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Children of alcoholic or addicted parents may be stripped of hope, courage, and self-esteem. The dysfunctional family is fueled by shame and chaos, stunting children’s relationships and self-acceptance. Adult children of alcoholics and addicts need encouragement to overcome these childhood deprivations. Days of Healing, Days of Joy models a program of serenity, spirituality, and acceptance through its meditations. “Children of alcoholics are set up for their struggles. You are not sick. You got set up.” —Dr. Jan Woititz Alcoholic or addicted parents may become focused on their compulsion while their children fend for themselves in a dysfunctional household. Without helpful and inform...
A leader in the recovery movement reveals how we can all heal. At the center of The Healer's Way is the "hoop"--a seven-step process of healing. First we need to make sure our core needs are met; without those we not only can't heal ourselves or others--we probably can't live. Then we need to get lost (step 2), get hurt (step 3), get stuck and hit the bottom of the circle (step 4). Only then can we get called (step 5), get up (step 6), and get going (step 7). Once we get going, we move through the cycle again and again, as life presents us with new opportunities for healing ourselves and others. The Healer's Way is the culmination of Earnie Larsen's thirty-plus years as a counselor. The seed...
In this understanding and supportive guide, renowned writer, lecturer, and counselor Earnie Larsen lays out a new strategy for identifying and facing up to our underground reservoirs of resentment and rage and moving beyond them to forgiveness. Gently, patiently, he teaches us that we can learn how to reclaim the power that anger has over us, and restablish relationships and rebuild bridges that might have been burned--as we move forward toward a new serenity and understanding of ourselves, and the hidden needs that have kept us stuck and helpless.
Healing for a Bitter Heart handles the difficult subject of forgiveness. Bitterness exerts a tremendous influence over a person's mental and physical health. Charles Gerber uses scriptural studies to unlock the healing power of forgiveness.
If you're looking for a hands-on resource to help you increase your self-awareness and improve your day-to-day life, then Louise Giroux's Healing Times is for you. The twelve chapters cover such subjects as family or origin, inner-child work, sexuality, couple relationships, career, parenting, illness and divorce. Includes case studies as well as a variety of creative, insightful exercises for you to use for personal healing.
In this understanding and supportive guide, renowned writer, lecturer, and counselor Earnie Larsen lays out a new strategy for identifying and facing up to our underground reservoirs of resentment and rage and moving beyond them to forgiveness. Gently, patiently, he teaches us that we can learn how to reclaim the power that anger has over us, and restablish relationships and rebuild bridges that might have been burned--as we move forward toward a new serenity and understanding of ourselves, and the hidden needs that have kept us stuck and helpless.
Written a decade before coronavirus pushed in-person meetings online and kept us home, this portable and practical workbook for the newly sober is a perfect coach for the present moment. In this portable recovery aftercare program, Earnie Larsen coaches readers through one full year of sobriety with personal, practical, actionable steps to help them refocus on the core concepts that are essential to sober living. Make no mistake about the intention of the guidance offered in this book. This is not just another "nice recovery book"--one that you read and then put aside, hopefully taking away a few good thoughts. My intention is that the material offered here should be chewed, pulled apart, sc...
This collection of readings is designed for use in tutor-group or year-group assemblies and is based around 39 weekly themes, which comply with the 1988 Education Act. The themes include spiritual awareness, living as a family, healing, friendship, human rights and inter-cultural harmony.
This story is for you, whether you are a victim or a survivor of child abuse, or know someone who is. This is the compelling story of a child’s struggle to survive emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her own family. It is also the story of her lifelong struggle to deal with the pain and to heal the emotional scars resulting from years of abuse. Sandi’s Story is taken directly from the journals of the victim herself. Anyone concerned about child abuse will, without a doubt, want to read and learn from this personal account. This story is also enriched by helpful comments, quotes, poetry, and prose; much of it written by other survivors or experts in child abuse. Remember... tell your story
This book is a cutting edge resource for clergy working in clinical settings helping people deal with substance abuse and other behavior health challenges. It takes a critical look at the role spirituality plays in recovery from addictions a rising epidemic in our society. It also provides a methodical approach to providing spiritual care in non-traditional settings when helping this target audience. The book is a must have resource for modern ministry encounters.