Books
HeartWise: Deepening and Evolving Love Relationships
Edited by Jim Sharon, Ed.D. and Ruth Sharon, MS
We invite you to read our book on your own or with your partner. You can learn simple and practical ways to develop fulfilling relationships, based on offerings from 16 love experts.
Awaken your physical, emotional, and spiritual connections with skill-building exercises and attitude transformations. Topics include creating relationship safety, accepting differences, transparent communication, finding sensual and sexual passion, plus more. This dynamic book is foundational for couples, singles preparing for love, and relationship professionals; and counseling or coaching programs.
Secrets of a Soulful Marriage:
Creating and Sustaining Loving, Sacred Relationships
Written by Jim Sharon, Ed.D. and Ruth Sharon, MS
This hope-filled resource for developing soulful, mature love is aimed at committed couples who are looking to build, maintain, and glorify the sacred in their relationship.
Authors Jim and Ruth Sharon create a context for couples to honor the gradual movement from physical “flight-fight-freeze” body-based survival and codependency patterns to more autonomy, heart wisdom, communication, and collaboration to spiritual awakening and soul-purpose fulfillment.
The book provides relationship information, practical tools, and inspirational, real-life stories. It also offers a banquet of spiritual practices for couples of all faiths―or none―to bring these new models into focused action.
Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Lives: Defining Moments
Compiled & Edited by Jim Sharon, Ed.D.
Foreword by Roy Baumeister, Ph.D.
This men's anthology contains transparent stories of 40 guys' diverse, transformational experiences.The authors reveal ways in which they overcame major challenges and adversity in their lives. Nine themes are addressed: fatherhood, sexuality, divorce, adventure, shifts in perceived identity, healing, miracles, spirituality and activism.
Be Your Best Self: Yoga for Families
By Ruth Sharon, Alyssa Sharon & Hannah Green
Photos by William Green Photography
Take time and space to connect with your family. As you stop the busyness and slow down to focus, even for a few minutes, you will be more attentive to each other. Experience just how amazing you are as an individual and as a family!
Conflict: A Way to Peace
The AFDA Model E-Book
By Ruth Sharon
We share strong human needs to feel safe, to belong, and to share our lives with one another. When conflicts arise, this need is threatened. Learning new attitudes and skills can give us confidence and trust, so we can grow as an individual and as a couple.
Use this workbook to practice the ADFA Model as a tool when you are faced with a current or old repeating conflict.