Showing titles in Divorce & Separation

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.At 2:30 a.m. on July 11th, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband of twenty-six years whispering in his phone to another woman from their bed. It was the end of life as she knew it. In the months that followed, she went from being a shiny, funny, popular leader, to a divorced wreck on antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds parenting five kids alone with no clue about her own bank accounts.

Lysa TerKeurst, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, and Licensed Professional Counselor Jim Cress, hosts of the Therapy & Theology podcast, help listeners understand what the Bible says about how to survive the death of a marriage while pursuing wholeness and healing.

Achieve unparalleled intimacy and connection with your partner in just weeks, even if you've struggled to spark love and harmony in the past. Do you long for deeper communication with your partner? Do you yearn for more meaningful quality time but constantly find it slipping away? Perhaps you're caught in a cycle of unresolved conflicts, feeling more like roommates than lovers. If you answered "yes," you're not alone. Most committed couples face these challenges, but they don't have to define your relationship.

Tired of endless battles with your narcissistic ex? Does every conversation turn into manipulation? Worried about how this toxic dynamic is affecting your child? Co-parenting with a narcissist is exhausting. Gaslighting, control tactics, and legal fights make peaceful parenting feel impossible. But you can take back control. This guide provides practical strategies to help you navigate co-parenting or parallel parenting with a high-conflict ex, protect your child, and reclaim your peace.

Talking to your partner after they’ve cheated is undeniably one of the toughest conversations you’ll ever have with them. You’ll be bubbling over with a ton of emotions - anger, upset, and frustration. The cheating partner will also have their own emotions to deal with - dread, uncertainty, and the shame of their actions.

Is your marriage under attack? Sometimes it can feel like the world is trying to tear your marriage apart. Internal conflicts or external pressures might make you wonder if something sinister is going on. How can you tell if you're facing spiritual opposition? And what can you do about it? Tim Muehlhoff provides a straightforward resource for protecting your marriage from the threats of the evil one. He looks at what Scripture says about spiritual warfare and how our everyday struggles have deeper spiritual realities.

If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late. James Sexton knows this. After dealing with over 1000 clients whose marriages have dissolved over everything from an ill-advised threesome with the nanny to the uneven division of carpool duties, he also knows all of the what- not-to-dos for couples who want to build - and consistently work to preserve - a lasting, fulfilling relationship. Described by former clients as a "courtroom gunslinger" and "the sociopath you want on your side", Sexton tells the unvarnished truth about relationships. These usually derive from dishonest communication.

Learn how to effectively raise kids with a narcissistic ex and ensure your kids are emotionally secure, mentally strong, confident, and happy. It can be done, but you need to utilize specific strategies.

Are you exhausted by relentless conflict and chaos, struggling to find peace at home after divorcing a narcissist? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to surrender your family’s well-being to stress and uncertainty. In this concise, practical audiobook, you’ll discover a proven roadmap to break free from toxic dynamics and create a healthier, more stable environment for your children.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? is a survival manual, a guidebook, and a shot of reality. Some people will never change, and kissing frogs is the stuff of fairy tales, not real life. The Beast never turns out to be a nice guy (or gal). This is a book that breaks down what mean people do to us, how they do it, and what we can do to survive.

Lo que me cansa y me preocupa de mi relación, ¿mejorará o empeorará con el tiempo? ¿Y si mejoran las cosas y yo me precipito a romper? Pero ¿qué pasará si empeora esta situación? Si terminamos, ¿mi futuro será mejor o peor de lo que estoy viviendo? Si continúo con mi pareja, ¿podré lograr más bienestar y satisfacción? En ocasiones, muchas de estas preguntas crean en nuestra mente un ciclo de indecisión repleto de dudas y desazón. Por eso, ¿Me quedo o me voy? nos traza un camino que podemos seguir para confirmar lo que deseamos y necesitamos de nosotros y de nuestra pareja.

Are you walking through a relationship minefield? Too often, destructive patterns and harmful habits sabotage the love and connection we crave, leaving us hurt and confused. In Love Landmines, you’ll learn how to identify these hidden dangers and disarm them before they destroy your relationship. With practical advice, relatable examples, and actionable steps, Love Landmines equips you to transform unhealthy patterns into life-giving habits that build trust, intimacy, and lasting joy.

You picked up this book because your breakup has been reduced to something that you feel you must “win” to emotionally survive and move on. This reduction can only take place if you were involved with a toxic person. Toxic people are selfish, empathetically bankrupt, and have a limited relationship with reality. Anyone who feels validated by exploiting your hunger for theirs is toxic - to your peace, your life, and your mental health.

Provides clear and concise guidance on how to properly collect and organize evidence for your child custody case and covers the most common concerns of Family Court Judges. Parents in a custody battle need to know how to gather relevant evidence that will effectively support their case, what evidence could be used against them, and how to properly organize it for their attorney and court proceedings. If you do not know where to start or are simply overwhelmed with juggling parenting duties and the daunting reality of an impending custody battle, this simplified guidebook is for you. High-...

In Exposing Toxic Manipulators: How to Dominate Narcissists, Borderlines, & Sociopaths in Court, the authors, experienced trials attorneys and cross-examination experts, combine decades of insight to provide a clear, authoritative guide for anyone contending with high-conflict legal battles—particularly people facing manipulative or abusive tactics from partners who exhibit traits of Narcissistic, Borderline, Histrionic, or Antisocial Personality Disorders. Key Features: • Behavioral Insights: Gain a nuanced understanding of the emotional volatility, manipulative communication, and ...

To make up or break up? Whether you’re just getting serious or have a long-term commitment, no other question causes so much heartache and self-doubt. Many other books tell you how to fix your relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should try—or you need to go.

Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a season, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned at best and overwhelmed and hopeless at worst. We quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness and why he allows us to suffer and experience grief and loss. Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But after many tears, godly counseling, and prayerful seeking, she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God.

In divorce and co-parenting, not only do parents need to deal with their own emotions, they may be faced with a daily barrage of hostile calls, texts, social media blasts, and/or emails. How can you regain a sense of control and peace for your own sake and for the kids? For more than a decade, the BIFF method of responding to hostile and misinforming conversation has been used by thousands of people. This book can help you reduce conflict and regain your sanity by teaching what to write, and what to ignore.

We enter our romantic relationships with great love, hope, and excitement—we've found the 'one', so we plan and forge our futures together. But sometimes, for many different reasons, relationships come undone; they don't work out. Commonly, we view this as a personal failure, rather than an opportunity. And instead of honoring what we once meant to each other, we hoard bitterness and anger, stewing in shame and resentment. Sometimes even lashing out in destructive and hurtful ways, despite the fact that we’re good people at heart.

Take control of co-parenting, protect your child's well-being, and navigate life with a narcissistic ex, no matter how manipulative or challenging they've been. Are you exhausted from constant conflict and worried about its impact on your child? You're not alone. Many parents feel overwhelmed by the struggle of co-parenting with a narcissistic ex, but there is hope. In Effective Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex, you'll find practical strategies to set firm boundaries, safeguard your mental health, and foster a secure environment for your child.