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Top 10 Best Failing Relationship Books

Top 10 Failing Relationship Books 2012

These are the top resources for relationships that have suffered broken trust, betrayal and breakup. Regain self-confidence, love, romance and learn to trust again.

1. I Love You But I Don’t Trust You	6. Red Flags of Love Fraud
2. Getting Past Your Breakup	7. How To Believe In Love Again
3. Don’t Call That Man!: A Survival Guide	8. The Courage to Trust: A Guide
4. Beyond Boundaries: Learning to Trust Again	9. Trust Betrayal: Dealing with breach of trust
5. Daring to Trust: Opening to Real Love	10. When Love Stumbles: How to Rediscover Love

1. I Love You But I Don’t Trust You: The Complete Guide to Restoring Trust in Your Relationship

Price: $9.99

Is my relationship worth saving? Will the trust ever come back? How can things be good between us again?
Whether broken trust is due to daily dishonesties, a monumental betrayal, or even a history of hurts from the past, it can put a relationship at risk. This is the first book to show you exactly what to do to restore trust in your relationship, regardless of how it was damaged.
In this complete guide, couples therapist Mira Kirshenbaum will also help you understand the stages by which trust strengthens when the rebuilding process is allowed to take place. And you will learn how the two of you can avoid the mistakes that prevent healing and discover how to feel secure with each other again.

2. Getting Past Your Breakup

Price: $9.66

It’s over—and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you can move past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it! Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out. Getting Past Your Breakup is a proven roadmap for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce. Through her workshops and popular blog, Susan Elliott has helped thousands of clients and readers transform their love lives. Now, she’ll help you put your energy back where it belongs—on you.

3. Don’t Call That Man!: A Survival Guide to Letting Go

Price: $7.69

There is life after a failed relationship, as long as you Don’t Call That Man!. In this inspirational, revolutionary guide to letting go and moving on after the trauma of a breakup, psychotherapist Rhonda Findling teaches women how to triumph over the almost obsessive urge to pick up the phone.

With its prescriptive, easy-to-follow approach, Don’t Call That Man! is an indispensable tool for weathering the pain of heartbreak. It features simple exercises that provide an emotional outlet for a difficult process; charts that schedule free time away from the telephone; and much more, including:

-Moving on from a ruined relationship
-What is an ambivalent man, and how do you get over him?
-Mothers, fathers and men
-Building and using a support system
-The 10-Step program to not call that man

Step-by-step, from heartache to healing, Don’t Call That Man! is a map on how to heal the pain of a lost love; how to overcome feelings of neediness and desperation; and above all, how to regain focus on what’s important and it’s not calling that man. It’s the perfect book to embrace on the way to a new and more gratifying relationship.

4. Beyond Boundaries: Learning to Trust Again in Relationships

Price: $8.00

How do you know you’re ready to trust again … and what does it take to be ready? Painful relationships violate our trust, causing us to close our hearts. But to experience the freedom and love God designed us for, we eventually have to take another risk. In this breakthrough book, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend takes you beyond the pain of the past to discover how to re-enter a life of intimate relationships. Whether you’re trying to restore a current relationship or begin a new one, Townsend gives practical tools for establishing trust and finding the intimacy you long for. Beyond Boundaries will help you reinstate closeness with someone who broke your trust; discern when true change has occurred; reestablish appropriate connections in strained relationships; create a safe environment that helps you trust; and restore former relationships to a healthy dynamic. You can move past relational pain to trust again. Beyond Boundaries will show you how.

5. Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

Price: $8.61

Most relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it’s fear of commitment, insecurity, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling, the real obstacle is a fundamental lack of trust—both in ourselves and in our partner.

Daring to Trust offers key insights and practical exercises for exploring and addressing our trust issues in relationships. Topics include:

How we learn early in life to trust others (or not to trust them)
Why we fear trusting
Developing greater trust in ourselves as the basis for trusting others
How to know if someone is trustworthy
Naïve trust vs. healthy, adult trust
What to do when trust is broken

Ultimately, Richo explains, we must develop trust in four directions: toward ourselves, toward others, toward life as it is, and toward a higher power or spiritual path. These four types of trust are not only the basis of healthy relationships, they are also the foundation of emotional well-being and freedom from fear

6. Red Flags of Love Fraud – 10 signs you’re dating a sociopath

Price: $9.99

You’ve met someone new—someone charming, charismatic and sexy, who has so much in common with you! Oh, sometimes the story doesn’t quite add up, and you feel a little rushed, but this person is head over heels in love with you! Calling all the time! Sending texts and emails! Already talking about forever!

Is it love—or predation? “Red Flags of Love Fraud — 10 signs you’re dating a sociopath,” has the answers.

The author is Donna Andersen, who is also author of Lovefraud.com. Andersen coined the term “love fraud,” and defines it as “the intentional exploitation of an individual through manipulating emotions in a personal relationship.” The people who engage in love fraud, she says, are sociopaths.

No, a sociopath is not always a deranged serial killer—that’s media hype. These people are social predators, who live their lives by exploiting others. Three million to 12 million sociopaths live among us in America. Most are not in jail—they roam freely through all segments of society. They like company, and they really like sex, so sociopaths are always on the hunt for a hookup.

This book explains how sociopaths target and pursue romantic relationships, which are inevitably exploitative relationships. The information is based on more than 2,800 cases that Andersen has collected through Lovefraud.com, and on the results of two Internet surveys completed by Lovefraud readers who loved and lived with these human predators.

RED FLAGS OF LOVE FRAUD explains:
• The top 10 signs of sociopathic suitors (Number One: charisma and charm)
• Why anyone is vulnerable—especially powerful women
• The dangers of online dating
• Why there’s no such thing as “just sex”
• Three steps everyone can take to protect themselves from love fraud

For the first time, “Red Flags of Love Fraud” explains how sociopaths seduce their targets, what makes people vulnerable, and how to avoid these human predators. It’s a must-read book for anyone who is looking for a partner—and anyone who is mystified by the partner they have.

7. How To Believe In Love Again: Opening to Forgiveness, Trust and Your Own Inner Wisdom

Price: $6.99

Most of us start out believing that love can transform our lonely existence into something better. When that doesn’t work out as hoped for or planned, do we dare dream again? How do we get past early, disillusioning experiences which stand solidly in our path to ever believing in love again?

Based on both her professional and personal experiences, Laura Lee Carter, also known as the “Midlife Crisis Queen” online, here weaves together theory, inspiration and practical advice, to help you become a private detective in service to your own self- awareness and personal development. If you wish to gather a deeper understanding of why you fear love so much, and then search out those experiences in your past that have kept you feeling stuck for so long, this book can help.

Together we will explore those negative experiences from your past where you lost your trust in others. Only by first raising your awareness of sensitive areas around your own personal roadblocks like shame, trust, and forgiveness, and then creating new ways to work through past emotional obstacles, is it now possible to access a healthier belief in all that love might have to offer you now.

8. The Courage to Trust: A Guide to Building Deep and Lasting Relationships

Price: $9.99

You’re probably familiar with the old saying, once bitten, twice shy. It describes a painful uncertainty many of us feel every day as we try to engage with other people. Acts of betrayal from our pasts can lead us into long cycles of wariness and mistrust. An inability to trust wisely can lead us to loneliness and isolation, or worse—putting our trust in the wrong people too easily.

The good news is that the ability to trust is both a choice and a skill that you can develop. You do not have to be controlled by the past. To a child, trust is a feeling that comes and goes, always under the influence of other people. Only as an adult can you learn how and when to trust more wisely. This book is a warm and friendly guide to achieving greater self-confidence and deeper levels of intimacy and trust.

