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Parenting may be our most important and rewarding task, yet dealing with the everyday pressures of family life is a constant challenge. Mindfulness is the number-one tool for staying present and calm amidst the chaos. So how can we parents be more mindful when raising our children? In this personal yet extremely practical guide, Amber Hatch will show you what mindfulness is, how you do it and how it will help you rise to the challenges of parenthood.

MORE THAN 100,000 COPIES SOLD! New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford shares simple words of daily inspiration in this unique, seasonal devotional to help you find new and more connected ways to live undistracted, heart-led, and hands-free every day. Rachel Macy Stafford, known...

You may feel lonely, abandoned, overwhelmed, and ill-equipped in your life as a single mother, but you are not alone on this journey. God is with you, and if you are willing, he will help you build a strong home and legacy for your family. As a former single mother, Michelle Lynn Senters understands you could use a little soul nourishment. In The Unseen Companion, she explores the 10 needs every single mother has and asks, "God, where are you in this?"

George Glass, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, has designed an audiobook to help parents understand the challenges of beginning new lives with blended families, and to help their children make the necessary adjustments. He explains how to approach unavoidable dilemmas when they occur and offers invaluable lessons about the link between divorce and issues of self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, and relationship failures that often result from the breakup of a family.

Being a mom is hard, but it doesn't have to be lonely. Are you trying to do this mothering thing alone? So focused on the kids that you're hungry for friendships of your own? Have good friendships, but you want to enjoy them more? Jill Savage, mother of five, knows those challenges well, and she's here to help.

Simple yet profound practices reveal how conscious mothering is an inherently spiritual endeavor, bringing grace, balance, and peace to busy, on-the-go moms. Denise Roy combines the hard-won wisdom of a parent with the insights of meditation to create a spiritual practice that goes to the heart...

Alexandra Fuller won worldwide attention, popular acclaim, and critical accolades for her memoir of her childhood in Africa, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight. This engaging follow-up explores Fuller’s parents’ childhoods and charts the trajectories of their lives through all the British couple’s experiences in war-torn Africa. With the same sharply etched narrative that has earned the author such immense praise, Fuller expands on and offers new insights into her family’s remarkable trials and successes.

After a fairy-tale courtship in 1980s New York City, Maggie's young marriage shatters when her "perfect" husband - a star editor at the Wall Street Journal - is diagnosed with and dies of AIDS, leaving her with two young children in a city electrified by paranoia about the new epidemic. Devastated by his betrayal, Maggie struggles to protect herself and her children from stigma, keeping the circumstances of her husband's death a secret for nearly 25 years.

The moment Diane Burke, an author and mother of two grown sons, received an unexpected certified letter in the mail, she had no idea her life would be shaken to its core. Memories of a past she had buried more than forty years ago suddenly resurfaced and she wasn't prepared to deal with them. Steve Orlandi, happily married, father of two and step-father of three, was living the typical middle class American life. But since the age of eight, when he discovered he was adopted, he had led that life dealing with inner questions about his self-identity and genetic history.

The Sunday Times bestseller following the inspiring story of life as a shepherdess, by the star of More4's Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive & the Kids and Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm. Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales and Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm, living a life...

For years, Dora has played the role of the perfect wife and mother in a loveless marriage. Now her husband has filed for divorce, her child is diagnosed with autism, and her house is on the market. Dora's façade collapses under the weight of her grief, and she suffers "broken heart syndrome." Mamaw and the girls rally around Dora - but it's up to Dora to heal herself as she spends the summer prowling the beach, discovering the secrets of the island and her heart.

De Britse Lucy ondervindt de kracht van sisterhood wanneer ze verliefd wordt op een Nederlandse man. Een weduwnaar, Dinand Woesthoff, met wiens verlies heel Nederland meeleeft: de dood van de geliefde actrice Guusje Nederhorst. Lucy is nog maar vierentwintig als ze in zijn leven en dat van zijn zoontje komt. Maar ze beseft al snel: de enige manier om liefde te vinden in verdriet en toekomst in verlies, is verbinding maken. Verbinding met Guusje. Van vrouw tot vrouw. Met het verstrijken der jaren, ervaart Lucy op meer manieren de kracht van de vrouw.

