num_pages: 168
description: Theeffects of POVERTY and ALCOHOL ABUSE on a CHILD can be DEVASTATING and canleave SCARS that can take a LIFETIME to HEAL.Thisbook shares a story of emotional scars, so deep and lasting, that they caneffect an entire life. What are the effects of being raised in such anenvironment? APoor Self ImageA Feeling of being 'Different'The Inability to Accept LoveA Negative Outlook on LifeA Failure MindsetA Tendency to ConformWe judge Success based upon Material ThingsWe tend to Sacrifice our DreamsHowdo we overcome these effects?Wemust change our way of ThinkingWemust find out who we are, our personality type, to understand how and why wereact to situations the way that we do.Wemust learn to view Failure as a Stepping Stone to SuccessWeneed to Look Forward not BackwardLearnfrom the pages of life in a poor, rural, Alabama family.¿ Comealong and share the heartache and triumphs of finding significance, being agood parent and rewriting the story of your life.Sharethe story of life in the South, including colorful characters, fun andadventure, and those defining moments that we all face in our lives.¿ In too many cases, we do not respond to thosedefining moments in a way that produces a self-concept that is healthy andtrue.¿ Many precious years can bewasted.¿ Maybe this is your story aswell.Theseare not the ramblings of a psychologist, the clinical diagnosis of a doctor northe thesis of an accomplished scholar.¿Any advice that you glean from this book has not been tested against a focusgroup or written up in a medical journal.¿But it has been proven in one person's simple journey.
language: English
title: Things are NOT Falling Apart, They are Falling Into Place!: Rising Above Your Childhood
titlecomplete: Things are NOT Falling Apart, They are Falling Into Place!: Rising Above Your Childhood
publisher: AuthorHouse