Helped along by the book’s exercises and ideas for self-reflection, you’ll begin to develop new patterns of trust. Start by getting comfortable trusting your own instincts. Then, experiment with developing relationships based on mutual trust and curiosity. Learn from and then let go of old betrayals that have impaired your trust-building skills, and approach the rest of your life with a renewed sense of purpose and belonging.

9. Trust Betrayal: Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learn how to trust again

Price: $8.97

In Trust Betrayal, Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learn how to trust again the author explores the many types of betrayals that can take place in one’s life, how the pain from these experiences can block the suffering victims from untold peace, love and prosperity, how to promote healing and re-engage good fortune and how to live a happier, more productive and better life.

No stranger to the emotional pain of betrayal, the author helps the reader discover how the relationship enabled the transgressor to conduct the breach of trust in the first place. Though thorough self-examination, documentation and analysis, helps the victim regain control of their life.

The emotional pain from failed relationships can cause the injured party’s life to implode, giving way to depression and stagnation. By using the techniques provided in Trust Betrayal, Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learning to trust again, the author coaches readers through effective visualization exercises and rituals that will assist victims of betrayal to not only get back on track, but to excel in a positive future with renewed spiritual energy and awakening.

Covering a wide-range of possible betrayal of trust, no stone is left unturned, and these strategies can be applied to any type of emotional assault that has resulted in broken trust; anything from broken contracts to failed marriages. Transgressions are turned into episodic growth spurts, leading to a general understanding of the human condition, while bolstering self-growth.

The catastrophic breach of trust, once thought of as a major negative experience, can be translated into an empowering time of spiritual growth that can catapult the afflicted into a new life of love, happiness, generosity, forgiveness and renewed faith in endless possibilities.

If you’ve suffered a betrayal at the hands of another, you can reclaim your life, and enjoy the best this life has to offer by following the guidelines set forth in Trust Betrayal, Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learn how to trust again, by David M. Masters.

10. When Love Stumbles: How to Rediscover Love, Trust, and Fulfillment in your Relationship

Price: $9.87

Discover the 8 Most Common Ways Love Stumbles and What to Do About Them

Falling in love is easy. Staying deeply committed to your relationship, even when love stumbles, is the greater challenge. Eight major stumbling blocks can cause even the most passionate couples to drift apart-and chances are, if you’re in a committed relationship, you’ve brushed up against at least a few of these. When Love Stumbles offers a plan for reversing problematic relationship patterns by making simple changes to your everyday habits. You’ll find that these small but important steps will help your relationship find its footing once again.

Remove the eight major stumbling blocks:

End disillusionment and find fulfillment
Banish boredom by adding excitement to your relationship
Turn destructive conflicts into constructive challenges
Shift your focus from self-preservation to putting your partner first
Stop struggling solo and start operating as a team
Go from feeling like you’re on trial to feeling unconditionally loved
Instead of pursuing outside interests, recommit to each other
Different dreams? Find common ground in new mutual goals

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Top 10 Best Timeshare Books September 2012

Want to learn how to get the most out of your timeshare, or want to sell it fast?

1. RCI Points User Guide	6. The Truth About Timeshares
2. Timeshare Tips & Tricks	7. Money-Saving Timeshares Investing Tips
3. Used Timeshares: A Guide	8. Top Dollar for Your Timeshare
4. Timeshare Whisperer to the Rescue	9. Simplifying Timeshare Vacation Ownership
5. Profiting From Timeshares	10. Interval Ownership Wisdom The Book

1. RCI Points User Guide: Tips, Tricks and Secrets – A practical guide to understanding and using RCI Points

Price: $12.95

From a history of timeshare and a history of RCI through the use of RCI points in both weeks and points environments. Emphasis also placed on instant exchange, last call, Getaway vacations and Platinum Points

The author has extensive experience in the timeshare industry and has worked for four of the major timeshare companies. He also worked for a timeshare resale company and understands the in’s and outs of time share resales including the advantages and disadvantages of same. Allen Kelley attended the Duke University School of Creative Writing and Rochester Institute of Technology. He has had numerous magazine articles published and also published the Florida Disaster Recovery Newsletter. Allen also wrote a PC technology column for a popular newspaper for a period of time.

2. Timeshare Tips & Tricks: Stay at five star resorts for pennies, eliminate maintenance costs, trade, what to do when you don’t want it anymore.

List Price: $19.95
Price: $17.95
You Save: $2.00 (10%)

This is a how to guide that explains in detail how to best utilize any timeshare. Written by a timeshare insider. This book gives you detailed instructions on how to do everything with your timeshare from renting it, to trading to 5 Star Resorts, selling it, as well as getting reservations you never thought possible! This book will help anyone who is familiar with the industry or anyone who owns any type of timeshare no matter who the developer is.

I began my career 10 years ago in the timeshare industry in the heart of the strip in Las Vegas Nevada. Starting out I worked for the first developer of timeshare industry which is now currently the 2nd largest private developer in the world. During my years I have worked in various different aspects of the industry and self-educated myself with all the information available through these companies as well as online books and courses. One of my first experiences in the industry was selling timeshare re-sales, where we charged people an upfront listing fee to sell their units. After this I became aware the company I was working for along with nearly every other was scamming owners out of their hard earned money. This job made me aware of the fact that nearly every timeshare owner would like to sell their timeshare or rent it at some point in their life, but there were few legitimate resources for them to turn to. Starting around 5 years ago I began a career as an in-house sales professional for one of the top private developers in the industry. During my first two years I was the number one sales agent in the entire corporation. During this time I talked to thousands of timeshare owners and found out their needs and concerns and how they would best like them handled. Progressing through my career I went into sales management and have lastly moved to the largest developer Wyndham Vacation Ownership. After dealing with owners of various different programs I had many more owners all with similar concerns. Because of the lack of knowledge and training the developers give timeshare owners many owners do not know how to use their property to their full advantage. I have written my book and started my accompanying business to bring honesty and ethics to the secondary market. My goal is to make sure as many people as possible never fall prey to a scam again and find legitimate and easy ways to use their packages to their fullest advantage.

3. Used Timeshares: A Guide to Buying, Using, Exchanging, Renting, and Disposing of Timeshares

Price: $14.50

Buying timeshares doesn’t have to be complicated. But you do need to know more about them before purchasing indiscriminately. If you don’t educate yourself, you could end up paying too much for a property that you don’t really enjoy. Even if you are happy with your choice, you may find it difficult to rent, exchange, or sell your unit when the time comes for you to enjoy a new version of paradise. Fortunately, this guidebook takes away the mystery from buying, exchanging, renting, and disposing of timeshares. You’ll find out everything you need to know, including: • how to avoid scams and save money on timeshares; • how to get the most enjoyment out of your stay; • how to exchange timeshares in order to experience new destinations; • how to escape unwanted ownership commitments. Written by a pro who makes it a point to enjoy all corners of the globe, this guidebook provides the definitive answers you’ll need to select the vacation spots that you’ll enjoy the most and that will maintain their value the best.

