Book Description
When parents choose a vegetarian lifestyle for their child, it can set family fingers wagging in dietary disapproval. It's no easier on steak-loving parents when Junior announces he's sworn off meat. With the strategies in Raising Vegetarian Children, parents can ease family tensions and learn to accommodate the nutritional and emotional needs of their vegetarian offspring.
It includes a detailed explanation of the Vegetarian Food Pyramid and its vitamin- and protein-rich foods, allays concerns over dietary gaps, and is packed with recipes that will please any growing vegetarian, from infant to teenager.
Customer Reviews:
good info.......2007-08-14
I really enjoy this book. Wonderful resource for a vegetarian family. Good recipes. Easy to read for a busy family. Plus the cover is pretty! LOL
Heather mama of 5
Love this book.......2007-07-08
Granted, I don't have children (yet) but I am a picky eater. This book is wonderful for making simple and yummy recipes. I also really like the fact that each recipe includes each nutrient your getting and how much. Below the recipe gives you calories, carbs, fiber, etc. This book is an easy read and very informative, for the new or old vegetarian/vegan person.
Raising Vegetarian Children : A Guide to Good Health and Family Harmony .......2007-01-19
This is really wonderfull book for all caring parents and a really helpfull guide to rising a compasonate, responsible and happy little people from their birth on, as well as perfect gift and reading for all people who are involved with children, no metter if they are vegetatian or not.
If you are vegan or vegetarian parents (or just think about becoming one) this book will also give you valuable advices on how to manage (respectfully) with realatives and friends who are not vegetarians/vegans.
This book is my favorite on this subject!
Really great book for anyone who is raising a veg kid, whether having just begun or long time vegetarians........2006-08-31
I am really impressed with the thoughtful ways that the authors have addressed raising vegetarian children in our culture. I am familiar with other books by both authors and so I surmised that the book would be about a pure vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, though those who include dairy and eggs in their diet will absolutely benefit from reading this book (nor is there any preachy tone about different choices). The authors have done a great job of helping find ways (some creative, some straightforward) to deal with family concern/conflict over diet and there is extensive nutritional information which is laid out in a readily comprehensible manner. The recipes are great- I hadn't expected so many recipes to be included with this book and I am grateful that they have been. My son and partner have loved everything we've prepared from this book! (Try the Tri-Color Quinoa Corn Salad!!) Growth charts...advice for ages infant to teen...comprehensive information on every page-- all written in a friendly and intelligent way. I highly recommend this book as an excellent resource for families raising vegetarian or vegan children of any age.
Should be called "Raising VEGAN Children".......2006-04-27
I was very disappointed in this book b/c it really is written for vegan children, not ovo-lacto vegetarians. So to me, this book was pretty useless. The concentration was on how to get the needed nutrition without meat or dairy. It is much easier to get what you need on an ovo-lacto diet, but there was really almost NO info on this in the book. I feel that the book description and reviews have been very misleading.
In any case, if you are vegan, this book would be great for you.
Book Description
Dr. Joshua Coleman is a compassionate psychologist who nonetheless isn't afraid to tell the truth: Not all mar-riages can be joyful or even meaningful, but that isn't a cause for divorce, especially when children are involved. In his ground-breaking work Dr. Coleman teaches his readers how to: -Reduce out-of-control conflict in the home -Let go of the fairy-tale marriage ideal -Accept changes in their partner -Maintain domestic peace in times of crisis. At last, unhappy husbands and wives are offered an alternative solution to divorce. By maintaining imperfect harmony, each parent has the opportunity to love, to care for, and to teach their children 'full-time.'
Customer Reviews:
Alternative Solutions to Divorce.......2006-01-20
"While nothing prepares us for what marriage is going to be like, the same can be said of divorce with children." ~ Joshua Coleman
How do you let go of your fairy-tale idea of marriage, maintain harmony and also take care of your children in a nurturing environment...when you no longer feel "in love" with your partner? This brings out a variety of complex issues that create waves of emotional response even for those who have yet to consider their options. When you decide to enter into a long-term relationship, you may not be aware of the challenges ahead.
"..the heady phase of newfound romance doesn't last, and that's often a disappointment, no matter how seasoned we are in relationships. It's disheartening because it means that we have to either break up or start dealing with our expectations of what a real relationship is going to be like with this person. This means moving into the uncomfortable realm of facing the imperfections of our partner and ourselves."
