*"Sue Kipperman offers us a light to follow. We are skillfully guided through the stories of women who found their true voices and awakened a dynamic belief in themselves. They were able to step out of abusive and victimizing circumstances and achieve life-saving and meaningful futures.""Sue shares with us lessons learned and actions taken by these women. She also reveals her own life's journey. By the time we finish the book, Sue's wise guidance is resonating in our ears and openi...

This is the first self-help book for women that details the earliest signs of manipulative and abusive behaviour. It is designed to help women identify the dangers before they become emotionally entangled in a destructive relationship. This is not your normal self-help book. In fact, it is different from anything you have ever read. The information is not dressed up to be pretty or nice, but it may change your life. Most advice for women about bad relationships starts too late . This book ...

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his soci...

Dancing Softy - A story of hope and overcoming. A story about the resilience of the human spirit and the touch of a gentle God. Sixteen-year-old Jamie DeSouza runs away from home to live on the streets of Toronto. She learns to survive by becoming tough, hard, angry, a fighter. When she commits a petty crime, she is placed in a psychiatric ward where she struggles to maintain hope.Caught in the mental health system, Jamie is stripped of her freedom. It’s in that dark place she lear...

You've been trying to live your life as an adult, but a wounded inner child may still be shaping your fears, relationships, choices, and self-worth.Many of the emotional patterns we struggle with in adulthood begin in early childhood. Fear, criticism, rejection, and painful experiences can create limiting beliefs that continue affecting confidence, relationships, happiness, and personal growth for years.In Healing the Child Within, you'll learn how...

In this unique book, L.C. Chanler exposes her past giving readers an inside look to her rape. It includes intimate details of her attack, her recovery process, as well as stories of other people who have gone through and come out the other side of rape recovery. This book covers everything from the incident to long term effects. It addresses guilt, nightmares, depression, escapism, and panic attacks, and includes a comprehensive list of rape victim resources available within the United Sta...

This "clear, empathetic self-help book . . . is an excellent choice for readers who come from an abusive past and are struggling to make a brighter future" ( Publishers Weekly).If you were emotionally, physically, or sexually abused as a child or adolescent, or if you experienced neglect or abandonment, it isn't a question of whether you will continue the cycle of abuse but rather a question of how--whether you will become an abuser or con...

With the 5-S Plan you begin quitting while you still smoke.This book iscreated to help you quit, and not start smoking again.Tired of the negativity about smoking? It is hard to deprive yourself of something you love, like smoking, even though you know that it is not good for you, or those around you. With the 5-S Plan , based on self-reward, you can enjoy your accomplishments towards a possible permanent smoke free life. This gradual process should reduce stress, and encourage your future...

Cassie's childhood was one of cruelty and sexual abuse; suffered for as long as she could remember. From the age of 15 she was having excruciating headaches as a result of this abuse and the treatment by her mother; she sought help for the pain from her family doctor. Taking this medication enabled her to endure the horrors she was going through and live an almost normal life. She could get these drugs on repeat prescription and did so without fear. The medical profession had begun using a...

Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are often unaware of the psychological baggage they carry that manifests in their lives. Some indicators include: the inability to maintain long-term relationships or consistently choosing inappropriate partners. This book speaks to sinister secrets harbored by survivors of childhood sexual abuse. These secrets impact the lives of their loved ones, children, significant others, and their friends.Read excerpts from the diaries of women who have su...

This book is specifically designed to meet the needs of women who have found the courage to leave an abusive relationship but find themselves struggling to reclaim their power. Once a victim of abuse finds the courage to physically move away from her offender, the next logical, but a sometimes overwhelming step is to learn how to venture forward to a life of positive choices and empowerment.Using a proactive, practical approach to recovery, the book includes various activities, whi...

Gambling like any other addiction is overpowering, it can and will drive you to insanity. If you have not succumbed to insanity it just might cause you to consider committing a crime to obtain finances so you may continue with your addiction to gamble; thus leading you closer to the gates of prison or worse yet death. I came much to close to getting arrested for a felony like a few of my sisters. I have tried and failed at committing suicide on three different occasions. There are those br...