4. Timeshare Whisperer to the Rescue: Eliminate Maintenance Fees! Discover the Secerts of Selling, Buying, Rental, Bartering

List Price: $12.95
Price: $11.21
You Save: $1.74 (13%)

A descriptive and enlightening journey through the ins and outs of timeshare. Learn how to eliminate maintenance fees, exchange company membership and booking fees. Learn how to sell, buy, rent or trade your timeshare. A valuable and must have tool for anyone interested in the secrets of timeshare. For the past twelve years we have been teaching the owners and would be owners of timeshare the secrets of selling, buying, renting, and bartering of a timeshare. You are about to learn how to leverage your timeshare and make a small fortune with it! Could a technique that is thousands of years old be the key to turning your timeshare into a winning lottery ticket? The following pages are whispering secrets that will guide you through the do’s and don’ts of timeshare. You will soon understand why our students have such great success with their timeshare ownership, and rarely do they consider giving up that ownership. If you feel you are stuck in Timeshare level 101, after learning the tools in this book you will be ready for graduation. Frustrated or confused about what to do with your timeshare? This book gives you buying tips, selling tips, and even more importantly, it explains how to leverage a timeshare and possibly make a small fortune with it. Learn tricks of the trade from insiders and amazing facts very few people know about. Herein you will discover secrets of the timeshare industry known to very few. You will discover how to get the best use out of your timeshare ownership and put money right back into your pocket! Whether you are considering buying a timeshare, selling a timeshare, or if you just want the biggest bang for the buck out of your existing ownership, the answers are here. If you’re sick and tired of maintenance fees, if you have a hard time getting the exchanges you want, and, if you want to know how to stretch your one week of ownership into three, four, or more weeks of vacation each and every year, then read on. Many think that they “have what they have” and that is it. This is so far from reality. This book explains how to leverage a timeshare! If you use only one simple tip from this book, we guarantee it will be worth many times the amount you paid for it. Isn’t a great “ah-ha!” moment worth the price of a good lunch? Maintenance or H.O.A. fees from your home resort never stop. Exchange company membership and exchange fees keep adding up. Keep your hard earned money in your pocket. Use the tools available, then smile and wave goodbye to those never ending timeshare related bills. See how one family leveraged their $25,000 timeshare to a value of over $172,000 in just ten years! Even those that have owned since the ‘70’s can learn a few tricks with this information. Seem to get your exchange requests declined more often than not? Search results never seem to come up with a match? Regardless of the system you’re in, learn how to achieve greater success and get maximum results. “Knowledge is Power” Let’s give you some power!

5. Profiting From Timeshares In A Striving Economy: How to easily and successfully find and buy timeshares for sale and then make a profit from it!

Price: $15.95

If you are a family or an individual who goes on vacation on a regular basis simply to enjoy life, then investing in timeshares can be a really good decision! Timeshares are now the next preference to the expensive cost of hotel stays or owning a vacation home. Buying a timeshare is buying vacation property ownership for the right to use it at an agreed specified time period. Is it right for you? Does it make any financial sense to buy? How do you go about buying? Where do you look for prime vacation spots worthy of your investment money? How do you take full advantage of its investment value? Is it wise to buy in these hard economic times? You will find all of the answers to these questions in this book and more. So go ahead, choose your favorite vacation destination and invest wisely on timeshares, then profit from this investment even in this troubled economy.

6. The Truth About Timeshares: What is a timeshare? (Volume 1)

Price: $14.97

As a timeshare owner, you may have many questions as to what you really own. With the uncertainties of what a timeshare contract really is, you have lingering puzzle pieces in your mind, and are trying to fit them together with inaccurate or misleading information. The secrets of the timeshare industry are revealed in my book, The Truth About Timeshares. The timeshare resale market is saturated with timeshares for sale, but there are simply no takers these days! Many timeshare owners are questioning the truth about their timeshare interval ownership, whether they own with Wyndham or Worldmark, or at a diamond resort. Why is the timeshare resale market declining, yet maintenance fees are rising more than ever before? What is a special assessment?No matter what exchange companies they use; whether they exchange their week through RCI or Interval International, they are questioning why their interval exchange is so difficult. Many timeshare owners ask, “What is a vacation club?”, “What is a timeshare contract, and what does it really entail?” After years of ownership with non-use, and several listing attempts with no results, many owners are asking “How to sell my timeshare?” or simply “How do I get out of my timeshare?” These are just a few questions among many, and all the answers are revealed in my book, The Truth About Timeshares!

7. Money-Saving Timeshares Investing Tips: Basic Information About Timeshares Plus Good Strategies For Selling Timeshares So You Can Sell Your Timeshare … And Get Back Huge Profit From Your Investment

Price: $15.95

You are perhaps contemplating on buying timeshares in some part of the country or the world. You question, with the down economy is it a worthy investment at all? Or maybe you’ve already invested on timeshare property that you meant to use for vacation getaways but it’s nowadays, most of the time, not in use and yet you keep paying for the monthly and annual fees. And so, you think of selling it or renting it out to obtain much-needed money or to get your initial investment back. Timeshares can be very worthwhile investments. It is not only a practical piece of real estate for the reason that it is a residence standing by whenever you are ready to go on holiday. More importantly, you can really obtain a hefty profit from it when you sell the property or rent it out. This book will give out some of the following tips and more: 1. Foresight in location is important. We all know that in real estate, properties in major tourist destinations are pricey. If you’re buying timeshares, you might want to consider less popular locations but with the potential to grow big in years to come. This way, you’ve saved a lot of money in buying the property but earn a hefty return by the time you want to sell or rent out. 2. Do your research. Investing wisely requires common sense and shrewdness. Before finalizing any contract, be sure to make inquiries to evaluate several properties and investigate all there is to know about the property you plan to buy.

8. Top Dollar for Your Timeshare – How to buy or sell your timeshare for the best price

Price: $20.00

You can sell your timeshare, if you know how. Top Dollar for Your Timeshare will help you to understand the process and the methods used by sellers in-the-know. So, if you’ve ever asked, “How can I sell my timeshare?” With this book, you can get the best price for your timeshare. When you want to get out of, or transfer, your timeshare – for whatever reason – you want it done quickly. Also includes how to get the best price when purchasing a timeshare. Invaluable information for timeshare buyers and sellers.

9. Simplifying Timeshare: Vacation Ownership-The Complete How To

Price: $21.49

This book comes from personal experience, both as a long time timeshare owner and from selling vacation ownership. What prompted this book? Well, for too many years I have listened to too many people whom, for whatever reasons have a negative impression about the timeshare or vacation ownership industry. As an owner I inevitably found myself asking them why. The reasons varied from ?they do not work? to ?we cannot afford it.? For those folks this book will open your eyes. The second reason was for all those owners who honestly do not have a clue as to what they own. I wanted to let people understand something that they did not already know or have simply forgotten. Having been a timeshare owner for over twenty-five years I understand, and have experienced, the public perception of the industry. I have also seen it change dramatically during that time. However, it was during my first few years in Mexico when I sold timeshare that I came to understand, and appreciate, the real public perception of the industry. From these experiences I realized that the industry could use a simple ?how to? and ?why? book. The book is written in a simple, straight forward manner that is easy to understand. The book covers the history, marketplace, the players, the IN?s and Out?s of attending a sales presentation, of buying one — good and bad, legislation and much more. A quick, easy read it contains personal stories and antidotes, and easy, self awareness quizzes for you to do. By the end you will know whether or not timeshare is right for your lifestyle.

10. Interval Ownership Wisdom The Book About Vacation TimeSharing

Price: $15.69

There are only so many options available for vacationing. These include: owning a vacation home outright, pay as you go and stay at hotels & motels, camping or rving or motor homing, possibly staying with friends or family and timeshare or interval ownership. Interval ownership, hereafter referred to as timeshare, is where you receive all the same benefits of vacation home ownership, but you will generally own the week or two that you use.

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Top 10 Best Healing Broken Heart Books July 2012

These are the top resources for healing from a broken heart and learning how to attract a true loving partner.

1. Getting Past Your Breakup	6. Mars and Venus Starting Over
2. How to Survive the Loss of a Love	7. Don’t Call That Man! Survival Guide
3. The Journey from Abandonment to Healing	8. The Wisdom of a Broken Heart
4. When It All Falls Apart: Find healing…	9. Transcending Post-infidelity Stress Disorder (PISD)
5. How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days	10. Trust Betrayal: Healing and learn how to trust again

1. Getting Past Your Breakup: How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You

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Price: $10.17
You Save: $4.78 (32%)

It’s over—and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you canmove past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it! Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out.

