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The writings in this book are true non-fiction experiences occurring at various times and occasions with family or friends. Each can easily be viewed as a lesson in life from God who continues to be present for us whether we realize it or not. He walks beside us in our life's journey and knows us well. For this we surely need to indeed be thankful and humble.
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In my desire to belong, I often felt I was wearing a mask and playing a role in someone else's story. Journaling was my way into the deepest part of me, and my way out into the world...
Delving beneath masks and the roles we play is what journaling is all about. Getting to what we believe underneath what we think we believe. Dredging up and understanding emotions that are difficult to explain. Discovering unconscious assumptions that dictate our lives....
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The surface appears safe and serene. The sea offers a coolness and tranquility that is difficult to refuse, so you trust yourself to the waters. At first, it is invigorating. Then, suddenly, you find yourself sucked under by an unexpected pull. The undertow is powerful. Before you realize what is happening, you are too far from shore to get back. You find every bit of your strength is being used to keep from being permanently sucked under. Your plight...
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How important is the well-being of the spirit? Can its condition cause us to live longer? Die sooner? Just as clinicians care for the body, patient care often requires spiritual treatment as well.
Providing realistic ways for patients, families, caregivers, hospital professionals, and even visiting clergy to process a wide range of emotions, Chaplain's Walk addresses challenges of faith and hope. Wherever those we accompany must go mentally, emotionally,...
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Is it possible to find meaning in life after the death of a child? This is the question that steered Linda Kolsky to a quest for answers after she lost her son to "undetermined, natural causes" at the age of eighteen. While her journey started as a process of grieving, it soon evolved into much more than that. Linda found herself exploring ancient metaphysics, quantum science, electromagnetism, and epigenetics, all in the hope of finding ultimate...
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The Last Letter is a thirty-year journey to make peace with the past. Andy was born into a family with a loving mother and a violent father. His mother was his rock, his safe place, the person he cherished most. Soon after he graduated high school, she was, hit and killed, by a drunk driver. Plunged into a deep depression, he spent the next two decades running away from his pain. Eventually, his pain caught up with him. He was forced to confront it,...
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In 1, 2, 3 with Mrs. C, Kathleen Covens offers alternative ways to impact today's children. Sharing her struggles as a young teacher and the mother of a handicapped child, she provides insight and techniques to inspire those interacting with children. From putting magic in daily activities and learning ways to savor moments to the importance of setting goals, failure, and self-esteem, Kathleen shows how you can make a difference. Allow this delightful...
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The National Guard and Reserves is comprised of remarkable men and women who work behind the scenes as our nation's supplemental fighting force. It's a part-time job with a full-time commitment that involves the entire family. They wear the same uniforms and train to the same standards as America's full-time military. And when, called to service, they fight right alongside the active duty. Nobody knows the difference. Yet they are very different.
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A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. From the discovery of a "junky" cyst, to chemotherapy and surgery, sleepless nights filled with rosaries and "what ifs," and shifting family dynamics, her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin's lymphoma, with one...
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Julie MacNeil is 6'4", and although she is neither a WNBA athlete nor a famous model, she has a remarkable story to tell. As an adopted child, she always wondered about the parents who gave her up. After overcoming a challenging childhood and surviving two tumultuous marriages, a chance DNA test revealed an incredibly rare and life-threatening liver-lung disease. Julie then embarked on a difficult journey to find her birth family. Her goal was to...
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We all have the capacity for resilience. We all have the capacity to overcome our everyday challenges and move forward with a positive attitude. Sometimes, we just need a little encouragement. Everyday Resilience for Everyday Heroes highlights the four major facets of resiliency: Adversity, Perspective, Passion and Appreciation. Through personal anecdotes, newsworthy tidbits and descriptive analogies, Rob Clark leverages classic storytelling to guide...
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Former US Navy pilot Dan Bozung graduated from the Harvard Business School and took what should have been a seamless civilian transition and skillfully crafted it into a series of bungled misadventures that left him chastened, defeated, and a complete asshole. What the hell happened? How could someone with every possible advantage upon entering the private sector screw it up so royally? That is precisely what Bozung seeks to find out. Comical. Infuriating....
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"It was the dead of winter when fourteen-year-old Courtney ran away from home. She snapped and rushed from the house in the middle of a family movie night, during a raging snowstorm, after dark in her socks... "
Marci believed that her "krazy" past was far behind, until the torch was unknowingly passed to her daughter, Courtney. Navigating the road out of KrazyLand as a mom would be the most difficult and important challenge of her life.
Any parent...
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“You Finished Treatment, Now What?” is a road map for lifestyle and natural medicine approaches to address health challenges that persist after cancer care, and to reduce the risk of recurrence. Written for cancer survivors/thrivers, those who care for them, as well as health-care providers, “You Finished Treatment” highlights the evidence for an integrative approach to healing. Dr. Amy Rothenberg, a licensed naturopathic doctor and cancer...
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In P413: The Can-Do Code for Success and Life, Dr. K. Todd Holt uses his twenty-two years of pastoral experience along with years of Bible study and personal development to formulate a plan for reaching your God-given potential through Christ. A practical guide for discipleship, P413 equips you to understand the life wheel, discover the will of God, grow in the strength of Christ, and much more.
P413 uses each word of Philippians 4:13 to help you...
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Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels: The Girl with the Eating Disorder is a window into the depths of dysfunction as experienced through bulimia, binge-eating disorder, self-harm, and suicidality. Carrying messages of self-loathing and inadequacy from her childhood, Simone explores key relationships and how they shape her- for better and for worse- over the decades.
Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels offers vulnerable insight into an oft-hidden...
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We live in a world that tells us how to live, what matters (and what doesn't), and how to get what it says we want. These impersonal, external forces push us around and leave us off-balance, confused, and fatigued. Like actors following a script written by someone else, we find ourselves uncertain of where we have ended up, much less where we want to go, and asking, "What am I supposed to do next?"
Among us, however, are those who live differently....
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"I'm going down now," I said to a young woman a few seconds before the darkness-my first cardiac arrest. As I returned to work as a behavioral coach, it became maddening to hear about all-consuming, everyday problems and misguided priorities while I fought to merely remain conscious.
“The Half-Known Life” challenges conventional thinking of success, identity, and personal change. Most often, truly profound change happens following events that...
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