Download or read book A Woman s Way through the Twelve Steps written by Stephanie Convington and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the Twelve Steps from Dr. Stephanie S. Covington, a pioneer in the field of women’s issues, addiction, and recovery, preserves the spirit of the Alcoholics Anonymous program with a focus on healing language with women’s needs in mind. Published in 1994, A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps has long been a unique resource that helps women find their own paths in recovery—paths shaped by the way women experience not only addiction and recovery, but also relationships, self, sexuality, spirituality, and everyday life. Now, stories from five new voices expand the perspective of this recovery classic. Over the past thirty years, what it means to identify as a woman in recovery has broadened to include transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-diverse people. This new edition includes updated, inclusive language to be more trauma-sensitive and welcoming to all women. This compilation of diverse voices and wisdom from real people illuminates how women understand the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and offers inspiring stories of how they travel through the Steps and discover what works for them. The book can be used alone or as a companion to AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. By identifying and addressing the special issues that recovery presents for women, this book empowers women to take ownership of their own journeys and to grow and flourish in recovery.
Download or read book The Wild Woman s Way written by Michaela Boehm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As pragmatic as it is compassionate, this intimate, humorous, and ultimately relaxing invitation to re-wild yourself, stripping away all that is not your true nature, will leave you inspired and curious to discover the wild woman within" (Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine). For the high-achieving modern woman today, having a successful career, a fulfilling romantic relationship, and a satisfying personal life can feel like opposing goals. It has even become difficult to take the time to enjoy the simple pleasures in lives. We are stuck in "go-mode," damaging our romantic relationships, pleasure, and creativity. But what if there were a way to experience the simplest pleasures of our lives on a deeper level, freeing the body and psyche from these destructive patterns? Beyond our current stereotypes about femininity lies the ancient wisdom of the Wild Woman archetype, a model of building a feminine "body intelligence." By embodying this archetype and using tantra--not just in the bedroom, but also to build intimate connections to our senses and physical movements--we can break harmful psychological patterns. In The Wild Woman's Way, Michaela Boehm shares practical rituals and exercises drawn from years of experience as a celebrity relationship and life counselor and an expert in tantric yoga. She reveals the power of different types of touch, while also training you in forms of meditation and stretching that increase activity and sensual pleasure.
Download or read book Woman s Way Home written by Leela Francis and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Home Body, Self and Soul In this engaging, empowering and honest book, inspirational speaker and facilitator of women's spiritual awakening Leela Francis shares the forests, peaks, and valleys of her wild and wonderful way home. You'll also be moved by the wisdom and stories of her clients who dared to touch deeply into their own rich life tapestries to emerge stronger, more vibrant, and more vividly their true selves. If you're ready to midwife your own rebirth, release the chains of self-judgment, be in authentic dialogue with your body, and find delight in who you are, the Vividly Woman Embodiment System will map out a clear and traceable odyssey for your personal expansion. You will learn how to - access your embodied wisdom as you claim your Sensual, Emotional, and Intuitive power; - ignite and sustain energy radiance through the five Vividly Woman textures; and - discover the gift of the three Vividly Woman lenses as tools of personal inquiry to weave your glorious way back home. "Welcome Home! Leela Francis and her story are the fuel that will launch a thousand stories. Women are hungry, longing, for authenticity. Leela provides this rare commodity in a world lacking feminine power. She will lead you home." Caroline Muir, founder of the Divine Feminine Institute for Men and Women and coauthor of the best-selling Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving
Download or read book A Woman s Way Through Unknown Labrador written by Mina Hubbard and published by New York : McClure. This book was released on 1908 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author gives an account of her husband's life and of his expedition of 1903 to central Labrador, and of her own expedition from Lake Melville to Ungava Bay in 1905. Diary of Leonidas Hubbard, July-October 1903, and of his companion George Elson, October 1903-May 1904.
Download or read book Through the Goddess written by Patricia Reis and published by Continuum. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a must for any woman who wants to connect with her deepest resources for empowerment and healing". -- Marija Gimbutas
Download or read book A Woman s Way written by Sofia Diana Gabel and published by Piraeus Books LLC. This book was released on 2011 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabel blends historical fact with fiction as she details 19th-century French feminist Maria Deraismes' struggle against misogynistic men and the French government during the turbulent 1870s in Paris.
Download or read book Leading the Way Women in Power written by Janet Howell and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire readers to make a difference. Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to Congress; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress; Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court; and Bella Abzug, who famously declared, “This woman’s place is in the House . . . the House of Representatives!” This engaging and wide-ranging collection of biographies highlights the actions, struggles, and accomplishments of more than fifty of the most influential leaders in American political history — leaders who have stood up, blazed trails, and led the way.
Download or read book Women s Ways of Knowing written by Mary Field Belenky and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 1986 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite the progress of the women's movement, many women still feel silenced in their families and schools. This moving and insightful bestseller, based on in-depth interviews with 135 women, explains"
Download or read book Women of the Way written by Sallie Tisdale and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Sallie Tisdale traces women Buddhist masters and teachers across continents and centuries, drawing upon historical, cultural, and Buddhist records to bring to life these narratives of ancestral Buddhist women.
