RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ
40 Days to Real Love and Happiness in Your Marriage by Greg Baer
This companion workbook for Real Love in Marriage provides exercises, questions, and additional
content that make the principles in the Marriage book much easier to apply in daily life.
50 Ways to Love Your Leaver (Getting on With Your Life after the Breakup) by Dr. Dwight Webb -
Shows how to let go of denial, blame and anger.
Busting Loose from the Money Game by Robert Scheinfeld – Shifts your paradigm for life.
The Circle by Laura Day - How the power of a single wish can change your life.
*Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner – True life story about a Harvard graduate and editor at Seventeen
Magazine. Her husband almost killed her until she found the strength to admit what was going on.
Divorce Solutions (How to Make Any Divorce Better) by Ed Sherman, Divorce Specialist Attorney - Since
this is written by a divorce attorney, he gives direct advice on all facets of the divorce process.
Don’t Call that Man! by Rhonda Findling – A survival guide to letting go.
Emotional Infidelity: how to avoid it and 10 other secrets to a great marriage by M. Gary Neuman - How
to maintain a good marriage.
*Feel the Fear and Beyond by Susan Jeffers, PhD
Techniques to walk through panic attacks and fear.
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ
*The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
(1) Be Impeccable with Your Word (2) Don’t Take Anything Personally (3) Don’t
Make Assumptions (4) Always Do Your Best
Beyond Fear - Beyond fear into a state of empowerment.
Getting Apart Together (100 ways to celebrate the present moment) by Raphael Cushnir
Written by a mediator, it includes custody, division of property, support, insurance, higher
education and tax issues.
Half the Sky (turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide) by Nicholas D. Kristof
and Shery L. Wudunn (winners of the Pulitzer Prize)
A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression
of women and girls in the developing world.
*Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastle Way by M. Gary Neuman
This is packed full of suggestions on everything from the best way to break the divorce news to a
child (it differs according to age group) to facing the holidays, visitation, custody arrangements,
anger, discipline, co-parenting, single parenting, overcompensation, sorrow, custody fights, and
much more. Furthermore, there are individual workbooks of his sessions with children ages 6-18.
How Now (100 ways to celebrate the present moment) by Raphael Cushnir
In the present moment there is never stress.
How Now (100 ways to celebrate the present moment) by Raphael Cushnir
In the present moment there is never stress.
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ
I Used to Miss Him… but my Aim is Improving by Alison James - Not your ordinary Breakup
Survival Guide Comical but leans on the angry side of divorce.
The Law of Attraction (The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham) by Esther and Jerry Hicks
Most powerful law of the universe on how to attract your heart’s desire - supports The Secret.
Next Time She’ll be Dead by Ann Jones
Battering and how to stop it.
Power of Emotions (Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide)
Understand your emotions. Make peace with where you are right now.
Life After Your Lover Walks Out by Lynda Bevan
This book identifies the feelings that emerge during this emotional upheaval and offers a reservoir
of alternative solutions on how to deal with these emotions.
Power Thought Cards by Louise L. Hay
Beautiful 64 Card Deck of Affirmations
Love in 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love by Diana Kirschner
Fun, savvy book and based on the latest research on singles, online dating and healthy relationships.
Loaded with step-by-step instructions, checklists, and weekly homework assignments.
Love Yourself, Heal Your Life
We believe what we choose to believe. The workbook helps walk through anger, fear, inadequacies,
etc.
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ
Loving Choices by Dr. Bruce Fisher and Nina Hart
This book is beyond the divorce process when you are ready for dating.
Master Your Panic (and take back your life) by Denise F. Beckfield, PhD - Twelve treatment
sessions to overcome high anxiety.
*Peaks and Valleys – Making Good and Bad Times Work for You by Spencer Johnson MD
Short book from bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese? Discover how to get out of a valley
sooner, stay on a peak longer, and have more peaks and fewer valleys.
The Power of Now - Taking responsibility for our own consciousness, we can learn to live in a
heaven on Earth.
A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life Purpose by Dr. Eckhart Tolle
Oprah has free online classes on this book.
*The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales: A Story of Modern Times by Marcia Grad
This is an awesome book for every woman to read!! Easy reading and lots of insights on why we do what we
do and how to stop the cycle of abuse.
Real Love in Marriage by Greg Baer
Has helped uncounted thousands of couples all around the world to create and maintain richly
rewarding marriages.
*Rebuilding by Dr. Bruce Fisher and Dr. Robert Alberti (third edition)
Book used in Divorce Support Group at Fresh Start. Specific steps to help through the divorce
process as well as handling any trauma in your life. The workbook is a good accompaniment.
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne - You will come to know how you can, have, be, or do anything you
want.
Spiritual Divorce by Debbie Ford - Shows how devastation from divorce can be transformed into a
profoundly enlightening experience.
Spontaneous Healing by Gregg Braden – Could a change in our perceptions – a shift in our beliefs
– hold the timeless secret to healing, peace, and even reality itself?
Surviving Beyond Happily Ever After by Joan Busick - A compassionate guide that teaches
women how to manage life on their own and gain self confidence.
*Verbally Abusive Relationship How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
A good book to determine if you are in an abusive relationship.
*The Verbally Abusive Man – Can He Change? by Patricia Evans
A woman’s guide in deciding to stay or go. Prescribes a course of action for both victim and abuser.
*Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dream Girl by Sherry Argov
A woman’s guide to holding her own in a relationship.
*Denotes highly recommended books.
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