Daily Survival Guide For Divorced Men Surviving Thriving Beyond Your Divorce Days 1 91

Help and hope for men going through a divorce

Dale J. Brown, PhD, will never forget the day his wife left him. Her declaration caught Brown off guard. Suddenly he was just a statistic: another divorced man. In the dark days that followed, Brown felt alone and bereft of meaning. At his lowest point, he considered suicide. Fortunately, he reached out to his good friend Ken, a psychotherapist. With Ken's help-and insistence that Brown not be alone at this time-Brown found his intense agony abating. But he still had much grief to process. Brown is not alone. Men who are separated or divorced have a rate of suicide nearly 40 percent higher than that of married men, and even those who do not attempt suicide can feel sad, lonely, and helpless. Despite the pressing need evinced by this group, Brown found few resources to help men cope with the emotions brought about by divorce. So Brown wrote the book he wished he'd had when his own marriage ended. Full of spiritual wisdom and practical advice, Daily Survival Guide for Divorced Men offers comfort and encouragement for men experiencing divorce. Readers of this book will find that they are not alone-and they can thrive even after divorce.

Divorce shatters lives. The pain of divorce is sharp, deep and long-lasting. If you are a man who is going through a divorce you know this pain. Working through the suffering and losses of divorce takes time. You can't speed up this process but you can slow it down with poor decisions. If this sounds like you, S-Group Workbook is a personal and/or small group workbook to accompany Dr. Brown's devotional book, "Daily Survival Guide for Divorced Men: Surviving & Thriving Beyond Your Divorce Days 1-91." Both books combine biblical wisdom and practical, down-to-earth advice to help you through this intensely difficult time.

There's no end of advice for men about the financial and legal aspects of divorce. But, what about YOU personally-your adjustment to a new kind of life, your uncertainty about how to start over? Your time has come! Whether you are newly separated or finalized your divorce last year, The Guys-Only-Guide to divorce answers questions from hundreds of men just like you about how to get on with a better life! The nuts and bolts of starting over Why time is absolutely on your side How to go for a good thing when you see it-you deserve it! Dating again-what kind of woman should you be looking for? Getting Serious-how to avoid the same mistakes this time around Having sex again-when, how much, working out the kinks, and more "Is it normal to feel this way about my ex-wife, my kids, other women?" Meet Your Coaches: Sam J. Buser, PhD and Glenn F. Sternes, PhD use their combined expertise in working with men, men's issues, relationships, and human sexuality to bring you the Guys Only Guides-The No-Sweat Approach to Everything. For information about speaking, workshops, and private coaching, please visit Sam and Glenn at www.GuysOnlyGuides.com. Book jacket.

Why did this happen to YOU? What can you do to fix it? What can you do to make sure it never happens again? How can you get over her and start over again? How do you even start to rebuild?

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

It’s the End of Your Marriage–Not Your Life. Few experiences bring more pain than divorce. Like the death of a loved one, divorce plunges us into grief and loneliness, heartache and depression. Perhaps worst of all, divorce makes us believe that all that is meaningful and joyful has come to an end. Do not believe it. Better Days Are Just Ahead. You already know that divorce is one of the greatest challenges you will ever face. Yet it also can trigger tremendous growth in several key areas, including your relationships, the way you see yourself, and how you live out your faith. No one is calling divorce a blessing. But it is something that you will live through and that can help to powerfully transform you into the person God has created you to be. Whether you are in the earliest stages of divorce, are newly single again, are processing an earlier divorce, or know someone whose marriage is ending, New Life After Divorce offers encouragement and hope that this new life will be a good life–and the promise that healing, strength, purpose, and joy are around the corner.

As a Christian man navigating divorce, I looked everywhere for a book that would guide me through the process, and I couldn't find one. Navigating Divorce for the Christian Man is my answer to that. Through scriptures and the sharing of my own very personal journey, this book is my gift to men just like me who fought for their marriages but did not find restoration. I've been in your shoes. I've experienced your pain. I've felt your anger and sadness. And I've experienced God's grace and power during that battle.This book is for men like me who fought for their marriage, for their wife and their kids, but still lost it. It's for guys who battled and did everything they could but woke up one day divorced. It's for guys who felt like failures because they now showed up at church alone with the stigma of being a divorced Christian man. This book is for men just like you. There is hope for you, and if you're a dad, for your children. There is peace for you in the midst of the chaos. There is life beyond your divorce because God is good and He loves you. This book is my thank you letter to God, and my way to bring you confidence during the most trying time of your life.