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An expansive list of resources designed to spark curiosity and further exploration of subjects relevant to Natural Relational Health. Search articles, books, websites, videos, and organizations that support and advocate for healthy marriage and family systems, and parent leaders.
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Remarriage and Blended Families
Preparing for a remarriage involves more than planning a wedding. It means understanding how previous relationships and children shape the new marriage. The following resources offer guidance for building stability and clarity in remarriage and blended families.
Books:
Becoming a Stepfamily: Patterns of Development in Remarried Families
The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family
The Smart Stepfamily Marriage: Keys to Success in the Blended Family
Shared Parenting
Children remain connected to both parents, even when parents live apart. The following materials offer guidance for maintaining stability and cooperation across two households.
Websites
National Parents Organization: Preserving the Bond Between Parents and Children
Common Sense Homemaking
Homemaking is not merely domestic maintenance – it is the steady work of cultivating an environment where faith, family, and daily life can flourish. This collection of resources is curated for women who value thoughtful stewardship, practical wisdom, and Christ-centered rhythms in the home.
The books, articles, and websites listed here reflect a grounded, common-sense approach to nourishing meals, ordered spaces, hospitality, marriage, and family life – honoring homemaking as meaningful, intelligent, and quietly influential work.
Books:
Articles:
The Seven Ingredients of a Well-Managed Home
I Believe: The Homemaker’s Creed
Websites:
Spiritual Formation
Spiritual formation is the lifelong process of being shaped into the likeness of Christ – not through striving, but through faithful attention, surrender, and steady growth. This collection of resources has been thoughtfully curated for those who desire depth, discernment, and spiritual maturity rooted in historic Christian faith.
The books, articles, and teachers listed here emphasize transformation of the heart, alignment with God’s design, and the quiet work of becoming whole in Him.
Books:
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity. By Nancy Pearcey
The Lost Secret of the New Covenant. By Malcom Smith
Articles:
Essential Biblical Principles that Will Transform Your Life, Relationships, and Future.
The Untapped Warehouse of God’s Supply
The Wonder of Redemption: Jesus is for Everybody
Websites
Parental Alienation
Some parents face the painful reality of a child being encouraged to turn away from them. These materials help make sense of parental alienation and support a patient, consistent response that safeguards the child and the targeted parent’s well-being.
Books
Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex
Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You
Foundations: An Attachment-Based Model of Parental Alienation
Dr. Walter’s Dissertation on Parental Alienation
Me, We, and Thee: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Targeted Parents’ Lived Experience
Websites
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization USA
Parental Alienation – Parenting Association
Research Articles
Balmer, S., Matthewson, M., & Haines, J. (2017). Parental alienation: Targeted parent perspective. Australian Journal of Psychology. 1-9. doi:10.1111/ajpy.12159
Crary, D. (2012, September 23). Parental alienation not on the list of disorders: Psychiatrists rebuff lobbying campaign. The Washington Times. Retrieved from https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/23/parental-alienation-not-on-list-of-disorders/
Grohol, J. (2018). Parental alienation: Disorder or not: Psych Central. Retrieved from https://psychcentral.com/blog/parental-alienation-disorder-or-not/
Kruk, E. (2019, January). Parental alienation as child abuse and family violence: A form of emotional aggression and intimate terrorism. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/201901/parental-alienation-child-abuse-and-family-violence
PreMarital & ReMarriage Preparation
Marriage joins not only two people but two histories, habits, and ways of relating. These resources help couples anticipate common pressures and establish healthy patterns from the start.
Books
Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices that Make or Break Loving Relationships
Who Switched Off Your Brain? Solving the Mystery of He Said/She Said
The Smart Stepfamily Marriage: Keys to Success in the Blended Family
Websites
PREPARE/ENRICH Marriage Assessment
Articles
10 Rules for a Successful Second Marriage: The Gottman Institute
Stress and Nervous System Regulation
We live in a high-stress and sometimes overwhelming culture. Learning to cultivate and maintain a calm, less reactive, and internally stable emotional state is a key skill set for managing today’s fast-paced world.
The resources listed below are designed to help you reduce stress, increase adaptable skill sets, and develop a calmer, more peaceful, and stable way of life and relational connections.
Books
Websites
Articles
The Non-Institutionalized Church
Many believers today are seeking Christian community outside traditional congregational structures. These resources explore expressions of faith practiced in the home, small gatherings, and everyday life, helping readers think carefully about life together beyond the walls of a sanctuary.
Books
Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary
Pagan Christianity? Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around the Gospel and Community
Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity
I Don’t Go to Church (I Am the Church)
Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do About It
Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People Are DONE with Church but Not Their Faith
Alternatives to the BioMedical Model of Emotional & Mental Distress
Emotional and mental suffering is often approached primarily through diagnosis and symptom management. These resources explore relational, developmental, and contextual ways of understanding distress and invite readers to consider what the experience may be communicating rather than only how to manage it.
Articles
The Chink in the Mental Health System’s Armor
Books
A Straight-Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis
Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice (2nd ed.)
Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare
Drop the Disorder: Challenging the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services
Websites
Mad In America: Science, Psychiatry and Social Justice
Mad in America – https://www.madinamerica.com
Noel Hunter: Clinical Psychologist, Advocate, Author
Noel Hunter – http://www.noelrhunter.com
Videos
Dr. Peter C. Gotzsche on how Psychiatry has gone astray – Dr. Gotzsched on Youtube
Multigenerational Family Systems
Articles
Books
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue.
Websites
Videos
Family Leadership & The Parent Leader
Children develop within the emotional climate set by the adults who lead them. These resources consider the “parent-leader” role and how thoughtful guidance shapes maturity over time.
Articles
Books
Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No. by Dr. John Townsend
Websites
Videos
Disclaimer:
All resources are provided for informational and educational purposes only. The sharing of resources on this format should not be understood to constitute an endorsement, nor serve as medical or therapeutic advice. Chrysalis Connections, LLC: DBA The Natural Relational Health Institute is not an affiliate of any of the resources shared and does not receive any type of compensation for pasting, sharing, or commenting on materials provided.
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The Wonder of Redemption: Jesus is for Everybody
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