Elf-help

Although each person's needs and style of grieving is unique, there are universal themes that can help all of us. The invitation offered in this new Elf-help book reaches across individual ways of grieving to help you move toward healing. The wisdom of author Lisa Irish will help you cultivate a spirit of gratitude for your lost loved one, as you renew the bonds of love and discover that the love you shared will always endure.

The Elves use their trademark wit and wisdom to offer constructive ways to grieve and grow as a man.

No matter how long, no matter how short, a life lived is never lost to those who remember. And the anniversary of a loss is, of course, a very special time to remember, and thereby further the healing. It is a time to take stock of the lessons learned, the hardships endured, the small victories won. This book offers 38 illustrated bits of wisdom, each bit offering the reader loving, healing ways to observe and "mark" this special anniversary. This gift book, based on the extremely popular CareNote of the same name, will be a welcome treasury of comfort and consolation.

In Elf-Help for Living with Joy, author Karen Katafiasz-with the help of the whimsical illustrations by R. W. Alley-offers insights into how to hold onto a spirit of true, profound joy that can remain with us, even when things seem to be at their worst. The clear, life-affirming wisdom of this small book will truly help you discover the passion of being fully alive and the elation of living with joy!

Elf-help for Overcoming Depression shows how to look into your own heart and soul, as well as to others, for help in managing emotions. Linus Mundy has written a number of books for children and grown-ups, as well as articles for the religious press. The founder of the popular CareNotes and CareNotes for Kids booklet series from Abbey Press, he has written Slowdown Therapy and Keep-life-simple Therapy, and several books on prayer and spiritual growth. Linus and his wife, Michaelene, wrote the Bringing Religion Home newsletter for a number of years.   R. W. Alley is the illustrator for the popular Abbey Press adult series of Elf-help books, as well as an illustrator and writer of children's books. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, with his wife, daughter, and son. See a wide variety of his works at: www.rwalley.com.

Whether juggling career and family, or tackling the feat of being a stay-at-home mom, mothers have a strenuous job. The endearing elves on these pages offer busy moms affirmation, inspiration, and nurturing advice on how to care for themselves as they care for their families. For every mom who's ever gotten bogged down in the home trenches, Elf-help for Busy Moms is just the pick-me-up needed!

Nature heals. This little book of Nature Therapy shows just how all of creation-by delighting and inspiring us, by teaching us, by feeding and providing for us, and, finally by engaging us-does its therapeutic good work on our weary or broken or over-stressed selves.

Elf-help for Healing from Divorce is written for anyone whose life has been touched by divorce. It features 38 small ways to face the reality of divorce, and to begin the healing that needs to happen. The book helps people to realize that, although something has ended, life will continue, and be good again.

Slow-down Therapy offers thirty-five concrete ideas for helping you rediscover something you already possess: time, enough time. This delightful book will guide you to a more peaceful, relaxed use of time-and help you celebrate the priceless prize time gives, the priceless prize called life.

Whimsical Elfin characters offer simple, sage advice for dealing with life's challenges!

The Elves offer help and hope to readers seeking to summon courage and thereby expand and enrich their lives.

This book will fill readers with the confidence they need to add prayer to life.

What can we do to come to know and appreciate some of the "simpler ways" of life? One answer is to rediscover the joy of a quiet conversation, a simple story, an honest expression of affection. These simple gifts and pleasures will keep your life balanced. The wisdom of this book is sure to enhance and unencumber your life!