks about what it takes to move from knowing we are intuitiv...

In the Manhattan brownstone they share, three ,women , close to the summit of their careers, share their triumphs and defeats, and learn that success has its price as well as its payoffs. In this compelling and dramatic novel, they ask themselves and each other ask the questions women can no longer avoid. Cass, Paula and Ellin - an ad exec, a lawyer and a writer - are part of the first generation of baby boom women who seemed to have a real chance at shattering the glass ceiling, breaking ...

The Ketogenic diet has been a medical miracle that helps control epilepsy, blood pressure, blood sugar and excess weight. This book facilitates a successful ketogenic transition for every vegan - ensuring that every vegan is availed the opportunity to reach and remain in ketosis without much difficulty. The ketogenic and vegan diet can be combined without contradicting the beliefs, values and foundations on which both diets were founded. The great news is that you can be vegan and still en...

A must have for every teacher who wants to develop the emotional competence of children in their class. This resource contains 45 lessons - more than enough for one lesson per week! The lessons each contain detailed teachers' notes, warm up games and activities, questions to ask and ideas about what to expect. Most lessons also include a photocopiable activity. The activities are divided into 5 sections: knowing myself, developing empathy, managing feelings, developing social skills and th...

Your Life by Design, A journey of gratitude and journaling exercises that will change your life is designed to do just that.Its not just another ordinary gratitude book, instead it will take you on a journey to retrain your mind to find things to be grateful for and to look for the positives in everything.This amazing journal was born from my own soul searching journey from depressed and anxious to now, where I live the most amazing life.Along the way I discovered what work...

The Ketogenic diet has been a medical miracle that helps control epilepsy, blood pressure, blood sugar and excess weight. This book facilitates a successful ketogenic transition for every vegan - ensuring that every vegan is availed the opportunity to reach and remain in ketosis without much difficulty. The ketogenic and vegan diet can be combined without contradicting the beliefs, values and foundations on which both diets were founded. The great news is that you can be vegan and still en...

Sometimes the hardest thing to protect isn’t your land—it’s your heart.JD Morrison has one plan: survive the winter, then ride on. He’s spent years drifting toward a dream—his own ranch, his own name on something permanent. But the struggling homestead on the Leon River comes with an unexpected complication: a fiercely independent woman hiding a secret that could get them both killed.Andie Meadows has already lost her fathe...

After playing a TV sleuth for years, Rita Martin retires to the sleepy town of Frantham-on-Sea. Here on the Dorset coast, she runs her own immaculate guest house, and life is blissfully quiet. But then a few doors down, harmless old Mrs Freer is bludgeoned to death, and Rina can’t help but be drawn into the mystery. Mrs Freer’s home was ransacked, but this was no ordinary burglary. Who knew the old lady kept a gun stashed under her pillow? And who wanted it badly enough to kill? Detective ...

How do today's parents cope when the dreams we had for our children clash with reality? What can we do for our twenty- and even thirty-somethings who can't seem to grow up? Who can we turn to when the kids aren't all right and we, their parents, are frightened, frustrated, resentful, embarrassed, and especially, disappointed?In this groundbreaking book, a social psychologist who's been chronicling the lives of American families for over two decades confronts our deepest concerns wh...