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The Healthy Navajo K'é Podcast is supported by Diné College, Northern Arizona University, and Arizona Department of Health Services. The podcast shares information and resources on Navajo infant, child, adolescent, maternal and overall family health.
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Book Preview: #1 When we become parents, we bring with us issues from our past that influence the way we parent our children. These issues can easily get triggered in the parent-child relationship, and our responses toward our children can be strong emotional reactions, impulsive behaviors, or distortions in our perceptions.
#2 I had similar experiences as a parent, and found that...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1978, I was asked to teach a thirteen-week course on marriage at my church. The topic was: what must a couple do to stay happily married. The book that resulted from this course, His Needs, Her Needs, was a bestseller and continues to be one of the most popular books on marriage today.
#2 The beginning of the end of the traditional nuclear family in America was in 1960, when I was 19 years old. I had been trying to become a marriage...
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Get the Summary of T.A. Williams' A Little Piece of Paradise in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Having worked in Rome for four years, Sophie's excited to revisit to Italy, even if it reignites memories of a cheating ex who soon learns of her return and wants to rekindle their spark. Sophie realises that distance does indeed make the heart grow fonder — but for her friend back home,...
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Get the Summary of Natalie Franke's Built to Belong in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Many of us feel more alone than ever despite living in the most connected society in human history. We need to belong in the same way that we need oxygen—our physical bodies require it. We perform better and have greater successes as individuals when we are connected to the collective.
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Get the Summary of William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer's The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he...
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Book Preview: #1 Louise Robinette was first attracted to David when he was seventeen and she was ten. They had secret hand-holding during fiery Pentecostal services at the Church of God in Princeton, West Virginia. She would later say she would marry him and have twelve children.
#2 King Turpin Jr. had a religious experience in Kentucky that led him to become a preacher, and he moved...
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Get the Summary of Lindsay C. Gibson's Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you probably still struggle with anger, sadness, resentment, or shame. As a child, your emotional needs were not met, your feelings were dismissed, and you likely took on adult...
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Book Preview: #1 You've been working on your relationship, hoping that love would be enough. But you've been agonizing over whether or not to stay. Now you're ready to make the choice that's been weighing on your heart.
#2 Leaving your relationship means finally freeing yourself from the confusion and pain that comes with it. It means getting on with a new and better life. Until now,...
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#1 The word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is more. They are normal children who are more intense, persistent, sensitive, and uncomfortable with change than other children. It's difficult to describe what it's like to be the parent of a spirited child, but it's worth it.
#2 Your intuition has been fighting the stares and the indictments brought...
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Get the Summary of Linda K. Murphy's Declarative Language Handbook in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Linda K. Murphy's "Declarative Language Handbook" is a comprehensive guide for educators, caregivers, and parents on the use of declarative language to support children with social learning difficulties. Murphy, inspired by her experiences as a Relationship Development Intervention® (RDI) Consultant and her work...
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#1 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We are the result of millions of tiny decisions made by our parents' parents' parents. Our choices today determine what kind of humans we will be tomorrow. Let's take a closer look at each of these statements. It is a meaningless statement if true, but it is far from...
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#1 I have suffered from narcissistic abuse, which means being abused by an individual who suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Such a person is pathologically self-absorbed, over-entitled, and caught up in feelings and behaviors that most adults never experience.
#2 I met someone who I believed was the perfect man for me. I was 35 years old, and he was...
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#1 The author's mother got a new job, and the author and his brother were left with a babysitter. The sitter shooed away a chicken that was chasing the author, and he spent the rest of the day inside the house trying to avoid contact with the bird again.
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#1 The Jassey Way provides a practical and safe alternative to baby sleep, minimizing those dreaded sleepless nights and allowing baby to enhance your life rather than upend it.
#2 The myth that babies need nighttime feedings is false. What is necessary is that the baby gets enough to eat during a twenty-four-hour period. The more a habit becomes ingrained in a newborn,...
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#1 High-quality coparenting is about parents supporting each other in their roles as parents, which helps them be better parents. Low-quality coparenting is about parents undermining each other in their roles as parents, which hurts them as parents. In the case of divorce, high-quality coparenting involves a parent supporting their ex in their role as a parent. Low-quality...
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Get the Summary of Ross W. Greene's Lost at School in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Lost at School" by Ross W. Greene presents a paradigm shift in addressing challenging behaviors in students. The book illustrates this through the story of Joey, a sixth-grader whose disruptive behavior stems from confusion over assignments. Greene critiques traditional disciplinary methods that view such children as attention-seeking...
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#1 When dealing with estranged families, I typically spend two to five sessions with each parent and child. I ask about their own childhood history, so I can learn about experiences they may be repeating or that continue to influence them.
#2 When it comes to making amends, parents must understand that the way they've been doing things isn't getting them what they want....
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Get the Summary of Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's HappyGoLucky in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "HappyGoLucky" by David Sedaris is a collection of personal anecdotes exploring family, aging, societal norms, and the human condition. Sedaris recounts visiting his sister Lisa and their trip to a firing range, reflecting on American gun culture. He discusses his father's decline and the peculiarities of life at an assisted living...
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Book Preview: #1 Your children are their own handbook. They are constantly giving you clues about who they are and the personalized parenting they need from you. By innate, inner self, I mean your child's natural quality of moving, thinking, feeling, and relating to the world.
#2 To grandparents, educators, and others who want to become a Child Whisperer: This book will give you the...
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