In the throws of initial infatuation and limerence, the future seems perfectly ordered and you can't imagine ever wanting to be apart from the person you imagine is your soul mate. Then the chemicals wear off and you start to experience the roller coaster ride of marriage that has highs and lows and various stages where we enter challenges that require personal growth. This is the time where either your heart takes over or your mind kicks into high gear and you start to solve problems with creative flair or a determination to save your marriage "no matter what."
Joshua Coleman provides a wise and compassionate view of marriage. He understands the dangers the dissolution of the family presents. He understands how parents worry about their children when they are away from home and why providing a caring and nurturing environment is better for the long-term emotional stability of children. As parents move through stages of denial, anger and bargaining they may come to a moment of acceptance and then find the required compassion to forgive and then move forward into a new stage of the relationship.
If you think your childhood is affecting your marriage, there is an entire chapter on the subject. Being neglected as a child is just as painful as being abused and the affects can later appear in your own marriage. This book sheds light on how the neglect or abuse causes you to react in your own marriage and how this can affect your children. With each problem, there is also a solution. The "Path for Change" sections give ideas for how to adapt or reverse situations that are completely in your control. This book will also help you understand why criticism can seem to be an act of betrayal or why self-destructive behaviors can be an attempt to manage fear. This chapter is especially interesting as it explains problems in a marriage from a perspective I had never considered.
"If your parent was depressed or neglectful, there might have been a reversal of roles. Rather than having the experience of being taken care of, you may have had to take care of your parent." ~Joshua Coleman
Imperfect Harmony is a book for anyone who is married, whether they have children or are considering starting a family. Even if you never intend to have children, but you are considering a divorce, this book could explain the real reasons your relationship is falling apart and there may be time to save your marriage. If you are depressed, this book also shows that when you are in a difficult relationship, it can affect your self-esteem. Anxiety, social withdrawal, sleep problems and decreased pleasure are only some of the effects discussed in this brilliant and enlightening book.
What can you do when your partner is depressed?
How do you deal with your own needs in a marriage?
What do you do when a partner withdraws sexually? (The humorous "Eleven Strategies to Guarantee a Bad Sex Life" is rather revealing and gives ideas for change.)
How do you avoid having an affair when your needs are not being met?
What should you do when a partner is verbally abusive?
How can you reduce conflict?
The "Eleven Ways to Work on Yourself" is a good way to balance out your life and create new priorities. The "Different Kinds of Marriage" encourage you to accept the stage your marriage is currently in or is heading towards.
Joshua Coleman presents creative ways to save your marriage that include everything from an "in-house separation" to "planning to separate after the kids are grown."
This is a must-read manual for marriage. This book will give hope to anyone who is married and feels that they are struggling to save a marriage alone. It will also provide a much-needed escape into "someone understands." With this book, you may truly be able to save your marriage and create a situation where you feel comfortable and secure. In this environment, you can then face all the additional challenges of raising children and balancing your career, emotional needs and spiritual goals.
For many, divorce is not an option and this book helps anyone in a situation where they are determined to stay married. Too often people casually advise walking away from a marriage, when truly a marriage is a learning experience and one of the most challenging experiences of your life. They don't seem to understand what you are fighting for and for some people, their marriage is extremely important and not something they casually entered into without consideration.
It is very satisfying to see an author take on this subject and make "staying married" very possible. This book will empower women who want to stay married! It is also a book that will give you deeper insight into the issues facing everyone who is married. We are all on a journey towards balance in our lives and this book is an excellent guide to balancing your needs with the needs of your children.
~The Rebecca Review
10 years and counting...
A Radical, Realistic, and Useful Book.......2004-01-27
As a pastor, I have read many books on the subject of helping marriages because that is an important part of my ministry. However, this is the most radical, realistic and useful book I have ever seen. It is applicable not only to the average marriage but also to the more challenging ones like depression, personality disorders, alcoholism, and addictions.
I am very disappointed with many Christian authors of books on marriage who are so unreal and with many authors of books for family members of the mentally ill who don't say enough. Here is a book I can use in counseling others
After 10 years of marriage, a man's wife was diagnosed as a high functioning person with borderline personality disorder. Afterwards, she did not function on the same level as before.
For three and a half years, her husband did about everything Dr. Coleman says not to do in his chapter on depression in marriage. As a result, he ended up depressed himself after giving too much of himself away trying to hold the family together.
With the help of therapists and reading books like Imperfect Harmony, Wild at Heart, and No More Mr. Nice Guy, he found help to grow a long way from where he was a year and a half ago.
