Proceed Wisely

ISBN: 1478326204

Author: D'Palabras, Butterfly

Condition: New

Product Description Proceed Wisely is refreshingly different, uplifting, and full of ideas for making any type of relationship happier. As two-books-in-one, it is insightful, entertaining, enlightening, and informative --giving practical tips for marriage, dating, office, or school relationships. Its in-depth analysis of advice from over 30 authorities, plus stories, poetry, life enhancing exercises, and motivational images informs you whether you have any troubled relationships or not. Chapters 1-4 greatly help if you have, or anyone you know has, a troubled relationship. You will learn why and how relationships sour, how they can become dangerous, and what you might do to help turn a souring relationship around. You'll also learn how to better judge manipulative personalities and understand how to navigate around them. In total, the book is greatly healing and helpful. It combines the author's life lessons with extensive research to divulge ways to improve all types of communications and simply turn down the mental frustrations of everyday life. Readers, counselors, and workshop leaders will find invaluable the in-depth index, reference list, footnotes, and lists of resources for healthy as well as challenging relationships. It begins with a story about the author's involvement with Charlie, from her spell-bound, humorous, yet failed crush on him as a teen, to her falling in love and marrying him after her first marriage dissolved. Despite his personality issues, she couldn't seem to leave him until her life was threatened. Do you know anyone who is also enduring abuse? Even if you think you don't, you need to learn about these kinds of relationships because there likely is someone in your circle, hiding their hurt, unaware of where to turn. If it is you, or not, don't wait another minute! Read the book and make your communications happier and more effective --and all relationships better! You only get one shot --use this book to help you (or someone you know) grow, glow, and lead a vibrant life! About the Author Butterfly D'Palabras (pen name*) in real life holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in education. She is retired after 26 years of teaching, including 15 years as department chair in a large urban high school. Using graduate level research skills for "Proceed Wisely," she cross analyzed expert's information with her's and others' experiences with challenging personalities. She comments, "I know people will find this book refreshingly different, uplifting, and full of ideas for making life, as well as any relationship, happier." D'Palabras teaches life enhancement, writes, creates art (the drawings in the book are her's), gardens, and shares time with friends. She has learned the joy of connecting with a Higher Power who she believes helped her write this book. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona. *The pen name is used to protect the identity of those who appear in her stories and herself. But the name is also a metaphor.