Family & Relationships

Everyone knows at least one person who demonstrates toxic love, someone who consistently jabs a straw in others and sucks the life right out of them. Without an in-depth understanding of how to navigate these relationships, most people continue to emotionally regress and remain paralyzed in familiar, pain-soaked patterns. But Your Mother Loves You helps readers overcome this cycle of toxicity. Kim Honeycutt shares the real-life experience of how a shame-based, self-destructive little girl grew up to be a recovered alcoholic, entered the world of psychology as a professional, and created her own strategies to address and conquer toxicity. This story, both witty and practical, is told through the lens of personal life experience and expert psychological strategies combined with Godly intervention. Readers learn how to either walk away from or walk with a toxic loved one without losing themselves. Covered in both vulnerability and clinical information, But Your Mother Loves You provides a step-by-step approach on how to stop toxic love and the subsequent self-abuse.

After a long marriage, Jude Walsh found herself in a position she never thought possible: divorced. The life she knew was gone. To heal the pain of the divorce and create a different future for herself, Jude developed eight practices, which she shares with the goal of helping other women create the life of their dreams and thrive after divorce. In Post-Divorce Bliss, women learn to shift their perspective, go beyond grief, and transform their trauma, along with other practical skills for moving forward. With Jude’s guidance and passion, women find themselves ready to leave their divorce behind and live a life they love.

Author and coach Belen Loreto Grand is the voice for thousands of nurses from the Philippines and OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) who are bound to family and duty and assist their relatives financially. In Family Matters, she shares a system of living that empowers, opens the flow of money, and reduces drama and trauma.

In Family Matters, various challenging issues are addressed and resolved, including what to do when relatives ask for money, how to support a Filipino family without breaking the bank, and how to maintain family harmony when deciding to stop the flow of money. Belen Loreto Grand draws on the Law of Attraction, the Kabbalah, and more to inspire readers to care for themselves and attract abundance for their family in the States and their family back home in the Philippines.

The tools, strategies, and success stories in Family Matters promote a life of love, peace, harmony, joy, and abundance.

You bought the “til death do us part” thing. Now you are alone, and perhaps feeling unlovable? Is being single again overwhelming, scary, and totally not what you want? Are you freaked out about ever getting your life back together? Do you ask yourself, “Where do I start?” every day, then take a few steps and give up when the grief or panic overtakes you?

In Fear of Flying Solo: Recovery from Divorce, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Marsha Vaugn teaches those going through divorce how to manage the transition and all of the overwhelming to-do’s that come with it. She guides them through asking for support, what to do (or not do) about sex and dating, how to begin anew, and what practices carry them forward into their new life.

If you are caught in the divorce transition and don’t want to do it alone, Fear of Flying Solo is there for you every step of the way.

Using real life examples, Aging in Place is instrumental in promoting healthy family discourse on these important topics. Mary Mashburn discusses the roadblocks and pitfalls you and your family might encounter, explains many useful planning techniques, and provides information on local and national resources. Whether in the midst of a crisis or just beginning to discuss options with loved ones, you gain valuable insight and information that guides you and your family toward making the best choices that fit your unique situation. Rather than offering a magic wand to make the difficulties of aging disappear, Aging in Place offers useful information to make decisions that provide peace and strength as those who are aging and their loved ones face these challenges together.

Uniquely Us explores the complicated connection between Autism, Marriage, and Faith and provides a path forward for the Neurodiverse Couples working together in this journey.

Stephanie and Dan Holmes write from lived experience as a NeuroDiverse Christian Couple (NDCC) as well as professional experience working with NDCCs. Their first book, written with their adult children, Embracing the Autism Spectrum focuses on their parenting journey of neurodivergent children and discovering their own neurodiversity in marriage.

Uniquely Us is based on published research from Dan's later-in-life adult autism diagnosis. It focuses on faith, marriage, and autism, examining how neurodiversity and faith create a complex relationship dynamic for NeuroDiverse Christian Couples.

Uniquely Us is designed to educate clergy, coaches, chaplains, and counselors on the nuances and complexities of working with NeuroDiverse Christian Couples.

Modern medicine considers Autism to be an "incurable diagnosis." Warrior Mom challenges this claim, sharing one mother's journey to heal her son.

For any parent who has heard the chilling words "your child has autism," Tracy Slepcevic offers hope, inspiration, and advice to help you navigate the system, evaluate different treatment options, and heal your child’s underlying conditions.

After her son Noah had a severe regression after meeting all his milestones, Tracy spent years trying to figure out what was wrong with her little boy. Once given a diagnosis, doctors said Noah would never lead a fully functioning life, but Tracy knew this was not her son’s fate.

Refusing to give up, Tracy read dozens of books, attended autism conferences, and spent countless hours researching how to heal her child. She was determined to turn her son around from what doctor’s called an "incurable diagnosis" so that Noah could live his best life possible. Over the years, Noah made great progress with biomedical intervention and lives a fully functional life today with a bright future ahead of him.