Getting Past Your Breakupis a proven roadmap for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce. Through her workshops and popular blog, Susan Elliott has helped thousands of clients and readers transform their love lives. Now, she’ll help you put your energy back where it belongs—on you. Her plan includes:

• The rules of disengagement: how and why to go “no contact” with your ex • How to work through grief, move past fear, and take back your life • The secret to breaking the pattern of failed relationships • What to do when you can’t stop thinking about your ex, texting, calling, checking social networking sites, or driving by the house

Complete with inspiring stories from real people and strategies to jump-start the moving-on process, Getting Past Your Breakup is the most effective plan for getting permanently past a breakup, getting your confidence back, and opening yourself to true love.

An estimated 43 percent of marriages in the U.S. end in separation or divorce, a grim reminder that most all of us experiences at least one painful breakup in our lifetimes; speaker and certified grief therapist Elliot has come to understand that many aren’t successful in overcoming that pain, which can stall anyone’s personal and professional life indefinitely. Using her personal experience and stories from her practice, Elliott provides sound advice for those still driving by the ex’s house or obsessed with self-blame. She advises a cold-turkey, “No Contact” blanket rule, but doesn’t ignore the reality of situations involving mutual friends or a shared workplace, and provides seven rules for making things easier on the kids. As the end of a relationship can be much like the death of a loved one, Elliott also reviews the grief process and its importance in processing loss. While working through grief and putting time into serious self-examination won’t necessarily “transform your life into everything you’ve always wanted it to be,” the payoff should be steady progress toward a mended heart, a clear conscience and a stronger sense of self.

2. How to Survive the Loss of a Love

Price: $7.95

One of the most directly helpful books on the subject of loss ever written, the first edition of this comforting and inspiring book, published in 1976, sold nearly two million copies. This completely revised and expanded edition encompasses not only the medical and psychological advances in the treatment of loss, but also the authors’ own experiences.

The book is formatted in pairs of facing pages. On the lefthand page is straightforward prose; on the righthand pages (with a few exceptions) are short, original poems. This presentation I found extremely powerful. The poems connect in a way that the prose can’t; and the prose lends strength and validity and concrete information to the fellings expressed in the poetry. The combined effect is one of knowledge and empathy.

If you are going through the loss of a loved one, or, in fact, any kind of a loss at all, this book will give you comfort… it will put things in perspective for you, without demeaning or trivializing your feelings, and it will leave you in a place from which you can move on.

The authors provide very practical advice, and reassure the reader that his/her chaotic emotions are a natural part of the grieving (and healing) process. “How to Survive the Loss of a Love” is an essential purchase for anyone grieving a breakup or divorce.

3. The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life

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Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s groundbreaking On Death and Dying, Susan Anderson’s book clearly defines the five phases of a different kind of grieving–grieving over a lost relationship. An experienced professional who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment for more than two decades, Susan Anderson gives this subject the serious attention it deserves. The Journey From Abandonment to Healing is designed to help all victims of emotional breakups–whether they are suffering from a recent loss, or a lingering wound from the past; whether they are caught up in patterns that sabotage their own relationships, or they’re in a relationship where they no longer feel loved. From the first stunning blow to starting over, it provides a complete program for abandonment recovery.

Abandonment is defined as an involuntary separation. Some symptoms include loss of control of the situation, separation anxiety and yearning for the lost love, hoping for the possibility of the lost love’s return and the desparation caused by this desire

The book also covers in great detail the physiology behind emotional withdrawal symptoms of abandonment, including the loss of opioids (hormones) which is similar to heroin withdrawal; the significance of extreme changes in appetite patterns; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; memory loss; the desire to self-medicate to endure the loss; and how society acknowledges those grieving over a death but not over a lost love.

Finally, Dr. Anderson gives some effective exercises in overcoming the crippling symptoms of abandonment. The exercises are not “pat” answers as found in some mainstream books and magazines. These are extensive, healing exercises requiring vulnerable, self-introspection.

4. When It All Falls Apart: Find healing, joy and victory through the pain

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Price: $10.19
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“I began to question whether I would live through the pain.”

It felt like her world had ended. A personal betrayal had led to a very public scandal, and when the dust cleared, Riva Tims had lost her marriage, the church she had helped found, and the life she had known for nearly fifteen years. Then she received the news that her ex-husband, Zachery Tims, had died suddenly at the age of forty-two.

There were times when she didn’t think she would make it through the grief.

When It All Falls Apart is the road map God gave her to reach a place of healing and wholeness. Using her own moving story as a backdrop, she provides answers and hope for those who are dealing with the unexpected and sometimes sudden trials in their lives.

Whether you are dealing with the unexpected death of a loved one, betrayal by someone close to you, sudden divorce, loss of a home, failure of a business or relationship, or any other serious issue, with God’s help you can turn your trial into triumph.

This book is well written and the author is very transparent about her deep betrayal and heartache. Pastor Tims cativates the reader with real life examples and the demostration of God’s healing power. This book can be a guide to walking in true freedom from loss and betrayal.

5. How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days: A Day-by-Day Guide to Saying Good-bye and Getting On With Your Life

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“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken heart. They will guide you through a brief period of mourning for your loss, and then the process of rebuilding yourself and your life. You are encouraged to enjoy good memories of the relationship that’s just ended, while remembering the reasons for the breakup. You will learn to take responsibility for your own emotions, face your fears, and ultimately to seek new people and new experiences. Find out:
·How and why to cry ’til dry ·Good ways to beat loneliness ·Why it pays to forgive your ex ·How to “let go” of old memories and resentments
How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days prescribes a wide array of tested and proven insights and exercises. After thirty days of active self-restoration, your heart will be healed and whole again–and you’ll be ready for anything. Of course, your feelings of grief, hurt, or shame may come and go. But in less than a month, you can be ready to deal with life’s new challenges with a positive sense of emotional balance you may never have had before.

6. Mars and Venus Starting Over: A Practical Guide for Finding Love Again After a Painful Breakup, Divorce, or the Loss of a Loved One

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Is it possible to find love again after a breakup, death, or divorce?

At the end of a relationship, it can sometimes feel like the end of the world. Devastation, loneliness, and bitterness are some emotions that exist due to a breakup, divorce, or the loss of a loved one. But with the help of this compassionate guide, Dr. John Gray expresses that you will survive and tells you how to find love again.

While the process of healing is similar with both sexes, there are distinct differences between the ways men and women heal their bruised hearts. In Mars and Venus Starting Over, Dr. Gray offers gender-specific advice on how to:

Deal with pain
Find forgiveness
Discover the strength to let go
Rebuild confidence
Rise to the challenge of finding fulfillment again

Filled with gentle guidance, healing practices, and compassionate wisdom, Mars and Venus Starting Over will help men and women explore the meaning of loss, find their way through the healing process, and discover the secret to moving on.

A breakup, divorce, or loss of a loved one isn’t just the end of your relationship with that person. It’s a continuation of every feeling of abandonment you’ve ever suffered. It’s the loss of a system of approval you’d come to depend on. The struggle, as Gray points out in Starting Over, isn’t just to find a new partner, but to get over those feelings of abandonment or loss or anger or whatever else gets dredged up by the end of a relationship.

Perhaps the book’s most crucial chapter posits that the best way to get over the loss of love is to focus on the “love” more than the “loss.” That may seem impossible, especially if the bum took off with your best friend, your life savings, and your Lyle Lovett CDs, but Gray didn’t get to be a household name because the advice in his Venus and Mars books doesn’t work. Remembering only the bad parts, Gray says, leaves you with an important part of your emotional being closed to new business.

