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Beyond Done With the Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents of Estranged Adult Children contains new information and tools to help parents steer the whole family forward.Listen as siblings reveal their turmoil.Learn how cultural and familial patterns can influence estrangement or reconciliation.Hear from parents what reconciling really takes.Then make sound decisions . . . and heal.This follow-up to Sheri McGregor's highly regarded Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children (2016) draws from her survey of more than 50,000 parents of estranged adult children, as well as her personal experiences and hundreds of interviews with hurting families. She debunks the faulty thinking and advice of this blame-the-parent era, and provides sensible alternatives that support your well-being. McGregor's reflection points and innovative exercises promote growth and help you connect with your personal integrity and strength.Embrace your unique brand of resilience. Step into a freer, happier future.Ten thorough chapters contain relevant research, reflection questions, exercises, and common-sense advice about the gritty, complex issues parents of estranged adult children face. Expand your self-awareness, strengthen your resilience, and make sound decisions for your life, your family, and your happiness. Gain wisdom from other parents and grandparents, as well as from the grandchildren and siblings.All parents make mistakes. Some have deep regrets for things they did or didn't do. In one chapter, these parents share how they believe they fell short and how they're managing. How long must a parent bow to guilt, pay penance, and make amends? And, deplorably, do some adult children exploit their guilt? These and other questions are answered.For any parent of estranged adult children, reconciling may be a solo sport. Even when reconciliations do occur, their success requires wisdom and strength. That's why it's so important to empower yourself, make positive changes, and reclaim your life, even while waiting and continuing to reach out (if you choose to).Beyond Done With The Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents of Estranged Adult Children is filled with information and solutions to the complex, real-life problems that plague parents of estranged adult children and their families.Estrangement leaves a confusing and frustrating legacy for the entire family. McGregor knows firsthand the grit, courage, and determination it takes to reclaim identity, remain a supportive parent to other children, and help the family move forward. In Beyond Done With the Crying, she helps you do the same.

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As readers have requested, Sheri McGregor's new release, the Done With The Crying WORKBOOK for Parents of Estranged Adult Children compliments her award-winning self-help book, Done With The Crying. The Workbook concentrates the exercises in a larger format that provides more writing space for the deeper insight readers find useful. Meant as a supplement to the book readers call "the bible for estranged parents" and say is "better than therapy," the Workbook helps audio- and e-book readers to make the concepts more personal. The exercises facilitate self-discovery and growth, which helps parents of estranged adults to move forward in their own lives.Those who are revisiting the recovery concepts or who have been estranged yet again will find the Workbook convenient. By applying the information, parents can take charge of their emotional health and move beyond the sorrow to new meaning and joy.

If you find solace in the natural world, you'll love Sheri McGregor's new book. Nature's Healing Spirit: Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul connects the benefits of nature to the joy of reading.This collection of true stories, essays, and a few poems by 34 accomplished writers, captures the imagination and engages the spirit. The essays' settings are diverse: ancient canyons in the Southwest, wooded parks connecting major cities in the East, mountains that stand sentry in the Pacific Northwest, and your own backyard full of bugs. Nature's Healing Spirit: Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul provides a window into the personal lives of people like you, experiencing nature and how it heals: physically, mentally, and spiritually.When a mother grapples with her son's disorder, the rhythm of the sea holds a key. When a relationship ends in betrayal, the gift of closure arrives on wing. When a healthy man suffers a stroke, he discovers healing in nature's time. From the mundane routines of modern life to the heart and soul of the human experience, these stories become your own. Savor these rich sensory experiences, and join the writers as they grow stronger, wiser, and happier.Taking notice of nature in our daily lives can bring the benefits-more empathy, faster healing, and better mood, to name a few. Studies show that reading holds the same value. Explore the seasons of life through the eyes of writers whose voices are as unique as nature itself. Read the book and enjoy Nature's Healing Spirit every day.

In Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children, Sheri McGregor, M.A., helps kind and supportive parents who know they did their best to break free from emotional pain-and move forward in their own lives.As a loving mother to whom the unthinkable happened, McGregor knows the horrible shock that wrings a parent dry, triggers denial, blame, anger, and shame. With empathy and understanding, as well as tools, the latest research, and insight from more than 9,000 parents of estranged adult children, McGregor helps parents of estranged adults plan ahead, prepare for emotional triggers, and prevail over setbacks and pain.You can be happy again. In a calm yet authoritative voice, and with exercises derived from her work as a life coach and her own recovery, McGregor helps mothers who did their best to come to terms with their estranged adult child's choices, and regain their health and happiness.To fathers of estranged adult children-this book can help you, too. "Ninety-three percent of the parents who answer my survey at RejectedParents.Net are mothers," says Sheri McGregor. "That's why the title is directed at them. But many of book's examples are from couples, and include the experiences of fathers. Some passages directly highlight men's reactions, including my husband's. The principles presented are relevant to fathers, and the strategies for coping can be used by anyone."In this encouraging and comprehensive book, McGregor fully covers the phenomenon of estranged adult children from families who never expected a son or daughter to cut ties and walk away.Nine in-depth chapters provide dozens of inspiring examples from among the thousands of parents of estranged adult children. Gain understanding and practical help from a mother who knows the pain of this devastating loss with all its uncertainty and heartache. Hope can remain, but you don't have to stay stalled, forever waiting. You can move past the disbelief and distress. Take charge. Reclaim yourself and your life-only maybe even better. The latest research, helpful exercises, reflection prompts, and dozens of real-life examples, cover the following topics and more: Managing the shock of "The Early Daze." Answering the gnawing, "Why?" Reasons for the growing trend of estranged adult children from loving famlies. Getting needed support for this often misundersood problem. Managing the persistent and ambiguous nature of loss from estrangement. The emotional impact--it's far-reaching and insidious. Managing the Effects on the Family. What it means to reconcile. Life Goes On. Estate planning, end-of-life decisions, grandparents' rights, and other considerations. Moving forward in a meaningful life.Sheri McGregor has a Master's Degree in Human Behavior and is a certified life coach. Her work for parents of estranged adults began at her blog, RejectedParents.Net. As a writer whose soothing words help others heal, she has become a powerful and compassionate voice for parents of estranged adult children.