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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569520 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Grace in the Gray: A More Loving Way to DisagreeAuthor: Mike DoneheyNarrator: Mike DoneheyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 2 minutesRelease date: January 17, 2023Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: By approaching disagreements in a more loving way and seeing the grace and good in those who hold differing viewpoints, you'll gain a deeper understanding of others, yourself, and Godâfrom the bestselling author of Finding God's Life for My Will. âWritten with just the right amount of humor, reflection, and heart, Grace in the Gray shows us how to focus on the people we may disagree with more than focusing on the issue at hand.ââMac Powell, Grammy Awardâwinning singer and songwriter In a culture where constant offense and polarization dominate so many interactions, here is good news about a more productive way to disagree: God desires for us to become better at loving others . . . not better at debating. Grace in the Gray helps us see the grace and good thatâs often hidden by our own limited perspectives and assumptions. Through a collection of personal stories and biblical insights, Mike Donehey reveals a four-stage process to help you 1. subjectify those youâve objectified 2. empathize with those youâve vilified 3. humanize those youâve deified 4. see why your posture is as essential as your position In relationships, professional settings, and social situations, discover how to focus on the person standing before you more than the argument set against you. Doing so gives you the rare ability to face any conflict with better questions, kindness, and the calming posture of curiosity. It all begins by learning to listen and lead with the most transformative substance the universe has ever known . . . Godâs love.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574487 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Book of Virtues: 30th Anniversary EditionAuthor: Elayne Glover Bennett, William J. BennettNarrator: Dorian Hairwood, Matt Stango, Elayne Glover Bennett, David Mccallum, Leon Nixon, Jenn Bennett, Janina Edwards, Timothy AndrĂ©s Pabon, Robert Petkoff, Tonya Pinkins, Eunice Wong, Claire Bloom, Ed Asner, Tom Selleck, Kirby Heyborne, Andrea Martin, Richard Thomas, Dana Ivey, Harriet Walter, Kate Nelligan, Michael York, Fritz Weaver, Joe Morton, Barbara Bush, William J. Bennett, Faith Prince, Charlton HestonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 22 hours 8 minutesRelease date: November 29, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues. Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop characterâand helps parents teach it to them. Thirty years ago, readers thought that the times were right for a book about moral literacy. Back then, Americans worried that schools were no longer parentsâ allies in teaching good character. As the bookâs original introduction noted, âmoral anchors and moorings have never been more necessary.â If that was true in the 1990s, it is even more true today. The explosion of information with the Internet has left many unsure of what is valuable and what is not. Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Loyalty. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Hard work. Self-discipline. Faith. These remain the essentials of good character. The Book of Virtues contains hundreds of exemplary stories offering children examples of good and bad, right and wrong. Drawing on the Bible, American history, Greek mythology, English poetry, fairy tales, and modern fiction, William J. and Elayne Bennett show children the many virtuous paths they can followâand the ones they ought to avoid. For the 30th anniversary edition, the Bennetts have slimmed down the bookâs contents, while also finding room to introduce such figures as Mother Teresa, Colin Powell, and heroes of 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan. Here is a rich mine of moral literacy to teach a new generation of children about American culture, history, and traditionsâultimately, the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. The updated edition of The Book of Virtues will continue a legacy of raising moral children far into a new century.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573546 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Eden's ChildrenSeries: #1 of The Eden SeriesAuthor: V.C. AndrewsNarrator: Carly RobinsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 36 minutesRelease date: October 25, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Mother doesnât always know best in this atmospheric and twisty novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry seriesânow popular Lifetime movies. When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort in loyal Trevor, who will do anything to please his mother, even at the risk of hurting his sister and potentially changing their lives forever.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573550 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Family Values: Restore Trust, Boundaries, and Connection with Your ChildAuthor: Charles SophyNarrator: Charles SophyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 57 minutesRelease date: October 4, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: An essential modern parenting guide for restoring trust and security to your home life from renowned psychiatrist and Dr. Phil Show regular, Dr. Charles Sophy. Over the last twenty years, Dr. Charles Sophy has been a staple on The Dr. Phil Show, where he has guided and coached millions of people begging for assistance with parenting their children. From conflict resolution to substance dependence, Dr. Sophy is the one with the answers. Now, in Family Values, Dr. Sophy has written a guide to rebuilding parent/child relationships to be stronger than ever. Structured around four essential strengths of relationshipâtrust, shared beliefs, family history, and forgivenessâthis book will hit on the hot topics that Dr. Sophy gets asked most frequently for help on, including: -Dealing with power shifts/struggles -Defensive vs. offensive parenting styles -Building/rebuilding your parenting foundation -Eliminating the intergenerational cycle of parental neglect and abuse With compassion and clarity, Dr. Sophy shows how to break free of generational wounds and learn how to create safety, stability, and permanence for your children.