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Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart By : Rachel Hollis READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : I want you to know that what?s been good will always be good: the smell of coconut sunblock, a five year old showing you the spot where his front tooth used to be, a home-cooked meal, when your love kisses that exact spot on your neck, a grandmother?s handwriting, a job well done, the kindness of strangers, the human spirit, an Appaloosa horse, the ritual of your faith, laughing until you pee your pants a little, holiday dessert tables, first birthday parties, a perfect cup of coffee. What?s good will always be good, and one of the most awful, beautiful things about the hard seasons is that unless we experience hardship, we?ll never truly appreciate the goodness.Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Rachel Hollis has felt all those things. Now, she takes you to the other side.Rachel Hollis sees you. As the millions who read her #1 New York Tim...

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma By : Peter A. Levine READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed. Book Detail : Author : Peter A. Levine Pages : 288 pages Pub...

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief By : Francis Weller READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of sorrow and loss in this lyrical yet practical handbook for mastering the art of grieving. Describing how Western patterns of amnesia and anesthesia affect our capacity to cope with personal and collective sorrows, Weller reveals the new vitality we may encounter when we welcome, rather than fear, the pain of loss. Through moving personal stories, poetry, and insightful reflections he leads us into the central energy of sorrow, and to the profound healing and heightened communion with each other and our planet that reside alongside it.The Wild Edge of Sorrow?explains that grief has always been communal and illustrates how we need the healing touch of others, an atmosphere of compassion, and the comfort of ritual in order to fully metabolize our gr...

The Hard Good: Why Every Struggle Matters More Than You Know By : Lisa Whittle READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The Hard Good shows why the divine road that leads to God?s perfect plan for our lives is often paved with difficulties.At our very core is the desire to be God?s woman or man?faithful, having fulfilled the potential God created in us. To reach that point, sometimes we have to endure hard things, things God has designed for good, to supernaturally shape us into the people he wants us to be. When we choose to accept the ?hard good,? we discover our life?s purpose, and he promises to give us the joy and passion as our deepest longing is fulfilled.The hard good is a powerful path to growth, as you learn toaccept things you wish were differentapologize and forgive firstcome clean (repentance)give up the now for the beststay in the journeycheer for someone who has what you wantopen your heart, even when it?s been hurttell yourself noThe Hard Good?is a poignant a...

How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed: A Journal for Grief By : Megan Devine READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An illustrated journal for meeting grief with honesty and kindness?honoring loss, rather than packing it awayWith her breakout book It?s OK That You?re Not OK, Megan Devine struck a chord with thousands of readers through her honest, validating approach to grief. In her same direct, no-platitudes style, she now offers How to Carry What Can?t Be Fixed?a journal filled with unique, creative ways to open a dialogue with grief itself. ?Being allowed to tell the truth about your grief is an incredibly powerful act,? she says. ?This journal enables you to tell your whole story, without the need to tack on a happy ending where there isn?t one.?Grief is a natural response to death and loss?it?s not an illness to be cured or a problem to be fixed. This workbook contains no clich?s, timetables, or checklists of stages to get through; it won?t help you ?move past? or put...

Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: Taking Control of Your Thoughts and Fears in the Middle of the Battle By : Louie Giglio READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Louie Giglio helps you find encouragement, hope, and strength in the midst of any valley as you reject the enemy voices of fear, rage, lust, insecurity, anxiety, despair, temptation, or defeat.Scripture is clear: the Enemy is a liar who will stop at nothing to tempt you into poor decisions and self-defeating mindsets, making you feel afraid, angry, anxious, or defeated. It is all too easy for Satan to weasel his way into a seat at the table intended for only you and your King. But you can fight back.Don?t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table?outlines the ways to overcome those lies so you can find peace and security in any challenging circumstance or situation. With the same bold, exciting approach to Scripture as employed in Goliath Must Fall and his other previous works, pastor Louie Giglio examines P...

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar By : Cheryl Strayed READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : 9 hours and 41 minutes; narrated by Cheryl Strayed and Steve AlmondLife can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills--and it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar--the once-anonymous online columnist at "The Rumpus, "now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir "Wild"--is the person thousands turn to for advice. "Tiny Beautiful Things" brings the best of Dear Sugar in one place and includes never-before-published columns and a new introduction by Steve Almond. Rich with humor, insight, compassion--and absolute honesty--this book""is a balm for everything life throws our way. Book Detail : Author : Cheryl Strayed Pages : 10 pages Publisher : Random House A...

Citadels of Pride: Sexual Abuse, Accountability, and Reconciliation By : Martha C. Nussbaum READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one?s own benefit?like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly emotion of pride. She exposes three ?Citadels of Pride? and the men who hoard power at the apex of each. In the judiciary, the arts, and sports, Nussbaum analyzes how pride perpetuates systemic sexual abuse, narcissism, and toxic masculinity. The courage of many has brought about some reforms, but justice is still elusive?warped sometimes by money, power, or inertia; sometimes by a collective desire for revenge.By analyzing the effects of law and public policy on our ever-evolving definitions of sexual violence, Nussbaum clarifies how gaps in U.S. law allow thi...

Meddling Kids By : Edgar Cantero READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : 1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven't seen each other since their fateful, final case in 1977. Andy, the tomboy, is twenty-five and on the run, wanted in at least two states. Kerri, one-time kid genius and budding biologist, is bartending in New York, working on a serious drinking problem. At least she's got Tim, an excitable Weimaraner descended from the original canine member of the team. Nate, the horror nerd, has spent the last thirteen years in and out of mental health institutions, and currently resides in an asylum in Arhkam, Massachusetts. The only friend he still sees is Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star. The problem is, Peter's been dead for years.The time has come to uncover the source of their nightmares and return to where it all be...

Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home By : Heather Anish Anderson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)?a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her job, her marriage, and a dissatisfied life and walked back into those mountains.In her new memoir, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, Heather, whose trail name is "Anish," conveys not only her athleticism and wilderness adventures, but also shares her distinct message of courage--her willingness to turn away from the predictability of a more traditional life in an effort to seek out what most fulfills her. Amid the rigors of the trail--pain, fear, loneliness, and dangers--she discovers the greater rewards of community and of self, conquering her doubts and building confidenc...