Marriage to anyone with a mental illness or addiction is under extreme pressure. Staying married for the children's sake and still be happy or wondering if you should stay married in such an imperfect harmony is the theme of this book.
Coleman writes of the various parts of a hoped for marriage that must be let go of. He writes about getting your focus off the spouse and onto what in your childhood attracted you to such a needy person. The author's definition of "toxic chemistry" is a helpful insight.
He challenges readers to work through their toxic brooding, despair, and chronic feelings of resentment. Then we can develop empathy and emotional seperatedness.
It is crucial to answer his question from chapter 3. How much meaning do you have in your life apart from your marriage?
Contrary to many other authors, he says that communication is not enough. Just because one has imperfect harmony in one's marriage does not mean you should leave.
He proposes good reasons for staying married with children present, even if your spouse is difficult or not fulfilling. Staying in such a marriage need not destroy you to be loved by them. However, he honestly states that in the case of physical abuse and extreme mental health issues the need to leave is very clear.
The major intent of this book is to help readers to see if it possible and necessary to stay in an imperfect harmony with one?s spouse without loosing themselves or their good impact as parents. His chapters on "Depression in Marriage", "The High-Conflict Marriage," and "Is Change Possible" are worth the price of the whole book.
One cannot and must not read this book at supersonic speed. It is a rich book to read, reflect upon, and dwell upon its searching questions. Reading it in conjunction with one's therapist will bring you the most benefits from this book.
Thank you Dr. Coleman for writing this book. I hope seminaries use your book in their marriage and family counseling courses for future pastors.
Provocative, common-sense approach. 5+stars!.......2003-11-25
Dr. Coleman's work is surely to raise an eyebrow or two for its novel approach to resolving marital discord and dissatisfaction. His premise that the adults in the relationship should work for a rapproachment (if total peace is not possible) for the sake of the children will not be popular in a culture where no-fault divorce is the preferred solution.
What I love about this book is the way Dr. Coleman approaches marriage; realistically. You may have started out with what you felt was a "match made in heaven," or you may have been under an illusion that yours was a match made in heaven, but when things look like they are going south, this does not mean you bail.
Can you accept half a loaf (half a loaf is better than none)? How about a quarter or even an eighth of a loaf to ensure that your child's life is disrupted as little as possible? After all, it is all about the kids.
This book has a number of vignettes where Dr. Coleman is working with clients to change their expectations, or at the least help them to establish realistic expectations. He even goes so far to instruct partners how to live separate lives within their own home if getting along is no longer an option.
Imperfect Harmony takes a look at marriage unlike any book I have ever read on the subject. Sometimes things happen and things don't work out, but this is not to mean that everyone (especially the children) cannot live happily ever after.
If your marriage is in trouble, if you know someone with marital problems, or if you are interested in the topic of marriage as a counseling profession, this is a wonderful book to have. As a soon-to-be counselor I can actually envision myself using this book in couples and family therapy; assigning parts of the book for the clients to read for discussion in therapy.
Five plus stars for Imperfect Harmony.
How To Have a Good Marriage on Planet Earth.......2003-08-20
In a sea of glib, peppy books that promise to transform a messy marriage into a fairy-tale romance in six (or seven or nine) easy steps, Imperfect Harmony is a bastion of practicality, sanity, and hope. No bogus promises here. If you want to stay together for your kids or just want to have a happier marriage, this smart, no-hype volume gives you a detailed roadmap for navigating your way through complex relationship issues.
Author Joshua Coleman never sugar-coats or flinches from the less-than-glamorous truth. He furnishes a toolbox of practical suggestions and exercises that can help you improve and sweeten your marriage. Real-life examples, drawn from Coleman's psychotherapy practice, illustrate in unvarnished detail exactly how couples can work to resolve specific issues. The outcomes may not always be sprinkled with self-help pixie dust, but they work in the real world.
Imperfect Harmony is radical in its perspective, compassionate in its tone, and rare in its honesty. Its no-bull quality is refreshing and somehow reassuring. This is a generous book, and the author seems to genuinely care about his readers. If you're looking for a quick fix (hey, let me know if you find one) or don't want to work on your marriage, this book isn't for you. But if you want to build a more loving, lasting relationship, this book could make all the difference.
Not only for couples with children.......2003-08-04
We have been married for twenty-seven years. Although our children are no longer at home, my husband and I were inspired by Dr. Coleman's book. We thought an alternative title could have been "How to Have a Satisfying Marriage". He recommends taking responsibility for one's own life and not looking to a partner for completion. Although a great read, Dr. Coleman's scholarly work draws on the research of anthropologists, psychologists and scientists. This is a book for all those who wish to be fulfilled in their own lives. We give this book two thumbs up!
