Welcome to the world of parenting teens. This new era is about enduring intermittent bouts of contempt and not taking it personally. It's about picking the fights that are worth having because through them your kids get to know who you are as a person, what you stand for and what you won't tolerate.
This book will teach you to value your life story and write it for the benefit of others. You will learn to develop trust, build confidence and find your creative triggers. The author's techniques for lifewriting developed over a decade of teaching, and here she shares a myriad of tools for overcoming your fears, so that your true voice can emerge.
For those aspiring to share their personal narratives, this guide offers a structured approach to transforming thoughts into compelling stories. It provides practical tips and exercises to inspire creativity and overcome writer's block. With a focus on storytelling techniques, readers will learn how to craft engaging narratives that resonate with others, making the journey of writing accessible and fulfilling. Ideal for beginners, this resource encourages self-expression and the exploration of one's unique experiences.
At 34, Faith feels disillusioned with love, burdened by her job at a women's crisis center and the struggles of those around her. A chance encounter at a veterinary clinic leads her to confront her own emotional pain and uncover hidden family secrets. As she navigates her journey of self-discovery, Faith learns the crucial lesson that true healing and understanding must begin within before she can help others. This transformative experience reshapes her perspective on love and self-acceptance.
The narrative explores the journey of a woman approaching her fortieth birthday, reflecting on her life choices, including marriage, motherhood, and relocation to a new country. It delves into the emotional and physical baggage accumulated over the years, offering insights into personal growth and the complexities of life transitions.
Based on true conversations with real women, The Secret Mothers' Club is a funny, irreverent and often heartbreaking look at women, friendships and motherhood. It is a regular reunion for eight very different women, with very different lives, secrets and fantasies.
"We cannot get enough of doomed lovers separated by betrayal, taboo and violence as long as they stay on the screen or the page. In our own beds we want the Hollywood ending. But despite the hype, relationships are tumbling like a proverbial rock fall. But all around us, divorce statistics rocket as the hopes of lonely singles plummet. In an age of financial and political uncertainty, love is the only thing left to believe in. So why do we give up on it so easily? Through interlocking stories that are moving, funny and all too familiar, Joanne Fedler and Graeme Friedman combine their years of personal and professional experience to tackle the toughest of questions around intimacy. This book will change the way you see yourself, and how you think about long-term love. Finding and keeping intimacy is a massive challenge. But it is not impossible, once you know the secrets."--P. [4] of cover.
Mia is in Bosnia as a journalist when she is summoned by Asher, the man she blames for her father's death. In his dying moments, Asher returns the dreamcloth to her, a patchwork of beads and lace he stole when she was just a child. The cloth, woven by a seamstress in a grim shtetl in Lithuania, holds the mystery of a forbidden love affair of Mia's grandmother Maya, as she fled the anti-Semitism of Europe in the 1920's. Mia returns to her homeland South Africa, on the eve of the first democratic elections where she grapples to make sense of the injustices, absences and hauntings of her childhood. What happened to her artist father Issey, her nanny Sarafina, and her best friend Grace? The dreamcloth with its 'glimmer of blue silk, a moon of filigree lace and woven cobblestones of amber, ' holds the answers to all that has been lost. Fedler weaves together the present, past and distant past in a stirring epic of family secrets handed down from generation to generation, and ghosts that will not let go of the living.
Focusing on the challenges of parenting teenagers, the book offers a humorous and candid perspective on navigating the complexities of maturity and support. Fedler emphasizes the importance of imperfect parenting, suggesting that mistakes can lead to meaningful conversations. She provides insights on managing feelings of contempt, choosing battles wisely, and experiencing the emotional rollercoaster of raising adolescents, from frustration to elation, highlighting the transformative nature of the parenting journey.
Focusing on personal transformation, this poetry collection features fifty works reflecting on pivotal moments in life, marking the author's journey as she celebrates her 50th birthday. Themes of motherhood, solitude, writing, and death explore profound questions about identity and existence. Each poem captures transitions and realizations, often highlighting the tension between endings and new beginnings, as the author navigates the complexities of change and self-discovery.