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575435 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Big O: The ultimate sex and relationship guide from Twitter guru and LaidBare podcast host OloniAuthor: OloniNarrator: OloniFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 23 minutesRelease date: September 29, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: With exclusive bonus audio material! Oloni discusses dilemmas from real women and imparts her indispensable advice. âThe reigning sex and relationship guru of Twitterâ VOGUE Are you ready to have the best sex of your life? Oloni â Twitterâs famous sex and relationships educator â is on a mission to empower women to explore, express and embrace their sensual, sexy selves. The ultimate sex-positive manifesto will show you how to reclaim and pursue your sexual desires, sensuality, autonomy, and pleasure. By breaking down taboos, rejecting shame, and refusing repression, we can all harness the power of sexual freedom and start enjoying the â sex â life weâve always dreamt of. With infectious energy, honesty, and humour, The Big O gives women a space to celebrate topics and conversations that have historically only been whispered behind closed doors. This book will inspire you â and educate you â on how to communicate with your partner (and yourself!) to have the best sex of your life, as well as debunking taboos and delving deep into important topics that need bringing into the spotlight; from masturbation and sex toys, to kinks, virginity, sexual identities, and sex positions you wonât know how you ever lived without. Everyone and every body needs Oloni in their life, even if they donât know it yet⊠So ladies, shall we have some funâŠ?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567996 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Trapped: My true story of a battle for justice after a childhood of hellAuthor: Della Wright, Linda Watson-BrownNarrator: Lauren MoakesFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 44 minutesRelease date: September 29, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: 'Della's story is tragic, shocking and heart-breaking, but she must be heard. Della is an inspirational and dedicated campaigner who I've been proud to support. Her book eloquently portrays her past vulnerability and her steadfast determination to help others. A must read' Sarah Champion, MP 'I'd been the unwanted child, the little girl who got in the way. I swore I'd put my abuser behind bars and I'd fight with every breath in my body against the life sentence he'd given me. This was my time.' Della Wright is an incredible campaigner for the rights of abuse victims after suffering a lifetime of betrayal. Left alone at home for the first time at only two years old by those tasked with her care, Della was let down first by social services. When known paedophile Terry Price entered her life when she was six, moving into her home, he would groom and sexually abuse her for the next five years. Even the sight of a little girl going to his probation meetings wasn't enough to make the authorities act. After a lifetime of violent relationships and mental health problems, Della eventually managed to put her childhood abuser behind bars for 22 years, a decade after first going to the police. He had changed his name multiple times to evade detection for his many crimes. As an ambassador for the Safeguarding Alliance, Della now campaigns to ensure offenders cannot slip through the net by giving themselves new identities. She has vowed to try and stop anyone experiencing the same neglect, betrayal and abuse she did.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569481 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and JoySeries: #1 of The Seven Days SeriesAuthor: John Gottman, Julie Schwartz GottmanNarrator: Kiiri Sandy, James Patrick CroninFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 27 minutesRelease date: September 27, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âThis book feels so hopeful because itâs direct, itâs really honest, and itâs so actionable.â âBrene Brown From New York Timesâbestselling authors Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, a simple yet powerful plan to transform your relationship in seven days What makes love last? Why does one couple stay together forever, while another falls apart? And most importantly, is there a scientific formula for love? Drs. John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman are the worldâs leading relationship scientists. For the past forty years, they have been studying love. Theyâve gathered data on over three thousand couples, looking at everything from their body language to the way they converse to their stress hormone levels. Their goal: to identify the building blocks of love. The Love Prescription distills their lifeâs work into a bite-size, seven-day action plan with easy, immediately actionable steps. There will be no grand gestures and no big, hard conversations. Thereâs nothing to buy or do to prepare. Anyone can do this, from any starting point. The seven-day prescription will lead you through these exercises: Day 1: Make Contact Day 2: Ask a Big Question Day 3: Say Thank You Day 4: Give a Real Compliment Day 5: Ask for What You Need Day 6: Reach Out and Touch Day 7: Declare a Date Night There is a formula for a good relationship, and this book will show you how a few small changes can fundamentally transform your relationship for the better.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565603 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in DyingAuthor: Johanna Schneller, Jean MarmoreoNarrator: Eve Crawford, Jean MarmoreoFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 37 minutesRelease date: September 27, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY* An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners. Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when the Supreme Court of Canada gave the green light to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2016, she became one of a small group of doctors who chose to immediately train themselves in this new field. Over the course of a single year, Marmoreo learns about end-of-life practices in bustling Toronto hospitals, in hospices, and in the facilities of smaller communities. She found that the needed services were often minimalâor non-existent. The Last Doctor recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations. What she experiences with MAiD shakes her to her core, makes her think deeply about pain, loneliness, and joy, and brings her closer to lifeâs most profound questions. At a time when end-of-life care and its quality are more in the public eye than ever before, The Last Doctor provides an accessibly personal, deeply humane, and authoritative guide through this difficult subject.