Raising Children Who Think for Themselves offers a new approach to parenting that has the power to reverse the trend of external direction in our children and help parents bring up empathetic, self-confident, moral, independent thinkers. Children who are externally directed make decisions based on the peer groups, violent movies, sexually explicit television shows, and rap lyrics that permeate their lives. When children are self-directed, on the other hand, they use their power of reason like a sword to cut through the jungle of external influences. Fortunately, the author shows...

Living in a culture saturated with media messages focused on fame, wealth, and beauty, it's easy for today's youth to rely on these external messages for guidance. As parents and role models, our natural instinct is to protect and shield our youth from these negative messages and attitudes. Unfortunately, this mode of thinking has encouraged the growing epidemic of youth helplessness. In Raising Everyday Heroes, award-winning author Dr. Elisa Medhus tackles this growing social phenomenon and inspires parents to raise tomorrow's everyday heroes.

With its blend of humor and...

An emotional journey through grief to healing and skepticism to belief--discover the answers that will change your life forever.

LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES--NOT EVEN DEATH

Dr. Elisa Medhus never believed in life after death. As an accomplished physi-cian, she placed her faith in science. All of that changed after her son Erik took his own life and then reached out from the other side.

Intimate, heartbreaking, and illuminating, go on an incredible journey from grief and skepticism to healing and belief. Based on Medhus's wildly popular blog, Channeling Erik, My Son and...

Gerade mal 20 Jahre alt, nimmt sich der Sohn der Ärztin Elisa Medhus das Leben. Als Erik seiner Mutter aus dem Jenseits Botschaften schickt, muss die bis dahin nüchterne Wissenschaftlerin ihr Weltbild grundlegend überdenken. Mutig befragt sie ihren Sohn über den Grund seines Selbstmords, seinen Tod und das Leben danach. Und erhält Antworten, die ein tiefes Verständnis vom Leben nach dem Tod liefern. Im Laufe der Gespräche mit ihrem Sohn wandelt sich Medhus von der Skeptikerin zur Gläubigen und erkennt: Liebe überwindet alles. Auch den Tod.