Audio Recording by Adele Montesano:Taking Care of You Through The Process of Divorce.

Audio Recording by Adele Montesano: Tips on the best ways to Deal with your Children in a separation or divorce

 

Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child By Isolina Ricci, PhD. To get past the pain of separation to create a healthy co-parenting relationship and showing how to set the foundation for successful two-home parenting, including setting limits and respecting roles.

Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford. For more on how divorce can be a positive spiritual experience.

 

Uncovering the Divine Within By Kerri Kannan. She immersed herself in opening up to prosperity, letting go of the fear of lack, and understanding her need to be taken care of by others, one reason she married her well to do husband, instead of trusting herself. As she explored her inner world, she found the courage to let go of a marriage that was stifling her spirit as she dealt with her husband's addiction to alcohol.

Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss PhD. When painful emotions and psychological problems are not dealt with properly, they manifest as disease in the body. This book helps you to understand physical pain in a spiritual sense. It offers a nice introduction to the Chakras, comparing them to Christian doctrines and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life.

 

The Art of Happiness By The Dalai Lama and Howard C.Cutler. This book of Dalai Lama wisdom is different than the rest - it was co-written by a western psychologist. Eastern philosophies get explained in the context of American culture, which makes it a great introduction to Buddhism. The Dalai Lama says the purpose of life is to be happy, and the way to happiness is through compassion.

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself By Melody Beattie. Codependency is often associated with alcoholism and is a common problem in any emotionally addictive relationship. Failure to get past power struggles is a major reason many relationships fail. If the struggle is rooted in codependency, it takes awareness and strength to break free.

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. An honest look at the current state of humanity. He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity. Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are-which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are-and learn to live and breathe freely.

 

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir starts at rock bottom - sobbing on the bathroom floor, snot pouring out of her nose, in an empty marriage and feeling lost and trapped. She realizes she is in a marriage she doesn't want to be a part of, and after an ugly divorce and a whirlwind relationship with a younger man, she realizes she has never figured out who she was and has simply attached and molded herself to every man she has ever been with. Sound familiar? To those who admit it, many women can identify with Gilbert's plight. From Italy to India to Bali, Gilbert's journey is fascinating and dynamic.

 

Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends by Dr. B. Fisher and Dr. R. Alberti. Supportive step-by-step program for putting your life back together. This book helps to pick up the pieces.

 

Broken Open How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser. A beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? She draws on the world's great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.

 

It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt. Some things can't and shouldn't be fixed. It's over for a reason, and deep down inside you probably know what that reason is. Starting today, you're not the kind of woman who settles for broken, or hangs on to damaged goods, be it a radio, a pair of shoes, or a relationship! It's time to get rid of all the broken stuff you've been lugging around, and make the bold decision to start looking for stuff that works.

 

How Did I Get Here? by Barbara DeAngelis. It's a groundbreaking inspirational handbook for anyone of any age going through change, challenge, or reevaluation in any aspect of life. It is about finding your way to renewed hope and happiness from where ever you are. Be masterfully guided through an understanding of your own life lessons and teaches you how to use whatever you're going through as a springboard for regeneration and rebirth.

 

Emotional Blackmail by Susan Forward, PhD. When the people in your life use fear, obligation and guilt to manipulate you, Susan Forward provides in a clear no-nonsense style, outlines the specific steps readers can take, offering checklists, practice scenarios, and concrete communication techniques that will strengthen relationships and break the blackmail cycle for good.

 

Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Laurie Hartman and Nancy Vogl. Being a single parent can sometimes seem overwhelming. But the joys and triumphs of this special responsibility are incalculable. Whether you are a single parent because of divorce or widowhood, by choice or by surprise, you are part of an extraordinary club, shouldering the many obligations and responsibilities of parenting alone.

 

Transitions : Making Sense of Life's Changes by William Bridges. Transitions takes readers step-by-step through the three perilous stages of any transition, explaining how each stage can be understood and embraced. Offering an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap for successfully navigating change and moving into a hopeful future.

 

Controlling People How to Recognize, Understand and Deal with People Who Try to Control You by Patricia Evans. Patricia Evans tackles the "controlling personality", and reveals how and why these people try to run other people's lives. She also explains the compulsion that makes them continue this behavior - even as they alienate others and often lose those they love..

 

Clean Break How to divorce with Dignity and move on with your life by Karen Stewart. This book is written by the Founder & CEO of Fairway Divorce Solutions Ltd. And goes on to tell of her own harrowing story of divorce. Her experience led her to believe that there had to be a better way to end a marriage and get on with her life. Her ideas and vision evolved into Fairway Divorce Solutions,(Registered), which provides a model for divorce with dignity and an end to traditional divorce. More and more Canadians have started turning to this new divorce approach to help them transition to new beginnings.

 

Eliminating Stress, finding inner peace by Brian L. Weiss, M.D.. This is an important step on the healing journey. Stress is a mental state that can cause severe negative emotional and physical consequences. It can be entirely eliminated, or at least greatly lessened, by adjusting our understanding and attitudes, and by learning simple, yet very effective, relaxation techniques. Comes with an accompanying stress-reduction CD. To help you deeply relax.