Download or read book Mastering the Mysteries of Love written by Bernard G. Guerney, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evidence based Approaches to Relationship and Marriage Education written by James J. Ponzetti, Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of evidence-based relationship and marriage education (RME) programs. Readers are introduced to the best practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective RME programs to better prepare them to teach clients how to have healthy intimate relationships. Noted contributors from various disciplines examine current programs and best practices, often by the original developers themselves. Readers learn to critically appraise approaches and design and implement effective, evidence-based programs in the future. Examples and discussion questions encourage readers to examine issues and apply what they have learned. The conceptual material in Parts I & II provides critical guidance for practitioners who wish to develop, implement, and evaluate RME programs in various settings. Chapters in Parts III & IV follow a consistent structure so readers can more easily compare programs-- program overview and history, theoretical foundations, needs assessment and target audience, program goals & objectives, curriculum issues, cultural Implications, evidence based research and evaluation, and additional resources. This book reflects what the editor has learned from teaching relationship development and family life education courses over the past decade and includes the key information that students need to become competent professionals. Highlights of the book’s coverage include: Comprehensive summary of effective evidence-based RME training programs in one volume. Prepares readers for professional practice as a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) by highlighting the fundamentals of developing RME programs. Describes the challenges associated with RME program evaluation. The book opens with a historical overview of RME development. It is followed by 20 chapters divided in six parts. The initial four chapters focus on fundamentals of relationship and marriage education --program development, required training, delivery systems, and implementation. The three chapters in Part II consider important conceptual and theoretical frameworks used in RME. Part III considers best practices in inventory based programs while Part IV examines six skills-based programs. The chapters in Parts III and IV consider program overview and history, theoretical foundations, needs assessment and target audience, program goals and objectives, curriculum issues, cultural implications, evidence-based research & evaluation, and additional resources. This content covers four categories of effective programs -- design and content, relevance, delivery and implementation, and assessment and quality assurance. Part V presents evidence-based RME with diverse groups and Part VI reviews future directions. Intended for use in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in relationship and marriage education, family life education, marriage and relationship counseling/therapy, intimate relationships, relationship development, or home/school/community services taught in human development and family studies, psychology, social work, sociology, religion, and more, this ground-breaking book also serves as a resource for practitioners, therapists, counselors, clergy members, and policy makers interested in evidence based RME programs and those seeking to become Certified Family Life Educators or preparing for a career in RME.
Download or read book In Love with the Mystery written by Ann Mortifee and published by Eskova Enterprises Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N Love with the Mystery is a stunning and captivating photo-illustrated book of inspirational writings. Every passage in this book is testimony to Ann's commitment to this deep listening. Her words invoke a quickening through which we too can awaken more fully to the gifts in ourselves and provides solace and inspiration to all who revel in the mystery of life. In Love With The Mystery has been internationally acclaimed, including a glowing reference by Oprah Winfrey in the November 2013 edition of O magazine in her personal column What I Know For Sure.
Download or read book Love Game written by Elise Sax and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Jennifer Crusie, and Katie MacAlister, Elise Sax’s wickedly funny Matchmaker series proves that the road to love comes with a few dead ends. Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction. Her latest fix-up is still going strong and Gladie’s bank account is back in the black—until a rival matchmaker arrives in town and has both Gladie and Zelda seeing red. Not only is self-proclaimed psychic Luanda Laughing-Eagle stealing Grandma Zelda’s clients, but Zelda is convinced that Luanda’s ESP is total BS. She tasks Gladie with exposing Luanda as a fraud, but Gladie’s attention is diverted when murder comes a-calling. Spencer Bolton, the gorgeous chief of police and Gladie’s on-again, off-again flame, wants her to stay out of the investigation—and away from the deliciously chiseled detective who also aims to win Gladie’s heart. But the one thing Gladie’s learned is that in business, love and murder . . . it’s always personal. Praise for Elise Sax and Love Game “Elise Sax will win your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis “There’s plenty for fans to enjoy in Sax’s third Matchmaker installment, complete with energetic narration, zany humor and a mystery that’s as engaging as the details of Gladie’s love life. . . . There are some exciting twists and turns here, from the explosive opening (literally) to the final surprise that will keep expectations high for future installments.”—RT Book Reviews “Filled with fun, sexiness and characters who are not afraid to go after the things they want in life . . . It’s not often I read something so full of irony and sarcasm, but that also has that special brand of humor that makes me chuckle while I’m reading.”—Unconventional Book Reviews “Elise Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seem like a fun place to hang out.”—Christie Craig, New York Times bestselling author of Texas Hold ’Em “Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this new author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAlister, and Jennifer Crusie.”—Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember From the Paperback edition.
