Willow is the new substitute teacher at the district. A certain student's parent takes a liking to her. After a few encounters with him, she starts to question if the relationship that she is in is really a loving one. Seeds of doubt creep in, with Willow finding herself in the middle of the drama. On her first day, she finds that one of her students is her idol's son. Micheal Stanley is a famous artist that is recently divorced with issues of his own. After an incident brings them closer, making them realize that they can learn to love again. Trigger warnings: age-gap relationship, abusive relationship, gun violence
Sequel To Learning To Love Again After being attacked by her obsessive, controlling and abusive ex-boyfriend Andrew and his crazy, obsessed girlfriend, Carmen. A 24-year-old Willow, a recent college graduate and new substitute teacher and her new boyfriend, Micheal Stanley. A famous artist, in his 40s. They must try to heal from their physical, mental and emotional injuries that they both received in the attack's aftermath. And in doing so become closer in their relationship as they try to relearn to love themselves, and each other in the healing process. As Micheal and Willow have to deal with not only the aftermath of the attack by her ex. But also having to deal with Micheal’s ex-wife Pam that starts issues with Willow’s career out of anger. With the help of their friends Eric, Tommy and Amanda, despite the issues that Willow and Micheal are facing, can they learn from love and continue their relationship? Trigger warning: mentions of past abuse in relationship, and age-gap relationship
And just like that I decided I was done; done with the ugliness of the world and done existing amongst people who only pretended to love me the way I deserve to be loved. No longer held down by the weight of my life, I find freedom from the monsters that plague my own mind. No longer held down by the abuse of my spouse, I find freedom from the monster in my bed. Finding inner strength I didn't know I had, to break free from the shackles that have kept me prisoner to my own life, I made the decision to get away and let go of the toxicity drowning me day to day. Doing my best to navigate through life as a newly single mom, I keep my head down and work hard to keep my daughter safe as we start our new life tucked away in a small town. I would have never expected to find happiness in three men who love my daughter like their own, but I should have known that I could never truly find contentment in life as long as my ex is still alive and breathing. He finds us and now none of us are safe. WARNING: Life as She Knows it is a reverse harem romance. Meaning the FMC is in a relationship with three or more men. This is the first book of the Learning to Love Again series and does result in a cliffhanger. This book features dark themes, potential triggers, foul language and sexual scenes so it may not be suitable for everyone. This book is recommended for readers eighteen years of age or older.
After a bitter divorce, Katie Rodriguez and her nine-year-old son move to California to start over. A fateful stroll on a Carmel beach turns Katie's world upside down when she meets a handsome doctor and his troubled family. Chase O'Donnell had everything a man could ask for when a tragic accident changed his life forever. Tortured by his past, he locks away his grief, refusing to face what his loss has done to him and the people he loves most. Katie and Chase must find the strength to rebuild their lives while juggling the demands of careers and single parenthood. When Chase's daughter lashes out, they soon discover that the price of their romance is too high. To heal his family's pain, they both must risk losing each other. Facing unresolved guilt and anger, will they have the courage to learn to love again?
