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Creating a Healthy Family Order on-line or call 1 925-846-6264, 9
AM to 5 PM PST. 10% discount on orders of 10 or more is automatically calculated in the shopping cart. Creating a Healthy Family is a powerful tool to enable a person to enter into adult relationships in a healthy way. It does this through two means; first by helping the person to understand the influence of their family background, and secondly, it shows the person how to proceed from that background to fully functioning relationships. Most books about family life don’t appreciate how family background influences adult functioning. This one does! The book describes how a healthy family functions and how such is based on a positive identity. From there, it develops a positive picture of family roles. It also teaches gender differences and how to appreciate them. The latter half of the book is on how to manage emotions in family relationships. It addresses common pitfalls in one’s emotional life and how to use those emotions in an effective way. Finally it discusses the basis of personal worth in relationships. That topic is developed to free individuals from codependency and a sense of worthlessness. When a person is done with the book, they will understand the effects of an unhealthy family background and how to go on a pilgrimage toward health.
CHAPTER 1 A HEALTHY FAMILY Discover that healthy families have positive identities, deep affection, and happiness skills. Dysfunctional families are dedicated to minimizing pain and keeping people at a distance. CHAPTER 2 A HEALTHY IDENTITY Explore the idea of how we instinctively view ourselves is a controlling reality in our lives. In our culture we are preoccupied with what we know and do, but we overlook the picture of ourselves we carry in our hearts. Examines the importance of how we view ourselves and how we view our God. CHAPTER 3 TRUST: THE FIRST SKILL Explore how trust plays a central role in the spiritual life. God functions by trust, and trust brings us into His circle of love. Trust, or faith, has some false forms but only one true form. CHAPTER 4 NOT BECOMING OUR EMOTIONS Many people do not stand apart from their emotions. Instead, they become what they feel. Maturity means that we observe how we feel, change those emotions if we need to, and manage the ones we choose to keep. CHAPTER 5 DEALING WITH CONFUSING EMOTIONS Often the emotional life of people in unhealthy homes is confused. Clear definitions of how emotions work and consistent, healthy practice can revolutionize the emotional life. We are to live off the primary emotions of love, joy, and peace, and manage the reactive emotions of anger, hurt, anxiety, and shame. CHAPTER 6 WORTH Our culture does not provide an adequate basis for
human worth. Unfortunately in our world, you are worth only
what you can do or the amount of money you have. In
Christianity we are worth a Son to God. Therefore, we have a
solid reason for a deep sense of value.
Leader's Guide for a 6-week small group using the book Creating a Healthy Family above. Due to revisions and reprinting, currently not available. If you need a leader's guide for a small group, please let us know and we will provide it via email.
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