Planet Parent

This book contains a magic wand which gives the parents the power to know all the right answers, all of the time.

…I wish, you wish, we all wish!

Sadly, this book has no magic wand. However, it does have some very useful strategies and an understanding that perfect parenting (like magic wands, unicorns, Griffiths, and reliable computer technology) is a myth. The best we can all stride for is ‘good enough’ most of the time.

Humour is a form of play used by children and adults alike and ‘playing’ is one of the most effective forms of healing. Planet Parent uses humour to help caregivers, parents and grandparents better understand their child and adolescent. This then creates the space to enjoy the beautiful moments of parenthood and to endure the not-so-beautiful moments.

The strategies outlined in this book are drawn from my training and experience as a child and adolescent psychotherapist of over 30 years, and in my hilarious adventures with my own children. It explores the outstanding and distressing facts about babies (I never dreamed you would have to teach babies to sleep!) children and adolescents, which I discovered in my journey as a mother.

The universal tribulations and pleasures that envelope all parents are discussed to emphasise the truth that parents are not alone (there are many, many of us parents) This book encourages the understanding that parents have great power to nurture our child’s resilience… and that there can be hilarity and fun in the process!

Relationships IQ

There is nothing that has attracted as much attention as ‘love’. Most songs are about it and Hollywood and Bollywood have converted love to a romantic and sugar-coated concept. The problem is that couples expect that their relationships will resemble the make-believe world of the silver screen, literature and love-songs. In the real world the challenge is how to preserve love and avoid becoming another statistic in the flood of failed relationships.

This book offers an advanced programme, tailored to today’s world, that will enable you to revive your relationship and enhance understanding, communication and cooperation. In a clear and pin-point style, the authors provide answers that re-instil depth and pleasure to any relationship.

For over 30 years, the authors have been engaged in training and counselling in the field of self-awareness, communication and parenting around the world. In their work, they have encountered a great number of people whose relationships have broken down or lost the sparkle. Over and over again, they have proven that it is possible to repair or revive every relationship as long as there is desire and intention.

Are you willing to invest in your relationship in order to rekindle the flame?

Separation, a Bitter Pill to Swallow

In a world of prenuptial agreements and marital uncertainties, there are those who get married or go into relationships because they genuinely love the person they are with. However, when love falls apart, getting up and getting back on our feet is not as easy as, “Just getting up and getting back into the saddle”. Often there are mountains to climb, and before we get to the foot of each mountain, we will first have to crawl out of our valleys or pits. Truly, being cast aside can make us feel lower than the ground.

This book was birthed out of a failed marriage and was almost named The Reasons I Did Not Die When She Left. However, it was named Separation, a Bitter Pill to Swallow in the end. Somewhere along the way of writing, the author’s perspective and message had changed. The author realised that he had learnt many valuable lessons from the failed attempt at becoming one with another person. He learnt that people can get sick, hate everyone, as well as the world around to the point of contemplating suicide, but in the end and with much grace, they live beyond the tears and heartbreak. Therefore, he wanted to help others using the lessons he had learnt. This is why, although the truths found in this book are blunt, and somewhat hard to swallow, they are covered in a good measure of wisdom.

Symmetric Fertilization of the Individual

Do you want to have sex and make a baby whenever and with whomever you want? Do you give a lot of thought to choosing a partner and the moment of conception, taking the natural order of things into consideration including the cosmic and astronomic laws, and be part of the ‘symmetric organization of human reproduction’?

Yuri Romashev is the first author to tackle this topic and discover the truth about multifarious modern conventions and myths. What exactly is love? And the prince on the white horse? Junk logic? The same holds true of the partner choice and mating urge inspired by religious irrationality and other group pressures. Romashev expects this topic to remain of interest for years to come. Certainly, as long as most babies are conceived in an intense emotional outburst or in response to outdated traditions.

He proposes a solution, a new calendar system, a new timetable with responses to essential questions like Who is destined to be the true partner? What is the right time for conception? and What is symmetric fertilization of the individual? A surprising text awaits the reader filled with intriguing and hitherto hidden knowledge, for example about hidden symmetry and what most do not yet know about the Gregorian calendar created in 1582. What is the symbol of our life that is hidden in the 365-day Gregorian calendar?!

The Best Start for Positive Parenting

This book presents a unique framework and literature for parenting philosophy: clinical psychology practice.

Parents/guardians need to secure resources, articulate a vision of what childhood should be about in anticipation to provide best possible care for a child.

One of the major things missing in the psychology of parenting has been a comprehensive, fundamental parental framework guide, pre-requisite parental academic foundation. Lack of introducing a preliminary parental educational guide has left the gap for parental vulnerability; no guide on what to expect, no clear direction on where to go for parenting help.

