Remarriage is nearly as common in our culture as first marriages, yet more than 60 percent of remarriages end in divorce. Second marriages with children are twice as likely to end in divorce as remarriages without. Many couples conclude within the first months or years that their living experiment is failing, when studies have shown that it takes two to seven years to adapt to being a stepfamily. Using the same structure as the very successful Saving...

What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to overcome demotion at work after maternity leave, a conscientious accountant yearns to open an antique store, a recently retired salaryman searches for newfound...

Those who are afflicted as well as those, who are adversely, affected by mental illness often live lives of "quiet desperation" without recourse to appropriate assistance. Most caregivers confronted with these illnesses in the work of ministry have had no training or accurate information about mental illnesses, so frequently they do nothing, resulting in further harm and damage. Others may operate out of a theological system that does not adequately...

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Why are some marriages more successful, more satisfying, and more enduring than others? The answer to this question is perhaps the most widely studied and best-known part of our marriage and family-therapy literature, although arguably, it is the least understood and certainly the least followed in terms of avoiding the pitfalls that lead to unsuccessful marriages. What this book proposes as an answer to this question is the nearest thing we have...

The purpose of this book is to testify how the combination of grit plus tenacity plus being proactive has allowed the author of this book to be successful in fighting against procrastination in the battlegrounds of primary school, learning English in Cuba in two years, going through secondary education, high school, bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees, in Cuban, Scottish, Ukrainian universities and academy of sciences, being a professor in Cuban,...

Karen Littles desire for more of God led to these events. Her main focus was on signs, wonders, and miracles. She followed the wrong crowd, which led her into a deep depression, causing stress. I thought she was taking us in the right direction. She was not. We were subjected to mind control, brain washing, and extortion. Strange things happened at our church. They became disgusting. We were influenced by bad suggestions, emotions and witchcraft....

Embrace the golden years with a renewed sense of vigor and understanding in this enlightening exploration of seniority. This book delves deep into the intricate relationship between optimism, health, and aging, drawing from both personal experiences and broad statistical insights. Learn how factors such as one's cultural background, specifically the rise of immigrant seniors in the U.S., shape the aging experience, contrasting them with the socio-politico-economic...

Is your counseling "mixed with faith," as the writer of Hebrews put it? Of course you want your counselee to have faith. But do you believe God can really change your counselee? If you do not, then your counseling will be unbiblical, moralistic, and ineffective. Faith is essential to the solution of spiritual problems-your counselee's faith in God and your faith in God. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Recognizing this, it is important...

Le recours à la nature et à l'aventure comme modalité d'intervention pour faciliter le développement individuel et de groupe connaît un essor important au Québec. Portés par cet élan, les auteurs présentent ici le premier collectif québécois ayant pour objet l'intervention psychosociale par la nature et l'aventure (IPNA), une approche s'éloignant des cadres traditionnels. Elle s'inscrit dans une vision globale d'intervention expérientielle...