Showing results by publisher "Brook Forest Voices" in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

Julia Spencer takes the reader into her dreams, her fears, her hopes, her deepest private thoughts, and her most candid responses to her shrinking visual world. With humor and a feisty yet surprisingly gentle attitude, she begins to accept vision loss, welcoming her guide dog, Irene, into her life and discovering through that keyhole-sized remnant of vision a deeper understanding of her husband and family and world.

From the Edge of the Cliff: Understanding the Two Phases of Recovery and Becoming the Person You're Meant to Be provides addicts with practical lessons on how to understand and successfully navigate the two phases of recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction. However, it is also a remarkably touching, real-life story of someone who has used these same lessons to maintain 28 years of successful recovery. This audiobook contains an entire section on the hazards of drugs prescribed by physicians not well versed in addiction recovery.

In the years leading up to the 1950's, there were no resources for the challenged. They were placed in asylums or back rooms and left to die. They were never talked about or acknowledged. They were the silent children. The ones no one wanted. The ones who were never given a chance to live. Yvonne Mason tells the story of Stan, her brother, who was never supposed to succeed. He was supposed to fail.

Do Not Force It, TAP THE GOOD embraces mystery, humor, philosophy, and metaphysics to inspire, coming at a time when many in the world are experiencing personal, emotional and economic challenges. Mankind has insisted upon devising a God with a whole set of moral attributes, but moral implies conflict with immoral. God couldn’t possibly be either. That dissection is but man’s making. Since each human being is a living embodiment of God, we have the power to create the life desired.

With our finite scrutiny, Life's adventure can at times appear to be much more of a threat than an invitation. Even so, we do not need to figure anything out or try harder to find our joy and happiness. The truth is we have only to trust! When we let go of our perceived limitations we free the fear that still harbors within us from childhood. We are not here to prove anything! We've been given this Life to learn to unveil ourselves and to shine our brilliant light! 

Love and Common Sense is the award-winning collection of 70 intriguing short stories. These stories are a blend of business, economics, and extravagant compassion that give lucid and dramatic insights into the selfless activities and adventures of Dr. James W. Jackson. Dr. Jackson is a gifted storyteller who draws his unique insights from his millions of miles of travel and his personal visits to over 150 countries.