Download or read book Turn it Up written by Kelly DuPée and published by Portable Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you and the love of your life as close as you used to be? Are conflicts occurring more often than they used to and your relationship is now full of problems? Do you dread coming home after work? Have you and your spouse simply drifted apart and now you don't know how to reconnect and get back what you once had? This book will turn that around and show you what to do. Everything is great when you're in love! But life has a way of turning that down. You start drifting apart, conflicts arise, you get busy with other things, and then you realize the quality of your connection and the closeness you once experienced has diminished. Some couples call it quits and walk away. But you can do something about this. You can TURN IT UP and revive your relationship or marriage. TURN IT UP will give you five commitments to make and five skills to learn that will teach you how to strengthen your connection and grow closer to each other again. When you turn it up regularly, you really can have the kind of marriage you want and have it last a lifetime.
Download or read book The Ultimate Command written by Thomas C. Bates M.S. L.P.C. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do our marriages fail? Why do we feel like failures as parents when our children disobey or turn away from us? Why do so many people look at Christians as hypocrites? In this ruthless world in which we live, fighting for time, money, and jobs, we leave little room for the very purpose of living - love. The Ultimate Command illustrates what it means to be a Christian, how to love God, how to love others, and how to love ourselves. From a biblical perspective, author Thomas Bates examines the concept of loving God and those around us. Jesus said all the law and the prophets rested upon the greatest commandment. We must learn to value love over any other aspect of our relationships. Our priorities must shift; our lives must be restructured around this simple but pervasive command. From loving our spouse and our children, our co-workers and our neighbors, those who are unkind and those whom we need to lovingly confront, The Ultimate Command spans every relationship to teach us how to love.
Download or read book Proposing Prosperity written by Jennifer M. Randles and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fragile families"—unmarried parents who struggle emotionally and financially—are one of the primary targets of the Healthy Marriage Initiative, a federal policy that has funded marriage education programs in nearly every state. These programs, which encourage marriage by teaching relationship skills, are predicated on the hope that married couples can provide a more emotionally and financially stable home for their children. Healthy marriage policy promotes a pro-marriage culture in which two-parent married families are considered the healthiest. It also assumes that marriage can be a socioeconomic survival mechanism for low-income families, and an engine of upward mobility. Through interviews with couples and her own observations and participation in marriage education courses, Jennifer M. Randles challenges these assumptions and critically examines the effects of such classes on participants. She takes the reader inside healthy marriage classrooms to reveal how their curricula are reflections of broader issues of culture, gender, governance, and social inequality. In analyzing the implementation of healthy marriage policy, Randles questions whether it should target individual behavior or the social and economic context of that behavior. The most valuable approach, she concludes, will not be grounded in notions of middle-class marriage culture. Instead, it will reflect the fundamental premise that love and commitment thrive most within the context of social and economic opportunity.
Download or read book Season the Pot written by Nancy Landrum and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Season the Pot encourages the reader explore the foundational beliefs of his or her relationship experience. Some beliefs support the manifestation of loving, nurturing relationships. Other beliefs can unknowingly block or destroy the possibility of _satisfying relationships. Nancy clearly outlines the process of replacing toxic beliefs with beliefs that provide a strong, dependable container in which to concoct your unique love potion.
