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Generations Deep is a groundbreaking audiobook that is memoir meets trauma workbook, complete with questionnaires and inventories developed by mental health professionals to help you on your journey. In this sometimes heartbreaking but always hopeful, practical guide, Licensed Professional Counselor Gina Birkemeier uses her own personal story to illustrate how unaddressed dysfunction and trauma can create emotional wounds and toxic beliefs that are passed down from one generation to the next. Through it we learn that what isn’t repaired gets repeated.

So you are pregnant. You took a pregnancy test that was positive, and hopefully you visited your doctor by now. Whether it is your first pregnancy, and you would like to learn more about what to expect, or you would like to pay more attention to the process during this pregnancy than you did during your previous pregnancies, you are at the right place. Our goal is to give you all the information you will need to take good care of your health and the health of your unborn child during your pregnancy.

The purpose of this book is to address one specific subject that confuses a lot of new parents: how safely to help baby (and ultimately themselves) get the right amount of sleep.

Do you want to stay fit and attractive, heal your body, and improve your well-being without the stress of counting calories and being picky about what you eat? Midlife can be particularly intensive for women as they may experience social, psychological, and biological challenges. This is especially true for women in their 50s, as some dramatic changes typically show up in this decade: The body loses shape, energy levels drop, metabolism slows down, hormone shifts occur....

Your bump is growing bigger, and people keep asking: “When is the baby due?” or “Is it a boy or a girl?” and you reply, every time, with a smile. The following tips will help you to prepare your house for your little angel's arrival.

Clarissa Marsh suspected she was with child...she couldn’t wait to tell her husband, Jeremiah, but before she got his hopes up or her own, she wanted to talk to her sister and get a second opinion. On her way to see her sister, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes, and the only person there who can save her is her husband’s grown son who just so happens to be in love with Clarissa, and bitter toward his own father and her. Will Colton rise to the occasion?

In 1888, there weren’t many opportunities for a young girl of only 18 to support herself in a place like Galveston, Texas, unless she was willing to compromise her principles. That was why Jessica’s guardian, an old man who had owed her late father a debt, proposes she become a mail-order bride. That and because Jessica wasn’t easy to support. Flaherty, her guardian, had spent a great deal more than what he’d owed her father maintaining her lifestyle. He was tired and ready for someone else to take that burden on.

Life in Denver’s high society was good for the Standish family prior to 1886. Grace Standish was raising her two lovely young daughter’s to be ladies and teaching them what they needed to know to become wives to one of the young gentlemen in Colorado’s elite society. Rebecca, an auburn haired beauty and Clarissa her stunning dark-haired sister were living the good life with a father who was one of the most respected bankers in town...or so they thought, and a mother who had dedicated her life to her family. Then it all fell apart....

The perineum is a group of muscles that are shaped like a “hammock” between the pubic bone and the tailbone. It also promotes the sensation of pleasure during sexual encounters and facilitates the passage of the baby during childbirth....

Are you considering attaining a new dream, but are exhausted just thinking about what it will take out of you to achieve success, again? Our hard work, determination, and grit has served us well in creating our past successes. Yet this time we hesitate. Knowing what it took to attain that previous success makes us feel weary this time. Where’s our excitement? Where’s our passion? You do have the stamina to make your dreams come true, again - because this time you will do it differently. Discover how to surprisingly become more through allowing instead of attaining.

Venereal diseases exploded into an epidemic in World War II. This endangered the health and safety of our nation and our troops. In many recountings of this war, the fight against VD is not included, but it was a battle worth highlighting. Historically, infected women were blamed and jailed with or without treatment. During this time, hospital camps were set up on a national scale for women to be sequestered for treatment. Dr. George Smullen, my father, worked in two Florida Rapid Treatment Camps, and I am sharing some of my family's experiences when we lived there.

There is a tool for each letter of the alphabet. Some tools you are familiar with, like a hammer, screwdriver, and measuring tape. Others may be new to you, like an orbital sander or a Zax.

Whether it is in an ordinary circumstance or an extraordinary one, God is there. The author, Rita Roberts, has experienced both the ordinary and the extraordinary, and wants you to know that even in the simplest of situations, you are not alone. Her experiences around the globe have taught her to look for God in every calling, post, or pursuit, and it is her goal to tell people that God is in everyone’s life.

If a mistress cheats, is it really cheating? That is the question Rianna Roberts has, once she becomes impossibly tangled up with an online romance. Who can it possibly hurt, right? After all, she's never even met Nathan. It's been innocent. But things will change! When her married lover presents Rianna with a holiday trip, by herself, to a tropical beach cottage, she uses the opportunity to hook up with her chat room romance Nathan.

Many couples often face challenges in their marital relationship. They start out so much in love, and along the way, it feels like they are married to the wrong person. The flipflops between these feelings can pose significant difficulty in a relationship. The issues that confront and threaten the marriage institution are many and dynamic. They arise in various ways based on time, circumstances, and people involved.

Many times, you may wake up in the morning and make an unconscious decision as to whether you see yourself as your best ally or your worst enemy, never realizing how often it is the latter. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most accessible therapies at present, and due to its structured nature, individuals who require it are able to use it in many different formats, including one-on-one therapy, group therapy, self-help books, and computer programs.

Hundreds of miles apart, two lost souls face a future of emptiness. Can they overcome all the odds and find true happiness in each other?

There’s a science to breaking up. Or rather, there’s a science to getting over a breakup, and you can’t spell guinea pig without Gina. In this funny, honest, and unapologetically raw literary debut, Gina Jestadt documents the spiral of despair she slid down after her first real breakup - and the experimental methods she trialed to claw her way back out. Her story speaks to - and for - the many individuals who have had their lives derailed by the sudden loss of someone they thought was their "one true love".

God is awesome...and he does amazing things for each one of us, even when we don't realize it! Sometimes, by sharing our experiences of God in our lives with others, we encourage them to take a closer look and identify the hand of God in their own lives. Our amazing God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and he will never leave us nor forsake us. In this book, Rita Roberts shares her many encounters with a God who loves and protects her.

Horribles asesinatos han tenido lugar en Bohemia Village, una zona peligrosa de la ciudad. Todos eran hombres y todos fueron vistos por última vez bailando en varios clubes nocturnos del Village. Los detectives John Yates y James William "Bill Jim" Coleman son asignados a la vigilancia de estos clubes en busca de "El Bailarín Asesino". Pero, la situación se complica cuando el detective Yates se obsesiona con una hermosa chica que ve en el club. Nadie sabe quién es. Nadie sabe de dónde ha salido. Todos los hombres se la quedan mirando y todos desean irse a casa con ella.