Using the reader as story teller, this is a practical yet compassionate guide to healing and wholeness following the death of a loved one.

You never expected to say goodbye.The most helpful grief book to read when you're ready to start healing after the loss of a loved one.Whether you've lost a parent, partner, child, sibling, friend—or anyone you loved—I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye offers the compassion and clarity you need when grief is sudden, raw, and overwhelming.This trusted guide has helped over a million readers cope with the shock of unexpected loss. Drawing f...

Male and female survivors of child molestation, rape, and incest share their stories to let other victims know that they are not alone.Hear stories from girls and boys abused in . . .~ Brief Incidents . . . when I was in the hospital . . . walking home from school . . . in a rest room . . . at the beach . . .~ Continuing Relationships with . . . our neighbor . . . a family friend . . . my mother's boyfriend . . .~ Incest perpetrated by . . . my brother . . . m...

"When my father passed away, a friend gave me When Will I Stop Hurting? It was such a help to me, that whenever I know someone who loses a loved one, I send them this book to read."Since its 1987 release, When Will I Stop Hurting? has received praise like this from readers grateful for June Cerza Kolf's understanding and beneficial guidance. With almost 70,000 copies in print, this small but powerful book has been a boon to many wounded souls. Readers have found in...

People are saying . . ."A good simple, beginning book for child, teen, and adult survivors"- authors Ellen Bass and Laura Davis describing "Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse" in their groundbreaking book for abuse victims, "The Courage To Heal.""As well as helping victims, it is also a book for people who want to learn more about child sexual abuse"- Adrian Ford, Senior Social Worker at The Children's Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia writing i...

Jean has created a down-to-earth, helpful guide for those who are grieving—"those who are intensely and appropriately grieving," she writes. Her wisdom obviously flows out of her extensive work with the bereaved as a hospice professional. Her conversational style, her practical advice, and her honest perspective all make for genuine support at a critical juncture in one's life. Her book will give anyone who's intensely grieving the help and hope they need and deserve.--James E. Mill...

A five-year-old is a wonderful, fun-loving, exuberant child. But what’s going on inside that five-year-old head? What stages of development does a child this age go through, and what should parents know that can help their five-year-old handle this impressionable year? Recognized authorities on child behavior and development, Drs. Ames and Ilg answer these and many other questions, offering both invaluable practical advice and enlightening psychological insights.Included in...

The eight-year-old child is an exuberant, outgoing bundle of energy; he meets every challenge head-on, willing to try almost anything. Sometimes parents are amazed at the enthusiasm and excitement with which their child greets the world.However, eight is also a time when the child begins to do a great deal of analyzing and evaluating, finding fault in himself and others--especially Mohter. How do parents help an eight-year-old through this up-and-down age? What should parents expec...

What happened to that sunny outgoing child of eight? As parents of nine-year-olds often discover, nine is a tricky age. Children are more distant from Mother and Father; they're more independant and rely on friends for companionship, or they have a tendency to spend time alone. Some nines are boisterous and wild, others thoughtful and withdrawn. Helping parents learn how to cope with the unpredictable nine-year-old is the aim of this practical guide from the Gesell Institute.Nine-y...

For fans of PostSecret, Humans of New York, and If You Feel Too Much, this collection from suicide-awareness organization Project Semicolon features stories and photos from those struggling with mental illness.Project Semicolon began in 2013 to spread a message of hope: No one struggling with a mental illness is alone; you, too, can survive and live a life filled with joy and love. In support of the project and its message, thousands of p...

There are many publications on how to quit smoking, some made by hundreds and hundreds of pages, packed with platitudes and exhausting repetitions, offering methods absurd and inefficient, if not even harmful, usually intended to persuade the smoker with tantalizing expectations personal improvement, increased quality of life, or using smoke's demonization, terrorizing the reader with detailed illustrations of adverse effects, or serious damage and diseases that it brings, going even to do...

This eBook is easy to read and understand — but more importantly this book gets results, and it's the complete solution for anyone who wants to help someone with depression.Once you know HOW to help someone with depression, then you will be in a great positionto genuinely help someone with depression.Literally millions of people are suffering with depression, and the need for accurate,easy to follow information, to help these people is desperately needed right now.