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'Powerful, brilliant and deeply healing' Fearne Cotton 'God in her
wisdom divined this book' Thandiwe Newton
________________________________ Every single one of us is living
with the aftershocks of heartbreak. Whether it's the sting of not
fitting in at school or the pain of witnessing our parents'
divorce, the end of our own marriage or the death of a loved one,
to be human is to bear the wounds of all our losses and setbacks.
Heartbreak can manifest itself as depression, anxiety,
self-sabotage, an inability to feel emotions, make connections, or
live life on your own terms. Donna's practical 9-step programme
will empower you with the tools and support you need to gain
clarity, identify what has hurt you, and learn how to release the
pain, fear and anger keeping you trapped. Donna will teach you how
to care for yourself with love, give you the courage to really feel
your feelings, step into your authentic self and move towards
whole-hearted living. This book is for anyone who is experiencing
pain, heartbreak, sadness or overwhelming emotion, and can't seem
to get beyond it. All of us want to be able to live with more
compassion, The Bridge will help us get there.
________________________________ 'Donna weaves in genuinely
practical tools with heart-warming rituals and hard-hitting,
life-affirming quotes. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to
anyone who wants to do the work' Melissa Hemsley 'The Bridge is a
radical healing journey, truly transformational' Brigid Moss 'Give
yourself the best gift ever, buy this book and go on the journey
with Donna, you won't regret it' Jill Halfpenny
People going through a divorce or separation have only one wish: to
be happy again. Happy Again is a powerful, step-by-step guide that
provides a blueprint for a brighter, happier, more fulfilling
future after a breakup or divorce. It's not enough for those going
through a breakup or divorce to simply understand their emotions,
reactions, and what caused their relationship to end. They need
immediate, implementable action steps to move forward productively
and consistently while in the midst of the chaos and pain of a
separation. Happy Again is the definitive handbook for those going
through a separation to get their life back on track. Eveline
Jurry's proven Positive Separation Method (TM)provides a blueprint
for disconnecting from the old life, and getting through each day
with energy intact and a new, happy life in sight. It is also full
of interesting and motivational stories from well-known thought
leaders including Marci Shimoff, Janet Bray Attwood, Chris Attwood,
Lisa Nichols, and Debra Poneman, as well as Eveline's clients who
have created their own Positive Separations.
Fearful to Fabulous helps divorced women push through the
challenges presented by their midlife divorce and help them find
their inner "fabulosity!". Fiona Eckersley went through divorce at
age forty-five with four kids in tow, so she knows first-hand what
it's like to face all these very real fears. Now, she wants to
share what she has learned from her own experiences and from those
of the women she has coached. Fearful to Fabulous provides a clear
pathway for divorced women to get to a place where they feel
financially stable and finally in control of their life. In Fearful
to Fabulous, women learn to: Take the first steps to getting a
handle on their finances...even if they would rather avoid that
subject Manage conflict with their ex so that they can focus on the
future Recover their confidence and overcome the new challenges
they face as a single woman Uncover their passions and use them to
thrive in their new life Understand how to emerge with new hope
Should I Leave My Relationship or Not? helps women decide if they
should stay or leave their relationship. Constantly wondering and
not knowing feels terrible. Should I Leave My Relationship or Not?
provides women with the needed tools to figure out what exactly is
the right move for them, and not just a pro/con list (which is a
terrible way to decide). Life coach Karen Lin shares her blueprint
for a simple and kind path forward. In Should I Leave My
Relationship or Not?, women learn how to: Make a decision free from
guilt or fear Stop torturing themselves with doubt and uncertainty
Evaluate if they will ever get what they need from the relationship
Handle the emotional burden of figuring out what to do Create the
conditions to be confident in the outcome
*** 'An honest and thoughtful memoir. Moving but, ultimately, full
of hope. Beautiful.' KATE MOSSE 'Superb. Love & Care is a book
about the unbreakable bonds of family, the cruelty of passing time
and a love that never dies.' TONY PARSONS 'A beautiful, intimate
story of love and understanding - candid and funny. This is a
lyrical memoir of hope and forgiveness.' RAYNOR WINN, author of The
Salt Path 'He's in hospital again . . . and he's not eating.