As for the Venus and Mars stuff, that comes in the second half of the book, when Gray looks at how men and women start new relationships from different points of view, with different priorities (a man might want to have fun with no strings attached; a woman might carry with her a lengthy list of requirements for her next partner, a list that excludes virtually all available men).

If you’ve never read Gray’s work before, you have to be prepared to check your cynicism at the door. This is earnest stuff, but it’s also based on decades of experience counseling clients. He’s not one of those photogenic, nine-times-divorced shrinklets who’s telling you how to conduct your relationships without any real clue of what makes love last. This is the real package: nothing glib, nothing quick and easy, nothing you could’ve figured out from a “Love Is…” cartoon.

7. Don’t Call That Man!: A Survival Guide to Letting Go

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-Moving on from a ruined relationship -What is an ambivalent man, and how do you get over him? -Mothers, fathers and men -Building and using a support system -The 10-Step program to not call that man

“I’m very happy that my book “Don’t Call that Man!A Survival Guide To Letting Go” has given me the opportunity to help so many women let of of relationships that are unhealthy, abusive or not giving them the love they feel they deserve.”

8. The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: How to Turn the Pain of a Breakup into Healing, Insight, and New Love

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When a relationship ends, the anguish and disappointment can be devastating. A broken heart is genuinely traumatic. Typical recommendations to keep busy, move on, repair your hidden flaws, and then forget about it may not be helpful. In these pages, Susan Piver reveals that heartbreak actually creates an opportunity for genuine emotional and spiritual transformation, enabling you to emerge on the other side stronger, softer, and capable of loving with renewed confidence.In the years following her own experience, relationship writer Susan Piver searched the world’s wisdom traditions and discovered that heartbreak can be an uncompromising teacher of authenticity, power, and even joy. She shares that wisdom here, with instantaneously recognizable anecdotes, insights, on-the-spot practices, exercises, meditations, and down-to-earth advice that make The Wisdom of a Broken Heart a steadying prescription of solace and encouragement, wisdom and humor during the hardest time of your life. Like an infinitely patient, trusted friend, Piver tells you in a thousand different ways the most important thing to remember and the easiest to forget: “You’re going to be okay.”

The Wisdom of a Broken Heart doesn’t just offer solace and guidance to those whose hearts have been broken because of a romantic relationship, but also to those of us whose hearts have just been broken by Life.

This is an excellent book for those whose hearts are newly broken or still suffering from old wounds. It is soundly written with loving, practical ways to recognize signs of a broken heart and how to gently but effectively begin to heal.

9. Transcending Post-infidelity Stress Disorder (PISD): The Six Stages of Healing

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Have you been traumatized by infidelity?

The phrase “broken heart” belies the real trauma behind the all-too-common occurrence of infidelity. Psychologist Dennis Ortman likens the psychological aftermath of sexual betrayal to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in its origin and symptoms, including anxiety, irritability, rage, emotional numbing, and flashbacks. Using PTSD treatment as a model, Dr. Ortman will show you, step by step, how to: • work through conflicting emotions • Understand yourself and your partner • Make important life decisions Dr. Ortman sees recovery as a spiritual journey and draws on the wisdom of diverse faiths, from Christianity to Buddhism. He also offers exercises to deepen recovery, such as guided meditations and journaling, and explores heart-wrenchingly familiar case studies of couples struggling with monogamy. By the end of this book, you will have completed the six stages of healing and emerged with a whole heart, a full spirit, and the freedom to love again.

* A psychologist uses post-traumatic stress disorder as a model for the wounded partner to explore rage and emotional pain and learn the secrets of recovery.

* An estimated 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an affair at some point in their marriages.

* Includes spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations and journaling, to aid recovery.

This book is easy to use to find the information you need quickly. This book gives tools for healing in a format that is easily accessible. Ortman outlines the symptoms of post traumatic stress quickly, and explains them well.

10. Trust Betrayal: Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learn how to trust again

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In Trust Betrayal, Dealing with breach of trust, healing and learn how to trust again, author David M. Masters explores the many types of betrayals that can take place in one’s life, how the pain from these experiences can block the suffering victims from untold peace, love and prosperity, how to promote healing and re-engage good fortune and how to live a happier, more productive and better life.

No stranger to the emotional pain of betrayal, Masters helps the reader discover how the relationship enabled the transgressor to conduct the breach of trust in the first place. Though thorough self-examination, documentation and analysis, helps the victim regain control of their life.

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Top 10 Diets of June 2012

Let’s get smarter and lose the weight once and for all with the top 10 secrets to weight loss…

1. Eat to Live: Nutrient-Rich Program	6. The Paleo Solution: Original Human Diet
2. Wheat Belly: Lose the Weight	7. The 4-Hour Body: Rapid Fat-Loss
3. The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor’s Plan	8. Weight Loss Boss: How to Win at Losing
4. The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps	9. The Starch Solution Eat the Foods You Love
5. The Engine 2 Diet: Texas Firefighters	10. The DASH Diet Action Plan: Boost Weight Loss

1. Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition by Joel Fuhrman

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The Eat To Live 2011 revised edition includes updated scientific research supporting Dr. Fuhrman’s revolutionary six-week plan and a brand new chapter highlighting Dr. Fuhrman’s discovery of toxic hunger and the role of food addiction in weight issues. This new chapter provides novel and important insights into weight gain. It explains how and why eating the wrong foods causes toxic hunger and the desire to over consume calories; whereas a diet of high micronutrient quality causes true hunger which decreases the sensations leading to food cravings and overeating behaviors. It instructs readers on how to leave behind the discomfort of toxic hunger, cravings, and addictions to unhealthy foods.New recipes and menus are included as well as new and updated Frequently Asked Questions.This is a book that will let you live longer, reduce your need for medications, and improve your health dramatically. It is a book that will change the way you want to eat. Most importantly, if you follow the Eat To Live™ diet, you will lose weight faster than you ever thought possible.

2. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

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A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.

Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls “wheat bellies.” According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It’s due to the whole grain wraps we eat for lunch.

After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic— and its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health. In Wheat Belly, Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering and agribusiness being sold to the American public as “wheat”—and provides readers with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-free lifestyle.

Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with case studies from men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an illuminating look at what is truly making Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of this seemingly benign ingredient.

3. The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor’s Plan Designed for Rapid Results

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If you need to shed pounds fast and in a safe, effective, and lasting way, this is the book for you! Unlike many diet programs that starve you down to size, Dr. Mike Moreno’s 17 Day Diet relies on proven methods to help you take weight off and keep it off for good—whether you’ve got 10 pounds to lose or 100. His revolutionary program adjusts your body metabolically so that you burn fat day in and day out.

This is not a diet that relies on a tiny list of approved foods, grueling exercise routines, or unrealistic calorie counts that leave you hungry and unfulfilled. Moderation and proper portions are key factors in the 17 Day Diet—the trick is to figure out the foods and routines that work best with your real lifestyle. That’s why the book is filled with tips for how to avoid the usual food pitfalls like holidays, eating out, or even just a tempting candy jar. Along with a comprehensive explanation of how each segment works, every phase comes with an extensive list of foods, recipes, and sample meal plans to help make grocery shopping a breeze. Because of the diversity that you are allowed from the very beginning of the program, there is a way to make this diet work with almost any food allergies you might have or what cuisine you’re used to eating.

The 17 Day Diet is a simple plan that gets big, long-lasting results if you stick with it and let Dr. Mike help you along the way. Whether this is your first attempt at dieting or your fiftieth, you must believe that you can do this. What matters now is focusing on your goals, identifying what you need to get there, and taking action to begin the process. Your health and happiness are important, so stand strong, believe in yourself, and let your 17 Day Diet begin now!

