Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr John Townsend In the New York Times best seller, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins The Let Them Theory is a step-by-step guide on how to stop letting other people's opinions, drama, and judgment impact your life. Two simple words, Let Them, will set you free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. It’s time to build a life where you come first—your dreams, your goals, your happiness.
My Life is Worth Living includes five powerful stories told over 20 episodes. In each episode, relatable teen characters wrestle with challenges that are all too familiar for many viewers and discover strategies to cope when it feels like their own thoughts are against them. Over the course of each character’s journey, they realize that life is worth living.
ParentGuidance.org is a FREE resource from the Cook Center for Human Connection. It offers courses, delivered by licensed therapists, on topics such as helping a child with depression, identifying anxiety, and coping with grief and loss. Parents can also anonymously submit questions and receive a written/video response by a therapist. The website not only offers parenting advice but also helps parents explore their own mental health, giving parents the tools to lead happy, confident lives. ParentGuidance.org is free to schools as a resource on their website, providing all of their parents a trusted place to go for answers and support for their children.
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Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr John Townsend In the New York Times best seller, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy is a parenting manual that emphasizes building strong connections with children and viewing their behavior as a cue for unmet needs or help, rather than a problem to be fixed with punishments or rewards. The core principle is that children are "good inside," and their behaviors, even challenging ones, are manifestations of their internal struggles.
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari All over the world, our ability to pay attention is collapsing. In the US, college students now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and office workers on average manage only three minutes. New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari went on an epic journey across the world to meet the leading scientists and experts investigating why this is happening to us – and discovered that everything we think we know on this subject is wrong.
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults.
