A gift book, a self-help book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers. Its succinct, meaningful guidelines and hope-filled illustrations have reassured those who grieve that out of their pain can come profound, transforming healing.
Elf-help for Coping with Cancer suggests how you can react to your illness and also act in ways that will help you heal. It will also help you see how having cancer, despite the limitations and downright terrors it may present, can offer opportunities to grow closer to God and those around you, and to focus on what’s really important.
Caregiver Therapy shows you how to take care of yourself as you take care of someone else. It invites you to deepen and enrich your caregiving experience—opening your heart to others and opening your spirit to lessons of love and trust.
Do you go through the Christmas season feeling pressured, empty, inadequate, or depressed? Maybe you need some gentle, constructive, self-help therapy—Christmas Therapy. Insightful guidelines and enchanting illustrations—alive with color—will help you rediscover in your heart the magic, the meaning, and the mystery of this blessed time.
Elf-help for Overcoming Depression shows how to look into your own heart and soul, as well as to others, for help in managing emotions. Linus Mundy has written a number of books for children and grown-ups, as well as articles for the religious press. The founder of the popular CareNotes and CareNotes for Kids booklet series from Abbey Press, he has written Slowdown Therapy and Keep-life-simple Therapy, and several books on prayer and spiritual growth. Linus and his wife, Michaelene, wrote the Bringing Religion Home newsletter for a number of years. R. W. Alley is the illustrator for the popular Abbey Press adult series of Elf-help books, as well as an illustrator and writer of children’s books. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, with his wife, daughter, and son. See a wide variety of his works at: www.rwalley.com.
Here is a wonderful book of psychology and spirituality—all in one. It shows children that God is someone we can share our every feeling with, and one we can “go to” in our own simple words. The author and illustrator cover a wide range of themes—from praying about one’s anger or sadness to praying about being afraid or bored.
Whether you’re feeling chronically bogged down in worry of are facing an immediate crisis, Worry Therapy can help. This little guide offers practical hints for “worryproofing” your life, as well as insights into deeper issues.
For those who have trouble letting go, for those who struggle to reconcile themselves to life’s brokeness, here is a delightful, inspiring, liberating guide to spiritual and psychological wellness and serenity!