Family & Relationships audiobooks

Healing Trauma: A Guided Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The hypnotic, healing suggestions go very deep, and are designed to counter ugly flashbacks and nightmares with positive images. Additional segments reduce the intense spikes of anxiety and serve as a natural treatment for panic attacks, as well as anger and fury; others shift the tendency toward avoidance, numbness and isolation. Created by... Read more

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing Sex - Abridged

By: Sari Locker

Narrated by: Sari Locker

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Get great tips to improve your love life from sexpert Sari Locker!Want to have more fun in and out of the sack? Could you use some help when it comes to exciting foreplay and afterplay? Would you like to know more about erotic techniques like tantric sex and sexual massage? Let noted sex educator Sari Locker show you how to explore your sexual... Read more

Listening for the Crack of Dawn - Abridged

By: Donald Davis

Narrated by: Donald Davis

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Donald Davis was born into a southern Appalachian mountain world rich in stories. He grew up listening to his father and his Uncle Frank tell stories of their boyhood, all the while taking in the details of his own childhood experience. These stories of growing up in Appalachia in the 1950s are funny and true, nostalgic and bittersweet. The... Read more

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating - Abridged

By: Judith Kuriansky

Narrated by: Judith Kuriansky

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You're no idiot, of course! But if the dating game is making you feel down, take heart. Best-selling author Dr. Judy Kuriansky can help put you in top form with this audio program. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating is loaded with information on how to meet interesting people, break the ice, keep conversations going, and find the relationship... Read more

Lighting Your Fire

By: Cathy Walker & Michael Walker

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael and Cathy Walker, who met in Washington, D.C. in 1971, and left careers in law and medicine in 1995 when they decided to follow their passion.  They created Clarity International, offering support services for the design and implementation of personal and professional vision. Read more

Children, Parents, Lollipops

By: Vladimir A. Tsesis

Narrated by: Pat Bottino

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Children universally take it for granted that their parents love them and will never abandon them. Not by bread alone—children need not only food, water, and shelter but also a loving family to provide these things to them. Dealing with a child not only as a patient but also as a person helps a pediatrician become a part of the flowing river of... Read more

In The Meantime - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

The #1 national bestseller from the host of the show Iyanla: Fix My Life on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that answers the question: What’s love got to do with it in the meantime?

You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know... Read more

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens - Abridged

By: Sean Covey

Narrated by: Sean Covey

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over 3 million copies sold.

Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age.

Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future.... Read more

Reinhabit Your World

By: Peter Berg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

How much do you know about your neighborhood? Noted ecologist Peter Berg will ignite your curiosity about what bioregionalism is, and encourage you to inhabit the region in which you live. It is his experience that this endeavor ignites joy and wonder, and establishes a connection to nature for which everyone is starved. Read more

Backtalk - Abridged

By: Carolyn Crowder & Audrey Ricker

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"So what? All the other kids get to do it!"
Few behavioral problems challenge and frustrate parents, caregivers, and teachers as does verbal rudeness in children of any age. Reinforced by the wise-cracking kids on TV and in the movies, backtalk has become all too common among today's youngsters. But there is nothing cute about this behavior.... Read more

Spiritual Literacy - Abridged

By: Frederic Brussat

Narrated by: Jayne Atkinson & Howard McGillin

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A book that belongs in every seeker's home, Spiritual Literacy answers the universal question, "How can I live a spiritual life every day?" Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat reveal a way to read the texts of our lives and of the world around us for sacred meaning.
Using more than 650 brief examples from contemporary books and movies, they tutor us... Read more

Being in the Zone

By: Chungliang Al Huang

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Creating meaning out of our lives gives us a purpose in being alive.  But in all our pondering, sometimes we forget to actually live. Chungliang Al Huang believes that “being alive is more important than the meaning of life.” Read more

Sex, Passion and the Soul

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In a culture where one can find virtually any physical or mental sensation the imagination can conjure up, why do we remain unsatisfied?  Thomas Moore declares that we are actually afraid of sex, “afraid of our own vitality.”  He believes that what we need is the courage to live sensuously, to ease up on the maddening work ethic, and to give... Read more