Download or read book The Way of Women written by Lauraine Snelling and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the verge of Mt. St. Helens’ historic eruption, three women must face the mountain: two to search for their missing husbands; the third, to rediscover her life… After a local mountain becomes a deadly and imminent threat, three strikingly different women become linked in a desperate mission. Children’s author Katherine Sommers is searching for her depressed husband, David, and their son Brian, camping together on Mt. St. Helens’ tumultuous north slope. Mellie Sedor seeks her husband, Daniel, who has taken a logging job to pay for their daughter’s chemotherapy. Fashion photographer Jen Stockton joins Cowlitz County Sheriff Frank McKenzie, himself the victim of a brutal loss, in his quest to evacuate the awakening volcano. Jen came to the mountain in an effort to recover the peace she experienced as a child. Instead, she finds destruction and heroism, tragedy and friendship. When Women Strive Together, They Can Face Even the Unthinkable. Written by best-selling and award-winning author Lauraine Snelling, The Way of Women celebrates the resilience and strength of women, both individually and collectively, in the face of extraordinary crisis.
Download or read book You Go Girl written by Kim Doren and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such notable women athletes as Debi Thomas, Picabo Street, Cassie Campbell, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Peggy Fleming, Michelle Akers, and Bonnie Blair, share their stories and thoughts on sport, competition, and commitment.
Download or read book A Woman s Way of the Cross written by Sylvia Hunter and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lighting the Way written by Karenna Gore Schiff and published by Miramax Books. This book was released on 2007-02-14 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karenna Gore Schiff's nationally bestselling narrative tells the fascinating stories of nine influential women, who each in her own way, tackled inequity and advocated change throughout the turbulent twentieth century. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who was born a slave and fought against lynching; Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who organized coal miners and campaigned against child labor; Alice Hamilton, who pushed for regulation of industrial toxins; Frances Perkins, who developed key New Deal legislation; Virginia Durr, who fought the poll tax and segregation; Septima Clark, who helped to register black voters; Dolores Huerta, who organized farm workers; Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, an activist for reproductive rights; and Gretchen Buchenholz, one of the nation's leading child advocates. Gore Schiff delivers an intimate and accessible account of the nine trail-blazing women who deserve not only to be honored but to have their example serve as beacons.
Download or read book Hill Women written by Cassie Chambers and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “Poverty is enmeshed with pride in these stories of survival.”—Associated Press Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is one of the poorest counties in both Kentucky and the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up in these hollers and, through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Despite her poverty, she wouldn’t hesitate to give the last bite of pie or vegetables from her garden to a struggling neighbor. Her two daughters took very different paths: strong-willed Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while spirited Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school, then moved an hour away for college. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish school. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated her from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County, both while Wilma was in college and after. With her “hill women” values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers uses these women’s stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.
Download or read book Quit Like a Woman written by Holly Whitaker and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An unflinching examination of how our drinking culture hurts women and a gorgeous memoir of how one woman healed herself.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed “You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO The founder of the first female-focused recovery program offers a groundbreaking look at alcohol and a radical new path to sobriety. We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some kind of magic elixir, though it is anything but. When Holly Whitaker decided to seek help after one too many benders, she embarked on a journey that led not only to her own sobriety, but revealed the insidious role alcohol plays in our society and in the lives of women in particular. What’s more, she could not ignore the ways that alcohol companies were targeting women, just as the tobacco industry had successfully done generations before. Fueled by her own emerging feminism, she also realized that the predominant systems of recovery are archaic, patriarchal, and ineffective for the unique needs of women and other historically oppressed people—who don’t need to lose their egos and surrender to a male concept of God, as the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous state, but who need to cultivate a deeper understanding of their own identities and take control of their lives. When Holly found an alternate way out of her own addiction, she felt a calling to create a sober community with resources for anyone questioning their relationship with drinking, so that they might find their way as well. Her resultant feminine-centric recovery program focuses on getting at the root causes that lead people to overindulge and provides the tools necessary to break the cycle of addiction, showing us what is possible when we remove alcohol and destroy our belief system around it. Written in a relatable voice that is honest and witty, Quit Like a Woman is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.
Download or read book The Way to a Woman s Heart written by Chuck Snyder and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To every husband who wants to meet his wife's needs, but doesn't know how, author Chuck Snyder offers humorous insights, helpful hints, practical advice, and true wisdom.
Download or read book A Womans Guide to Recovery written by Brenda Iliff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential recovery guide for women new to sobriety, written by the director of clinical services at Hazelden's new cutting edge treatment facility for women. Whether you are just embarking down the road of recovery or are well into the journey, consider Brenda Iliff's A Woman's Guide to Recovery your companion and guide. Brenda Iliff is a leading Hazelden clinician. She developed this guide to help women handle issues and challenges that come with their new life of recovery: How can you balance self-care with family responsibilities? What do you do about friends who aren't comfortable with your newfound sobriety? How do you rebuild family relationships? A Woman's Guide to Recovery offers real-life insight into what it means and what it takes to sustain healthy, lasting recovery.
