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Woman, particularly mothers, are in the greatest battle ever. Your life shifts repeatedly from servant to warrior. I know God has never lost a battle. With Him, you won't either. Mothers can overcome anything that is thrown at them. That's how God set it up from the beginning to the end. Skillet Truth is about sixty years of family dysfunction, a persistent pattern of spousal abuse, fighting a racist system, single motherhood issues, a third marriage attempt, a disabling accident, and Covid-19, just to name a few of my tussles. I know I would not have made it through without God's intervention. I pray these words will be a blessing and help your wounds from the past and present heal as you are struggling through these last dark days. Ruth Etta Coleman MPA MSW BAS

"Any moms who want more ease, confidence, and joy in their lives should definitely read this book!" --Kim West, MSW, "The Sleep Lady" Unlock your ability to unfluster your parenting by identifying your anxiety style so you can turn frustration to flourishing Many moms live under the weight of seemingly constant fear. They worry about everything from their kids' safety and emotional health to that weird little rash on their ankle. They are the referees, social planners, medics, financial consultants, cooks, travel agents, educational specialists, family therapists, and housekeepers. It's utterly exhausting. Unfortunately, it's not just exhausting, it leaves them flustered. Most of us don't have access to the support or resources we need to manage being flustered in a healthier way. Women end up with symptoms ranging from "mom guilt" and "mommy brain" to depression, anxiety, panic attacks, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Moms are more flustered now than ever before. Even women who have no previous experience with anxiety or depression find themselves changed as a result of the physiological shifts, emotional isolation, hormonal imbalances, and unrealistic expectations that accompany motherhood. The Unflustered Mom offers a healthy alternative for dealing with mom-fears. Moms can identify their anxiety, better understand their triggers, their clues, their contributing factors, and their false beliefs. Then they'll learn practical tools that can help to dismantle the fears no longer serving them--turning their fluster into flourish. Discover Your StyleLoverFighterVisionaryExecutiveDynamo

Your camera isn't a distraction--it's your portal to presenceFor mothers, life often feels like it is passing by in a blur. You take countless pictures, trying to freeze time and capture the memories, but in looking back find you barely even remember experiencing the moments. But what if there were a way to preserve your family's story while also becoming fully present within it?Combining the science of memory preservation with timeless photography principles, professional photographer Joy Prouty shows you how to exit survival mode and enter the present moment through the photos you're already taking. With the camera as your magnifying glass for meaning, you'll learn to let go of perfect, embody self-compassion, and experience more joy in the memories you are making right now. Through human stories, poetic motherly wisdom, and gorgeous full-color photographs, Practicing Presence is your invitation to show up to the practice of fully living."This book has enabled me to do more than capture photos of our family; it has freed my heart to live into the expansive joy of the everyday."--Ann Voskamp, author of the New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts and WayMaker"Joy Prouty invites us into perspective practices that help us see we are already standing on the sacred ground we have been searching for."--Scott Erickson, author of Say Yes and Honest Advent"Few books have taken my breath away more times than Practicing Presence. This book has taught me how to be a better memory keeper and meaning maker."--Ellie Holcomb, Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter and author

Worry is contagious...but you can stop its spreadAnxiety has an amazing ability to spread. Time and time again, when veteran counselor and parenting expert Sissy Goff has an anxious child or teen in her office, she's found they have at least one very well-intentioned but anxious parent. Anxiety is contagious, and it's likely affecting your kids, distracting you in the present, and making you feel like it will define your family's future.It doesn't have to be this way. With over 30 years of experience helping both children and adults, Sissy offers you practical, well-researched tools that will make a difference in your life--and the lives of your children. Learn how to- uncover the roots of your own anxiety- process anxiety in healthy ways rather than passing it on- model bravery- discover a place of deeper, freer connection to your kidsHere is the help you need to experience freedom from anxiety, raise confident, courageous kids, and become a worry-free family in an increasingly anxious world."When meeting with parents who express worries about their kids (or themselves), I first offer encouragement and then a resource--a tool to help them feel calmer and more equipped. This gem of a book does both."--CHINWÉ WILLIAMS, PhD, therapist and coauthor of Seen: Healing Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teens through the Power of Connection"Goff's therapeutic know-how adds authority to the text, and her conversational tone and client stories will help readers see themselves in her advice. Parents concerned about their kids' stress will find this a valuable resource."--Publishers WeeklyAlso available: The Worry-Free Parent Workbook, a companion resource that provides clinically proven exercises to help you pinpoint the best anxiety-fighting tools for you and your family

'I was asked the other day what I thought the hardest part of parenting was. I'd have to say that it's definitely the kids.'

This guide provides key adults with tools to support children and young people as they develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity. Building the adult's understanding of autism, it offers a clear approach to guide the young person through the Autism, Identity and Me workbook.

This workbook will help children and young people to develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity. Highly structured and visual, it helps to create a personal passport and develop a deeper understanding of what autism means to individuals. It is designed for use with the guidebook.