4. The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever by Dr. Pierre Dukan

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‘The fat attack French women swear by’ — Grazia ‘The ultimate diet. The French have kept it secret for years… Today, more than 1.5million women swear by its dramatic – and long-lasting – results.’ — Daily Mail ‘The secret that keeps French women slim.’ — Bella ‘It’s a four-stage plan that offers the ultimate fast track to weight loss and maintenance with delish French-inspired recipes to keep your taste buds entertained.’ — She ‘Politicians, film stars and high-profile models, including Gisele Bundchen and Jennifer Lopez, live the Dukan life.’ — Daily Mail ‘How do you fancy getting the legs and curves of Jennifer Lopez and Gisele Bundchen without having to go on a diet of lettuce? … More than 1.5million French women already swear by the slimming regime devised by nutritionist Dr Pierre Dukan ten years ago.’ — Daily Mirror ‘All over France right now, women are talking in hushed reverential tones about a certain Pierre Dukan… he is in fact, currently the biggest name on the French dieting scene.’ — Grazia ‘French women don’t get fat… But now we know the real reason why. for the last ten years, thousands of women across the channel have been following a plan called the Dukan Diet. And the results have been astonishing.’ — New ‘Want to know why French women seem to be able to enjoy long Mediterranean-style lunches but still stay slim and gorgeous? It’s all down to a diet formula worked out by eminent French doctor Pierre Dukan, based on four different eating phases that follow on from each other but result in speedy weight loss while eating unlimited quantities of real food, six days a week.’

5. The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds by Rip Esselstyn

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Lose weight, lower cholesterol, significantly reduce the risk of disease, and become physically fit–in just 4 weeks.

Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn is used to responding to emergencies. So, when he learned that some of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, TX, were in dire physical condition-several had dangerously high cholesterol levels (the highest was 344!)-he sprang into action and created a life-saving plan for the firehouse. By following Rip’s program, everyone lost weight (some more than 20 lbs.), lowered their cholesterol (Mr. 344′s dropped to 196), and improved their overall health. Now, Rip outlines his proven plan in this book. With Rip as your expert coach and motivator, you’ll transform your body and lifestyle in a month. His plant-powered eating plan is based on a diet of whole foods, including whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds. This invaluable guide features: **Dozens of easy, mouthwatering recipes-from pancakes to pizza, Tex-Mex favorites to knockout chocolate desserts-that will keep you looking forward to every bite **Pantry-stocking tips will take the panic out of inevitable cravings and on-the-fly meals **Guidelines on menu choices that will allow you to eat out, wherever and whenever you want **Rip’s simple, firefighter-inspired exercise program that will boost your metabolism and melt your fat away.

6. The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf and Loren Cordain Ph.D.

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Asserting that “modern life causes diabetes, autoimmunity, cancer, neurodegeneration, and infertility,” the first-time author Wolf, a former student of The Paleo Diet’s Lauren Cordain, takes on grains, carbs, vegetarians, misinformation, and other aspects of modern life with a casual, conversational tone (“Keep your poop where it belongs”) that makes even topics like the components of total cholesterol engaging. Wolf’s scientific background allows him to fully explain hormones, fats, and the digestive process, and helps him put the fundamentals of evolutionary biology into accessible context. He argues that, in addition to dietary changes, a focus on the quality and duration of sleep and a fitness routine is needed, and photographs accompanied by detailed instructions guide readers through simple exercises. Recognizing the time crunch of modern life, Wolf’s program is created to require minimum time and expense. While a grain-free, dairy-free diet may sound difficult to implement, he suggests a commitment-light 30-day trial and provides a four-week menu with simple recipes like Slow Cooker Pork Loin, Chicken Alfredo, and Pizza with a nut-based crust. An extensive list of references, primarily from peer-reviewed journals, lends credence to an intriguing argument.

7. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss

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Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger… which 150 pages will you read?
Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?
Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, fixated on one life-changing question:

For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results?

Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both men and women. From the gym to the bedroom, it’s all here, and it all works.

8. Weight Loss Boss: How to Finally Win at Losing–and Take Charge in an Out-of-Control Food World

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A frank, funny, and groundbreaking guide to surviving and thriving in an obesogenic world, from the CEO of Weight Watchers International.

We live in a dangerous food world, full of temptation and instant gratification. No wonder obesity among Americans has tripled since the 1960s—and that those prone to weight gain fail over and over to maintain their hard-won goals. Simply put, our brains and environments are stacked against us. Simplistic willpower-based and food-focused diets will never bring lasting change.

But a solution is within reach—one that will help readers live better, longer, and more happily.

In fact, David Kirchhoff isn’t just the President and CEO of Weight Watchers—he’s also one of its biggest success stories. In his pursuit of a trim physique, Kirchhoff divulges his slide into full-fledged obesity, his struggles to manage his relationship with food, and to find an exercise regimen that sticks. Drawing on the latest scientific research and numerous other inspiring personal stories, he makes the case that the onlyrecipe for long-term success is to radically shift our mindset when thinking about obesity and adopting a healthy lifestyle that stays with us for good. This requires incorporating positive habits that become second nature, and rigorously managing one’s food environment—as well as embracing practical behavior-change tools and other sustainable maintenance strategies. In the light of a new, healthier lifestyle that helps readers look good and feel good, change isn’t a burden–it’s a release.

All author royalties will be donated to Share Our Strength (www.strength.org), a nonprofit organization that supports the goal of ending childhood hunger in the U.S. by 2015.

9. The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

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A bestselling author’s groundbreaking eating plan that challenges the notion that starch is unhealthy

From Atkins to Dukan, the fear-mongering about carbs over the past few decades has reached a fever pitch; the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger a cavalcade of shame and longing.

In The Starch Solution, bestselling diet doctor and board-certified internist John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, turn the notion that starch is bad for you on its head. The Starch Solution is based on a simple swap: fueling your body primarily with carbohydrates rather than proteins and fats. This will help you lose weight and prevent a variety of ills.

Fad diets come and go, but Dr. McDougall has been a proponent of the plant-based diet for decades, and his medical credibility is unassailable. He is one of the mainstay experts cited in the bestselling and now seminal China Study—called the “Grand Prix of epidemiology” by the New York Times. But what The China Study lacks is a plan.

Dr. McDougall grounds The Starch Solution in rigorous scientific fact and research, giving readers easy tools to implement these changes into their lifestyle with a 7-Day Quick Start Plan and 100 delicious recipes. This book includes testimonials from among the hundreds Dr. McDougall has received, including people who have lost more than 125 pounds in mere months as well as patients who have conquered lifethreatening illnesses such as diabetes and cardiac ailments.

10. The DASH Diet Action Plan: Proven to Boost Weight Loss and Improve Health

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Finally, the #1 ranked DASH diet is popularized and user-friendly. Unlike any diet before it, DASH, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, came out of groundbreaking NIH-funded research. Now, Marla Heller, MS, RD, who was trained by one of the primary architects of the DASH diet and is herself the leading dietician putting DASH into action for over ten years, shares the secret to making the diet easy and accessible, in THE DASH DIET ACTION PLAN.
Rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat and nonfat dairy, lean meats, fish, beans, and nuts, DASH is grounded in healthy eating principles that lower blood pressure; reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer; and support reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. No diet has a medical pedigree like DASH, and this book is a simple, actionable plan that can fit seamlessly into everyone’s life and lifestyle. It includes:

28 days of meal plans at different calorie ranges
Simple tools to help you personalize a DASH Diet Action Plan for guaranteed success
DASH-friendly recipes and shopping lists
Tips for eating on-the-run
Advice on healthy weight loss and exercise for every lifestyle.

