Lynn Lott, M.F.C.C.,
a licensed family therapist who holds two master's degrees in counseling and psychology, Lynn Lott has taught parenting, trained family therapists, and worked for years as a licensed marriage family therapist in private practice. She is a diplomate in the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, the highest achievement in that group. Her self-help books include Positive Discipline A-Z, Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Positive Discipline for Parenting in Recovery, Positive Discipline in the Classroom, Do-It-Yourself Therapy, and Chores Without Wars. The mother of two and stepmother of two, she lives with her husband and dogs, dividing their time between California and Florida.

You can reach the author at: lynnlott@sbcglobal.net

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Pup Parenting
ISBN: 1594860815 · PUB: 2006 Rodale Press

In Pup Parenting dog owners will learn how to apply successful child-rearing methods to raising their pups — & turn their dogs into loving & responsible members of the family.

With a firm, positive approach that rejects both the alpha discipline method & the over-indulgent reward-based system

Pup Parenting can be referred to throughout all doggie life stages.


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Chores Without Wars
ISBN: 1589792629 · PUB: 2005 Taylor Trade Publishing

Realistic and useful, Chores Without Wars includes what the family needs to turn housework into teamwork. Instead of family members falling into stereotypes, such as the super-mom and the spoiled child, this book suggests that a family built on the principles of reciprocity and teamwork can overcome the drudgeries of housework and lead children to value life skills necessary for their futures. Through chores, skills such as cooperation, planning ahead, managing money, and contribution are learned. More than 30% new material will appear in this 2nd ed.

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Madame Dora's Fortune-Telling Cards
ISBN:1592330134 · PUB: 2003 Fair Winds Publishing

Everything You Need to Know About Love, Money, Sex, Relationships & Happiness.

Dora Littman kept her family eating during the Great Depression by channeling for impoverished miners on Minnesota's Iron Range through reading cards, crystal balls, palms, & Ouija boards. Her amazingly accurate predictions were always tempered with practical advice.

Based on the wisdom & insight of the author's fortune-telling grandmother, Madame Dora's Fortune-Telling Cards are as funky & fun as they are psychically sound!

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Seven Steps on the Writer's Path:
The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment
ISBN: 034545524X · PUB: July 29, 2003

The blank page, the impossible deadline, the exhilarating rush of inspiration, the perils of publication: There is no profession more maddening or more rewarding than being a writer. Yet surprisingly, all writers, no matter how famous or successful, pass through the same sequence of stages in the course of their careers. It was this remarkable insight that inspired veteran writers Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott to pool their talents and write a book. The result is one of the wisest and liveliest guides to the literary life ever written--a volume of astonishing revelation, warm reassurance, brilliant encouragement, and welcome humor.

Drawing on their own experience as writers of fiction and nonfiction as well as the insights of scores of colleagues, Pickard and Lott follow the trajectory of the writer's life from the first time that inner voice whispers “I want to write” to the burst of accomplishment that comes when the book is finished, the vision expressed, the dream made real. No matter what you write or how much recognition you've received, if you're serious about writing as a profession, you are bound to pass through the seven steps on the writer's path. Pickard and Lott call these steps Unhappiness, Wanting, Commitment, Wavering, Letting Go, Immersion, and Fulfillment.

Are you sunk in a pit of loneliness and confusion, burdened by pressures you can neither name nor escape? Welcome to the stage of Unhappiness, what Pickard and Lott call the “precreative state.” Don't worry, Tolstoy and Stephen King have been there before you, and somehow they cleared the abyss of Wanting (desires you can't shake, jealousies that sting like bees) and climbed the ladder of Commitment.

Wavering is where you hit the wall, tread water, and succumb to the dread paralysis of writer's block and the abuse of unsympathetic editors and critics. E. B. White said a writer is like a surfer waiting for the perfect wave--and in the stage of Letting Go, that wave finally crests, releasing the torrent of creativity that carries you through the deeply satisfying stages of Immersion and Fulfillment.

Pickard and Lott are the buddies every writer dreams of-always there to light the way and lighten your mood, generous with advice and sympathy, and bold enough to give you the occasional kick in the pants. Whether you’re a “wannabe” writer or a published literary veteran, you’re bound to find this book a source of true delight, vital wisdom, and lasting inspiration.

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Positive Discipline A-Z
ISBN: 0761514708 · Prima Publishing; 2nd Revision edition (March 1999)

The first edition of Positive Discipline A-Z became a classic child-rearing text that helped change the way parents and experts feel about discipline. In this revised and expanded version, child psychologist Jane Nelsen (coauthor of the entire Positive Discipline series) teams up with speaker and therapist Lynn Lott and H. Stephen Glenn (Raising Self-Reliant Children). Positive Discipline is based on the theories of child development expert Rudolf Dreikurs, and uses communication, consistency, and specific techniques (such as the four-step follow-through method, taking time for training, giving age-appropriate chores to teach responsibility, and using positive time-outs in which the child takes some time with a calming activity) to help children develop the life skills they need to be “effective, happy, contributing, and respectful members of the family and society.”

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Positive Discipline in the Classroom
ISBN: 0761524215 · Prima Publishing; 3rd Revision edition (2000)

The Acclaimed Bestseller That Can Improve Your Classroom Experience Forever! Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Hundreds of schools also use these amazingly effective strategies for restoring order and civility to today's turbulent classrooms. Now you too can use this philosophy as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect in children. Imagine, instead of controlling behavior, you can be teaching; instead of confronting apathy, you will enjoy motivated, eager students!

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Positive Discipline for Teenagers
ISBN: 076152181X · 2000 Prima Publishing; 2nd Revision edition

Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil--not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children's lives. This revised edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents.

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Do It Yourself Therapy
ISBN: 1564144097 · 1999 Career Press

How To Think, Feel, and Act like a New Person In Just 8 Weeks. Would you like to increase your self-awareness? Transform your relationships? Stop repeating self-defeating patterns? Now, for a change, you can help yourself change.



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You can order this book from the author at 1-800-456-7770

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