Book Description
What really goes on in a man's mind? How does he perceive the world, and how does that perception differ from a woman's view of reality? And how can knowing what a husband, son, father, or male colleague is really like help a woman succeed in her relationships with the male half of the species? Dr. Kevin Leman gives women an up-close and personal look at how the "other half" thinks, feels, and behaves. Topics include: understanding the male sex drive, understanding the boy your husband once was (and in some ways still is), and what makes a husband fulfilled, working with the male ego, advice for single and divorced women, and building a stronger relationship with your father. Leman says, "This is a hard-hitting book that finally tells it like it is. Half the women who read it probably won't believe it, but the half who take it to heart will have very grateful husbands who will return the love tenfold!"
Customer Reviews:
Incredibly realistic and helpful.......2007-08-05
I read this book to get a better idea of what makes men tick, since I was getting married and was raised in a primarily female family. This book is full of true and helpful information. This book has helped to give me a fulfilling and satisfying marriage. By giving my husband the sex, attention, affection, playfulness, respect, and honest praise that he yearns for, he's given me everything I need and more!
As to the comment the other reviewer made about your husband having two hands of his own... yes, he does, and if you give him a break now and again, maybe he'll use them on you as a completely unselfish treat. If you read any of his other books, you'll notice that he has a sense of humor and great respect, admiration, and love for his wife... there is no disrespect in his jokes. And the part at the ballgame with Moonhead? I love the idea of my husband recognizing that lusting after another woman is cheating and the idea of him having a friend he can admit it to and be held accountable by.
In Reality, This is a Great Book...and We Live in Reality.......2006-08-27
I can't say enough about this book. I am almost finished after having it only 3 days. I am a Christian, and found this book a great guideline on how to deal with issues with my husband. I felt like my husband and I were having the same fight over and over again, with no positive outcome. With Dr. Leman's help, I now see my husband's perspective with deeper insight.
I don't understand some of the previous reviewers. If you already think you know the answers to your problems, why are seeking help from Dr. Leman's book? I think some of the comments were based on stubborn ideas, ideas that didn't want to change. If you are wanting someone to validate your thoughts and be "on your side", do not read this book. This book is to help give you your husband's, father's, and son's perspective...not your own.
Anyone seeking some help (with humor), this book will benefit you.
Kudos, Dr. Leman! Again, a job well done.
The Way Men Are.......2004-12-08
As a pastor who counsels many couples, I have found this book useful to help women face the realities about the male of the species. I have seen marriages rejuvinated in certain instances.
Although the author could have been more tactful, he brings home the real facts of life about men and particularly the importance of frequent sex for men. True, not all men fit Leman's mold, but most do. Of course, men will not always admit to being as Leman describes becasue they fear their wives will reject them.
The genders have to learn to accept one another even if they really cannot understand one another.
This is not a cure all for all marriage problems, but it will help enhance many marriages. If nothing else, women will read a real-life explanation as to how most men work. Whether they believe it or not is another issue.
True Facts from a Condescending Author.......2004-08-14
Mr. Leman may be a good man and he may have some insight into men, but his writing style is ruthlessly condescending. I am in chapter one and doubt I'll keep going.
Whether or not the following is true, this is what it the book has been like for me: it seems as though Mr. Leman is assuming that the women reading this book are stubbornly thinking, "Hah! I know all there is to know about men!" and that he's trying to convince all of us as to how wrong we are. His presumption is appalling; I get the feeling that he feels that we women not only know almost nothing about men, but we are also beligerent in our will to cling to this ignorance! He's guilty of name-dropping (unnecessarily pointing out that James Dobson and Gary Smalley are "good friends" of his), and he just keeps on phrasing his sentences and crafting his arguments in a "There, there, little darling, I know this will shock you, but you must hear the truth" kind of way.
For the practical information (so far), I'd give him a four, maybe, but for condescention I'd rate this a negative ten. It really is that bad. I'm going to look for other books on this topic that aren't so nearly degrading to read.
