Overcoming Parent

Is your parenting journey turning out differently than you imagined? You had so much love to give, but now you feel ashamed and bewildered by your lack of compassion. You may be experiencing blocked care—a self-protective mechanism in your nervous system that makes it difficult to connect with your child and maintain compassion. When it happens, it’s like your heart seems to have left the relationship. But the good news is you are not a bad parent. You can heal from blocked care, and compassion can be rekindled in your heart.

How to Find Your Way Through Devastating Loss of a Loved One. The PATH Method : A Practical Guide to Overcoming Grief, Releasing Guilt, Finding Hope, and Rebuilding a Meaningful Life. If you've lost a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or close friend, and you're tired of being told to "give it time" or "stay strong," this book was written for you. It's for anyone who feels like grief has rewritten the rules of their own life — the person who still reaches for the phone to call someone who isn't there, the parent trying to hold a family together while falling apart inside, the friend ...

Breaking Free from a Painful Childhood: How to Heal is a clinically informed and compassionate guide for adults shaped by emotionally unavailable, controlling, absent, or harmful parents. Whether the pain was overt or hidden behind closed doors, its effects often linger for decades—disrupting self-worth, boundaries, identity, and the capacity for healthy relationships. In this practical and deeply honest book, Dr. Erik Gray draws on years of experience as a psychotherapist to illuminate the long-term impact of early emotional wounds and provide a clear, structured path toward healing. ...

In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents---and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.

You already know that parenting a child with ASD comes with unique challenges... Now it's time to discover how you can make the journey easier. Behind every ASD diagnosis, there’s a child with an individual set of needs… and, above all else, an individual personality. Whether you suspect that your child may have ASD or you already have a diagnosis, it doesn’t change who they are. But it does mean that they will need extra support in order to feel safe and happy in the world. It’s a beautiful idea, isn’t it? Try giving a little bit of extra support when your child can smell a new ...

What if kids, children, adolescents, teenagers or young people are able to control their anxiety, emotions, depression, worry, anger, panic, trauma, suicidal and negative thoughts effectively - this is where cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) takes effect. Think about the sanity and environmental benefits this will bring to our society. Are you not thrilled? It's not every kid, child, adolescent, teenager or young person who can effectively control their own emotions and behavior. But those who can, are able to take responsibility for their actions, have a good feeling and a tremendous ...

Unlock Your Emotional Freedom: Heal from Toxic Parenting and Transform Your Life Today Are you exhausted by the emotional turmoil of dealing with narcissistic or emotionally immature parents? You don’t have to face this alone. Healing from toxic parents and emotional empowerment are within your reach. In 13 Practical Ways to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents: Essential Techniques to Reduce Anxiety and Set Boundaries, you’ll find a step-by-step guide to reclaim your personal power, heal from past wounds, and cultivate lasting emotional resilience. Discover Proven Strategies to ...

The inaugural winner of Alone Australia, Gina Chick tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful and moving memoirs you'll ever read. WINNER OF THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, BIOGRAPHY OF...

Do you ever find your mind spiraling and jumping to conclusion after conclusion, leaving you stressed and overcome with anxiety and anger? Maybe you find yourself lashing out at the ones you love the most in a fit of rage, only to later realize that your reaction was unnecessary and hurtful to those around you? Perhaps you have decided enough is enough, and you no longer want anger and fear to rule your decision making and happiness? Well the good news is, you’ve come to the right place! Anger Management for a Zen Mind is packed with information on how to overcome your anger issues and ...

Parenting a child with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is difficult, stressful, and often overwhelming. Overcoming Oppositional Defiant Disorder is the first child psychology book that sets you up for success by recognizing that taking care of your child starts with taking care of yourself.

The Long Way Home - A Memoir of Healing Father Wounds, Overcoming Family Estrangement, and Finding Reconciliation After 30 Years by Scott L Adams What if everything you believed about your father was a lie? For thirty years, Scott Adams carried a wound that never healed. At sixteen, desperate to escape the brutal reality of military life, he begged to come home. The army told him they'd called his father. They told him his dad said no—that he was better off staying. Scott believed them. And for three decades, that belief poisoned everything. He kept his father at arm's length. Showed up ...

From a licensed marriage and family therapist, this empathetic book is the key to achieving secure relationships with your loved ones and breaking away from painful patterns. Our individual attachment style plays a crucial role in the quality of our relationships and is often the strongest...

Parenting for Independence is designed for parents of autistic emerging adults who appear stuck, unmotivated, or unwilling to launch into adult life, including those with the PDA profile. With practical strategies, neuroscience-informed insights, and a clear roadmap, Laushman equips parents to move from frustration and disempowerment to clarity and confidence.

Break the cycle. Heal the hurt. Redefine what family means to you. Do you feel drained, unheard, or stuck in toxic patterns with your family? You're not alone—and you don’t have to stay trapped in dysfunction. Beyond Family Dysfunction is a powerful, compassionate guide for anyone ready to confront the pain of toxic relationships and generational trauma—and finally begin to heal. Drawing on proven psychological insights, real-life stories, and practical strategies, this book will help you: ✅ Understand the roots of family dysfunction and how it shapes your life ✅ Set healthy ...

If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child and angry about the havoc this disorder has wreaked. More than anything, you want to be able to unlock the secrets of OCD, understand the cause, and help your child break free. In this book, Dr. Tamar E. Chansky creates a clear road map to understanding and overcoming OCD based on her successful practice treating hundreds of children and teenagers with this disorder.

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN Betrayed. Exploited. Forgotten. Can one boy overcome the odds stacked against him? Tayo was surprisingly well-spoken boy when he arrived at Cathy's but something about his story didn't add up. Tayo has no past...

You can love your mother and still feel smaller every time you speak to her. You can understand her pain and still be hurt by the relationship. And you do not need a diagnosis or her permission to begin healing. If you grew up with a critical, controlling, manipulative, intrusive, or emotionally unavailable mother, you may still question your own feelings as an adult. You may replay conversations, prepare every word before speaking, feel guilty when she is disappointed, or keep trying to earn approval that never becomes secure. Even simple boundaries can feel like betrayal. Healing from a ...

A few years ago, Kris Carr's world was falling apart. Her father was dying, she had to pivot her business because of the pandemic, and she was on the verge of reaching her twenty-year milestone of living with an incurable Stage IV cancer diagnosis. While sitting in a CVS parking lot, she broke...

Break through procrastination in minutes with this ADHD-friendly reset method. Stuck on simple tasks? Overwhelmed before you even begin? This ADHD-friendly method will help you take action—in just 5 minutes. If you’ve ever stared at a to-do list while your brain screams “Not now!”, you’re not lazy—you’re stuck. And if you have ADHD, you know that traditional productivity advice doesn’t work. You don’t need more discipline. You need a way to start. The 5-Minute Procrastination Reset is a science-backed system designed specifically for ADHD brains. Built around five clear ...

Survivor is a true story about a girl growing up not knowing how to defend herself against the abuse in her life. Her parents never seem to care about her. After escaping death, she runs into the arms of her soon-to-be husband arms who also never seems to care about her. Getting unintentionally pregnant saved her life because now she had to learn to fight back to defend her children. As if history repeated itself, years later it was her child who didn't want to live anymore. Now it was her job to keep him alive. This intense novel is about a family drama in a small town behind closed doors...