Self Parenting For Life Living A Lifetime From The Self Parenting Point Of View

Dr Pollard, creator and author of the Self-Parenting concept, provides a lifetime overview of insights and experience based on forty years of continuous daily practice of half-hour sessions of conscious Self-Parenting .

Core Guidelines for the Self-Parenting Practitioner.

Presents a self-help guide for overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder and codependency, outlining a twelve-step program focused on promoting healing and the development of independence and self-reliance.

Seventy now-adult children of divorce give their candid and often heart-wrenching answers to eight questions (arranged in eight chapters, by question), including: What were the main effects of your parents' divorce on your life? What do you say to those who claim that "children are resilient" and "children are happy when their parents are happy"? What would you like to tell your parents then and now? What do you want adults in our culture to know about divorce? What role has your faith played in your healing? Their simple and poignant responses are difficult to read and yet not without hope. Most of the contributors--women and men, young and old, single and married--have never spoken of the pain and consequences of their parents' divorce until now. They have often never been asked, and they believe that no one really wants to know. Despite vastly different circumstances and details, the similarities in their testimonies are striking; as the reader will discover, the death of a child's family impacts the human heart in universal ways.

"A must read for all parents filled with great ideas for children of all ages." Joseph Maloney, MD "This is an invaluable book. Dr. Schweiger writes passionately, sharing her very seasoned professional and personal experience and expertise. Without judgement, and with a great deal of compassion, she provides parents with a blueprint for nurturing their children's self-esteem, the foundation for all happiness and well-being. An essential book that can benefit all." Ann Hatkoff, Author Building your child's self-esteem is a process that begins at birth and continues throughout a lifetime. In Self-Esteem For A Lifetime, you will learn how building your child's self-esteem influences: -How and what your child achieves -How your child socializes -How your child loves -How your child will make decisions throughout his or her lifetime This book is truly a therapeutic experience. By sharing expertise based on thirty years of clinical work, providing thought provoking exrcises and opportunities for journaling, this book teaches the skills needed to prevent common childhood problems and build your child's self-esteem. Dr. Schweiger will support you in creating a home environment based on mutual respect and open communication. You will learn how to listen and respond effectively, resolve conflicts and manage your anger and stress. Dr. Schweiger presents her practical, straightforward advice in user-friendly language and affirms parents as the experts on their children's lives. Her guilt-free approach ("There are no perfect parents!) will empower you and offer a helping hand through the process of raising a successful child. After reading Self-Esteem For A Lifetime, both parents and children will feel more confident and competent. Be prepared to keep this book close by for many years to come.

Positive self parenting solutions are written for teenagers struggling and dealing with depression. It begins by emphasizing the importance of being aware. Healing and dealing with Post traumatic stress in their life and the numerous benefits. Learning to forgive their parents. Release the hurt and confronting the inner child with love takes patience. Begins with acceptance. Confront the trauma by identifying what is going on with you now. This book teaches you ways to reduce the damage and recovered your authentic self.

SELF-PARENTING: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations is the classic and original how-to book defining the concept of "self-parenting." Many of us grew up within a parental environment that did not support our childhood needs for love, support, and nurturing. As adults, we mentally continue the same patterns as an "Inner Parent" that left us feeling alone and abandoned as a child. By beginning the daily practice of positive Self-Parenting, the negative outer parenting patterns taught as a child (and subsequently internalized as an adult) can be recognized and reversed. The foundation of the SELF-PARENTING is the daily practice of the Self-Parenting Exercises, a thirty-minute session of cognitive interaction between the Inner Parent and Inner Child. During these daily half-hour sessions Illustrated In the book, the reader learns how to love, support, and nurture his or her Inner Child as well as increase their awareness of the profound implications of their Inner Conversations in the "real world."

Noted clinical psychologist Robert Firestone and his co-authors explore the struggle that all of us face in striving to retain a sense of ourselves as unique individuals.