Now, you can revolutionize your health and change your life-without medication. There are no magical combinations, no forbidden foods-just fabulous, healthy eating!

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Top 10 Elder Financial Abuse Resources April 2012

1. Protecting Your Parents’ Money	6. Fleecing Grandma and Grandpa
2. New Times, New Challenges: Law and Advice	7. How to Survive Identity Theft (Step By Step Guide)
3. Outsmarting the Scam Artists	8. Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers
4. FINANCIAL ABUSE OF THE ELDERLY	9. The Sociopath Next Door
5. Crimes of Persuasion: Schemes, scams, frauds	10. In Sheep’s Clothing: Manipulative People

1. Protecting Your Parents’ Money: The Essential Guide to Helping Mom and Dad Navigate the Finances of Retirement

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Are you ready for the inevitable day when you will have to act as parent to your parents?

Protecting Your Parents’ Money is the essential financial handbook that will help you navigate this confusing and difficult transition, providing a game plan for tackling complex issues like estate planning, retirement income and savings, and long-term health care. Most important, it will help bridge the communication barrier between parents and adult children, which often makes the process much more difficult than it needs to be. Important topics include:

Personal Finance 101, the Senior Years: The essential definitions and workings of the myriad investment options and financial requirements your parents will deal with in retirement.
The Move: How to find the right nursing homes or retirement communities, comparing costs and factoring your parents’ assets into the mix.
Understanding Medicare: What it is, how to qualify for coverage, and what it means for your parents’ finances.
Elder Fraud: How to look for telltale signs that your parents have been victimized.

Protecting Your Parents’ Money provides the comprehensive guide every loving son and daughter will need to understand and help manage Mom and Dad’s financial concerns.

2. New Times, New Challenges: Law and Advice for Savvy Seniors and Their Families

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If your parents are growing older, if you are growing older (or at least you hope to), you will face new times and new challenges. This book will help. A law professor and a leading elder law lawyer team up to offer legal and practical advice on retirement issues (finances, housing, health care), walk you through various estate planning options (living trusts, wills, advance directives), and help your family in truly sad times, disability and death in the family. They also help you avoid, and, if that’s too late, deal with bad folks: caretakers who abuse elders, obnoxious bill collectors, scam artists, identity thieves, and those discriminate on the basis of age or disability. Alas, there are even legal problems associated with grandparenting and remarriage (the triumph of hope over experience).
As to driving and sex, while there is both good and bad news, one message stands out: never at the same time.
The topics may be sobering, but the style is not. It’s a good read, often funny and even, on occasion, profound. Charles Sabatino, the director of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging, writes that the book is ”an encyclopedic legal reference with the down-home philosophy and wit of Will Rogers, wryly enriched by poetry, humor, and existential musings.” Doctor Andrew Weil finds the book ”entertaining and uplifting with very practical and sensible suggestions.” He will use it himself and will recommend it to patients, friends, and loved ones.
Whether you buy this book or not, the time is now to face the new challenges that are hurrying near. How? Sit down for an hour and write a letter to your family, covering such things as end-of-life care, living arrangements in the case of disability, and who gets the grandfather clock. (There is a suggested model in the book.) Discuss your letter with loved ones. You will save you and your family, money, confusion, and heartbreak. Challenges, unaddressed, fester.
Professor Hegland has spent his career teaching law, mostly at Arizona but also UCLA and Harvard. He has degrees from Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Harvard. Author of several legal books, he is known for his wit and clarity. Robert Fleming has spent his career practicing elder law. He lectures nationally and authors a legal treatise used by many of the nation’s elder law lawyers.
They know their stuff. And now you can too.

3. Outsmarting the Scam Artists: How to Protect Yourself From the Most Clever Cons

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A practical guide to avoiding the most common scams, from a fraud-fighting expertU.S. consumers lose billions of dollars each year to scam artists—and the next victim could be you. While anyone can be targeted, many victims are older. In AARP’s Outsmarting the Scam Artists, renowned fraud-fighter Doug Shadel offers practical advice for consumers who want to protect their money as well as the financial assets of their parents and families.

Despite the rise of scams, many people are embarrassed to admit they’ve been victimized. The author helps break the cycle of shame by including accounts from the people who’ve been scammed as well as tips from a surprising source: convicted con artists who reveal how they’ve defrauded people like you.

Get practical tips to combat all kinds of scams, from simple lottery tickets to non-existent oil and gas deals and religious ponzi schemes
Learn how to protect yourself by securing your mailbox and fraud-proofing your trash
Get inside the head of sophisticated scam artists to discover how you can become the type of individual they avoid

Scammers are everywhere. But with Outsmarting the Scam Artists in hand, you can protect yourself and your money.

4. FINANCIAL ABUSE OF THE ELDERLY; A Detective’s Case Files Of Exploitation Crimes

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The author is a Florida detective recognized as an expert investigator of exploitation crimes who presents 11 shocking and factual investigations. He dispels the myths of this misunderstood crime while providing specific and practical prevention advice. . .

Statistically, senior citizens account for a third of all fraud victims in the nation. Fraud is in essence deception. But there is another type of financial abuse called “exploitation of the elderly” and it differs from fraud because by definition, it is the using of someone, the selfish or unfair taking advantage of an elderly person who suffers some type of physical or mental infirmity.

Definitions of fraud found in dictionaries, or state and federal laws, are essentially based on deception. When referring too the theft of physical property, fraud is basically defined as the false and deceptive statement of fact intended to induce another person to give up a valuable item he or she owns. Scams, confidence games, rackets, hoaxes and shakedowns are common terms used to describe misrepresentations and trickery used by con men or women to entice their target into making bad decisions.

This book contains a select group of historical cases that illustrate the true nature of these vicious exploitation crimes.

5. Crimes of Persuasion: Schemes, scams, frauds.

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In-depth fraud coverage of computer crimes such as pyramid schemes make this crime library of internet crimes the cyber crime location for the schemes and scams that con artists perpetrate.

White collar crimes such as prime bank fraud, pyramid scams, internet fraud, phone scams, chain letters, modeling agency and Nigerian scams, computer fraud as well as telemarketing fraud are fully explained.

This crime report on organized crime topics include credit card fraud, check kiting, tax fraud, money laundering, mail fraud, counterfeit money orders, check fraud and other who’s who true crimes of persuasion.

6. Fleecing Grandma and Grandpa: Protecting against Scams, Cons, and Frauds

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Falling for a scam or con is humiliating for anyone, and can have terrible consequences. But for the elderly, being the victim of fraud can be disastrous, and they are the most common and vulnerable targets of everyday scams, cons, and frauds. From identity theft to gambling scams, from power of attorney issues to pyramid schemes, there is no dearth of creativity in the ways some criminals will relieve the elderly from their money and their homes. Here, Alt and Wells describe the most common scams, offer the stories of actual victims, and detail ways to protect yourself and your family from becoming easy targets.

What makes the elderly such easy marks for con artists? How can they avoid the common traps? Knowing about them is one place to start, and this book helps readers to understand and identify the most common scams perpetrated against the elderly. Because such cons are so hard to prosecute, it is important to know the methods criminals employ to separate innocents from their hard-earned money. This lively, vivid account of one of the most insidious forms of crime will help families and individuals protect themselves and their loved ones from the machinations of those who view them as easy marks.

7. How to Survive Identity Theft: Regain Your Money, Credit, and Reputation (Step By Step Guide)

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Identity theft is at an all-time high. In one notorious case, a criminal racked up more than $100,000 of debt in the name of his victim. The thief bought homes, motorcycles, and handguns in the victim?s name. The victim and his wife spent more than four years and $15,000 to clear his name.