Michelle Dostal erklärt Ihnen in diesem Buch, wie Sie Ihr Kind zu einem selbstbewussten, umsichtigen und glücklichen Menschen erziehen, ohne sich dabei völlig aufzugeben. Dabei geht sie nicht nur auf die Eltern-Kind-Beziehung ein, sondern hilft auch dabei das Verhältnis zu Geschwistern, Familienmitgliedern oder Freunden zu stärken. Lernen Sie kindliche Bedürfnisse wahrzunehmen, zu versorgen und Trigger zu umschiffen und fördern Sie die Stärke Ihres Kindes. Das Buch enthält auch zahlreiche Tipps für typische Konflikte, wie das Aufeinanderprallen von Bedürfnissen oder Zeitdruck im Alltag.

Legacy books in colonial America were instruments for the transmission of cultural values between generations: the dying mother (usually) instructing and advising children on the path to salvation and heavenly reunions. They were a popular and influential form of women's discourse that distilled the ideologies of the religious establishment into practical and emotional lessons for lay persons, especially the young.This collection draws together legacy texts written by colonial American women and girls: five mother's legacy books and two legacies by children, organized here chronologically. These legacies were written in anticipation of dying, making awareness of death central to the texts. All are highly personal, revealing the thought processes and emotive patterns of their authors, and all are meant for the comfort and instruction of the loved ones these dying women and girls were leaving behind. Published between 1664 and 1792, these texts provide insight into early New England culture through to the first years of the republic. Included are:Anne Bradstreet, To My Dear Children (1664)Susanna Bell, The Legacy of a Dying Mother to Her Mourning Children (1673)Sarah Goodhue, The Copy of a Valedictory and Monitory Writing (1681)Grace Smith, The Dying Mother's Legacy (1712)Sarah Demick, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sarah Demick (1792)Hannah Hill, A Legacy for Children (1714)Jane Sumner, Warning to Little Children (1792)Benjamin Colman, A Devout Contemplation on ... the Early Death of Pious & Lovely Children (1714)A Late Letter from a Solicitous Mother To Her Only Son (1746)Memoirs of Eliza Thornton (1821)

An idyllic preteen childhood in WW II ends with occupation by the Russian army and an ethnic cleansing threat. Escape is the only choice to grow up in freedom toward a better life.

A hilarious, vulnerable, and unapologetic approach to happiness, insecurity, courage, growth-and just being a human on planet earth.When was the last time you were happy? And I mean really happy. Kid on a rollercoaster happy. The kind of happiness that spreads through your whole body and explodes with pure unadulterated joy?Chances are, it's been a while. Chances are, most the days of your life are mostly the same. We grow up, we get jobs, maybe we get married and have kids, and somewhere along the line we think we're finished. We think we've become the people we're going to be.But what if I told you that you never stop changing? That in five years or two years or two weeks, you can become a whole new version of you? That could you move to Paris or write that book you're always talking about . . . that rather than just coasting through life, you could remember what makes it worth living . . . that you could find the thing that brings you that rollercoaster ride of joy . . . and you could do it every single day?Well, you can. And it's easy. There's just a whole bunch of bullshit getting in the way.This is a guide to getting rid of that bullshit. It's a guide to coming to terms with how you got to where you are and writing a new future for who you want to be. It's a roadmap to doing the things you've always wanted to do. And the best part is, it's never too late.

A poignant, “raw[,] and tender” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir told in essays and graphic shorts about what life looks like twenty years after recovery from addiction—and how to live with the past as a parent, writer, and sober person—from a regular opener for David Sedaris.In the opening of this “unexpectedly uplifting...masterfully crafted memoir” (Shelf Awareness, starred review) Cindy, twenty years into recovery after a heroin addiction, grapples with how to tell her nine-year-old son about her past. She wants him to learn this history from her, not anyone else; but she worries about the effect this truth may have on him. Told in essays and graphic narrative shorts, Mother Noise is a stunning memoir that delves deep into our responsibilities as parents while celebrating the moments of grace and generosity that mark a true friendship—in this case, her benefactor and champion through the years, David Sedaris. This is a powerful memoir about addiction, motherhood, and Cindy’s ongoing effort to reconcile the two. Are we required to share with our children the painful details of our past, or do we owe them protection from the harsh truth of who we were before? With dark humor and brutal, clear-eyed honesty, Mother Noise is “a full-throated anthem of hope, [that] lends light to a dark issue” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

A significant work in the bestselling tradition of Ron Clark’s The Essential 55 and Rafe Esquith’s Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire, Phillip Done’s The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and special books that compiles a life’s wisdom into its pages, a book that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience, a must-read not only for the core audience of educators but for parents as well.

Users will be delighted to see representation of all genders, body shapes, ethnicities, and racial backgrounds in this deck for pregnancy people that is like none other on the market.Tarot for Pregnancy offers expert guidance from author and full-spectrum doula Brittany Carmona-Holt (aka The Birth Witch) in its expanded 136-page booklet and gorgeous full-color illustrations by Kimberly Rodriguez (IG: @PoetaGoddess). In addition, bonus materials for downloadable lists, guides, recipes, and more are offered via QR codes throughout the booklet. Use the Tarot for Pregnancy deck as a stand-alone tool or in conjunction with the 2022 book by the same team of creators, Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks, to accompany them through all seasons and portals of creation, expansion, birth, and rebirth. Designed with tarot spreads and descriptions based on the original Raider-White Coleman Smith deck alongside with more specific descriptions for newly pregnant people and parents. Tarot for Pregnancy will be a transformative tool for anyone who wishes to connect to their innate wisdom with an embracing and representative deck made for all bodies and genders.