In this work, clinical psychologist Mary Pipher, best know for her bestselling book REVIVING OPHELIA, draws on her case studies, interviews, and personal anecdotes to document the emotional transitions people may experience as they approach their senior years.
According to the author, adolescence is a time when girls begin to separate from their parents, emotionally, and intellectually. Their source of guidance distanced, they often turn to readily available authorities--the media, mass marketing, and their peers--for advice. The messages can be damaging and often result in a dramatic loss of self ...
The author of the best-selling "Reviving Ophelia" extends her reclamation efforts to address the needs of the family as the foundational source of the strength and health in every culture and society. While she shares the alarm of many observers regarding the bewildering array of societal, cultural, and economic pressures impinging upon families ...
Mary Pipher, author of REVIVING OPHELIA and other celebrated books about mental health and therapy, writes about her 30 years listening to other people's troubles. A firm believer in optimism and common sense, she focuses here on family problems and the ways in which they can be approached--always with generosity and an open mind.
From the bestselling author of "Reviving Ophelia, Another Country" and "The Middle of Everywhere" comes an inspirational and instructional guide on how to write to effect change in the world.
Over the past decade, Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping readers to better understand their family members. Now she connects readers with the newest members of the American family--refugees.
According to the author, adolescence is a time when girls begin to separate from their parents, emotionally, and intellectually. Their source of guidance distanced, they often turn to readily available authorities--the media, mass marketing, and their peers--for advice. The messages can be damaging and often result in a dramatic loss of self ...
This shocking expose reveals the tactics advertisers use to manipulate the innermost desires and fantasies of women and girls and transform them into addictive longings only their products will satisfy. Illustrations.
Filled with inspiring stories from real people and packed with creative ideas, this thought-provoking book shows readers how to transform caregiving into an act of spiritual growth and personal discovery.
In this thoughtful and inspiring memoir, the author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Reviving Ophelia" and "The Shelter of Each Other" explores her personal search for understanding, tranquility, and respect through her work as a psychologist and seeker.
Drawing on AARP's deep wellspring of expertise in the topic, AARP's Caring for Your Parents offers both sensitive counsel and a practical road map through the complex emotional terrain many of us face as our parents age. This eye-opening book guides readers through a new, creative approach to caregiving that turns familial duty into a journey of ...
What do refugees to America need to know and how can Americans help them adjust? The author shares her experiences of working with refugees who have settled in her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The author of the best-selling "Reviving Ophelia" extends her reclamation efforts to address the needs of the family as the foundational source of the strength and health in every culture and society. While she shares the alarm of many observers regarding the bewildering array of societal, cultural, and economic pressures impinging upon families ...
According to the author, adolescence is a time when girls begin to separate from their parents, emotionally, and intellectually. Their source of guidance distanced, they often turn to readily available authorities--the media, mass marketing, and their peers--for advice. The messages can be damaging and often result in a dramatic loss of self ...
In this guide, Dr. Mary Pipher, bestselling author of REVIVING OPHELIA, illustrates the ways in which media images of bone-thin female models promote eating disorders in American culture. She also attempts to provide her female readers with the tools for empowerment, offering advice on how to develop love and respect for bodies of all sizes and ...
In this guide, Dr. Mary Pipher, bestselling author of REVIVING OPHELIA, illustrates the ways in which media images of bone-thin female models promote eating disorders in American culture. She also attempts to provide her female readers with the tools for empowerment, offering advice on how to develop love and respect for bodies of all sizes and ...
In this work, clinical psychologist Mary Pipher, best know for her bestselling book REVIVING OPHELIA, draws on her case studies, interviews, and personal anecdotes to document the emotional transitions people may experience as they approach their senior years.
O Pioneers! was oh so long ago, and yet Willa Cather's masterpiece has proven to be an enduring template for readers' notions of Nebraska writing. The short stories collected here, so richly various in style, theme, and subject matter, should put an end to any such plain thinking about writing from this anything-but-plain state. Nebraska writers ...
The late Minnesota author Paul Gruchow was often described as beautifully intense, bard-like and prophetic. While plying his talents as seer and naturalist, Gruchow was also a master of trenchant insight into the right ways of living, as well as the foibles and hypocrisies of modern society. This collection honors the memory of Paul Gruchow ...
Pipher's book, shows how parents can protect their families from what is dangerous, how they can reconnect with the healing strength that is within each family and how to rebuild families by, for example, introducing TV-free days and bringing new family rituals to eating, talking and holidaying together. Originally published in 1996.
Why are adolescent girls prone to depression, eating disorders, addictions and suicide attempts than ever before? Mary Pipher believes adolescence is an especially precarious time for girls, a time when the fearless, outgoing child is replaced by an unhappy and insecure teenager. Her view is that for the most part it is our look-obsessed, media ...
Based on the author's experience in treating women with eating disorders and addictive behaviour, this guide encourages women to think positively, plan a healthier lifestyle and avoid unhealthy and ineffective methods of weight control.
O Pioneers! was oh so long ago, and yet Willa Cather's masterpiece has proven to be an enduring template for readers' notions of Nebraska writing. The short stories collected here, so richly various in style, theme, and subject matter, should put an end to any such plain thinking about writing from this anything-but-plain state. Nebraska writers ...
Hoy en dia hay mas personas mayores que nunca. Esas personas son nuestros padres y abuelos, nuestras tias y tios, nuestros suegros, los padres de nuestros amigos. La gente vive mas tiempo, pero en una cultura que venera la juventud. Nuestros mayores crecieron en comunidades en las cuales la gente se buscaba y se ayudaba, y donde los hijos y los ...
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