Dysthymia, a sometimes debilitating depressive mood disorder is explored in this fictional tale of 43 year-old Jeanna Rose Audrey Thornton, a successful lawyer who decides to commit suicide after a series of personal setbacks plunges her into despair. A series of unlikely events prevent the suicide attempt from succeeding, causing Jeanna's estranged family to come to terms with uncomfortable revelations that ultimately lead to healing and faith. With light humor and compassion, this tale touches upon the etiology and course of dysthymia, while giving hope to supportive loved ones also...

Since the 1970's there have been studies devoted to understanding ways to break addictions to drugs like alcohol and nicotine, how about unhealthy dependencies in relationships? Little research was devoted to the emotional and spiritual pain Codependent relationships create in people's lives. Codependency involves a dysfunctional "over-helping relationship" in which one person supports or enables another person's addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement despite repeated attempts to stop enabling the person. One of the core characteristics of...