Warrior Mom is an inspiring story of hope and an indispensable guidebook for any parent desperate to hear the truth that autism is not a hopeless diagnosis and that many underlying conditions associated with autism are treatable.

Dating is drastically different now than it used to be. 

Years ago, divorce was considered socially taboo, and people married for life; today, however, having multiple marriages and committed relationships has become the norm, making it essential for those who are single (and seeking relationships) to shift in their search to find the right partner.

A relatable reference for each stage of the dating process, Stow Your Luggage When Dating directly speaks to the reader’s need for healing from previous relationships and the importance of self-worth before getting back into the dating game. Marlisse Testa, L.M.H.C., offers valuable tools and strategies for daters of any age or experience level. She outlines all the information necessary for those entering the dating pool, preparing for a date, connecting with others, and selecting a partner for life. 

Dilan Jay’s breakout book illuminates fundamental social truths that blow weird dating gimmicks and games out of the water, making previous dating books for guys smell like trash. How to Be More Confident with Women is written in a casual, dude-to-dude tone reminiscent of shooting the s**t with a homie at a bar, replacing beer with long-lasting confidence restoration. Through seven easy-to-digest chapters laced with occasional comic strips, Dilan Jay proves that meeting women shouldn’t be a complicated military strategy, but a friendly interaction that’s easy for both parties to experience. Further, men learn the power of intention, and that the best dating interactions include zero fixation on dating hype, sex, nor looking cool.

Meant to be a handbook for guys, How to Be More Confident with Women can be read in a couple hours, but the results of its practices aim to change a lifetime. It ultimately offers a profound understanding of the activity of being social which regenerates an honest admiration of mankind. And when coupled with the practical skills offered by Dilan Jay — based on travels to 40 countries — men inevitably not only become more confident around people, but downright successful in finding the right woman for their life.

Leaning on Bonnie O’Neil’s personal experience as a caregiver Chronic Hope delivers practical insight and solutions while avoiding the tone of a typical self-help book. Instead, it reads like a conversation with a friend, where one parent’s stories give the other parent permission to feel the full range of their emotions and encourages them to discover hope in the long journey. Readers witness Bonnie's mistakes and missteps, glean from her revelations, and find inspiration in the principles and attitudes she begins to apply to everyday situations. Through story and reflection, Bonnie gently shares a vision of navigating chronic disease with strength, resilience and loving self-sacrifice.

Chronic Hope leverages one family’s journey raising a child with chronic illness and provides readers the tools necessary to process their own emotional responses to the unexpected path ahead of them. Thematically, Chronic Hope begins deep within the heart of the caregiver and gradually works itself outward into each relationship within the family, and eventually into the wider world.

Chronic Hope offers a fresh vision of hope in the darkest valleys of illness, suffering, and broken dreams.

Due to the pandemic, major weather events across the country, school closures and re-openings, and simply the uncertainty around what life might look life for the foreseeable future, anxiety-levels among our children has never been higher.  In Stop Worrying About Your Anxious Child, Tonya Crombie, PhD gives parents the help they so desperately need in these trying times.

• Deal with judgment from well-meaning friends and others
• Sift through all of the advice to determine what will really work for your child
• Stay calm even when the stress is especially tough
• Create a support system that supports you and your child

At age sixty-two, Joan Bragar, EdD, leadership consultant and coach, married the man of her dreams. The lessons she learned from this journey have inspired other women to find happiness in love. In Never Too Late for Love, she provides proven practices for women to:

Family coach, mother and metaphysician, Kat Mulvaney, is no stranger to the emotions children face. She works with families who are seeking more ease and flow in their family dynamic after trying many conventional solutions. Many of her clients’ children do not conform well to traditional school, and in a time of great world change, they are seeking new ideas. Kat guides families out of emotional turmoil and into genuine, conscious connection.

In A Good Day at School, Kat lays out her 5 principles for parents to show them:

Relationship expert and coach Jodi Schuelke provides the perfect dating guidebook that identifies the missing link for women who have been endlessly searching for their dream relationship partner. Jodi lays out the seven practical steps of her FOREVER Framework™ process so women can transform their dating strategy and find their Mr. Right—the one they truly deserve. In Finding Forever Love, women learn how to:

You’re struggling to find your Prince Charming, soul mate, or dream guy and are tired of dating all the wrong men. Or maybe you haven’t even been able to find the wrong men to date. Are your dreams of a passionate Happily Ever After fading quickly? Look no further! In six simple steps, transform your dating persona and learn to find and attract the dream-come-true relationship so you can have your fairytale ending. Author Cindi Laree takes you through her six-step process in which you can laugh, learn from the mishaps she encountered while kissing Frogs, running from Dragons, mistaking Knights in Shining Armor for the Prince, and discover how to find your own passionate Happily Ever After.

