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For anyone looking to heal abortion trauma, this book is a must-read. Elizabeth's beautifully powerful message offers inspiration and wisdom around forgiveness and healing. -Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times bestselling author, Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman's SoulOur deepest truths rise from crevices often only discovered during great pain. In Already Forgiven, Elizabeth Boyd has captured the fullness of life's true purpose: Awakening to a greater Love. -Dr. Sue Morter, author of The Energy CodesThough others may judge you, here there is no judgment. Your decision to have an abortion was complicated and personal, and it was the only choice to make at the time. Unfortunately, there was no way to anticipate if, when, or how the trauma would land for you.If you're holding this book, my guess is that you're grieving a loss in silence and isolation. You're feeling alienated, unloved, and unsupported by every anti-choice, anti-abortion voice who seems to care more about your unborn baby than they care about you. You're angry with yourself for not handling your past more skillfully. You're frustrated that healing seems so slow, complicated, and elusive. After all, you've done everything. What more could you possibly have to do to get past the pain and carry on with your life in joy and peace?This memoir tells my story-how I reached a place where I chose abortion, the aftermath of that decision, and the specific steps I took and tools I used to heal. If you are still searching for healing after an abortion, my hope is that here you encounter loving, kind support. May this book inspire you to take the next step on your journey back to wholeness. May it also provide some solace in the knowledge that you do not walk this path alone.Love, peace, and healing are yours.

The years raising a daughter before her engagement are just a warm-up to the main event - the pressure caldron called a wedding. Most fathers are not equipped to face the prospects of a wedding and fear the engagement period as an unbridled emotionally driven money fest. The Father of the Bride: A Survival Guide is a father-centric roadmap and coaching tool on how to survive and actively participate in the wedding process. Based on collected and person experiences with a dash of humor added, a future FOTB will gain insight into: Roles the Father of the Bride is expected to fillApproaches on the all-important budgeting questionKey items affecting wedding costsHow to determine what is really important to your daughter on this dayStrategies for defusing emotional emergenciesAvoiding wedding planning fatigue and keeping things in perspectiveWhere the Father of the Bride can make a differenceIf all goes well (but prepare for something to go wrong), yours will be a great wedding and day of incredible memories for family and friends. Most importantly, the icing on the cake is getting the special thank you hug from your daughter as she parts from you to her new life. The purpose of The Father of the Bride: A Survival Guide is quite simple... to get you through the wedding sanely with coaching and guidance.

We can go through life believing the lie that we have genuinely forgiven people in our lives who have harmed us. Until another situation happens, we get hurt, muster through, and move on, but ultimately, what is happening to our hearts? With each trial and hurt we face, we can quickly start hardening our hearts to protect them and revert to thinking, "The world is unsafe. I will never heal. I am a victim. I will always fear that I can never truly forgive. I am not worthy to be used by God. What is wrong with me? Why me? They don't deserve my forgiveness." These are the thoughts that keep us captive. The enemy wants to keep us in this captive state, but you can break the chains that bind you to an unforgiving heart and be set free.Safe In Your Father's Arms, along with its companion workbook outlines 14 steps to forgiveness. On your journey you will be encouraged to face life's traumas and hurts, bringing them to the cross, healing each hurt step by step, strengthening your faith, and experiencing a personal transformation of forgiveness and inner peace that only Christ can provide. Come to your Heavenly Father's arms and allow him to heal your wounds so you can be once and for all set free and move from victim to victor in Christ.

Disenfranchised provides an objective and honest account for those considering buying a franchise in an effort to save you from making a bad franchise purchase. Most books available on the subject provide a positively biased view of being a franchisee. Disenfranchised aims to give you food for thought and action-oriented steps to take to protect yourself from contracting with a franchisor not worthy of your money.

