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CORNER Donna Martini The Ten Commandments of Divorce The Ten Commandments of Divorce beckons us to change our perception of the divorce process. It attempts to open all eyes and ears to the possibility of a new paradigm we can adopt and follow—one that allows us to come out of our marriage with the same intentions, grace, and dignity as we had entering into it. As Donna Martini takes us on a journey of introspection and forgiveness through the process of Positive Manipulation ®, we learn to transmute negative emotions like fear, anxiety and anger into respect, empathy and amnesty. It is only then, she tells us, that the process of healing can begin. This book is about love and the compassionate energy it carries with it. It promotes accountability and responsibility for the paths we have chosen, as it gently prompts us as parents to lead by example. Each chapter will help you uncover your true potential as it offers the solace and guidance needed to handle even the most difficult aspects of living as a single parent. “You made the decision to marry,” Donna tells us, “and for whatever reason, it didn’t work. Now you made the decision to divorce. For the sake of the kids, let’s make sure it’s done right.”
by Susan Kavaler-Adler The Compulsion to Create: Women Writers and Their Demon Lovers “The Compulsion to Create: Women Writers and Their Demon Lovers” is a fascinating and informative psychological survey of women and the literature they create, especially as reflected by the lives and work of such luminaries as Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Anais Nin, Sylvia Plath, and Edith Sitwell. The reader is treated to such issues as compulsion versus reparation, developmental mourning and creative-process reparation, creative women and the ‘internal father,’ and the ‘demon-lover’ theme as literary myth and psychodynamic complex. A highly recommended addition to women’s studies, literary studies, and psychological studies supplemental reading lists, “The Compulsion to Create” is original, revealing, insightful, challenging, at times iconoclastic, and always entertaining.
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