Learn to Love: Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life is a book about learning to improve your love life. After 30 years of clinical research and treatment of patients with unhealthy love lives, I now recognize that most people are not in control of their love lives. Why? Because most people don't know what they've learned about and from the love relationships in the course of their lives. Love relationships that started in their families of origin the moment they were born. If you don't know what you've learned about love relationships, then what you've learned is in control of your love life, healthy or unhealthy. If what you've learned was healthy, no problem. Chances are you'll simply replicate what you've learned about love relationships. If what you've learned was unhealthy, you could be unwittingly making the same love life mistakes over and over again because of what you've learned. Learn to Love will show you how to identify what you've learned about love relationships, how to unlearn what is unhealthy, and practice something new, healthy, and the opposite of what you've learned, now as a corrective in your adult love life. This simple learning formulate has helped many of my patients begin taking control of their own love lives, as well as helping me improve my own love life. Learn to Love will help you learn how to take control of your love life. Dr. Thomas Jordan
How can you energize yourself to maintain or regain a positive outlook and love of teaching? What specific, immediate actions can you take to enhance your well-being and thrive both on and off the job? Award-winning teacher Chase Mielke draws from his own research, lesson plans, and experiences with burnout to help you change your outlook, strengthen your determination to be a terrific teacher, and reignite your core passion for teaching. Often lighthearted, yet thoroughly grounded in research on social-emotional learning and positive psychology, The Burnout Cure explains how shifts in awareness, attitudes, and actions can be transformational for you and for your students. The book describes specific steps related to mindfulness, empathy, gratitude, and altruism that you can use on your own and with students via classroom lessons and activities. Equipped with these tools, teachers can be their best, so they can give their best to the learners in their care.
There are 3 types of experiences with love. The first is the euphoric visual that boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy and girl date, fall in love and live happily ever after. While this happens for some, it does not occur for most. The second option is what most of us have experienced. We have loved with all our hearts and were either left hurt, or in despair wondering if we would or should ever love again. The latter group consists of those were fortunate enough to find love but once they found themselves in a relationship, they often experienced moments where their partner caused them to feel rejected, abandoned, or as if they didn't matter, could never get it right or were made to feel as if they weren't good enough. Unless you experienced the life behind door #1, you more than likely felt one of the latter two experiences in your relationships. This isn't how love is supposed to be. So, what keeps us from the first type of love experience?Many of us did not grow up in households where our parents taught us how to love. Love is something we all want, but many find difficult to acquire or achieve. Everyone wants to love and be loved, but not everyone knows how to go about giving and receiving the love we both want and need from our relationships. So, what causes us to start off happy but not remain happy? Why doesn't our partner understand us during times of conflict? What do we do when all we want to do is reconnect with the one who matters most? ...It was my last break up where God's grace met me on this journey of healing that pointed me into the direction of becoming a marriage and family therapist. With God's blessing I am now taking my research and experience to teach others about this love thang. Why? So, they can love like they've never been hurt. We are all capable of being loved and loving others. We just have to find the courage to do the work to get there. It won't happen overnight, but in order to experience the love again...you gotta let 'em see you naked.
"Into My Life Unexpected, Transitioning" resumes the journey begun in Book One, Learning to Love Again. After his bitter sweet romance had ended, Mr. Kaufman began to come to grips with its aftermath. The pain, the anger, the growth, the acknowledgment and finally the healing were all necessary steps on his ongoing journey. Again, in narrative and verse, we share in his triumphant Transition.
Presents a collection of art and personal stories taken from the authors' Web site in which participants respond to a variety of artistic assignments, including "Take a flash photo under your bed," "Write your life story in less than a day," and "Make an encouraging banner."
Popular cheerleader, Jamie Edwards' world is turned upside down when she develops a crush on bad girl, P. J. Thomas. Jamie doesn't know what to think when seeing P. J. working at McDonald's suddenly makes her heart start fluttering. Jamie has gone to school with P. J. for several years and never felt anything like this for her before. She has never had these feelings for any girl, and she's terrified by what they might mean. Even though Jamie has known of P. J., she knows little about her, other than the fact that she has run with a pretty rough crowd for the past few years and been in a lot of trouble. But something is pulling her toward P. J., and it won't go away. The more Jamie sees P. J. in the halls at school, the more she wants to see her, but she's not sure if the barrier between their two worlds can be broken. Some of the other people in Jamie's life are not happy about the budding relationship between the two young women, including Jamie's ex-boyfriend, Todd; the leader of Jamie's cheerleading squad, Diane; and Jamie's controlling mother, Jennifer. Will they be strong enough to withstand the fallout when everyone finds out about their relationship? Who will come to their aid to help them stay together, hopefully forever?