Do you want your kiddo(s) to understand mindfulness so they can navigate their feelings and learn self-acceptance?My Big Heart is a story of feeling small. While this includes the challenges and limitations that young children face on a physical level, it also relates to feeling small when it comes to their sense of self-worth. Children who feel small on an emotional level feel unseen and disconnected from the vastness of their truest selves and their potential.In My Big Heart, the main character experiences a change of heart in how she sees herself and the world through mindfulness and connecting to her heart."I wish I was big enough to hug the moon. I wish I was big enough to kiss the sun. I wish I was big enough to catch a flying comet."Children experience many fears and challenges: fear of the dark, fear of monsters, fear of abandonment, fear of the future, fear of not being good enough, fear of being punished, fear of not belonging, fear of failure, etc.My Big Heart can help show children:¿ How to feel more confident and capable¿ How to manage fears and emotions¿ How to navigate life with more power and control¿ How to love themselves¿ How to accept themselves and others¿ How to believe in themselves¿ How to remember their true nature¿ The science behind mindfulnessThe story includes a word-for-word mindfulness script that can be used to support an at home mindfulness practice. A complimentary companion audio is also available at www.jenniferfae.com. The story incorporates a mini science lesson too, where children get to learn about photons and the benefits that mindfulness has on the physical body.The intention behind My Big Heart is to give children and families tools to help self-regulate, and never forget their true nature which is love. This story will help expose young minds to tools that will hopefully support them in navigating life with more ease.This book is most suitable for ages 5 and up.

Tommie Pueschel dreamed of flying ever since he was a little kid. It's now 1968, and U.S. Army Warrant Officer Thomas R. Pueschel is 22 years old and his dream of flying is being realized. Only thing is, he is in Vietnam and the helicopter he is flying is loaded with guns and rockets and while he may be flying, there's people on the ground who are shooting back at him. His dream has now turned into a full-blown nightmare. The events around him are encapsulating him, forcing him to do things he would never do, never even think of doing, and he's got no choice. In a letter home to his parents, he voices his concern:"All my life, you and the church have taught me, 'Thou shalt not kill' and yet, I now find myself on a ship which is taking me to a place where I will be expected to do just that. It is a battle that has been raging in me for many months now, and I cannot find what seems to be an answer, and I guess I will not until that final test comes when I come face to face with my enemy and have to tighten my finger on the trigger and blast the breath of life in an instant from the body of a fellow man. I know it will be him or me, and I think that I may be able to do it, but the thought still frightens me terribly. Can I really take the life of a man, and afterwards, can I really justify that act by attributing it to my own instincts for self-preservation?"This is the story of Tom's 423 days in Vietnam from his first days in that God-forsaken country in October 1967 through his "freedom bird" home on the 5th of December 1968. Vietnam was ugly and brutal and 1968 was the bloodiest and most deadly year of the war. Troop levels were at their highest (536,100 American troops) and the fighting was at its worst. As one of the original "Blue Ghosts", Tom flew over 900 missions in his 423 days and experienced "enough blood and gore for all." Much of Tom's story is told in his own words, through the many letters he wrote home, with his changing thoughts and insights, and his great attempts to call out for some of the normalcy of the life he left behind. It is also told through the history of the times, the decisions made by others that he had no say in but greatly affected him, and how expendable life can be in times of war. This is a unique portrayal of one soldier's journey through the Vietnam War and his own inner struggle with the consequence of what he was doing.