I programmi audio di Area51 sono un nuovo modo per avanzare nella tua crescita personale e mettere subito in pratica ciò che ascolti. Sono dei veri e propri seminari live che puoi ascoltare quando desideri, per restare sempre in connessione con i contenuti del programma e riconnetterti a essi in qualunque momento tu voglia. Questo programma audio è in particolare dedicato a chi è genitore, a chi desidera diventarlo e a chi non lo è e vuole un metodo per migliorare la consapevolezza di sé e la relazione con i propri genitori.

Ser mamá no se mide por lo que dejas atrás al tener un bebé, sino por lo que ganas al hacerlo. Llegar a ser madre puede ser el más bello sentimiento que una mujer pueda experimentar. Ya seas madre primeriza o goces una vez más del milagro de la vida, este audiolibro te brindará la compresión y autoayuda que requiere afrontar este bello desafío.

Du hast das Gefühl, ständig an alles denken zu müssen? Dein Kopf ist so voll, dass du ihn am liebsten einfach ablegen und davonlaufen möchtest? Dann bist du hier genau richtig, denn dieses Buch zeigt dir, einen stressfreien Ausweg aus der "Mental Load-Falle" und wie du wieder mehr Zeit mit deiner Familie genießen kannst. Mental was? Du hast den Begriff "Mental Load" noch nie gehört oder möchtest noch mehr darüber erfahren? Dieser Ratgeber verrät dir, was sich genau dahinter verbirgt, wie Mental Load entsteht und welche Lösungen es dafür gibt.

Die Selbstfürsorge der Mutter ist die Basis jeder starken Familie. Denn nur, wenn auch ihre Bedürfnisse wie Selbstbestimmung, Erholung und Anerkennung erfüllt sind, kann sie die Gelassenheit entwickeln, die Kindern ein gutes Aufwachsen ermöglicht. Mit viel Hintergrundwissen, Übungen und Remindern unterstützt dieses Hörbuch dabei, die eigene Selfcare zu gestalten. Und zeigt, warum eine Mama, die sich mehr um sich selbst kümmert, auch ihren Kindern hilft, zu starken Individuen zu werden.

Worum dreht es sich bei der Kindererziehung? Die Kinder, na klar. Was aber, wenn es in Wahrheit nur wenig um die Kinder, dafür umso mehr um die Eltern ginge? Welchen Einfluss nehmen persönliche Prägung, Ängste und Erwartungen der Erwachsenen auf die Erziehung? Auch die gewünschtesten Wunschkinder würden wir oft genug am liebsten auf den Mond schießen. Dabei sind Kinder sensible Seismograpen für emotionale Spannungen.

Mutter-Sein ist der schönste Job der Welt - aber auch der härteste. Erwartungsdruck, hohe Verantwortung und Erschöpfung sind nur einige der Stressfaktoren, die zu gesundheitlichen Schäden wie Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und Depression führen. Doch wie kann man den Frauen am besten helfen? Die renommierte Kinder- und Jugendärztin Dr. Karella Easwaran, die Mütter seit vielen Jahren begleitet, ist sich sicher: Die Lösung des Problems liegt in den Köpfen! Als Expertin für die Mind-Body-Medizin hat sie die Technik des "beneficial thinking" entwickelt.

Kaum jemand macht Eltern so wütend wie die eigenen Kinder. Denn häufig bestimmen übermäßige Angst, Kränkbarkeit und andere Stressreaktionen den Familienalltag. Diese Emotionen führen schnell dazu, dass Eltern ganz anders reagieren, als sie es sich eigentlich wünschen. Dieses Hörbuch mit seinen vielen Reflexionsimpulsen hilft Eltern zu unterscheiden, wann sie erwachsen denken und wann sie mit ihrem Verhalten in automatische Muster fallen.

"Cosa posso fare per i miei figli?", "Qual è il meglio che posso offrire loro?" A queste domande, che sintetizzano le mille preoccupazioni dei genitori nei confronti dei figli, Alain Braconnier dà una risposta univoca e chiara: l'ottimismo! Più dei prestigiosi percorsi formativi, dei tanti corsi "di qualcosa", delle amorevoli cure e attenzioni perché siano sempre ben nutriti, ben vestiti, ben educati, in salute, in forma, istruiti, protetti, e chi più ne ha più ne metta, ciò che serve davvero ai nostri figli è una buona dose di ottimismo.