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In this highly relevant memoir, blending raw honesty and humor, Heather Heath's story begins with her mother's search for escape from childhood trauma, becoming perfect prey for a cult. It follows Heather's coming of age journey while enduring gaslighting, educational neglect, suicide attempts, purity culture, realizing she was in a cult once she was physically trapped, the painful choice to be shunned for becoming a paramedic, marriage, divorce, spiritual deconstruction, trusting again, reluctantly homeschooling through a pandemic, and finally discovering her own faith. Giving each reader insight into a hidden world using pop-culture comparisons, you'll feel as if you were having a real-life conversation with her.This book's mission is to raise public awareness of hidden children all over America who are legally educationally neglected under the guise of religion. Seeing one such family on TV is a cult's convenient distraction from the thousands of women and children who are invisible. Heather has committed to distribute fifteen percent of the book's sales profits to The Coalition for Responsible Home Education, The Vashti Initiative, and The Amish Heritage Foundation; non-profits supporting a child's right to an education and providing guidance to those leaving the abusive practices hidden behind religion, with little to no resources for independence. As similar non-profits emerge and funds allow, more of her profits will be allocated to them.
For all women who know and love a survivor of sexual assault, best-selling author Cecil Murphey has penned an honest and forthright book about helping the man in your life survive--and thrive--despite past abuses.
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If you-or someone you love-experienced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse as a child, you know something of the brokenness, anger, and helplessness that resulted from it. But there is hope when God reaches down and lifts you up.
1. Come Again? From Possibility Therapy to Sex Therapy; 2. Multicontextual Sex Therapy with Lesbian Couples; 3. Getting "In the Mood" (For a Change): Stage-Appropriate Clinical Work for Sexual Problems; 4. Shining Light on Intimacy and Sexual Pleasure; 5. Premature Ejaculation of "Sexual Addiction" Diagnoses; 6. Out of My Office and Into the Bedroom; 7. Unique Problems, Unique Resolutions: Brief Treatment of Sexual Complaints; 8. Just Between Us: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy; 9. Who Really Wants to Sleep With the Medical Model? An Eclectic / Narrative Approach to Sex Therapy; 10. How Do Therapists of Same-Sex Couples "Do It"?; 11. A Catalytic Approach to Brief Sex Therapy; 12. Don't Get Too Bloody Optimistic - John Weakland at Work; 13. Transforming Stories: A Contextual Approach to Treating Sexual Offenders; 14. Re-Membering the Self: A Relational Approach to Sexual Abuse Treatment.
Award-winning photographer Mark Nixon has created a trove of quirky and nostalgic portraits of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have been lovingly abused after years of play. MuchLoved collects 60 of these images along with their accompanying background tales. An exhibit in the photographer’s studio led to a small sensation on the Internet when a few of the pictures circulated unofficially on scores of blogs and on many legitimate news sites. Viewers have been intrigued by the funny, bittersweet images and their ironic juxtaposition of childhood innocence and aged, loving wear and tear. When you see these teddy bears and bunnies with missing noses and undone stuffing, you can’t help but think back to childhood and its earliest companions who asked for nothing and gave a lot back. Praise for Much Loved: “Much Loved is impossibly endearing in its entirety.” —Brain Pickings
Kottarathil Sankunni’s Aithihyamaala in its richness, lucidity and variety is the Malayalam equivalent to Kathasaritsagara, Arabian Nights and Popol Vuh. This compilation of folklore, a perfect counterpoint to Kerala’s history, transports the reader into a fascinating world of kings and chieftains, elephants and mahouts, temples and deities, priests and wizards, nymphs and sirens. Penned by Kottarathil Sankunni in his inspiring and delightful language, this cherished collection combining a heightened sense of the real and the unreal is considered a classic.
It's hard to imagine a good life without friends. But why is friendship so valuable? What is friendship at all? What unites friends and distinguishes them from others? Is the preference given to friends rationally and morally justifiable? This collection examines answers given by classic philosophers and offers new answers by contemporary thinkers.
What the heck is a prickly pear? Webster defines it as a spiny pear-shaped edible fruit that grows on the Opuntia cacti found in dry arid climates. So, what correlation does a prickly pear have with us? Well, it’s been said that the world is our oyster, and we are the pearls it produces. However, in this book we will discover that the world is our cactus and we are the prickly pear people it produces. As prickly pear people, we’ve learned to love conditionally, where love must be earned and deserved to gain it, and performance is required to maintain and keep it. That is NOT true of God’s love! Therefore, this book provides a powerful resource to learn to love beyond what we’ve been taught. Within its pages, the attributes of true unconditional love are defined in vivid detail to explore what it is and how it acts. There is also the opportunity to reexamine the common beliefs about love and discover the stark contrast between God’s love and the way the world loves that has been promoted through the media, music, opinions/influences of our peers, and those in our Christian circles. This is a contemplative, life-changing journey that is sure to inspire us to think, speak, and act differently than the world around us in the way we love one another. If you’re ready to find true love in this prickly pear world, your search for a love worth finding begins here!
No relationship is more satisfying than the bond between a beloved rescue dog and the human who saved their life. Recycled Love takes you into this beautiful and heart-wrenching world. The no-holds-barred tales offer the public a behind the scene look into the world of dog rescue. Factual details are woven with real-life stories of rescue dogs and the lives they lead when they find their forever homes. As the author knows too well, you don’t just save a dog; you want the dog to thrive. Recycled Love is an emotional firsthand account of the author’s personal experiences as a dedicated animal advocate. Her passion and emotion will ignite a fire inside you and open your soul as you read about the intricacies of rescuing a dog. Dogs have always offered so much to humanity, asking for nothing in return. The least we can do is offer a helping hand when they are hurt or homeless. Recycled Love ultimately proves rescue dogs are not damaged—humans have let them down. The loving forever homes where the dogs are flourishing demonstrate the love and commitment from the humans who saved them. Heart-warming stories in the book include the rescue dog that became a Therapy Dog after being saved from a large-scale breeding facility, the silly rescued husky that insists on stealing lettuce, or the retired greyhound who loves his Elvis Presley sandwich—peanut butter and bananas. Whether you are interested in adopting a homeless dog, love dogs, want to get involved with a rescue or engage in animal welfare advocacy, there is something for you to enjoy in Recycled Love.