Margaret Fourie

 Positive Parenting

Published by Metz Press

 Parenting is a job for which we receive no training, there is no selection process, no exams and so need to apply for a permit.  Yet, when you become a parent, you hold the life and future of another human being in your hands.   This book will add tremendously to any parent’s repertoire of skills. Dealing with communication as one of the crucial aspects of interpersonal relationships, it will help you give your children the very best, considered upbringing that they can have.

Probably the greatest need of all human beings is to know that we are both valuable and valued simply for being ourselves. From this perspective, Positive Parenting looks at the following:

• What do you want for your child?
  Loving your child just for being
  Teaching your child about feelings
  Spirituality
  Developing a good self-image in your child
  Providing structure for security
  Forming good relationships
  Having fun with your child

Easy to read and written with warmth and humour, this little book will make a great contribution to the next generation.

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 Talk

Published by Metz Press

 This book brings together the material contained in Margaret’s first two books, ‘Break the Silence Barrier’ and ‘So I Told Myself’ into a handy single volume.

This practical, inspirational book starts with helping you to identify the little voice that keeps up a continuous commentary inside your head and then uses practical exercises to help you gain mastery of both this voice and your resultant self-image.  It will also help you with your interpersonal communications – helping you to interact with others in the best way possible to achieve your life’s goals.

This impacts on your personal relationships as well as your working life, and many have found that blocks to their promotion at work have been removed as they became aware of their communication styles and what messages they were actually sending.  At the same time, their closest relationships were transformed and the net result was an all-round improvement in their lives.

This warm, funny book will enable you to:

• Improve your competence an confidence
• Stand up to difficult people
• Deal with abusive situations at home and at work
• Build trust and eliminate barriers

and much more

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Break The Silence Barrier

Communication in its widest sense is the basis of all our relationships. It is in our communication that we express our humanity, and reach out to or reject other people. Whether we intend it or not, we are all communicating all the time. We can choose HOW to communicate, but we cannot choose NOT to communicate. But effective communication requires effective methods and to ensure good relationships, we have to ensure good communication.

This practical and inspirational book will help you discover various styles of interactions, which styles word well and are helpful, and which tend to work to your disadvantage in different ways. It looks at several ways of strengthening useful styles, and possible ways of getting rid of styles that do not work well.

Written with warmth and good humour by a practising specialist in communicating skills, Break the Silence Barrier tells it like it is and suggests a host of techniques and methods to improve communication - breaking the silence barrier. Detailed examples and case studies give practical application to theoretical ideas, followed by simple steps to build trust and eliminate barriers to communication. By following the wise and practical counsel in this book, you will acquire new ways of communicating confidently, honestly and successfully - the basis of good relationships in all walks of life.

This book is also available in Afrikaans, under the title of Praat dit Uit.

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 So I Told Myself

Positive self-talk is crucial in every sphere of life. If you tell yourself that you are slow and stupid, you become that. If, instead, you say to yourself, “I am bright, I’m a quick learner”, you start to become that instead. That’s the theory, and this book is about how that works in real life and what effects can be seen.

Detailed examples and case studies contextualize the theory, and practical exercises in every chapter guide you in adjusting your self-talk to change direction and achieve your goals. In the work context this will mean increased efficiency and productivity, and on a personal level it will improve your relationships and lead to self-fulfilment.

So I told myself. . . tells you how to use the right self-talk to:

• Improve confidence and competence 
• Deal with abusive situation at home and at work
• Stand up to a difficult parter or boss
• Cope with the overwhelming responsibilties of new parenthood
• Ensure weight-loss
• Rid yourself of addictions such as smoking and much more

Written with warmth and good humour, this book is essential reading for everyone from teenagers who claim their parents don't understand them, to the grandparents of those same teenagers who suddenly have to cope with being single again.

This book is also available in Afrikaans, under the title of Toe Se Ek Vir Myself.

Cat Confidence

Xlibris

This slim volume of feline strategies for the improvement of your life makes a wry comment on human beings and their foibles, told in the voice of Thomas, a Cat with Attitude and not a little wisdom too.

• Find out how to manage disasters in your life
• Learn how to deal with stress
• Uncover the real truth about charming the opposition and always, always choosing the up side.
• Discover how to get the most out of life, in good times and in bad.

Thomas, the handsome black-and-white furry person who lives with Margaret Fourie shares his secrets in the hopes that humans will be able to make the most of what the gracious Creator has given them

Read on, for your life’s sake!

Spiritual Discipline in 10 Minutes a Day

St Paul talks about the need for the spiritual person to ‘train like an athlete’ in order to be fit for God. Many runners keep logbooks. This is your spiritual logbook.

Here you can:

• measure your progress through a practical scoring system,
• evaluate your relationship to God in six categories: (1) Prayer and Praise, (2) Faith and friendship, (3) Discipline and discipleship, (4) Repentance and renewal, (5) Learning and listening, (6) Thanks and trust,
• develop more loving interpersonal relationships through focusing on right actions and right attitudes, while guarding against negative tendencies viz. right avoidance,
  gain deeper insights into your spiritual life though a structured daily meditation
• enjoy a unique personal journal.

In addition, this book provides a weekly brief essay on some topic of spiritual value, over 100 quotations, 300 carefully selected Bible extracts for you to ponder, and other helpful matter including ‘The Principles of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis’

About the authors: Margaret Fourie is an Anglican priest and author of four books on relationships and personal development. Arthur Clarke, recently retired as a lay-minister, has had three books published