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Summary: The Courage to be a Single Mother
Review: I only wish I had this book on my nightstand when my marriage came undone one year ago. Sheila Ellison writes a very compelling account of her divorce and how she kept her family together through this painful process. Sound advice, new ways of thinking, and a map for rewriting your life as a courageous single mother await you when you read my favorite new book!
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Summary: Crucial Divorce Help For Real Women
Review: If I read one more article about how some big celebrity couple is having an amicable divorce, but the wife and kids are doing great, I think I'm going to scream! No normal woman or child can go through divorce without some Emotional trauma. More importantly, THESE CELEBRITIES DON'T HAVE MONEY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. When you don't know how you can keep up the payments on your house (or if you will have to relocate your kids to another town or at least another school system) there's a sense of urgency that I never see celebrities discuss in People magazine. When going through a divorce I discovered that there is a laundry list of money matters that I had to work out for my kids at a time when I was least emotinally prepared to do it. My therapist and several women in my support group urged me to read a book called "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU" by Family Circle Columnist, Nancy Lloyd. Her eye-opening chapter on dealing with the financial aspects of divorce and how to go about finding the best lawyer, financial planner and tax and pension experts made the difference between my kids having a financially secure future and not. Nancy includes lots of other important advice on money matters but this chapter was the one I (and my kids) would have lived to regret had I not been told about it. And Sheila Ellison's book has helped me deal with many emotional aspects of the divorce that took me months to even realize my kids and I were going through (the shock of the divorce lasts much longer than I ever would have thought). Both books are written in a warm and supportive way. What Sheila and Nancy write will spare you and your kids a lot of unneeded suffering. Both books got my kids and me through the worst time of our lives.
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Summary: Crucial Divorce Help For Real Women
Review: If I read one more article about how some big celebrity couple is having an amicable divorce, but the wife and kids are doing great, I think I'm going to scream! No normal woman or child can go through divorce without some Emotional trauma. More importantly, THESE CELEBRITIES DON'T HAVE MONEY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. When you don't know how you can keep up the payments on your house (or if you will have to relocate your kids to another town or at least another school system) there's a sense of urgency that I never see celebrities discuss in People magazine. When going through a divorce I discovered that there is a laundry list of money matters that I had to work out for my kids at a time when I was least emotinally prepared to do it. My therapist and several women in my support group urged me to read a book called "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU" by Family Circle Columnist, Nancy Lloyd. Her eye-opening chapter on dealing with the financial aspects of divorce and how to go about finding the best lawyer, financial planner and tax and pension experts made the difference between my kids having a financially secure future and not. Nancy includes lots of other important advice on money matters but this chapter was the one I (and my kids) would have lived to regret had I not been told about it. And Sheila Ellison's book has helped me deal with many emotional aspects of the divorce that took me months to even realize my kids and I were going through (the shock of the divorce lasts much longer than I ever would have thought). Both books are written in a warm and supportive way. What Sheila and Nancy write will spare you and your kids a lot of unneeded suffering. Both books got my kids and me through the worst time of our lives.
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Summary: A light glowing in the dark......
Review: If only there had been a book like this when I was going through the divorce process! Ms. Ellison offers not only good suggestions for survival, but shows us, by example of her own story, how to walk this very dark path when all you want to do is lay down and die. Yes, one can survive divorce and actually grow through the process! Ms. Ellison not only sheds light on the divorce path, but provides inspirational suggestions, for all phases that one goes through, including allowing yourself to love again. I liked the way she combined her own story and process with survival tips, so it doesn't read like the usual self-help book.
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Summary: The Courage To Be A Single Mother
Review: If only this book had been on my beside table one year ago when my marriage came undone! Sheila Ellison's story is a compelling one -- parts of "Courage to be" read like a novel and I couln't put it down. Sound advice, great insight and totally inspiring!
