Books

If you want to build and maintain stronger relationships despite conflict, We Need to Talk is the place to start. Therapist Dr. Linda Mintle teaches that conflict is normal… but the desire to avoid it and the tendency to handle it poorly can get us in trouble. She says:

• We are not keeping peace when we try to cover up or avoid problems.
• How we deal with conflict will either grow a relationship or destroy it.
• As long as it takes to build trust, it can be broken in an instant.
• Conflict is not a bad thing. Don’t waste energy wishing it would go away. Understand it. Know how to respond.

She offers real-world advice based on solid research where you will learn to approach conflict in ways that work, problem solve and be more confident, negotiate differences, forgive and strengthen relationships even when conflict seems unsolvable.

From her perspective as a Christian therapist with more than 20 years of experience in private practice, Mintle examines the difficulties inherent in the mother-daughter relationship as conventionally defined within U.S. culture. Addressed to women of all ages who want to forge a more intimate connection with their female parent, Dr. Linda provides useful tools for coping with emotions and situations that prevent closeness, including a daughter’s extreme need for approval or an inability to detach emotionally from her mother.

Mintle’s practical advice is always alloyed by spiritual guidance. Anger-management techniques, for example, such as avoiding “nonessential triggers,” talking problems over with friends and learning how to be assertive are presented along with appropriate verses drawn from the Bible. In addition to more active strategies, Mintle consistently recommends prayer and acceptance as the road to deepening a mother-daughter bond. She is convinced that the spiritual act of forgiveness, for even the most abusive or dysfunctional mothers, is a worthy and self-healing goal for daughters.

Make Your Love Last a Lifetime. Having a good marriage is not an exact science, but there are key strategies you can put to work at any point in your relationship–engaged, married for a short time, or married for a lifetime–that will keep it from becoming another casualty. Dr. Linda Mintle, a marital therapist in clinical practice for more than twenty years, mixes research, experience, biblical principle, insight and wisdom all together in an effort to strengthen your marriage. I Married You, Not Your Family! dispels ten myths most people have when they enter marriage, and provides strategies to turn your marriage into the “happily ever after” you’ve always wanted.

Readers will discover:
· Cultural myths that have infiltrated their relationship
· Truth that counteracts these myths
· Three preconditions to keep their marriage from derailing
· How to combat feelings of lost love and marital mistakes
· Hope for even the most difficult of situations

Raising Healthy Kids in an Unhealthy World teaches parents how to raise healthy kids in an over-scheduled, fast-food, video-game world by making simple choices, easy changes, and instilling good habits that will improve everyone’s life today and forever.

Previously titled Overweight Kids, this positive, practical, and inspirational guide will help parents find spiritual and behavioral solutions to help their kids achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Acclaimed specialist, Dr. Linda Mintle, gives parents the information and encouragement they need to raise happy, healthy kids. As childhood obesity rises to epidemic proportions, every parent is faced with challenges that were not an issue a decade ago. Dr. Mintle addresses the toxic environment that impacts every family-overscheduling, eating on the run, sedentary options instead of active play, even school systems that no longer include physical activity. She then presents real life solutions that have immediate and long-term results for every family.

If you struggle with anxiety, depression or food and weight problems, this book is for you. You can be free! Send it to a friend. Order it now. It’s packed full of practical tips to move you from stuck to unstuck! Read more about it.