Download or read book The Mastery of Self written by Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control over it. "The Mastery of Self" takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal dream and explains how a person can: Wake upLiberate themselves from illusory beliefs and storiesLive with authenticity Once released, we can live as our true, authentic, loving self, not only in solitude and meditation, but in any place--at the grocery store, stuck in traffic, etc.--and in any situation or scenario that confronts us. The Ruiz family has an enormous following, and this new book from don Miguel, Jr. will be greeted with enthusiasm by fans around the world. This new book from don Miguel, Jr. will be greeted with enthusiasm by fans around the world.
Download or read book Communication Elixirs written by Nancy Landrum, MA and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Communication Elixirs, the second volume of her Love Potions for Healthy Relationships series, Nancy Landrum delivers a collection of simple, yet powerful communication skills that will raise all of your relationships to higher levels of understanding and satisfaction. She clarifies why some communication patterns result in relationship dissatisfaction or failure and teaches how to listen and speak in ways that significantly increase the chances of a loving connection. Communication Elixirs adds practical, useful ingredients to your love potion, guaranteed to help heal old wounds and build confidence in your ability to create and sustain healthy relationships.
Download or read book Savory Safeguards written by Nancy Landrum M.A. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Potions for Healthy Relationships Nancy Landrum has written a series of transformational books that deliver gigantic wallops of insight. Each volume in the series covers a particular ingredient present in a healthy relationship. These powerful truths will demystify how healthy relationships work. Her wisdom is harvested from a passionate, lifetime search for the secret to loving and being loved. The examples from her years of relationship coaching make reading these volumes engaging as well as inspiring. Each chapter ends with perceptive recipes to help the reader add that particular ingredient to his or her love potion. In Savory Safeguards, the third volume of her Love Potions for Healthy Relationships series, Nancy Landrum maps out simple and effective strategies for safely managing the strong emotions that sometimes derail otherwise loving relationships. By her own examples, she delivers abundant hope that anyone can learn to make his or her emotions work for them rather than see out-of-control emotions damage or destroy personal peace and treasured relationships. In addition, Savory Safeguards outlines a simple but powerful plan for resolving differences so that all parties have their core concerns satisfied. The delightful outcome is that issues stay resolved, rather than resurfacing when the solution breaks down. Since all relationships have issues, Savory Safeguards is an essential component for any healthy relationship. Overpowering emotions? Recurrent problems? Nancy Landrum, M.A., reveals how to break the painful cycle of hurt in this 3rd volume of her Love Potions for Healthy Relationship series, Savory Safeguards. By following the simple steps outlined in this book, one has the keys to rebuilding themselves and their relationships with lasting change. Landrum has brilliantly helped transform the lives of so many people this book will no doubt change the lives of many more! -Sylvia Palda, M.S., M.A., LMFT Founder of Aspire Psychotherapy and Counseling, www.aspirefamilytherapy.com Clinical Outreach Specialist for Healthy Relationships California, a non-profit committed to educating the world with healthy relationships skills. We love this book! As you read Savory Safeguards, youll become enchanted by Nancys ability to teach a relationship concept clearly and concisely, and then tell a story which not only grabs you, but also illustrates the concept perfectly! There is so much here to help protect and grow a healthy relationship, from research-based strategies for managing strong emotions, to practical steps for finding solutions that work, to inspiration and encouragement for those who feel like theyre the only ones working at the relationship. We heartily recommend reading- and savoring - this book! -Don & Alex Flecky, co-authors of CoupleTalk, www.coupletalk.com I often hear couples say, We just dont know how to communicate. I beg to differ, I think couples are definitely communicating, but how they are communicating is impacting their relationship in a profound ways. Nancy Landrum has done a fabulous job of breaking down how couples can communicate in a way that builds up their relationship instead of tearing it down. LOVED the way she incorporated the tools all of us need to help marriages thrive! -Julie M. Baumgardner, President and CEO of First Things First Board Chari, National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education
Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy written by Edward S. Neukrug and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 2799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a two-volume source that traces theory and examines the beginnings of counseling and psychotherapy all the way to current trends and movements. This reference work draws together a team of international scholars that examine the global landscape of all the key counseling and psychotherapy theories and the theorists behind them while presenting them in context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. This is a quick, one-stop source that gives the reader the “who, what, where, how, and why” of contemporary counseling and psychotherapy theory. From historical context in which the theories were developed to the theoretical underpinnings which drive the theories, this reference encyclopedia has detailed and relevant information for all individuals interested in this subject matter. Features & Benefits: Approximately 335 signed entries fill two volumes available in a choice of print or electronic formats. Back matter includes a Chronology of theory within the field of counseling to help students put individual theories within a broader context. A Master Bibliography and a Resource Guide to key books, journals, and organizations guide students to further resources beyond the encyclopedia. The Reader’s Guide, a detailed Index and the Cross References combine for effective search-and-browse in the e-version and helps students take the next steps in their research journeys. This reference encyclopedia serves as an excellent source for any individual interested in the roots of contemporary counseling and psychotherapy theory. It is ideal for the public and professionals, as well as for students in counselor education programs especially those individuals who are pursuing a Masters level degree.