Perhaps you should think about coming back to the UK,' Brenda said.
'I don't think your dad will be going home again.' Shaun's mother
is in a care home with Parkinson's Dementia and now his father is
dying. He should go back. And yet this was supposed to be his time.
Shaun has relocated to a new country to make a fresh start. His two
daughters are grown-up. He has moved on from the divorce. He is
single and he is free and still hoping to find love again. Will
this mean giving up on his own life? 'A heart-warming,
heart-wrenching, and beautifully humane account of loving and
caring.' NICCI GERRARD, novelist and author of What Dementia
Teaches Us About Love 'An insightful tale of care . . . this book
needed to be written.' JO GOOD, BBC Radio London 'A vital subject,
a really strong voice and, hurrah, humour makes this absorbing
reading.' CAROLINE RAPHAEL, Radio 4's Book at Bedtime 'An
eye-opening - and at times jaw dropping - account that will make
you weep with its tenderness and compassion . . . A highly readable
tale of redemption and a celebration of love's many hues.' PAUL
BLEZARD, Love Reading 'Moving' DAILY MAIL
The fear of abandonment is one of our most primal fears, and
deservedly so. Its pain is often overwhelming, and can leave its
mark on the rest of your life. In the midst of the hurt, it's hard
to see an end to your feelings of rejection, shame, and betrayal.
In this updated edition of the groundbreaking book, Susan
Anderson, a therapist who has specialized in helping people with
loss, heartbreak, and abandonment for more than thirty years,
shares recent discoveries in neuroscience that help put your pain
in perspective. It is designed to help all victims of emotional
breakups--whether you are suffering from a recent loss, or a
lingering wound from the past; whether you are caught up in
patterns that sabotage your own relationships, or you're in a
relationship in which you no longer feel loved. From the first
stunning blow to starting over, it provides a complete program for
abandonment recovery.
Going beyond comforting words to promote real change, this healing
process will help you work through the five universal stages of
abandonment--shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage,
lifting--by understanding their biochemical and behavioral origins
and implications. New hands-on exercises for improving your life
will teach you how to manage the inevitable pain, then go on to
build a whole new concept of self, increase your capacity for love,
and find new love on a deeper and richer level than ever
before.
The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate
family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled
beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two
wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families. On a mid-August
weekend, two families assemble for a wedding at a rambling family
mansion on the beach in East Hampton, in the last days of the
area's quietly refined country splendor, before traffic jams and
high-end boutiques morphed the peaceful enclave into the
"Hamptons." The weather is perfect, the tent is in place on the
lawn. But as the festivities are readied, the father of the bride,
and "pater familias" of the beachfront manse, suffers a massive
stroke from alcohol withdrawal, and lies in a coma in the hospital
in the next town. So begins Jeanne McCulloch's vivid memoir of her
wedding weekend in 1983 and its after effects on her family, and
the family of the groom. In a society defined by appearance and
protocol, the wedding goes on at the insistence of McCulloch's
theatrical mother. Instead of a planned honeymoon, wedding presents
are stashed in the attic, arrangements are made for a funeral, and
a team of lawyers arrive armed with papers for McCulloch and her
siblings to sign. As McCulloch reveals, the repercussions from that
weekend will ripple throughout her own family, and that of her
in-law's lives as they grapple with questions of loyalty,
tradition, marital honor, hope, and loss. Five years later, her own
brief marriage ended, she returns to East Hampton with her mother
to divide the wedding presents that were never opened.
Impressionistic and lyrical, at turns both witty and poignant, All
Happy Families is McCulloch's clear-eyed account of her struggle to
hear her own voice amid the noise of social mores and family
dysfunction, in a world where all that glitters on the surface is
not gold, and each unhappy family is ultimately unhappy in its own
unique way.
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