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Why Do I Care? When Others' Approval Matters Too Much
R88.81Retail: R111.01It is difficult and sometimes frightening not to have the good opinion of others. No one likes to face the possibility of rejection, humiliation, or opposition. Yet, making our goal others' approval confines us to a small world where life consists of...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Helping Children with Body Image: Teaching Them to See What God Sees
R88.81Retail: R111.01The world is streaming messages to children about what makes them valuable. Children learn early from TV, media, friends, and classmates that if they don't have the right size, weight, strength, and appearance, something is wrong with them. Children...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Stressed to the Max: Peace for Women Under Pressure
R88.81Retail: R111.01Does it seem like your to-do list always gets longer instead of shorter? Do you try to slow down but find yourself scrambling just to keep up? Stress is an unavoidable part of life, but it often seems you have more than your fair share. You can't...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Should We Get Married? How to Evaluate Your Relationship
R88.81Retail: R111.01You know you're in love Ð you always want to be together, and you think about each other all the time Ð but does that mean you're ready to get married? How do you decide if your relationship is strong enough for marriage? William P. Smith gives you a...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Helping Your Family Grieve: Lament and Remember Together
R88.81Retail: R111.01Grief is overwhelming, especially for children, who do not naturally know how to respond to loss. They need help to express the sadness, fear, and anger that comes after encountering death. Thankfully, God has given us a pathway through grief. He...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Miscarriage: You Are Not Alone
R88.81Retail: R111.01Anyone who has suffered through a miscarriage knows that it is one of the most painful experiences a woman can have. There's an emptiness inside that you cannot describe and that no one else seems to understand. How can you grieve so much for a person...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Social Anxiety: Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
R88.81Retail: R111.01"I'm just shy." You've worn the label for so long that it has become your identity. A counselor recently described it as social anxiety, but the new label does nothing to ease the pain. You wish you could feel "comfortable in your own skin" but instead,...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Grieving a Suicide: Help for the Aftershock
R88.81Retail: R111.01Someone you know and love has died. You feel the emptiness and sorrow of loss. That alone is extremely hard. But suicide adds many other painful reactions to the heartache that death brings. Common reactions are feelings of anger, guilt, betrayal, and...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Financial Crisis: What to Do When the Bottom Drops Out
R88.81Retail: R111.01Are you facing an unexpected financial crisis or anticipating the possibility of difficult times ahead? Financial problems happen for so many reasons, but right now the uncertainty of the future, coupled with unstable economic conditions, means that...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Eating Disorders: The Quest for Thinness
R88.81Retail: R111.01What started as an innocent diet has turned into a monster. You eat too little. You eat too much. You restrict. You binge. Some days you wish you could just forget about food. Can someone like you ever learn to eat normally? Edward T. Welch describes...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Children and Trauma: Equipping Parents and Caregivers
R88.81Retail: R111.01Children can experience trauma from a variety of experiences, including neglect, physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, death of a loved one, bullying, racial trauma, and more. Trauma occurs when children are exposed to an experience perceived as...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Suffering: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
R88.81Retail: R111.01Someone you love is ill, your child is in trouble, financial problems mount, you lost your job, your spouse left youÐthe list of troubles we experience is both uniquely difficult and depressingly similar. In this world we will suffer, Jesus promised...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Grieving with Hope: Walking with Jesus in Heartbreak
R88.81Retail: R111.01Are you facing a great loss? Perhaps a loved one or close friend has died. Great love brings great sorrow, and healthy sorrow recognizes the immensity of loss. But when death and loss come close, the temptation toward despair and hopelessness is often...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Help! My Spouse Committed Adultery: First Steps for Dealing with Betrayal
R88.81Retail: R111.01Your spouse was unfaithful. Those four words don't begin to do justice to the horror you are experiencing. Rage, fear, grief, and even numbness are all normal responses to the shock of betrayal. The pain of betrayal is like touching a hot stove. Your...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
When to Get My Kid a Phone: Navigating the Tensions
R88.81Retail: R111.01Determining when to get your child a smartphone is a complicated yet critical decision. Parents today are facing new challenges as technology and our children's access to it gives rise to new worries and concerns. Thoughtful parents wonder how to...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Parenting Your ADHD Child: Biblical Guidance for Your Child's Diagnosis
R88.81Retail: R111.01If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, don't give up hope! No diagnosis can negate the fact that your child is made in the image of God. You can help your child, as one of God's image bearers, to deal with the behaviors associated with ADHD. The Bible...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Help for Your Extreme Mood Swings
R88.81Retail: R111.01Everyone feels better some days than others, but some people struggle with exaggerated and unrestrained mood swings. These kinds of mood swings have come to be known as mania, manic-depression, or bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is confusing and...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Helping Students with Same-Sex Attraction: Guidance for Parents and Youth Leaders
R88.81Retail: R111.01A student sits in your office and shares about his or her struggles with same-sex attraction. Or perhaps it's your child asking you for help. What can you say or do that will bring the gospel into this struggle? Cooper Pinson begins by helping parents...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Children and Divorce: Helping When Life Interrupts
R88.81Retail: R111.01Sadness, depression, anger, fear, anxiety, loyalty conflicts; your children are struggling with at least some of these emotions after your divorce. To make things even more difficult, you are struggling too. How do you help your child cope with the...R88.81Retail: R111.01 -
Teens and Suicide: Recognizing the Signs and Sharing Hope
R88.81Retail: R111.01Many teenagers are not navigating adolescence successfully. Often, even though they have material things, the latest electronics, and spending money, they can be stressed, unhappy, and feel directionless. For an increasing number of teenagers, their...R88.81Retail: R111.01
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