Leman "SHOULD" not have said that.......2003-11-12
This began as a very eye-opening book--it presented some things I never in a million years realized about my husband. By about mid-book, however, I began to get REALLY TICKED OFF. Yes, it is my duty and honor as a wife to make my husband happy. I don't care what Leman says, however, I do not have to be his sexual slave and perform a sexual revolution in my home on a weekly basis just to please my husband. What offended me the most? Probably when he said in essence, "I know some nights you're really tired and sex is the last thing you want to involve yourself with so give your husband a hand job, you'll only have to lay there and it will feel incredible to him." I'm sorry, but I don't buy into his notion that men must have sex three to five nights a week or they will cheat on their wives. Grow up, be a big boy and get over it!
Then there was the astonishingly cruel diatribe with his wife. Leman was saying women "SHOULD" on their husbands to much and to prove his point he went into this story about his wife Sande and he visiting a restaurant in which he always orders the same thing. She politely said, "You should try something different." And his reply? "Or maybe I should try out a new wife!" COME ON! The poor woman must have felt horrible, but yes, Leman, I'm sure she got your big, egotistical point.
Oh, and let's not forget his joking around with Moonhead about "committing adultery" because he couldn't take his eyes off some chick at a football game. Haha. That was hilarious. His wife must be Mother Theresa.
Yes, I believe him that men NEED sex to feel loved, just as women need affection and caring and sex to feel loved. But unlike his list of "must dos", I refuse to meet my husband at the end of our driveway without any clothes on, I don't think taking naked photos of myself and putting them in his briefcase is necessary, and rather than "exploring ideas outside of my sexual comfort zone" I think I'll do what I feel is right, not what some man's unrealistic fantasies dictate. I can't believe this book--it's clear he feels women are around to please, care for and obey. And that's it. I'm a mother, I have my own career and I have a dynamite sex life, without feeling I need to be my husband's personal sex slave.
So Kevin Leman, I love your views on parenting, daddy's an daughters and raising boys, but I think I'll stick to my own views on sex in my marriage. And as for the hand jobs ... God gave you hands of your own. Have at it!
Book Description
When re-married couples bring their families together, they face unique challenges. Somehow, they must bring unity out of diversity. Maxine Marsolini points to biblical solutions to the conflict commonly found in divorce and remarriage situations. 'Growth and Application' questions make this an excellent resource for small groups or Christian counseling.
Customer Reviews:
A Faulty Premise.......2007-02-21
I'm sure my point of view won't be popular in this forum but the author needs to make the point that what would be MOST beneficial to the children is to forego remarriage until all the kids are grown. Coming from a blended family myself, I must conclude that there is no valid reason to put the kids through "wisdom through the pain". I had a miserable childhood in a blended family but setting that aside, there is NOTHING Biblical about revolving spouses through the household.
"BLENDED FAMILY BOOK PROVES TO BE INVALUABLE".......2005-02-19
This book is AWESOME!!
I can't think of a better book to put into the hands of relatives or friends that are intertwined in a blended family position. It's honesty and encouragement make it a MUST have.
I believe that this is a book that will benefit the entire family.
Packed with encouragement, possiblities, and truth. It's wonderful to see a book finally written with a biblical point of view on this subject. This author nailed it! This subject is a "touchy" one and yet MUST be discussed in order for all families to heal and unite!
I would highly recommend this book & workbook to all that are in blended situations like us.
Great Book.......2004-06-05
I think this book is awesome even for couple's who have never been married before--as they are also making a Blended Family
Bringing what they learned in their Family of Orgin's into a new family--it will open their eye's to habit's formed in their childhood families that aren't biblical--habit's that can destroy a new marriage--
restored and healed my relationship.......2000-03-19
after reading this book i came away with a definite feeling the author has had her own personal experiences with a blended family. She speaks from a point of her pain caused by her divorce and remarriage. seven children were involved her, his, and theirs. WOW! every situation you can imagine was encountered and experienced. i found there experience something we all can learn from, without the first hand experience of our own. Thank you Lord for using Maxine as your minister in this area of relationships that is so needed today.
Book Description
This book is a unique collection of original essays written by 95 contemporary plural wives and 5 other women who are supportive of plural marriage. Also included is a chapter presenting historical, legal and doctrinal overviews of Latter-day Saint plural marriage, as well as a chapter on why women choose this religious lifestyle. The last chapter records and analyzes the results of a two-page questionnaire completed by plural wives who contributed to this book.
Customer Reviews:
Voices in Harmony Book Review.......2007-07-28
This book was not what expected, however one of the things that impressed me and that I really like about the book is the history it provides of plural marriage - it's roots, the reasons the church denounced it, and more.
Important infomation.......2007-05-15
This is a must read for anyone interested in this subject.
