Highly reviewed family books

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do focuses on families, showing them how to raise mentally stable and flexible children. Amy Morin, the writer who defined the characteristics that mentally powerful people share, is now providing adults the resources they need to become teachers for mental power. Although other books tell parents what to do, Amy tells parents what not to do, which she believes is just as necessary to raise mentally stable children. Children will thrive psychologically, mentally, behaviorally, and academically if they have the resources they need to cope with difficulties in their daily lives.

The human heart has an infinite capacity to care and love. But it’s sadly connected to a capacity to easily experience pain. It’s hard to overcome this kind of suffering. So in the face of this, it may feel much more difficult to continue to love. Sharing his own personal pain tale, pastor and bestselling New York Times writer Jentezen Franklin teaches us how to seek the energy, and courage to set away the hurt, treat people as God sees them, and reach out in compassion. He addresses various forms of emotional frustration and pulse through biblical and modern-day narratives, and asks questions like Why should I trust again? The same walls that block us from finding light, experiencing redemption, and love are the walls that we build around our hearts to cut ourselves off from suffering. In this book are the tools that you need to break down this walls, work through your pain, fix broken relationships, and continue to experience love like you were never hurt.

Dr. David Snowdon, an epidemiologist in 1986, embarked on a groundbreaking research experiment that would forever transform the way we view aging and old age. This groundbreaking long-term study venture, called the Nun Experiment because it includes a special group of 678 Catholic nuns, stands at the forefront of some of the world’s most relevant work on aging. The results of the Nun Studys are now helping researchers discover the keys of a shorter, safer existence. But Aging With Grace is more than just a visionary book on nutrition and hard science. It’s an altar boy’s story who grew up as a scholar researching the impact of aging on nuns. It’s the nuns’ own touching and motivational stories. Such extraordinary ladies between the ages of 75 and 104 gave Dr. Snowdon access to their h medical records and promised to donate their brains after death. They join Dr. Snowdon on his tender visits with nuns like Sister Clarissa in Aging With Grace, who at the age of 90 rides around the convent in a motorized cart she calls her Chevrolet and learns as much about baseball as any die-hard fan a third of her age. All state-of-the-art research and a personal prescription of optimism, Aging With Grace reveals that old age does not have to mean an imminent fall into sickness and disability; instead, it may be a time of prosperity and efficiency, mental and religious vigor, and remaining illness-free.

Gary Roe, the award-winning, bestselling author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor, gives you an glimpse into the grieving. When you want to comfort someone who is grieving, you’ll have an insight into what’s going on inside them and feel more able to care and encourage them. When you’re in the middle of suffering, you’re going to find yourself learning and be motivated not to be as strange and insane as you figured. This book will help you get an important ability : how to listen and understand someone who suffers.

Because of perfectionism, we risk not seeing what children really need to grow emotionally safe. The simple, effective Circle of Security parenting techniques taught by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell are available in self-help form for the first time.

After his mother passed away, 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live with his great aunt, an artist with a troubled history. Marcus hears about what the islanders call the “Grief Cottage”, where fifty years ago, during a storm, a child and his family vanished. Their remains have not been identified, and since then the cottage has been empty. Marcus visits the cottage everyday during his solitary hours, working up his confidence, till the boy’s ghost who died appears to show himself. He courts the ghost boy, full of excitement and open to the unknown and mysterious despite the recent upsurge in his existence, not knowing if the ghost is friend or fiend. Grief Cottage is the best kind of ghost story, but on top of it, it investigates grief, regrets and the thoughts that torment us.

54% of caregivers have underlying medical problems, while 51% of caregivers experience life-changing anxiety signs. Nan writes through the viewpoint of providing care for her parents, and 3 other elderly loved ones. The reader smiles at the funny moments and wipes back the tears as Nan takes you on her emotional journey.

It can quite challenging to look after aging parents. It is a period of life that needs grace and support from God. Jane Daly shares unique caregiving experiences in The Caregiving Season, including helpful tips to help support your aged parents well and strengthen your intimate friendship with Jesus along the journey.

Most of us are having a tough time speaking about death or expressing our sorrow. Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, created Modern Loss, both having lost parents as young adults, leading to a desire to shift the conversation surrounding the chaotic nature of grief. This insightful and sometimes amusing book help us weep, chuckle, grieve, recognize, and empathize. Soffer and Birkner share their own stories on a range of subjects, including causes, sexuality, familiy, etc. Accompanied by exquisite hand-drawn drawings with a pinch of humor, each essay offers a different view on loss as well as a cheerful message. Modern Loss encourages us to speak about grief.

Encouraging, encouraging, and pragmatic, The Grace in Aging invites to awaken all those who have ever experienced spiritual craving. Because aging does not in and of itself contribute to spiritual maturity, The Grace in Aging proposes and discusses the causes and conditions that we must build in our lives to allow enlightenment to occur. Kathleen Dowling Singh delivers manyfold lessons through wise and skillful ways. Clear words and sharp questions place Singh’s teachings in the direct focus of our own lives; each chapter’s contemplative nature permits an exceptional depth of inquiry. Touching the reader directly, Singh offers us the ability to do the work of liberating our own mind. Universal in spirit, voice, and expression, Singh provides guidance from a number of religious history teachers: Chogyam Trungpa, the Apostles, Annie Dillard, and more. The Grace in Aging provides instructions to elderly adults who wish to reach awakening before they die.