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571294 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Who Are You & What Have You Done with My Kid?: Connect with Your Tween While They Are Still ListeningAuthor: Amanda CraigNarrator: John Taranto, Amanda CraigFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 35 minutesRelease date: September 20, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: So you have a Tween! What now? Dr. Amanda Craig knows what itâs like to watch your child go from sweet elementary student to moody tween in the span of just a few years and sheâs here to help navigate you through it! How do we keep our kids close while cultivating the confidence theyâll need to grow up? How do we navigate the inevitable dips, divides, and potholes? Where do we find the strength, self-awareness, and wisdom that amount to a path forward? Despite the parenting opportunities in the tween years, we often spend time focused on academics and the social concerns of elementary school then quickly pivot to worries about safety, drugs, sex and the rebellious behavioral issues of the teen years. We think weâre connecting but weâre not. We miss the neurological explosion that is taking place before us as tweens experience four significant changes that shake them (and us) to their core. - Their brains are changing. - They feel and experience emotions they do not recognize. - Theyâre hyperaware of themselves. - They do not know how to express themselves. Most importantly, parents still have a âseat at the tableâ to make positive impressions on their tweens as they prepare them for the teenage years.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575263 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir of FriendshipAuthor: Nina TotenbergNarrator: Nina TotenbergFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 29 minutesRelease date: September 13, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 12Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for The National Observer, Nina was curious about Ruthâs legal brief, asking the Supreme Court to do something revolutionary: declare a law that discriminated âon the basis of sexâ to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant, often could not apply for credit cards, or get a mortgage in their own names, Ruth patiently explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable, nearly fifty-year friendship. Dinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the storyâs heart is one, special relationship: Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys, but also illness, loss, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Ninaâs first husband, Ruth drew her out of grief; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruthâs beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera, but also of shopping, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruthâs last year, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were âreserved for Ruthâ in Ninaâs house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compelling, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Ninaâs life, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer; her beloved husbands; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices, including Lewis Powell, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, and Ninaâs own familyâher father, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, and her âbest friends,â her sisters. Inspiring and revelatory, Dinners with Ruth is a moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568888 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your PartnerAuthor: Kevin Fredericks, Melissa FredericksNarrator: Melissa Fredericks, Kevin FredericksFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 10 minutesRelease date: September 13, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą Discover the keys to upholding your vows while staying sane in this hilariously candid guide to relationships, from the husband-and-wife team of comedian Kevin Fredericks and influencer Melissa Fredericks FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD âą âKev and Melissa are not afraid to tell the truth!ââTabitha Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul Growing up, Kevin and Melissa Fredericks were taught endless rules around dating, sex, and marriage, but not a lot about what actually makes a relationship work. When they first got married, they felt aloneâlike every other couple had perfect chemistry while the two of them struggled. There were conversations that they didnât know they needed to have, fears that affected how they related to each other, and seasons of change that put their marriage to the test. Part of their story reads like a Christian fairytale: high school sweethearts, married in college, never sowed any wild oats, with two sons and a thriving marriage. But thereâs another side of their story: the night Melissa kicked Kevin out of her car after years of communication problems, the time early in their marriage when Kevin bordered on an emotional affair, the way theyâve used social media and podcasts to conduct a no-holds-barred conversation about forbidden topics like jealousy, divorce, and how to be Christian and sex positive. (Because, as Kevin writes, âYour hormones donât care about your religious beliefs. Your hormones want you to subscribe to OnlyFans.â) In Marriage Be Hard, the authors provide a hilarious and fresh master class on what it takes to build and maintain a lasting relationship. Drawing on interviews with experts and nearly two decades of marriage, they argue that âą Compatibility is overrated. âą Communication is about way more than simply talking. âą Seeing divorce as an option can actually help your marriage. âą Thereâs such a thing as healthy jealousy. Real marriage is not automatic. It ainât no Tesla on the open road. Sometimes itâs a stick shift on a hill in the rain with no windshield wipers. But if you get comfortable visitingâand revisitingâthe topics that matter, it can transform your bond with your partner and the life youâre building together. Written for those tired of unrealistic relationship booksâand for anyone wondering if theyâre the only ones breaking all the rulesâMarriage Be Hard is a breath of fresh air and the manual you wish existed after you said âI do.â