God bless
I bow in deepest respect before these women.......2006-02-28
Consider this passage found on page 78:
"I chose to live in plural marriage. I believe it to be a celestial principle calculated to turn me into the person I want to be - full of love, kindness and faithfulness.
"This principle puts my soul to the test as it divides my carnal, selfish nature from my spiritual nature and makes me choose between them every day. Whichever nature I choose is strengthened, so I know that through the years this process will form me into the woman of pure, Christ-like love I want to be, if that is the path I follow."
This is just one example of the dedication to higher spiritual principles which permeates the testimonies found in this marvelous book.
Here is another quote from page 80:
"I have been very blessed in living the principle. I now have a little boy who couldn't be loved more. I have a wonderful sisterwife who loves our little boy as though he were her very own. I have a great husband who conducts himself in a Godly manner, and who loves and provides for his family."
I find that so beautiful!
How I wish that all those who profess to being Christian and to following the Word of God would take the time to do as the Bereans did and search the Scriptures - openly and honestly - to see for themselves.
Where in the Scriptures is polygamy condemned? You might be surprised to know that God portrays Himself as a polygamist (Ezekiel 23).
For my part, I bow before these women and their husbands for their dedication to marriage and family and higher spiritual values. Were only this dedication not from something which has been added to the Bible - i.e. the law of celestial plural marriage. Surely, the Dominion Mandate is principle enough, were it to be taken seriously.
Good book.......2005-12-07
As a Muslim, I am happy to see that women have endorsed polygamy in this book. Islam, the great religion, also allows polygamy. The Mormons trump Islam though because Islam has a limit of 4 wives and Mormons have no limit. As a Muslim, I wish Islam had no limits too.
Some thoughts after reading an unusual & interesting book.......2005-09-08
Voices in Harmony is a book which looks at Mormon plural marriage from the point of view of the women involved. It is very beautifully written and insightful. At times it is very moving, for example when terrifying episodes of persecution (of polygamists) are described. Yet they remain a very spiritual, very religious people, and that undoubtedly is a strength for them in this unusual domestic arrangement.
A curious fact garnered from it: the women of Utah were amoung the first in the world to be granted the vote. Washington DC granted them the vote in 1870, in the hope that they would vote for the anti-polygamy candidate. Unfortunately, the polygamous Utah wives were happy with their lot, for they voted for the Mormon candidate. Just 17 years later, in 1887, Washington evidently came to the conclusion that the women of Utah could not be trusted to vote for the "correct" candidate, and so they were disenfranchised. This happened as part of the infamous Edmunds-Tucker Act.
It also occurs to me that there is a fratricidal element in this: in 1890 the LDS Church publicly retracted its support for plural marriage, in return for more respectful treatment from Washington; and nowadays, these "monogamy-only" Mormons appear to dominate state institutions in Utah--the recent Tom Green case (covered briefly in this book) being an example.
I wonder, had this polygamous community been, say, moslem, or jewish, or hindu--or even patriarchal pagan--and not Mormon, wether people would want to bother them. Perhaps it would not make any difference, even so: I recall reading on the Niqabi Paralegal site, that the Native American tribes were pressured by Washington into making polygamy illegal in their tribal law, in exchange for more respectful treatment. Some tribes conceded. Others did not.
But back to Voices in Harmony. Another curious historical fact: President Buchanan at one point sent an army to Utah, to finish off polygamy once and for all. But the army did not fire a shot, and had to be recalled, when the Civil War broke out."Buchanan's Folly" it was called.
This is curioser than it seems: I recall reading, in Schott's Miscellany, that Buchanan was a bachelor president. A bachelor president declaring war on polygamous Mormons! Interesting.
Voices in Harmony is absorbing reading, and thought-provoking. The middle section, in which 100 plural wives speak in their own words, is especially interesting. It occurred to me that even monogamous people, who want to learn the secret(s) of happy marriage and family life, could learn from this.
Book Description
This enlightening guidebook turns estate planning into a process of financial education and spiritual growth for the whole family. Written by a highly qualified, interdisciplinary team—a well-respected estate planner and two clinical psychologists with a focus on family counseling—it teaches wealthy families how to build estate plans that include non-material aspects such as family values and character strengths.
Topics include inherited money myths and the role money plays in a happy family; how parents model their children's values; teaching children about money; building healthy families where there is unequal wealth; and communicating about money. Wealthy parents will find their most disturbing morals issues addressed with competence and empathy, such as:
Will money corrupt my child? Isn't value-based estate planning a form of "ruling from the grave"? What can I do if one of my children is a big disappointment?
