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Are you interested in developing a deeper understanding of relationships? Have you ever wondered why there are natural affinities between some people and static between others? Why some have great rapport while others have considerable conflict? What creates your instant reaction to another person? This unique book provides simple, practice-proven methods that examine reasons for the variations in which people relate to each other. Included ar...

When Mary Turner entered the world, she was already her parents' least-favorite child. Filled with ambition but always seeming to be lacking some crucial skill, Mary left home immediately after graduating high school and set her sights on the endless horizon before her. Mary had had a difficult childhood, when she was young, her grandparents had died in a tragic accident that left the entire family-especially her father, Kenneth-shrouded in a ...

When Mary Turner entered the world, she was already her parents' least-favorite child. Filled with ambition but always seeming to be lacking some crucial skill, Mary left home immediately after graduating high school and set her sights on the endless horizon before her. Mary had had a difficult childhood, when she was young, her grandparents had died in a tragic accident that left the entire family-especially her father, Kenneth-shrouded in a ...

Every day as you guide and nourish, you have new chances to get things right, to sow seeds of love, acceptance, appreciation, encouragement and confidence."Although the parent-child relationship is perhaps the most obvious example of care giving, opportunities for this type of support and guidance abound in everyday life. By taking time to reflect and consider our own childhoods, we may become better equipped to understand and relate to others...

An Angel with Secrets is a novel, dealing with human experience and imaginary characters.When Mary takes the fall for her boyfriend Luke and goes to jail, she has no idea her fate is not the only one at stake. She's pregnant, and she gives birth to her daughter Angel behind bars, where Mary raises her for the first eighteen months of Angel's life, until Luke takes Angel from the prison. However, Angel quickly discovers that living with Luke an...

The Extended Hand is a "contemplative memoir" that covers two seemingly separate lives.When Robert answers the phone, he has trouble understanding his neighbor's question: "What do you mean, there's a notice in today's paper listing our condo for sale?" Through the kitchen windows, he can see the ocean waves rolling in toward the Maui beach. Surely there must be a mistake.But when he calls his wife Marti on the eastside of Seattle, he learns t...

The Braiding of Diverse Lives' is a moving story that follows two very special girls. Mitsy is the daughter of a busy preacher and a distant mother. Angel is the daughter of lovers who are drug addicts.At the story's outset, Luke looks on as the culmination of Mitsy's lifelong dream, her refuge for homeless, abused, and orphaned children, goes up in flames. Luke recalls his relationship with Mitsy and these streets during his adolescence.Now, ...

From very early childhood, Mitsy longs for closeness with others--a free-flowing acceptance, approval, rapport, and respect that ideally should exist in the "perfect family."Somehow, Mitsy realizes she does not have a "perfect family." She lives a solitary, friendless, and lonely life. Peering out her bedroom window and seeing the hustle and bustle of activity in the town square only heighten her desire to be a part of it all. Grandmother Fish...

This is the story of a child born into a conservative fundamentalist preacher's family in Indiana. Her journey through thirty tumultuous years was: *within the strict regulations of the church community *within the confines of a love-starved home *within an unbelievable marriage During the journey, she: *moved quickly through school, graduating and becoming a teacher at age 19 *became a leader in the educational community *found the true love ...

An educator from Indiana moves to California, a new culture, to start a new life. She soon finds she is ill-equipped for her new surroundings, but rises like a storm to overcome or conceal any deficiencies. She is arrogant and self-confident, becoming a high society lady hosting lavish events and outlandish parties. She and her husband travel world-wide. They have multiple homes. They care for their family. They entertain their friends. The...

Are you frustrated with the pace at which you live and despite the rapid pace, you don't seem to be getting any closer to your dreams? Do you exhibit any of these classic symptoms that indicate a life out of balance: anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia, hopelessness, and even chronic physical ailments. Are you wishing to establish a healthy lifestyle that will last a lifetime? Then you are ready to hear the messages of the ...