S-Group Workbook


Book Description

Divorce shatters lives. The pain of divorce is sharp, deep and long-lasting. If you are a man who is going through a divorce you know this pain. Working through the suffering and losses of divorce takes time. You can't speed up this process but you can slow it down with poor decisions. If this sounds like you, S-Group Workbook is a personal and/or small group workbook to accompany Dr. Brown's devotional book, "Daily Survival Guide for Divorced Men: Surviving & Thriving Beyond Your Divorce Days 1-91." Both books combine biblical wisdom and practical, down-to-earth advice to help you through this intensely difficult time.




Daily Survival Guide for Divorced Men


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Dale J. Brown, PhD, will never forget the day his wife left him. Her declaration caught Brown off guard. Suddenly he was just a statistic: another divorced man. In the dark days that followed, Brown felt alone and bereft of meaning. At his lowest point, he considered suicide. Fortunately, he reached out to his good friend Ken, a psychotherapist. With Ken's help-and insistence that Brown not be alone at this time-Brown found his intense agony abating. But he still had much grief to process. Brown is not alone. Men who are separated or divorced have a rate of suicide nearly 40 percent higher than that of married men, and even those who do not attempt suicide can feel sad, lonely, and helpless. Despite the pressing need evinced by this group, Brown found few resources to help men cope with the emotions brought about by divorce. So Brown wrote the book he wished he'd had when his own marriage ended. Full of spiritual wisdom and practical advice, Daily Survival Guide for Divorced Men offers comfort and encouragement for men experiencing divorce. Readers of this book will find that they are not alone-and they can thrive even after divorce.




The Divorced Men's Survival Guide


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The Divorced Men's Survival Guide is valuable and entertaining reference for the newly divorced man. It covers everything from living on your own to dating on a dime. The controversial chapter, “How to get laid” returns the single man's confidence by giving him helpful advice on how to get women to be more attracted to him. This book also reassures him that is not alone during this chapter in his life.




Today I Rise


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Heartbreak is an exquisitely seering pain with its never ending nausea, obsessive thinking, and crushing depression. Quite literally a personal prescription for living in hell. Trust me, I know it well and wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.The pain of a broken heart is universally understood and experienced, but what is not universal however, is what is done with it. For most people it's an emotional death sentence but can be quite the opposite.The pain can break you down, or break you open. It can keep you bitter, or finally remove all of your heart's armor? Could heartbreak actually be the greatest opportunity ever handed to any of us?I believe it be just that - the greatest of opportunites - yet it's the one no one wants to use. My philosophy is quite simple: this horrendous pain isn't going anywhere, at all, so why not turn it into the catalyst for every change we've ever wanted in our lives. Why not use it instead of letting it destroy us. I know because I did just that.After using the two and half year odyssey of my own divorce to very publicly change every aspect of my life, something interesting began to happen - people started reaching out to me and asking how they could do the same. People just like you who wanted to lose weight, quit smoking, get sober, or rebuild their entire identity.When a close friend had her husband walk out, I made the commitment to speak with her for 90 straight days, telling her exactly what I wished someone had told me the moment my own wife walked out.Every morning I'd send her an email with a story from my own hellacious experience, giving her something inspirational to focus on and an action step to get her from heartbroken back to thriving - as fast as possible.These letters were compiled into an email series with thousands of readers already using them to navigate the darkest chapter of their lives. My goal was simple - to get her just a little bit stronger each and every day and it worked. And worked. And worked.This book is the compliation of those exact letters, with no punches pulled. The raw truth of my experience, the truth of you're facing with no punches pulled, and the best ways to get through it all. To survive, revive, and then thrive.Here's to you. Getting past today and on to tomorrow. One day at a time - one day stronger.




The Guys-only Guide to Getting Over Divorce


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There's no end of advice for men about the financial and legal aspects of divorce. But, what about YOU personally-your adjustment to a new kind of life, your uncertainty about how to start over? Your time has come! Whether you are newly separated or finalized your divorce last year, The Guys-Only-Guide to divorce answers questions from hundreds of men just like you about how to get on with a better life! The nuts and bolts of starting over Why time is absolutely on your side How to go for a good thing when you see it-you deserve it! Dating again-what kind of woman should you be looking for? Getting Serious-how to avoid the same mistakes this time around Having sex again-when, how much, working out the kinks, and more "Is it normal to feel this way about my ex-wife, my kids, other women?" Meet Your Coaches: Sam J. Buser, PhD and Glenn F. Sternes, PhD use their combined expertise in working with men, men's issues, relationships, and human sexuality to bring you the Guys Only Guides-The No-Sweat Approach to Everything. For information about speaking, workshops, and private coaching, please visit Sam and Glenn at www.GuysOnlyGuides.com. Book jacket.




I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die


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A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.




Navigating Divorce for the Christian Man


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As a Christian man navigating divorce, I looked everywhere for a book that would guide me through the process, and I couldn't find one. Navigating Divorce for the Christian Man is my answer to that. Through scriptures and the sharing of my own very personal journey, this book is my gift to men just like me who fought for their marriages but did not find restoration. I've been in your shoes. I've experienced your pain. I've felt your anger and sadness. And I've experienced God's grace and power during that battle.This book is for men like me who fought for their marriage, for their wife and their kids, but still lost it. It's for guys who battled and did everything they could but woke up one day divorced. It's for guys who felt like failures because they now showed up at church alone with the stigma of being a divorced Christian man. This book is for men just like you. There is hope for you, and if you're a dad, for your children. There is peace for you in the midst of the chaos. There is life beyond your divorce because God is good and He loves you. This book is my thank you letter to God, and my way to bring you confidence during the most trying time of your life.




My Road Beyond The Codependent Divorce


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Ending a toxic relationship can sometimes make us feel like we are going insane. Because we are so enmeshed with the other person, we feel nothing but fear, doubt, confusion, shame and even guilt when we consider terminating the relationship. Although we can hear a little voice inside our heads urging us to move forward, all too often our worries overwhelm us and cause us to stay stuck. We no longer know whose thoughts or feelings are in our heads. All we can feel is fear. If you are contemplating ending a relationship you know in your heart must end, but are struggling with crippling negative emotions, Lisa’s story is just the right dose of inspiration you will need as you begin facing your new roads ahead. No stranger to heartache, Lisa bravely ended her dysfunctional marriage and took her three small children with her. With nothing to cling to but hope, Lisa courageously learned to navigate her way through unknown terrains, and eventually found the will to even love again.




Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?


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Definitive advice from the author of the bestselling "Get out of my life". Divorce, argues Anthony E. Wolf, does not have to do long-term damage to a child. In his groundbreaking new book, he shows parents how to steer children through the pain and the complex feelings engendered by divorce, feelings that, if not resolved, can create continuing problems for a child. Wolf also explains how to deal with the difficult issues that so frequently accompany a divorce. How do you tell your child about the divorce? How do you keep your children from being caught between you and your ex-partner? What do you do if that other parent gradually fades out of their lives? Or, how do you maintain strong ties with your children if you are not the primary custodial parent? How do you help them cope with new living arrangements, as well as stepparents or stepsiblings? "Why did you have to get a divorce?" is filled with stories that parents will recognize with relief. Positive, at times even funny, and, above all, effective, this guide will speak directly to divorcing and divorced parents.