Money, credit, and even lives are at stake when an identity is stolen. Yet many people don?t know what legal protections exist. You need to learn what to do when your name, credit card number, or other information gets into the wrong hands. Security expert David Holtzman offers you clear, concise advice on how to reduce the chances of fraud and what steps victims need to take to reclaim their lives. An extensive resource list offers tools to draw up a plan to rebuild credit and reputation.

Thieves are roaming the Internet. But with this essential guide, their victims can even the score!

8. Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers

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If you are getting older (or hope to), this book is for you. It will save you and your family money, restless nights, and heartbreak. Do I really need a living will? What are living trusts and should I attend a free seminar? How can I protect myself from scams and identity theft? How can I care for my aged parents? What are assisted living facilities and what about nursing homes? How can I recognize elder abuse and what about guns in the home? How can I fight age discrimination? What will be my insurance needs? What are reverse mortgages, Roth IRAs, durable powers of attorney, and disgruntled heirs? Will I have to give up both driving and sex? Need I worry about estate taxes? Should I avoid Probate? Most important, how can I get my family (and myself) to discuss the real problems that will face us? Here they come, ready or not. Not to worry. You don’t have to read the entire book. What you need to know right now is in the first four chapters. The rest can wait. This is a serious book about serious times, but, if you re not up for an occasional joke, or poem, just put it back.

9. The Sociopath Next Door

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Who is the devil you know?
Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband? Your sadistic high school gym teacher? Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings? The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?
In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too.
We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people—one in twenty-five—has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt. How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. They’re more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others’ suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win.
The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one or more sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we know—someone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted for—is a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game.
It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know.

10. In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

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Subtitled Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People, this is the international bestseller from Dr.In Sheep’s Clothing is used in thousands of psychiatric clinics worldwide.

Dr. George Simon knows how people push your buttons: your children–especially teens–are expert at it, as is your mate. A co-worker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to loog good doing it. Often those they abuse are only vaguely aware of what is happening to them. In this eye-opening book, you’ll also discover * four reasons why victims have a hard time leaving abusie relationships, * power tactics manipulative people use to push their own agendas and justify their behavior, * ways to redefine the rules of engagement between you and the abuser, * how to spot potential weaknesses in your character that can set you up for manipulation, * 2 tools for personal empowerment to help you maintain greater strength in all relationships, and much more.

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1. Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People	6. The Feeling Good Handbook
2. Codependent No More	7. Have a New Husband by Friday
3. Emotional Intelligence 2.0	8. In Sheep’s Clothing
4. Stop Walking on Eggshells	9. Why Does He Do That?
5. Understanding Other People	10. Getting Past Your Breakup

1. Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People

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Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says Elizabeth Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. With brilliant insights and a keen sense of humor, this trusted author and sought-after speaker shows readers how to: • stop the power of whatever is eating them alive • productively respond when confronted • remain poised and in control when everyone around them loses it • win fairly in unfair battles • let go of what has been, or what they wish would be, and live triumphantly now Dozens of real-life success stories, brief diagnostic tests, and practical tools are included to help readers assess their own situations and gain confidence to change self-defeating behaviors.

2. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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Is someone else’s problem your problem? If, like so many others, you’ve lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else’s, you may be codependent–and you may find yourself in this book.

The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America’s best-loved and most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding codependency and to unlocking its stultifying hold on your life.

With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests, Codependent No More is a simple, straightforward, readable map of the perplexing world of codependency–charting the path to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness.

3. Emotional Intelligence 2.0

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Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four, core EQ skills that enable you to achieve your fullest potential:

Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Management

In today’s fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.
By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things.

4. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

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Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are ‘walking on eggshells’ to avoid the next confrontation? If the answer is ‘yes,’ someone you care about may have borderline personality disorder (BPD). Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped nearly half a million people with friends and family members suffering from BPD understand this destructive disorder, set boundaries, and help their loved ones stop relying on dangerous BPD behaviors.

This compassionate guide will enable you to:

Make sense out of the chaos
Stand up for yourself and assert your needs
Defuse arguments and conflicts
Protect yourself and others from violent behavior

This fully revised edition has been updated with the very latest BPD research and includes coping and communication skills you can use to stabilize your relationship with the BPD sufferer in your life.

5. Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior

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This book should not be missed by anyone who wants to improve the quality of their relationships! Leveraging decades of experience working with people in many different areas and experiences, Beverly Flaxington has found a way to explain to all of us what we simply don’t learn naturally – how to understand and communicate with others more effectively. Readers will gain the insights they need to identify relationship missteps, and then apply easy-to-learn techniques to bring relationships to a more meaningful level in both personal and business settings.

“Humans are strange creatures that are difficult to understand, even if you are one. ‘Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior’ is a guide for people who want to better understand these peculiar individuals that they encounter every day. Drawing upon decades of experience, Beverly Flaxington encourages readers to take her advice and apply it where they can. From better empathy to avoiding mistakes, ‘Understanding Other People’ is truly a valuable read.”

6. The Feeling Good Handbook

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This book helps you: free yourself from fears, phobias and panic attacks; overcome self-defeating attitudes; discover the five secrets of intimate communication; put an end to marital conflict; and, conquer your procrastination and unleash your potential for success. In Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Dr David Burns introduced a groundbreaking, drug-free treatment for depression that has helped millions of people around the world. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, he reveals powerful new techniques and provides practical exercises that will help you cope with problems and learn how to make life a happier, more exhilarating experience.

7. Have a New Husband by Friday: How to Change His Attitude, Behavior & Communication in 5 Days

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Women who feel they need a Rosetta stone to interpret their husbands’ behavior no longer have to be frustrated. Psychologist and media personality Leman channels his years of professional counseling experience into easy-to-follow, common sense advice for wives. While never placing blame on women for their husbands’ poor behavior, the author does believe that wives can encourage their husbands to be better partners by altering some of their expectations. One expectation that should never be altered, however, is that of mutual respect. Leman does not mince words about what to do with men who continually disrespect their wives—dump the chump is his advice. Specific questions from wives are peppered throughout, followed by the author’s sage feedback. Some may feel Leman puts too shiny an interpretation on the aspects of husbands’ behavior that infuriate women the most by suggesting that men really do want to please their wives but are often clueless as to how to do this. A wife can only know for sure if she gives the author’s five-day plan a try.

8. In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

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9. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

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This fascinating investigation into what makes abusive men tick is alarming, but its candid handling of a difficult subject makes it a valuable resource for professionals and victims alike. Bancroft, the former codirector of Emerge, the nation’s first program for abusive men, has specialized in domestic violence for 15 years, and his understanding of his subject and audience is apparent on every page. “One of the prevalent features of life with an angry or controlling partner is that he frequently tells you what you should think and tries to get you to doubt or devalue your own perceptions and beliefs,” he writes. “I would not like to see your experience with this book re-create that unhealthy dynamic. So the top point to bear in mind as you read [this book] is to listen carefully to what I am saying, but always to think for yourself.” He maintains this level of sensitivity and even empathy throughout discussions on the nature of abusive thinking, how abusive men manipulate their families and the legal system and whether or not they can ever be cured. Jargon-free analysis is frequently broken up by interesting first-person accounts and boxes that distill in-depth information into simple checklists. Bancroft’s book promises to be a beacon of calm and sanity for many storm-tossed families.

10. Getting Past Your Breakup: How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You

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The rules of disengagement: how and why to go “no contact” with your ex
How to work through grief, move past fear, and take back your life
The secret to breaking the pattern of failed relationships
What to do when you can’t stop thinking about your ex, texting, calling, checking social networking sites, or driving by the house