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568688 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Godly Dating 101: Discover the Truth About Relationships in a World That Constantly LiesAuthor: Safa Grey, Tovares GreyNarrator: Machelle Williams, Charles RayFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 5 minutesRelease date: September 13, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: How can you be sure youâve found âthe oneâ? How do you know when itâs time to leave a relationship thatâs turning toxic? Godly Dating 101 answers these questions and more in a practical guide that will help young Christians develop authentic and healthy dating relationships. With more than three million followers across Godly Dating 101âs social media accounts, Tovares and Safa Grey hear daily from hundreds of young adults looking for help in their current struggles regarding relationships and purity. Deep down, many Christian young adults are wondering if their relationships are drawing them closer to God or leading them back to the life from which Jesus freed them. Godly Dating 101 addresses what you hear from culture and contrasts it with Scripture. As the authors candidly cover topics like friends with benefits, pornography, masturbation, and other areas that affect future marriages, you gain an understanding that whatâs considered normal or âfunâ from the worldâs perspective may not be Godâs will for your life. Discover: - You are not alone in your relationship struggles - God can extend grace and restoration to you no matter what - Scripture that points you back to Jesus and what He says about relationships - How to find and sustain a relationship that honors God This encouraging message will empower you to rise out of confusion, toxic environments, and sin so that you can follow Jesus passionately and experience abundant life in Him as you nurture and develop healthy relationships.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565555 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Place Called Home: A MemoirAuthor: David AmbrozNarrator: David AmbrozFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 8 minutesRelease date: September 13, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: There are millions of homeless children in America today and in A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about growing up homeless in New York for eleven years and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day. When David and his siblings should be in elementary school, they are instead walking the streets seeking shelter while their mother is battling mental illness. They rest in train stations, 24-hour diners, anywhere thatâs warm and dry; they bathe in public restrooms and steal food to quell their hunger. When David is placed in foster care, at first it feels like salvation but soon proves to be just as unsafe. Heâs moved from home to home and, in all but one placement, heâs abused. His burgeoning homosexuality makes him an easy target for otherâs cruelty. David finds hope and opportunities in libraries, schools, and the occasional kind-hearted adult; he harnesses an inner grit to escape the all-too-familiar outcome for a kid like him. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get a scholarship to Vassar College, his first significant step out of poverty. He later graduates from UCLA Law with a vision of using his degree to change the laws that affect children in poverty. Told with lyricism and sparkling with warmth, A Place Called Home depicts childhood poverty and homelessness as it is experienced by so many young people who have been systematically overlooked and unprotected. Itâs at once a gripping personal account of deprivationâhow one boy survived it, and ultimately thrivedâand a resounding call for readers to move from empathy to action.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576597 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Self-Care for Caregivers: A Practical Guide to Caring for You While You Care for Your Loved OneAuthor: Susanne WhiteNarrator: Jackie SandersFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 46 minutesRelease date: September 6, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Take care of yourself as you care for others with this accessible, easy-to-follow self-care guide to relax and rejuvenate. Itâs been said that there are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will become caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. Chances are you or someone you know is taking care of a loved one at home. If you do, you also know that caregivingâhowever fulfillingâis also hard on the caregiverâs mental and physical health. Self-care is vital to caregivers maintaining stamina and a positive outlook for both themselves and the people they care for. But being so busy caring for others can make it hard to find time for yourself. In Self-Care for Caregivers, youâll find short, easy-to-readâand often easy-to-doâways to replenish your mind, body, and spirit, including: -Practicing mindfulness by focusing in on your five senses -Remembering to HALT to check if youâre hungry, angry, lonely, or tired -Making a gratitude list of at least three things you're grateful for -And much more! Full of practical advice and reminders to have a quick snack, call a friend, create a sanctuary, write in a journal, and more ways to take care yourselfâplus resources for caregivingâthis book will go a long way towards making your caregiving experience a happier and more healthful one for you and the people you care for.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575405 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--FriendsAuthor: Marisa G. FrancoNarrator: Marisa G. FrancoFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 57 minutesRelease date: September 6, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Instant New York Times bestseller Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding âyour peopleâ in an ever-more-fragmented world? How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between usâfor example, why your friends arenât texting you back (itâs not because they hate you!), and the myth of âfriendships happening organicallyâ (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment styleâsecure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking whatâs working (and whatâs failing) in your friendships. Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any ageâin fact, itâs essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with othersâand for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574404 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for everAuthor: Cathy GlassNarrator: Denica FairmanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 50 minutesRelease date: September 1, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle and start to talk of life at home, it becomes clear something is badly wrong. Then a chance remark sets in motion a chain of events that eventually changes everything.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564708 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern IndiaAuthor: Mansi ChoksiNarrator: Deepti GuptaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 57 minutesRelease date: August 30, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: A thought-provoking and moving investigation into India as a society in transition through the lens of forbidden love, as three young couples reject arranged marriages and risk everything for true love amid social and political upheaval. In India, two out of every three people are under the age of thirty-five. These are men and women who grew up with the internet and the advent of smartphones and social media. But when it comes to love and marriage, theyâre expected to adhere to thousands of years of tradition. Itâs that conflict between obeying convention and embracing modernity that drives journalist Mansi Choksiâs The Newlyweds. In this âheart-wrenching and inspiring portrait of love under pressureâ (Publishers Weekly), Choksi shines a light on three young couples who buck against arranged marriages in the pursuit of true love, illustrating the challenges, shame, anger, triumph, and loss their actions set in play. Against the backdrop of Indiaâs beautiful villages and cities, Choksi introduces our newlyweds. First, thereâs the lesbian couple forced to flee for a chance at a life together. Then thereâs the Hindu woman and Muslim man who escaped their families under the cover of night after being harassed by a violent militia group. Finally, thereâs the inter-caste couple who are doing everything to avoid the same fate as a similar couple who were burned alive. âThe most nuanced, lyrical, and moving book about love and marriage in modern India yet writtenâ (Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City), The Newlyweds raises universal questions, such as: What are we really willing to risk for love? If weâre lucky enough to find it, does it change us? If so, for the better? Or for the worse?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575271 to listen full audiobooks.Title: I'm Glad My Mom DiedAuthor: Jennette McCurdyNarrator: Jennette McCurdyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 26 minutesRelease date: August 9, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 2775 Ratings of Narrator: 4.81 of Total 1245Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actorâincluding eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing motherâand how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her motherâs dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called âcalorie restriction,â eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, âYour eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesnât tint hers?â She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In Iâm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detailâjust as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (âHi Gale!â), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, Iâm Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577337 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Love Algorithm: The perfect witty romcom, new from international bestselling author 2022Author: Claudia CarrollNarrator: Aoife McmahonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 19 minutesRelease date: August 4, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: 'A superb romcom, with relatable and loveable characters that literally burst from the pages. With laugh-out-loud moments, woven between a heartwarming and hopeful story, it charmed me from the first page' Carmel Harrington True love is only just a swipe away? Right? Iris lives by numbers. The only thing missing from her perfectly calibrated life is a partner - and not for lack of trying. After decades of disappointment, Iris practically has a PhD in online dating. But something still eludes her: that unquantifiable spark. Kim is too busy being the life of the party to look for love. Her terrible dates make great stories for her friends and co-workers, as long as she's not caught by her tyrannical boss, Iris. Connie, Kim's recently widowed mum, is single for the first time since the 1970s. The dating game has changed a lot since her day . . . Sick of being let down, Iris takes matters into her own hands - using her analytical skills to create the first real formula for love. With Kim and Connie on board, they launch Analyzed, a dating app like no other. As Analyzed takes the world by storm, are the three women in over their heads? Is love really just a numbers game? 'A laugh on every page, entirely empathetic characters and a warm heart in the middle of the story. I found this book highly entertaining and totally satisfying' Liz Nugent Praise for Claudia Carroll: 'Brilliantly funny' Sun 'An immensely talented writer' Sinéad Moriarty 'Brilliant' Bella
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574403 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Silenced: The shocking true story of a young girl too afraid to speakAuthor: Rosie LewisNarrator: Madeline GouldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 45 minutesRelease date: July 21, 2022Genres: Relationships & IntimacyPublisher's Summary: A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before itâs too late. Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan. Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, rubbish everywhere and the constant stare of her grandad â she retreats more and more into herself. When foster carer Rosie Lewis meets Caitlin she knows something is deeply wrong with this little girl, who is withdrawn, afraid and refuses to speak. Rosie decides to take her in, but Caitlinâs silence continues, and Rosie knows she must act. Why is Caitlin so afraid to speak? Could it be that the family has a dark secret? One that is so shocking it can no longer be hidden?
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