Resources We Love
Local Organizations
Selah Empowers
Selah Empowers, a place where those experiencing the effects of Domestic Abuse can find education, resources, and a community. It's a safe place to be heard, to share thoughts, gain insights, and get support for the journey forward. In-person and on-line opportunities are available at various times of the week. Call 616-510-6305 for more information. Or visit www.selah-empowers.org
Protect Young Eyes
Protect Young Eyes shows families how to create safer digital spaces. If you're unsure about iPhones, parental controls, digital conversations, pornography, social media, or gaming, then visit their constantly updated website or join their private community designed for connection and confidence.
Book Recommendations
How We Love — Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage
So many of our relational struggles are rooted in attachment wounds from childhood we might not have even realized were there. How We Love is a great resource for better understanding how a secure attachment is built, identifying your predominant attachment patterns, and overcoming barriers to a healthy relationship with your spouse.
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How We Love — Workbook
An even deeper delve for you and your partner into the emotional and behavioral cycles that are keeping you stuck. This workbook provides thought-provoking questions and opportunities for you and your spouse to connect, share, and grow in your relationship.
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No Bad Parts — Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
One of Dr. Richard Schwartz’s great books on inner parts and how to identify, understand, and extend healing compassion to them.
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Iron John — A Book About Men
In Iron Jon Robert Bly look at the process of becoming a man by exploring the Grimm tail Iron John.
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The Body Keeps the Score — Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The ground breaking work on the brain, body and mind that explores the way that trauma effects us and how we can start the healing process.
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Falling Upward — A Spirituality of the Two Halves of Life
Throughout life we often struggle moving from one stage of life to the next. In Falling Upward Richard Rohr explores the process of fully integrating you self and spiritual journey through the two halves of life.
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