Marriage & Family Audiobooks | Health & Wellness

Georgie Codd (Author), Georgie Codd, TBD (Narrator)

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Gaia was groomed, abused and enslaved – but then she fought back Aged just 14 years old, Gaia Cooper was groomed, raped and held captive by a group of paedophiles. Before long, she was exploited and forced to take part in organised credit card fraud. Once she was in their grasp, Gaia found it impossible to escape this new adult world – a carousel of abuse, crime and drugs. For more than four years, Gaia endured the horrific abuse before she was finally able to fight back, not only against the men who had stolen her childhood, but the authorities that had fed her directly into their hands.

Gaia Cooper (Author), Imogen Wilde, TBD (Narrator)

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Anastasia Kingsnorth (Author), Anastasia Kingsnorth, Byron @tbhbyron, Saffron @saffronbarker, TBD (Narrator)

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The Adoptee's Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment

Every adoption is rooted in loss. Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but the reality is that many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma and issues of identity and belonging. Adoptees often spend the majority of their youth without the language to explore the grief related to adoption or the permission to legitimize their conflicting emotions. Adoptee and counselor Cameron Lee Small names the realities of the adoptee's journey, narrating his own and other adoptees' stories in all their complexity. He unpacks the history of how adoption has worked and names how the church influenced adoption practices with unintended negative impacts on adoptees' faith. Small's own tumultuous search for and reunion with his mother in Korea inspired him to help other adoptees navigate what it means to carry multiple stories. His adoptee-centered advocacy helps adoptees regain their agency and identity on a journey of integration and healing, with meaningful relationships in all their family systems.

Cameron Lee Small (Author), Cameron Lee Small (Narrator)

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First Love: Essays on Friendship

A bold, poignant essay collection that treats women's friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space Lilly Dancyger always thought of her closest friendships as great loves, complex and profound as any romance. When her beloved cousin was murdered just as both girls were entering adulthood, Dancyger felt a new urgency in her devotion to the women in her life-a desire to hold her friends close while she still could. In First Love, this urgency runs through a striking exploration of the bonds between women, from the intensity of adolescent best friendship and fluid sexuality to mothering and chosen family. Each essay in this incisive collection is grounded in a close female friendship in Dancyger's life, reaching outward to dissect cultural assumptions about identity and desire, and the many ways women create space for each other in a world that wants us small. Seamlessly weaving personal experience with literature and pop culture-ranging from fairytales to true crime, from Anaïs Nin and Sylvia Plath to Heavenly Creatures and the "sad girls" of Tumblr-Dancyger's essays form a kaleidoscopic story of a life told through friendships, and an expansive interrogation of what it means to love each other. Though friendship will never be enough to keep us safe from the dangers of the world, Dancyger reminds us that love is always worth the risk, and that when tragedy strikes, it's our friends who will help us survive. In First Love, these essential bonds get their due.

Lilly Dancyger (Author), Lilly Dancyger, TBD (Narrator)

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Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite

From the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the story of our wedding vows—what they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that "taking vows" is a synonym for getting married. So, it's a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for most of history, married without making promises. And there's a reason for that. Marriage by vow presupposes free choice, and free choice makes a love-match possible. It is a very modern arrangement. Vows is both a moving memoir of two marriages and a thoughtful meditation on marriage itself. Cheryl Mendelson tackles the sociology of commitment through our most traditional promises and shows why they endure. In considering the kind of marriage these vows entail, she helps answer some of life's most urgent and personal of questions: Could I, would I, or should I make these promises to someone? Using history and literature, the book describes the parameters of the behavior that traditional vows promise and, in doing so, answers a whole series of other questions: Why did wedding-by-vow arise only in the West? Why are they recited in weddings around the world today? Why have these vows lasted for nearly a thousand years? Why does the kind of marriage promised in the vows survive?

Cheryl Mendelson (Author), Cassandra Campbell, TBD (Narrator)

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Becoming Homeschoolers: Give Your Kids a Great Education, a Strong Family, and a Life They'll Thank

Monica Swanson helps you navigate your real-world concerns about school, culture, and what it takes to create an amazing homeschool experience that you and your kids will never regret! If you've ever wondered whether you have what it takes to homeschool your children, look no further. Parenting author, podcaster, and homeschool mom Monica Swanson is here to tell you: you can do it. In fact, it can be the most fun, family-unifying, character-building, life-equipping experience you and your children will ever have. Becoming Homeschoolers tackles your legitimate doubts and fears about homeschooling, as well as the questions you want answered before you commit--questions like where to start and how to choose a curriculum, build social skills, teach what you're not good at, and prepare for college. With humor and encouragement, Monica weaves her own story of homeschooling her four boys with step-by-step, practical advice on how to: - Assess whether home education is right for you and your children - Establish a foundation of faith in your everyday homeschool routine - Find socialization opportunities such as sports and extracurricular activities - Care for yourself and your marriage even as you spend more time each day with your kids - Tackle the practical side of homeschooling, including standardized tests, transcripts, college readiness, and navigating education requirements It's time to trade fear for empowerment and insecurity for confidence as you live out your own story of becoming homeschoolers.

