Toni Erickson
HAMLET the Happy House Pig
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"Hello! My name is Hamlet, and I am a PIG, a happy house pig. And I’m not kidding. I really do live in a house with a nice lady named Miss Peggy Purcell, who adores me. I know you’re wondering why anyone would have a pig for a pet, but just look at me. How could anyone resist?"
Thus begins the wonderful story of Hamlet and all his friends: Miss P. and her family, Fred the Fix-it Guy, numerous neighbors, the kind vet named Stacey, and many other animals, including dogs, cats, cows, lambs, and a goose named Gary.
Most of Hamlet's outings and adventures are fun, but not all. However, he overcomes every danger with help from others and his own bravery. He tries to be a good little pig, but sometimes he’s naughty, either by himself or with his bolder animal friends. However, he’s always sorry and learns from his mistakes. Overall, he’s sweet, intelligent, compassionate, and endlessly curious.
The book, charmingly illustrated with the author's own paintings, combines the story of a fictional house pig with real-life lessons in how to get along with others, helping one another to thrive and enjoy life to the fullest. There’s information on things as diverse as wheelchairs for dogs that have lost legs, how to make a pet door safer, and the relative intelligence of different animal species. At the end of the book is a glossary of the more unusual words.
Toni Erickson lives in Boulder, Colorado. She and her husband have six children and numerous grandchildren and great–grandchildren, so they have plenty of experience with what children like to read. Toni hopes that you and the little ones in your life will enjoy reading about Hamlet as much as she enjoyed creating him.
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Keeping Romance Alive After Children Arrive
How to Thrive in a Loving and Passionate Marriage
While Raising a Happy Family
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© 2017 by Toni Erickson
You cannot sit back and hope to have a happy marriage. You have to create one.
Having a baby is one of the most beautiful experiences in the world. However, it can create considerable stress and strain on a marriage. A woman's hormones frequently go crazy, baby keeps everyone awake, and dads have extra demands and pressures which are often minimized. Sadly, many couples lose their connection and effective communication, and sexual expression can wane for a time, sometimes for a long time.
Keeping Romance Alive after Children Arrive was written to help partners maintain a strong and loving relationship during pregnancy, after the baby comes, and well into the future. With valuable information, skills, tools, and strategies, the book can help couples remain intimate and romantic during and after this wonderful though challenging period.
Toni Erickson, MSW, LCSW, has been a psychotherapist since 1986, as well as a relationship coach, mediator, and educator. She is the mother of four grown children with growing families of their own. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband. Toni's passion is to help parents have long, loving relationships, so they can create happy and enduring families.
John Kadlecek was the primary editor and writing mentor.
Additional editing and proofreading by David and Leonore H. Dvorkin
Layout, cover, and book production by David Dvorkin
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About the Author
Toni Erickson, MSW, LCSW
"The Marriage Mentor"
Psychotherapist, Relationship Coach, Author, Educator, Blogger
Toni Erickson, MSW, LCSW has been a psychotherapist for over 30 years, as well as a relationship coach, mediator, and educator. She is the mother of four grown children and a large, burgeoning family. She has a private practice and lives with her husband in Boulder, Colorado. Her desire is to assist parents to have loving relationships with respect, integrity, openness, compromise, and good communication in order to create happy and enduring families.
Contact Information
Email: toni.erickson@aol.com
Appearances
May 1, 2017
Toni was a guest on Branco Broadcast. To listen to the interview, click here.
Reviews
Toni Erickson has poured a lifetime of top expertise into this valuable addition to the couples therapy genre. Her compassion, wisdom, and experience are evident on every page of this comprehensive, don't-raise-children-without-this guidebook. It is so challenging to keep a marriage thriving with the challenges of raising a family. This advice is practical and actionable. She offers creative suggestions for keeping love alive and comprehensive help for handling common problems. I wish I'd had this knowledge when I raised my family!
Tommi Wolfe
CEO, The Startup Expert
www.Top6BusinessCoach.com
Toni Erickson's book, Keeping Romance Alive after Children Arrive, is a wonderful book, full of her experience and wisdom. It is filled with tools that couples can use to work on their own to improve and/or heal their marriage, especially during the difficult challenges that life throws us. Those couples having a new baby or who already have children will find it most valuable. I recommend it without hesitation!
John Rifkin, PhD, is the author of The Healing Power of Anger, which was nominated for the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association.
As a long-time family mediator, I've met many couples who have lost their loving feelings early in the marriage. Not knowing how to reclaim them, they see divorce as the only path out of the quagmire of conflict or lack of connection that increased family pressures bring. By following the wisdom of Toni Erickson, "The Marriage Mentor," spouses can learn new skills and approaches to keeping their love fresh and intact throughout the many trials and tribulations of family life. Thus they can avoid the pain and loss of their mates and dreams that divorce brings. Keeping Romance Alive After Children Arrive is a guide to successful coupling and relationship sustenance that is easy to read and put into practice.
Christine A. Coates, J.D., is co-author of Learning from Divorce: How to Take Responsibility, Stop the Blame and Move On.
I was excited when Toni, who is my friend as well as a fellow coach and therapist, called and asked if I would be willing to read her new book, giving it a recommendation if I "felt it was worthy." I was honored, and I knew it would be worthy of a heartfelt, positive recommendation before I read the first word! I've known Toni for more than 14 years, now, both personally and professionally. She is loving, caring, dedicated, talented—and most of all, effective. Her new book is called Keeping Romance Alive After Children Arrive. If that in any way describes you now, or will describe you in the future, do yourself a big favor and buy a copy of this book. I know you will be richly rewarded.
Jack Bergstrom Coach, Speaker, Author
Former assistant to Tony Robbins and veteran of more than 21,000 one-on-one coaching sessions
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