Chocolate for A Womans Heart - Abridged

By: Kay Allenbaugh

Narrated by: Victoria Dillard, Arija Bareikis & Jayne Atki...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Love, like chocolate, comes to us in many varieties—pure and simple, rich and complicated, sweet and bittersweet, and always memorable. Now, the creator of the bestselling Chocolate for a Woman's Soul serves up another selection of delectable new "chocolate stories," once again written by and especially for women.
These real-life tales celebrate... Read more

The Marriage Spirit - Abridged

By: Evelyn Moschetta & Paul Moschetta

Narrated by: Paul Moschetta & Evelyn Moschetta

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nothing in life equals the steady thrill, the calm excitement of being in a good marriage. This requires much more than a vague idea of love. In The Marriage Spirit, Drs. Evelyn and Paul Moschetta unveil a new kind of intimacy: spiritual intimacy, where partners share a love that connects them soul to soul.

In The Marriage Spirit, these... Read more

Supercouple Syndrome - Abridged

By: Wayne Sotile, Mary O Sotile & Gregg Marx

Narrated by: Meredith MacRae

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Relationship breakdown, divorce, dissatisfaction, and family discord are all too common as couples scramble to provide a better life for themselves and their families. With this guide, noted marriage counselor Mary Sotile and psychologist Wayne Sotile show today's stressed-out supercouples— men and women juggling dual careers, family... Read more

Thinking With The Heart

By: Patricia Sun

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In demand throughout the world as a private consultant, lecturer and communication expert, Patricia Sun speaks here about new styles of thinking and pathways to enlightened relationships.  As warm as she is brilliant, Sun gives us new revelations about gender differences,  disciplining our children, and accepting paradox as a way to enlightenment. Read more

Mother Father Uncle Aunt

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"...where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." There's a reason all those children in Lake Wobegon are above average. It might be the clean prairie air. It might be the wholesome wheat that's grown by the Norwegian bachelor farmers. And it just might be their strong, good-looking... Read more

Chocolate for A Womans Soul - Abridged

By: Kay Allenbaugh

Narrated by: Tonya Pinkins, Patricia A Janney & Patricia Kal...

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Take a bite out of life and see how rich it can be!
Treat yourself to true stories that celebrate life and capture the essence of what it means to be a woman. Like chocolate, these stories soothe, satisfy, and delight -- better yet, they're good for you! Written by and for women, here are heartfelt insights on commitment, compassion, work,... Read more

The Power Of Circles

By: Sedonia Cahill & Charles Garfield, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sitting in intentional circles has the power of personal renewal and community healing. They can bring ceremony and sacredness to gatherings of friends, family and community, a way to connect on a deeper level without fear of judgment; a place where you can truly be heard and supported in your fullness. Read more

Giving the Love That Heals - Abridged

By: Harville Hendrix

Narrated by: Harville Hendrix

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Harville Hendrix has illuminated the paths to healthy, loving relationships in his New York Times bestsellers Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find. Now, he and his coauthor and wife, Helen Hunt, bring us to a new understanding of the most profound love of all -- by helping parents nurture their own development as they... Read more

Journey Into The Beyond

By: Sukie Miller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1969 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross asked, "What happens to us as we die?"  In 1975 Raymond Moody asked, "What happens to us when we die?"  In 1994, Sherwin Nuland introduced us to the physical realities of death itself.  One of the first researchers to study the cross-cultural dimensions of the after death, Sukie Miller here asks, "What happens to us... Read more

The Children's Book of Heroes - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: William J. Bennett

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Bennett and Michael Hague, the team that brought us the national bestseller The Children's Book of Virtues, have once again collaborated to create The Children's Book of Heroes, a beautifully illustrated celebration of heroic deeds, both real and fictional, that will delight and inspire millions of young children and their parents.

"We... Read more

The Children's Book of Virtues - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: William J. Bennett

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the #1 national bestseller comes the definitive audio treasury of great moral takes for young children and their parents, including ten postcard-sized reproductions of Michael Hague's beautiful illustrations and featuring performances by:

The Bennett Family
(William, Elayne, John and Joseph)

Barbara Bush

Dorian Harewood

Charlton... Read more