Women don't need experts to tell them how to live wonderful lives; they just need to look to other women! The world is full of women who can inspire other women: women who overcome seemingly impossible difficulties, women who follow their dreams into uncharted territory, women who rise to incredible heights of achievement and success, and women who are mentors on finding spiritual fulfillment, creative expression, and deep personal satisfac ...
Through ingenious activities, gifts, and projects, this book provides concrete ways to say «I love you» to family, friends, or a special someone — with actions rather than words. These inexpensive and thoughtful ideas are appropriate for special occasions or spur-of-the-moment expressions of love. Some of the ideas include renting a bicycle built for two, sending a weekly postcard to parents recalling specific childhood memories, and t ...
With selections from D. H. Lawrence, Sappho, Anas Nin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Colette, the Kama Sutra, and others, Bedtime also contains suggestions from experts such as Barbara De Angelis, Daphne Rose Kingma, and Margot Anand on how to build greater intimacy and ardor. Previously published as On the Wings of Eros, Bedtime will charm and amuse and nourish the erotic impulse. ...
Breaking up may be hard to do, but with The Break-up Repair Kit, breaking up can also be a lot of fun. Packed with activities, inspiration, advice, and even recipes, The Break-up Repair Kit is like a wise- and hilarious- girlfriend who can help anyone get over him and get a life. Whether you're the dump-er or the dump-ee in a former relationship, authors Kamins and MacLeod help you get over your broken heart, get it together, and get back i ...
Parents are doing a better job than they think they are. Author Susan Kohl has been a parent watcher for more than 30 years and she knows what parents do well. A kind of Mr. Rogers for parents, Susan Kohl's The Best Things Parents Do is a «best practices» book that parents will turn to again and again.Each chapter focuses on one topic and contains stories and vignettes from Kohl's personal experience, relevant statistics and psychologi ...
Cynthia MacGregor has won the hearts of thousands of parents with her parenting classics. In The Naptime Book, she shares sweet, simple, and effective suggestions to help children get their all-important sleep during the day. Current medical thinking indicates that small children should get at least nine hours of sleep at night and a nap during the day. Alarming statistics show that sleep deprivation can lead to countless health, cognition, and ...
Mama Says is a delightful, funny, and very wise book of over 400 sayings from mothers from around the world that represent a lineage of mothers' wisdom. The sayings are not always kind, not always useful, but always true to the intention of teaching young ones how to survive in the world. Many times, it's clear that these sayings are inherited wisdom, received from their mothers who learned it from theirs back into the untraceable past ...
Lessons on Love From A Bestselling Emotional Healer Your go-to guide to love. Wherever you are on the relationship spectrum—married, dating, or single—there is always more to be learned about love. Each day brings a new opportunity to share in love, but if we don’t know how to best experience it, we aren’t making the most of this powerful emotion. “Love Doctor” and relationship expert Daphne Rose Kingma is here to help readers learn ...
The Mother's Book of Well-Being carries a mother through the first year of motherhood and beyond. Divided into fifty-two short chapters (read between changings!) – one for each week of the year – Lisa Groen Braner provides wise advice for new mothers and experienced mothers alike. Learn to take time for yourself and claim a few moments of peace, survive sleep deprivation, make room for romance with your partner, and tune into your «maternal ...
