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  What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Starting in August, we will share near-daily, as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them   by Franki Bagdade.  Amazon review by MSI Press author, Colette McNeil -   Great Parenting Resource In this book Franki Bagdade shares some valuable parenting advice. Most prevalent is her unending encouragement that the trying even when sometimes failing is the very thing that validates a positive answer to the question,”Am I a good parent? It’s not perfection but the continued striving...

  Franki Bagdade, author of I Love Mu Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , has recently been cited by two blogs posts. ADHD Online cites Franki in its post, "Summer Survival Guide: Top Tips for ADHD Parents" and in a post on trips for ADHD families. For more posts about ADHD, click HERE . For more posts about Franki Bagdade and her works, click HERE .                                         Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  Mental Health Mayday,  by Gregg Bagdade, which reached #199 on Amazon's bestseller list for psychology education and training and #285 for safety and first aid. Book description: From their swearing-in all to the way until retirement, even the most hardened firefighters can be affected by mental health concerns. A fascinating look behind the scenes of the career of a firefighter, this book explores the why and explains the how to better prepare these individuals for a healthy and productive career and life, based on the author's personal experience as a counselor, who also has 27 years as a firefighter and paramedic. Firefighters can learn how to acknowledge their mental health issues, such as PTSD, addiction, or anger issues while developing strategies to address these concerns with techniques and solutions throughout their career. This powerful book is part memoir and part call to action. Through the tales of his own journey from recrui...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  Mental Health Mayday,  by Gregg Bagdade, which reached #199 on Amazon's bestseller list for psychology education and training and #285 for safety and first aid. Book description: From their swearing-in all to the way until retirement, even the most hardened firefighters can be affected by mental health concerns. A fascinating look behind the scenes of the career of a firefighter, this book explores the why and explains the how to better prepare these individuals for a healthy and productive career and life, based on the author's personal experience as a counselor, who also has 27 years as a firefighter and paramedic. Firefighters can learn how to acknowledge their mental health issues, such as PTSD, addiction, or anger issues while developing strategies to address these concerns with techniques and solutions throughout their career. This powerful book is part memoir and part call to action. Through the tales of his own journey from recrui...

Today's Publisher's Pride is  Mental Health Mayday,  by Gregg Bagdade, which reached #109 on Amazon's bestseller list for psychology education and training and #165 for safety and first first aid. Reviewer:  "saved my life" Book description: From their swearing-in all to the way until retirement, even the most hardened firefighters can be affected by mental health concerns. A fascinating look behind the scenes of the career of a firefighter, this book explores the why and explains the how to better prepare these individuals for a healthy and productive career and life, based on the author's personal experience as a counselor, who also has 27 years as a firefighter and paramedic. Firefighters can learn how to acknowledge their mental health issues, such as PTSD, addiction, or anger issues while developing strategies to address these concerns with techniques and solutions throughout their career. This powerful book is part memoir and part call to action. Through...