Examples are drawn from the authors' practice and include families of all structures and histories—married, divorced and single parents and those with previous marriages. Also includes is an estate planning roadmap showing how to protgect assets and lessen taxes.
Customer Reviews:
Delves way beyond the usual 'protect your assets' focus.......2004-11-13
There are plenty of books on financial planning and savvy: what makes Stanley D. Neeleman, et.al.'s Estate Planning For The Healthy Wealthy Family special is its focus on values-based estate planning which goes beyond the usual focus on how to pass wealth tax-free to future generations. The concern here is that money passed on be used wisely: a new form of values-based planning which encourages wisdom, character growth, and even non-material values. Professor Neeleman has studied law at Brigham Young University and has extensive practical experience in tax planning, while associate co-author Carla B. Garrity Ph.D is a child psychologist and Mitchell A. Baris, Ph.D. is a family psychologist. The unusual blend of disciplines means Estate Planning For The Healthy Wealthy Family delves way beyond the usual 'protect your assets' focus.
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Daily devotions to draw a couple together, before the Lord!.......1999-11-20
Morley has given us a delightful basis for couples to initiate, or continue, a truly incredible time of daily devotions together before the Lord. Both spouses are given perspective to consider; with great insight into the scripture and the gifts God's word can hold for a couple who intends to be bound by the Lord, into that proverbial "Cord of Three". A great, and inspired way, for any couple to begin a day or end it TOGETHER! This book can make the difference in just thinking about daily devotions together into a reality. It's a great starting place for discussions of God's word between life partners serving and living for Jesus!
Product Description
Love between two people that once seemed heavenly becomes extremely complicated when two households are joined in marriage. When a number of strangers of various stages in life suddenly come together to be a family, unexpected issues concerning discipline, finances, outside influences, and privacy surface. Roles become confusing. In the Blended Family, Edward and Sharon Douglas address the complex nature of the stepfamily. Believing that the answers to all concerns can be discovered in the Word of God, they offer biblical solutions to achieve and maintain harmonious relationships within the family. God has a perfect plan for marriage and places an awesome responsibility on parents to raise His children. The Douglases have found that applying the Word of God to marriage, as well as loving all children as Jesus did, leads to a happier and more fulfilling family life.
Customer Reviews:
From a married but non-blended family perspective.......2000-02-28
Having the opportunity to pre-review this book prior to release, and being married with two children in a non-blended family I wondered how the book could benefit me and my household.
I found it easy to read with personal testimonies that any family can relate to and learn from. I walked away from the book being more thankful for the things I have, and I acquired a stronger commitment to keep my household intact.
I would like to thank the authors of this book for making my husband and I "Renew our marriage vows"
TOP 10 things we liked about your book!.......2000-02-23
Salvation/Christ focused messages, encourages married couples to stay together/grow stronger, your personal testimonies, written from a realistic and christ centered perspective, targeted specific issues such as finances, discipline, names, visitation, respect, etc., information helpful, applicable and true, not too long, gets the message across clearly, and husband and wife perspectives and input. This book can give anyone married, single, remarried, or engaged a biblical view and understanding of what Christ wants to do in our homes. The authors do an exceptional job at directing the reader to God's plan and provision for marriage and family. Their personal experiences are a testimony to what God can do if we let Him. THE BLENDED FAMILY encourages trust in Christ and the word of God as the blueprint for building a strong family. A must read for anyone in or about to become a blended family.
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- Practical and life changing
- A self-help book that really helps!
- Buy this book
- Don and Martha Risk Their Relationship So You Can See How It's Done
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Learning to Love: From Conflict to Lasting Harmony
Don Rosenthal , and
Martha Rosenthal
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Interpersonal Relations | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Love & Romance | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Marriage | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
General | Family Relationships | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
General | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1402745273 |
Book Description
What holds a couple together? Why are we afraid of intimacy? How can we keep our hearts open to one another in the midst of hurt and resentment? Based on nearly two decades of highly successful couples workshops, as well as the Rosenthals’ own 35 years as committed partners, this provocative book is a rare combination of timeless wisdom and practical guidance. Written in clear, accessible language, it offers workable strategies for listening to your partner with an open heart; asking for change; giving and receiving; dealing with anger; and releasing one’s own guilt, fear, and defensiveness. Yet it does all this with a spiritual depth that is both rare and compelling: Learning to Love is a spiritual guide to relationships that truly works. Its unique strength lies in showing partners how to use their inevitable conflicts as the means to a deeper intimacy. By directly addressing our human imperfections and messy, complex feelings, it shows how we can create an atmosphere of emotional safety and learn from one another. The fruits of this process, to those willing to cultivate them, are the tools and resources that make the sharing of unconditional love a daily reality.