The Best Start for Positive Parenting: Clinical Psychology is for parents, anticipating parents, students (Junior and senior circle and college), students studying clinical psychology, students in medical and care, schools, colleges and all works of life.

This book is an intervention guide that mirrors responsibility for all issues relating to a framework for parenting philosophy: knowing the child, establishing mutual respect and a line of open communication.

The Book to Get Your Family Together

The Book to Get Your Family Together is about regularly taking some time out, a few times a week, switching off the tech and having a family conversation.

In today’s virtual world, we spend more time behind screens – bring your family back together with a conversation!

This book is a guide to help you do just that, get your family together and give it a go!

The Intuitive Man

Let's be honest, if you are looking at my book, you are desperate to get into a relationship. I understand, dude, because I was too. You are not alone. Understanding a female is nearly impossible. However, if you can be honest with yourself and understand how your past may impact your approach to relationships in the present, this book can help. Example after example is provided in this book so that you can build experience in figuring out when your woman has lost interest or never showed interest. Why waste your time with a relationship that's going nowhere when you can interpret disinterest and move to the next opportunity. Never do it alone. One or more friends can listen to you and provide honest feedback to adjust your game plan. Believe in yourself, you will find the loving relationship you seek.

The Nature of Emotion

Are you perplexed when bad things seem to happen to you without any apparent cause? Are you confused about relationships? Do you begin a good relationship but find that sooner or later it goes downhill? When you have done some creative work and feel excited about it, do you find that you feel sexy afterwards and may even want sex? If so, then this book is for you. 

The overall reason is that you are unaware of your emotional responses, mainly because you cannot accurately identify those responses.

Learn how to handle your emotions in harmonious ways and improve your relationships. 

The Baby Spa

The Baby Spa has been described as a ground-breaking technique in child development.

Parents’ hearts swell with pride and joy as they eagerly observe their baby’s first unfolding of awareness during independent water exploration. They experience a sense of overwhelming appreciation for their child as an independent and unique little being with a distinct personality while observing in awe as their baby adapts to buoyancy and total freedom that only by being in water can provide.

When babies are happy, parents are happy—an excellent start to the beginning of a close parent and child partnership and joyous journey of swimming through life.

Kingdom of Wolves - The Journey

Kingdom of Wolves – The Journey is a true story of survival and the soul’s journey to freedom, reclamation, redemption, and wholeness of spirit. The author was a silent victim of domestic abuse that spanned a period of three decades, she was not only held captive by her abuser but also her own low self-esteem, fears, and insecurities. With this book she takes you on a journey through the psychological and emotional labyrinth of the minds of both the victim and the abuser simultaneously, giving the reader a unique insight into the perilous and malignant world of domestic abuse.   She demystifies any previously held misconceptions that are often attached to victims, by providing an intimate account of her personal experience with domestic abuse, her subsequent survival and how she overcame profound fears and great adversity in her quest to find her individual strength, purpose, and authenticity. The author also brings to light the necessary reformative processes that needed to occur in order for true rehabilitation and transformation to take place, clearing the path for her to achieve her ultimate goal of atonement and freedom.

Nanny Can't Remember

Nanny is going through changes and is having trouble remembering things. Her grandchildren are learning to be caring and supportive at this challenging time. This book shows a loving family coming together.

Who's In Charge?

Who’s in Charge?, written by Eddie Gallagher, is a book aimed at helping parents unravel the mysteries of violent and abusive children. For those who don’t have difficult teenage children, this book will come as something of a thunderbolt as the misery that some parents and families endure is not well-documented or discussed. For those whose children are reasonably normal and average, this will come as something of a relief! Never again will you complain about sour faces, bad moods and bombsite bedrooms.Eddie Gallagher’s main objective is to explore the facts and expose the taboo that surrounds the concept of children perpetrating violent acts upon their parents. However, Who’s in Charge? contains a mine of information about family relationships, about emotions in general and stacks of advice about good parenting, so this is a book that every parent would benefit from reading. It will also be of interest to professionals and academics as there has been little written on this topic, and nothing with such scope. Candid, non-judgmental, certainly not sanctimonious and full of humour, Eddie Gallagher is able to take this difficult and largely hidden topic and expose it. Other topics are covered which would be of interest to any parent – the effect of social media and the internet, an increasing lack of respect towards authority in society – and the author also touches on the issue of violent abuse between adults within relationships plus the input of healthcare professionals and the moral minefield they face, all in all a veritable mine of information. Accessible, relevant and easy to read, every part of this book will impact someone somewhere, whether they have children or not.