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Just living:
 
One of the most helpful books that I have read in a long time is Janis Spindel's Get Serious About Getting Married.  It should be entitled Get Serious About Becoming Successful because it is more about helping women to become successful in life than anything else.  There are 365 tips in that book, but that is deceptive because many tips are sometimes embedded in one and important tips are repeated.  But if you get this simple book, and follow steps as you can and in your own time, it will make a difference in your life sooner rather than later.  I've had the book less than four months and it has made a world of difference in the way that I see myself and the way that others see me.  Some tips take money- but there are cheaper ways of doing just about anything in her book- just use your ingenuity.  I followed that book up with another of her books: How to Date Men and I feel like I've found the secret- and men are actively flirting with me for the first time in years (or maybe I can just see it).
 
You know me- when I find something that I really love- I tell you here.  Thanks

Resources for Living with the Discipline of Self-Esteem (or how to find angels instead of tigers)

 

Nutrition:

For the children of William M. Liebler, it is nice to know that Dad was right about something.  Do you remember how he talked about the benefits of raw milk, food grown from scratch, raw honey as ‘smart medicine’, about the need to eat animals that have been fed the food that God gave them?  Did you think that he was a nut?  There are a lot of very smart people out there who think that he was right!!  Maybe he heard about Weston A. Price.  The only thing I never heard from Dad was the need to soak grains and nuts for at least 7 hours before using them in cooking.

Here’s a link to information that once saved my newborn brother’s  life. www.westonaprice.org

 

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon, Mary G. Enig

This is the information from the web site in book form- along with recipes that teach you to implement the system.

 

Child Behavior Problems:

If the title below describes your child, then this book will be healing.

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene

            When we see behavior problems, we tend to blame the person who is behaving badly, but sometimes it is how we treat them.  If we see a person in a wheelchair at the bottom of a flight of stairs, we do not expect them to climb without help- to do so will frustrate them beyond words.  But for a large percentage of our children, their inability to communicate their special needs and frustration results in explosive  behavior.  These children have an invisible wheelchair and parenting them means that we need to help them to learn to communicate and deal with the frustrations of life in small doses. 

 

It is my heart-felt belief that for many of these children, the nutritional advice of Sally Fallon would help tremendously- far more for these children than any others.

 

Boundaries:

If you’ve grown up in a dysfunctional family then you probably need some education on boundaries.  This is a book that taught me a lot.

The Intimacy Factor : The Ground Rules for Overcoming the Obstacles to Truth, Respect, and Lasting Love by Pia Mellody, Lawrence S. Freundlich

 

Daily Readings:

These are mine:

The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series) by Melody Beattie

Hope for Today (Al-Anon Family Groups, B-28)

Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary/No. 450/10 [LARGE PRINT]
by John E. Rotelle or Magnificat magazine: www.magnifcat.com- both are guides to prayer throughout the day.

 

Is there an area of your life that is not working?  For heaven’s sake- do something!!  Think of any area of your life that seems to be out of control, that seems unmanagable.  Go to  this address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Twelve-Step_groups .  Click on the links in blue or find the websites for any of your problem areas and look for a question or characteristics page.  If any of these characteristics match yours- then join the fellowship.  There is something about sharing our wisdom, strength, and experience with each other that helps us overcome any obstacle that comes into our path.  As Donald Trump says: Never Give Up.  Do What You Love.  Follow Your Dream.  And we say: One day at a time, keep coming back- its works if you work it- so work it because you're worth it!!.