In Flipping the Fairytale, you’ll learn:

Do not delay. Join Cindi as Enchanted meets Match.com to find a prince and create your Happily Ever After today.

Being a mom is a lot of work. Being a mom of a spirited child can be exceptionally challenging. Moms who want to change their stress and anxiety levels and make a difference in the lives of their children and family need to take steps towards wellness. Maureen Lake teaches moms:

Relationship Detox is the smart woman’s guide to cleansing yourself of the dysfunctional relationships and dating habits that prevent you from finding the man of your dreams. Relationship expert and best-selling author of I Just Want Out, Jodi Schuelke lays out seven practical steps in her FORWARD Framework™ process so you can claim or reclaim self-confidence and happiness.

From childhood to motherhood, Di Ciruolo takes readers through very personal and intensely heartbreaking experiences and creates a safe space for trauma survivors with indomitable.

Indomitable is a true story of foster care survival. With intentional wit and a healthy amount of self-reflection, Di Ciruolo invites explorers to find the places they can relate to while finding footing on the rungs to healing. Ciruolo shines a light on inner trauma, by offering encouragement and guidance for survivors and those who seek to support them. 

Open-Eyed Adoption presents a compassionate look at uncovering the mysteries of the adoptive parent/adoptee relationship

Open-Eyed Adoption is written for the purpose of supplying a resource for those who have adopted children as well as those who are considering the possibility of doing so. Often adoptive parents are ill-prepared and uninformed as to the unique challenges that raising adopted children presents. For instance, the earlier a parent knows that an adoptee has trauma from the beginning, the better equipped they can be to adapting their parenting style vs what may have been the style of their own parents. Being unaware of this, they can be confused and discouraged as to what they are seeing and why their adopted child responds the way they do. They may even be bewildered, due to the amount of love they give, to see a different response than they expect. 

This book gives resource and tools to the parent for better understanding of what may be happening in the heart of their child. The information contained in Open-Eyed Adoption can also be used when parents are communicating with their adult adopted children. It encourages parents to look at parenting from different angles when it comes to the adoptee. Furthermore, Open- Eyed Adoption dispels the myth that they are all alone, takes a look at the importance of self-kindness and shows the way to get the support they need.

Seeking Solace is Chani Barlow’s story of following God’s plan despite a series of unforeseen obstacles, in order to find true meaning and peace. 

Though Chani Barlow grew up going to church on Sundays, she never really knew if God was real or just a name mentioned over the pulpit. As a teenager, she jaywalked across a busy highway and found Him waiting for her in the recovery room. God gifted her powerful dreams, snapshots of a little boy and girl meant to join her family. But the search wasn’t easy. Infertility, financial setbacks, mental illness, and rejection led her to wonder if God had forgotten her—but was she really paying attention? 

Seeking Solace tells the story of REAL miracles. It puts an arm around the reader’s shoulder and points out how their coincidences might not just be coincidences. 

I Left My Toxic Relationship – Now What? teaches women how to live on their own again and how not to feel scared or daunted of being alone. It provides the roadmap for independence with active steps in order to get to a place of happiness again. Join author, educator, and registered psychotherapist, Heather J. Kent in I Left My Toxic Relationship – Now What? as she unlocks the secrets to:

Laurel Bahr’s step-by-step account of discovery, opposition, and lessons learned is interwoven with the “behind closed-door” stories of two friends who were ultimately inspired to follow in her footsteps. Their remarkable journey highlights the power of close, authentic, long-term relationships and proves that change is possible, dreams do come true if one only believes. With the goal to inspire and offer hope to victims, their families, and those who care about them, Love Gone Wrong chronicles the stereotypical aspects of emotional, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse. Clinical insights from a psychologist and other health professionals occur at key junctures to explain, validate, and support their experiences.

The self-help industry has a habit of taking life too seriously, however, Damsel No More! takes a very different approach. Using the philosophies of Role Play Gaming, think Dungeons and Dragons, Damsel No More! takes on the dubious challenge of overcoming the anxiety felt after relationship abuse and makes it, well, fun! In this adventure, women learn all the skills needed to stop their past relationships from ruining their current one, such as:

It’s time for people to break the vicious cycle of family dynamics and awaken to who they truly are in order to move forward and create a life full of freedom. It is possible to change behaviors that lead to transformation in not only the individual’s life, but in the lives of those around them. Janet Ellis, founder and CEO of Janet’s Planets of Empowerment, shares the process she herself has followed to break free of the dysfunction that ruled the early years of her life. As living proof that anyone can emerge from the other side of depression, sadness, and loneliness, she teaches readers to awaken to only their Truth, learn to love themselves regardless of their outer world, break through the blocks that are holding them back, and more.

Within the pages of Wake Up is the message that no matter where someone comes from, what their life has been like, as long as they wake up and are willing to do the work, they can have a life full of freedom and joy.