Monica Swanson (Author), Monica Swanson, Sarah Molitor (Narrator)

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Growing Up: A Teenager's and Parent's Guide to Puberty and Adolescence

This audiobook contains all the know-how you need to make the teenage years the exciting adventure they should be. The teenage years can be awkward - bodies change and sweat, and smells and spots become part of life. Growing Up has a supportive but straightforward approach that gives you the knowledge ahead of time. Why do boys' voices break? How do hormones work? From managing spots to mending a broken heart, this audiobook has the answers, along with advice for parents and kids on discussing potentially embarrassing topics. As well as the biological facts of puberty, this audiobook is bursting with tips on how to navigate the emotional and social challenges of growing up - from relationships and confidence to cyberbullying and alcohol. It gives you the tools to understand and tackle challenging subjects including discrimination, drugs, and difficult life events, and practical, straightforward guidance on mental health issues such as anxiety and low self-esteem. Growing Up also contains content on contemporary topics such as post-pandemic mental health, eco-anxiety, online hate, and the impact of influencers. © 2024 DK © 2024 DK Audio

Dk (Author), Joe Jameson, TBD (Narrator)

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Star for Jesus (And Other Jobs I Quit): Rediscovering the Grace that Sets Us Free

Growing up, Kimberly Stuart got really good at strapping on her spiritual tap shoes and trying to be a star for Jesus. She could sing all the songs, ace the sword drills, and know all the right theology. From earning creepy Jesus paperweights in her church's faux girl scout program to trying to calm an actual storm on the Mediterranean, she was doing her best. … and still found herself longing for something more. She didn't mean to completely ignore the most beautiful tenets of her faith-the unwavering grace and tenacious love of God-but she did. Which, of course, was the problem. Her best was lackluster, and God wasn't looking for a star performer anyway. Star for Jesus (And Other Jobs I Quit), is an invitation for readers to spot unvarnished, amazing grace when they see it. With her trademark wit and transparency, Stuart brings readers through both big and small moments that teach us to cling to the fierce love of God instead of the flimsier versions we find elsewhere. With unflinching honesty and relatable humor, Stuart encourages readers to take another look at unrelenting grace; why, contrary to the cultural narrative, we are not actually enough, and that's good news; how we always, remarkably, have all the grace we need; and why this moment in history is the perfect time to extend no-strings-attached grace to an emotionally bedraggled, wary world. .

Kimberly Stuart (Author), Bob Goff, Kimberly Stuart, TBD (Narrator)

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What am I Missing?: Discover the Four Blind Spots That are Holding You Back, and How to Overcome The

Emma Reed Turrell (Author), Emma Reed Turrell, TBD (Narrator)

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Talk Money to Me: The 8 Essential Financial Questions to Discuss With Your Partner

Financial compatibility is equally as important as emotional compatibility, and the only way to find out if you and your partner are a match, is to TALK MONEY! Everyone talks until they're blue in the face about the pillars of a healthy relationship: Compatibility, chemistry, honesty, loyalty and respect, but for the most part, everyone overlooks one of the most critical pillars…finances! Talking about money with the love of your life may seem like a gargantuan task, one that statistically says many have been avoiding. If you feel this way, know you're not alone. The majority of cohabitating Americans feel uncomfortable discussing finances with their partner. Turns out this is a huge problem, because arguments about money are the second leading cause for divorce, right behind infidelity! In this practical and no-holds-barred follow-up to his, Wallstreet Journal bestselling book, THE RESTART ROADMAP, host of the "Trading Secrets" podcast, Jason Tartick, will teach you the eight numbers you NEED to discuss with your partner and why. The former banker who has earned his MBA in accounting and finance, is intimately familiar with how companies prepare financial statements, manage debt, analyze cash flows and drive profitability. While a foreign concept to most, Jason fully believes that couples should slightly mirror the same money management. If you're feeling lost, overwhelmed, or are just unsure where to start your personal finance journey, Talk Money to Me will help you: • Get comfortable starting the money conversations with your partner and loved ones. • Learn about the most important financial tricks, tactics, and technology to improve money habits. • Calculate and manage 8 numbers that will critically impact your financial wellbeing. • Create independent and joint spending, saving, and investing strategies as a team. • Understand the potential repercussions of financial infidelity and deception. Whether you're in a committed relationship or still search for your other half, Talk Money to Me will enhance your relationship with your personal finance and money management knowledge, giving you the tools to build a healthy, wealthy, and happy life.

Jason Tartick (Author), Jason Tartick (Narrator)

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The ManServant Guide to Modern Chivalry: Every Woman's Fantasies for the Men in Her Life

A vibrant and feminist rewrite of the rules of chivalry in the spirit of Porn for Women and Men to Avoid in Art and Life. Tired of bros and do-nothing daddys, sick of misogynistic behavior in the boardroom, and frankly dreading yet another bachelorette party with a stripper, Dalal Khajah and Josephine Wai Lin founded the service company ManServants Inc. What is a ManServant, you ask? The ManServants are "chivalrous gentlemen for nonsexual service," who treat women like queens for a day. The ManServant Guide to Modern Chivalry is the gift that every woman with a well-intentioned but clueless husband, boyfriend, guy friend, or son should buy for all the women in their life. From doing laundry, carrying shopping bags, cleaning the bathroom, or watching the kids, this book details how men should treat women in the 21st century. Including short essays, tips, and best practices aimed towards helping a budding ManServant please his lady of leisure, this visually intelligent, stylistically bold, and ardently feminist guide is a perfect navigation for men in the post-#MeToo movement world.

Dalal Khajah, Josephine Wai Lin (Author), Emily Tremaine, TBD (Narrator)

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