Customer Reviews:
Practical and life changing.......2006-05-16
The work of Don and Martha Rosenthal has changed my life -- and pointed me in the direction of deep, meaningful love, wholeness and peace. And as lofty as that sounds, they present their lessons with sincerity, gentleness, and a genuine understanding of the difficulties regular people face in their daily lives. This book shows the reader the language and practice that has helped couples all around the world. Accessible and pleasant to read, these stories and direction are a must for all people interested in moving toward having wonderful relationships.
A self-help book that really helps!.......2006-05-02
Our world would be a better place if everyone could read this book! Don and Martha's insight into working together goes far beyond intimate relationships. Their understanding of what makes us tick helps you in dealing with your spouse, lover, children, family, friends, and all those you share a relationship. I especially appreciate the easy to follow exercises; they truly have made an impact on my life. It is with much love and appreciation that I recommend Don and Martha's work to all.
Buy this book.......2006-05-01
I have never read a book on relationships that has impacted me and my marriage so profoundly. The book persuasively and sagely illustrates how self knowledge and compassion are critical components toward wisely and lovingly navigating the many challenges of intimacy and in growing in emotional maturity. "Learning to Love" offers a myriad of teachings and exercises which demonstrate how relationship can be consciously employed as an accelerant to achieving self knowledge as a more enduring relational purpose. The authors have masterfully mixed western and eastern phychology and spirituality in a manner that is highly readable and free of psychobabble and spiritual chiches. This book is a must for anyone who realizes that learing to love is the only life endeavor that truly has the potential to make one happy.
ML
Don and Martha Risk Their Relationship So You Can See How It's Done.......2006-04-29
If you're like me, you've read so-called Self-Help books for a long time. Usually they're told in the third person -- the author tells you how things should be. Sometimes they're written as an expose -- it's always easier to tell on someone else, especially the other sex. But Don and Martha let you see inside their heads, inside the skin of their relationship. They put themselves at risk and bring themselves to the edge of their relationship where they live the lessons they demonstrate for the reader -- how to let go of ego and "being right" until all that is left is an open-hearted acceptance of themselves individually and of each other. Once you've read their book you'll want to do their course. We did. Don and Martha gave us the tools to take our long-term relationship -- which had been going pretty well -- to a new level of appreciation and skill so we could get past the stops faster, with a sense of humor about it all. Go for it. If you're wondering, Don and I are not related. We grew up together fifty years ago and haven't known each other's whereabouts since. What a pleasure -- what a contribution -- to have met this way.
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Finding a Soul Mate: How to Achieve Ultimate Balance and Harmony in Your Life (Yinyang Life Guide)
Nicola Davies
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Interpersonal Relations | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Love & Romance | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Marriage | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Mate Seeking | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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New Age | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books | Astrology | Chakras | Channeling | Divination | Dreams | General | Goddesses | Meditation | Mental & Spiritual Healing | Mysticism | New Thought | Reference | Reincarnation | Self-Help | Theosophy | Urantia | Visionary Fiction
General | Spirituality | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
General | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0875969402 |
Book Description
Many of us are searching for a special person to share our lives with. This YinYang Life Guide explains how to apply the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang to finding that special person.This special two-in-one book contains more than 100 yin and yang suggestions for attracting your soul mate and maintaining a harmonious relationship.Every aspect of finding a partner is covered, from how to welcome love and how to behave on a date, to using yin and yang energy to enhance your relationship.This YinYang Life Guide offers approaches that really work, helping you to bring the right person into your life.
Books:
- Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion
- Roswell High Series 1 Through 10: The Outsider; The Wild One; The Seeker; The Watcher; The Intruder; The Stowaway; The Vanished; The Rebel; The Dark One; The Salvation
- Schaum's Outline of Heat Transfer
- Seduced by Moonlight (Meredith Gentry, Book 3)
- Sex Magic, Tantra & Tarot: The Way of the Secret Lover
- Shadows Of Destiny
- Shadows of the Empire (Star Wars)
- Sigh for a Merlin : Testing the Spitfire
- Silent Night: Midnight in Death/Unexpected Gift/Christmas Promise/Berry Merry Christmas (Christmas Anthology)
- Splash 9: Watercolor Secrets: The Best of Watercolor (Splash)
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