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Book Recommendation for Women & Teen Girls: "Made to Crave"

Here's a book recommendation fromDr. Mary!

"Everyone craves something, be it a new pair of shoes, a piece of chocolate, popularity, or even for one glance from that cute guy in English. In fact, we were designed to crave things—just not earthly things.In this teen adaptation of Lysa TerKeurst’s Made To Crave, you’ll discover how to direct your craving toward God, where you’ll find lasting satisfaction and understand how our heavenly and earthly cravings can live in better harmony.

Need Parenting Help? Check out this video!

John & Julie Gottman, author of "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child," offer a quick intro video looking at how to talk to your child and understanding emotional intelligence. Check it out! ~Dr. Mary

Transformation in 2012: Renewing Your Mind

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”  Romans 12: 2 NIV   

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent and praiseworthy – think about such things.”  Philippians 4: 8 NIV   

The wordresolutionmeans a firm decision or intention to do something or not to do something.  Resolutions alone do not work for me.

HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR KIDS and YELLING??

Recommended by Dr. Cherry Chevy, our consulting psychiatrist, about parent/child issues:

Amazon Book Description states, " In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, child and family psychologist Dr. Jeff Bernstein has developed a ground-breaking 10-day program to help parents gain back control over their defiant child or teen. This powerful and exceptionally reader-friendly guide explains what causes defiance in kids, why it's so destructive to the family, and shows parents step-by-step how they can end the behavior.

Find Your Vision

"One of the great dreamers of the twentieth century was Walt Disney. Any person who could create the first sound cartoon, first all-color cartoon, and first animated feature-length motion picture is definitely someone with vision. But Disney's greatest masterpieces of vision were Disneyland and Walt Disney World. And the spark for that vision came from an unexpected place.
 
Back when Walt's two daughters were young, he used to take them to an amusement park in the Los Angeles area on Saturday mornings.

Getting Rid of Emotional Junk!

How much baggage do you carry around with you? If you could put all your emotional pains, relational hurts, and self-esteem or boundary issues in a bag- would it be heavy?
Do you think hauling all that junk around effects those around you? What about in your relationships- your marriage, parenting, dating, friendship...
Most of the time weunknowingly carry around these hurts and pains from memory lane. Other times, we simply need an "update" in our Recycle Bin of recent events. No matter the situation, we