Download or read book No Cheating No Dying written by Elizabeth Weil and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with charm and wit, No Cheating, No Dying investigates one of the most universal human institutions—marriage. Elizabeth Weil and her husband Dan have two basic ground rules for their marriage: no cheating, no dying. For ten years it’s worked fine, but Elizabeth started to wonder if it could be better. Elizabeth Weil believes that you don’t get married in a white dress, in front of all your future in-laws and ex-boyfriends but gradually, over time, through all the road rage incidents and pre-colonoscopy enemas, good and bad dinners, and all the small moments you never expected to happen or much less endure. In this book, Weil examines the major universal marriage issues—sex, money, mental health, in-laws, children—through bravely recounting her own hilarious, messy, and sometimes difficult relationship. She seeks out the advice of financial planners, psychoanalysts, therapists, household management consultants, priests, rabbis, and the United States government. Woven into this funny and forthright narrative is Weil's extensive research on marriage and marriage improvement. The result is an illuminating and entertaining read that is a fresh addition to the body of literature about marriage.
Download or read book Dead Write written by Sheila Lowe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to solving murder, sometimes the pen can be mightier than the sword ... Handwriting expert Claudia Rose heads to the Big Apple at the behest of Grusha Olinetsky, the notorious founder of an elite dating service whose members are mysteriously dying. Drawn into the feckless lives of the rich and single, Claudia finds herself in a twisted world of love and lies fueled by desperation. But is one among them desperate enough to kill? Claudia must find clues in the suspects' handwriting before more victims are scribbled into the killer's black book...
Download or read book Pungent Boundaries written by Nancy Landrum M.A and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pungent Boundaries, the fourth volume of her Love Potions for Healthy Relationships series, Nancy Landrum uses many descriptions and examples to clarify the sometimes confusing topic of codependency and boundary setting. Nancys life experience uniquely qualifies her to educate others about the concepts and pitfalls of setting healthy boundaries. If youre tired of feeling resentful, exhausted from trying to figure out what is wrong, struggling to understand the difference between loving support and unhealthy codependency, this simply written handbook is for you. By learning to establish, and maintain, healthy boundaries, your life will be liberated from resentment that poisons your relationships and prevents you from taking good care of yourself.
Download or read book The Mastery of Love written by Don Miguel Ruiz and published by Amber-Allen Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-18 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. He shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.
Download or read book Lethal Treasure written by Jane K. Cleland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Josie Prescott, an abandoned storage unit is the perfect place to find some killer treasure. In the auction crowd is local interior designer Henri Dubois, bidding against a stranger. Josie is thrilled to win a small unit filled with Depression-era glassware and stunning vintage jewelry. Henri's unit includes hand-painted silent movie posters, which he asks Josie to appraise. But the next morning, she receives a frantic call from Henri's wife: he never made it home.
