Böcker av Joshua Coleman

A guide for parents whose adult children have cut off contact that reveals the hidden logic of alienation, explores its cultural causes, and offers practical advice for parents trying to reestablish contact with their adult children.

In When Parents Hurt, psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy, and perspective to those who have lost the opportunity to be the parent they desperately wanted to be and who are mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship with their child. Through case examples and healing exercises, Dr. Coleman helps parents: Reduce anger, guilt, and shame Learn how temperament, the teen years, their own or a partner's mistakes, and divorce can strain the parent-child bond Come to terms with their own and their child's imperfections Develop strategies for rebuilding the relationship or move toward acceptance of what can't be changed By helping parents recognize what they can do and let go of what they cannot, Dr. Coleman helps families develop more positive ways of healing themselves and relating to each other.

It's funnier, darker, more complex, and there's more pictures. The Wasteland just got a whole lot more enjoyable, unless you're living in it. Tragedy strikes as fires threatens the town of Deliverance. All evidence points to the most obvious person to blame: the infamous Handyman. But Paul knows there's there's something else afoot, and it could be that slimy shoe salesman causing all the trouble, or maybe the boy with fire in his eyes. In his quest to pay off his crappy, overpriced boots, Paul becomes ingrained into a growing divide between two neighboring towns, both of whom would love to kill the other; all they need is a reason to start a war.

Featuring over 50 hand-drawn illustrations! A dark comedy, light novel. Paul is a simple handyman looking for work. He thinks it should be easy to get a job. But it's not. This is The Wasteland. The Wasteland sucks.Introducing himself as a handyman is the biggest mistake he's ever made. Why? Because someone's on a murdering rampage. Everyone calls this infamous killer "The Handyman."A woman saves his life and gives him a job. She might be crazy. She has connections to the chocolate factory in town. Don't ask what's in the chocolate.Paul has two options: convince everyone he's not The Handyman, or hang by a noose. It could be worse.