¿It is exceedingly easy to add psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to your outpatient practice. Not what you've heard or imagined? Let me change your mind. For licensed clinicians, it is simple, easy and fast. These medicines fit into our existing work, be it psychoanalytic psychotherapy, DBT, CBT, IFS, mindfulness-focused, somatically-based, narrative therapies, all of it. No need to let dread of extensive training/education derail you from this wildly fabulous new opportunity for the enrichment of your work. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) isn't a developmental or practice theory requiring a two year advanced-clinical training/education program. It is simply a potent, novel, user-friendly tool to incorporate into your existing practice/approach.Whatever number of very stuck clients you have in mind for this treatment tool, quadruple it. You will be so awed by the wonder of this medicine, by the unfolding integration of psychedelic journey epiphanies and revelations into your clients' lives, you will want everyone to try it, yourself included. While you don't need extensive training/education to incorporate KAP into your outpatient practice, you do need the lay of the land; lots of details related to the medicine, its administration, its effects, evaluating candidacy, leveraging neuroplasticity, clinical counter-indications, consent forms and procedures, liability insurance; namely, the nuts and bolts. Collected here are resources I gathered with my KAP colleagues as I on-boarded ketamine-assisted psychotherapy into my private and group practice over the last two years, and a step-by-step instructional of each stage of the process; your KAP toolkit for getting started.Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is a rapidly growing part of our industry, capturing the imagination of client and clinician alike. With ketamine available now as a treatment tool, MDMA by next year, and psilocybin not long after that, it is time to get on the train.

Are you unemployed or in a dead-end job with no future? Maybe you are living paycheck to paycheck and wondering what the future holds for you and your family. You have no peace of mind, and your life sucks.The Job Nobody Dreams Of is a prescription for a life that sucks!Nobody dreams of becoming a salesperson-until they realize a nobody can make a six-figure income year after year regardless of their background, education, and work experience.Sales is one of the most misunderstood careers in the world!To many, sales is considered a bad word, a place where the masses go to get conned by smooth-talking people looking to make a quick buck.But what if they are wrong? What if...... sales is a career field full of honest, hard-working people? It is. Bill will introduce you to several!...there was a great paying job with no entry barrier (doesn't require a college degree or years of experience), and is available to anyone regardless of where they live? It happens every day!...what if you could land your dream job with your dream company, even if they aren't currently hiring? Bill did it...more than once!The Job Nobody Dreams Of dispels many of the myths about sales and salespeople and offers insights into the strategies Bill used to find success. It takes you step-by-step through the process of getting your first job in sales, so you won't stumble where he did. It also dispels many of the myths about sales and salespeople and offers insights into the strategies he used to be so successful.The Job Nobody Dreams Of is a roadmap to a better life!

Is your home driving you crazy with all the piles and papers? Is it impossible to find anything, let alone peace? Despite following Marie Kondo, does absolutely nothing spark joy?If you are tired of feeling anxious, depressed, and embarrassed by how your home looks and functions, this book is for you.This Mess Is Making Me Stress will:Explain the link between clutter, stress, and mental healthIdentify the wrong stuff hiding in your cabinets and closetsTrain your decision-making muscles so you can declutter confidentlyShow you how to create rooms that work and maximize storageGive you practical step-by-step advice for maintaining "crap equilibrium"Professional organizer Donna Barwald helps you work through negative emotions that derail you before you begin, and guides you through the levels of the organizing process so you can get started and keep going.By creating a healthy habit of organizing, you and your home will be transformed. You will feel calmer and better about yourself and be proud to invite people over. Your home will feel peaceful, and you will have room to breathe.

Horse breeding is more complex than you think. Set yourself up to succeed in your passion for horses. How would you go about establishing a horse stud? Are you breeding horses and want to take it to the next level? Have you bought a foal and want to raise it properly? Do you want to make better choices, breed better horses, improve your results? It can be a lonely journey without someone to learn from, to show you how to lessen the mistakes along the way, and to steer you in the right direction. The Thinking Horse Breeder is a step by step, treasure trove of practical information for those who want to thrive and succeed doing what they love. This book discusses selection of foundation stock, planning matings, breeding methods, genetic diseases, conformation and temperament, foaling down, raising foals, young horse training, common problems, financials, promotion, photography and ethical considerations, in an easy-to-read, authentic style. Each chapter can be read and re-read for new insights. It will challenge your thinking and give you the art, science and tools for success. Everything you need to know is here in a simple, non-technical format based on the author's experiences and reflections over 50+ years. For aspiring, hobby or serious, established breeders, this will be an invaluable guide to be read over and over, so you too can master the inevitable challenges and be successful.