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Summary: Healing, Getting Beyond Bitterness, and Finding Strength
Review: It's very simple why I love this book. It comforted me. It made me understand that my feelings--insecurities, anger, passions, and fear--were okay. Sheila supports women's growth, empowerment, passion, anger, sexuality and sadness. Through her story and the stories she shares of other women, she provides a safe place and a platform from which women can begin to rebuild their lives. And after the book comforted me, it began to give me strength. The energy and enthusiasm to make my life what I wanted--for my children and ME! It helped me understand my own mother's painful divorce and my own pain as a child of divorce as well--and have compassion for both my mom and myself. I can now accept responsibility for my choices, and better yet, I can take charge of my own life and make it fabulous. Sheila and the women in her book are powerful examples.
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Summary: How I Kept My Family Strong and Healthy After Divorce
Review: My husband and I began drifting apart after our second child was born. Still nothing prepared me for the fear, anger and financial problems I suddenly faced when he left. My sister helped me through the first few weeks and gave me 2 books that literally saved my family. The first book she had seen Diane Sawyer discuss on "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" with the author Nancy LLoyd. It's called "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU." Nancy really understands what a divorcing mother needs to know about her finances and lays out about a dozen important steps to take as soon as you know you're headed for divorce. I was given several other books by friends, but "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS" was the easiest to understand and follow -- and the only one that really made sense. Once I got my finances in order (and it's the last thing you FEEL like dealing with then but if you don't you and your kids will regret it) and my husband and I divvied up the house, his pension and our other property I could then deal with the emotional and day-to-day problems of suddenly being without my kids' father. "THE COURAGE TO BE A SINGLE MOTHER" which I saw discussed by OPRAH has shown me that I am not alone and that it takes months or longer to start accepting our new life. Until you reach that stage you really can't move on. Both these books got me through the worst time of my life. My family is stronger and at last beginning to regain a sense of normalcy. Sheila Ellison and Nancy Lloyd are angels on earth and are helping many mothers and children find hope and happiness again.
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Summary: Sheila's book will become a divorced mum's best friend
Review: No matter how much your family and friends love you, they cannot completely understand how you feel when going through a divorce, unless they also have had this experience. Even then, we are all prone to giving our own personal histories and painful memories.
Finding this book was truly amazing. It became my new best
friend; she was there when I put out the light and there again in the morning. Sheila tells her own story with so much grace and honesty. Lone mums can all find something uplifting here, something we recognize in ourselves and in our children. There are so many self-help books but this book is just a simple, inspiring story.
IF YOU KNOW A LONE MUM, POINT HER TOWARDS THIS BOOK OR GIVE IT TO HER AS A GIFT.
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Summary: 2 Books that got me through the divorce
Review: Reading this book made me come face to face with the denial I was still in about my divorce. And worst of all, my kids were suffering. On the one hand were the emotional scars and on the other were the financial crisis I was living through on a daily basis (my husband ran up huge debts before the divorce and then filed for bankruptcy. He's living the high life with his girlfriend and I am struggling to pay off his bills). Since February, two books that I saw on television have changed my life. The first is "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU" by Nancy Lloyd (who I saw on "GOOD MORNING AMERICA"). Her book has shown me so much, including how to get my husband's creditors to forgive $3,200 of his debts so that I can use my hard-earned money to help my kids live better. It also showed me what to tell and show my daughters and son about money so that they don't start out their adult lives as financially naive as I was. A few weeks later I saw "THE COURAGE TO BE A SINGLE MOTHER" discussed on "OPRAH" and it has helped me with many of the emotional issues surrounding single parenthood. Both books are blessings and my kids and I are much happier and closer as a result of my buying and reading these 2 books. They can help you too.
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Summary: Right on Track for The Newly Single Mom
Review: Sheila had great ideas and advice for women who have left unhappy marriages, and would like to feel whole again. I was waiting for a book like this. She suggests forming a support group of other single mothers as a sounding board. I love this idea.
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