Mindful Motherhood

Author: Cassandra Vieten
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1572246294
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Vieten, a psychologist specializing in mood disorders as well as a mom herself, presents a mindfulness training program developed to help new mothers parent their children and manage changes in mood, stress levels, and behavior.

Beyond Motherhood

Author: Jeanne Safer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671793446
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Women from all over the country share their experiences and offer insights into what it is like not having children, and describe what factors helped shape their decision to remain childless.

Mindful Birthing

Author: Nancy Bardacke
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062205978
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting. SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING: Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

What No One Tells You

Author: Alexandra Sacks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501112570
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Your guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early motherhood, from two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists. When you are pregnant, you get plenty of advice about your growing body and developing baby. Yet so much about motherhood happens in your head. What everyone really wants to know: Is this normal? -Even after months of trying, is it normal to panic after finding out you’re pregnant? -Is it normal not to feel love at first sight for your baby? -Is it normal to fight with your parents and partner? -Is it normal to feel like a breastfeeding failure? -Is it normal to be zonked by “mommy brain?” In What No One Tells You, two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists reassure you that the answer is yes. With thirty years of combined experience counseling new and expectant mothers, they provide a psychological and hormonal backstory to the complicated emotions that women experience, and show why it’s natural for “matrescence”—the birth of a mother—to be as stressful and transformative a period as adolescence. Here, finally, is the first-ever practical guide to help new mothers feel less guilt and more self-esteem, less isolation and more kinship, less resentment and more intimacy, less exhaustion and more pleasure, and learn other tips to navigate the ups and downs of this exciting, demanding time

Mindful America

Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199827818
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
Jeff Wilson explores the diverse ways in which the Buddhist-derived practice of mindfulness meditation has been applied in American culture.

Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes

Author: Itai Ivtzan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351967150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 535

Book Description
Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes: Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy offers the first comprehensive guide to all prominent, evidence-based mindfulness programmes available in the West. The rapid growth of mindfulness in the Western world has given rise to an unprecedented wave of creative mindfulness programmes, offering tailor-made mindfulness practices for school teachers, students, parents, nurses, yoga teachers, athletes, pregnant women, therapists, care-takers, coaches, organisational leaders and lawyers. This book offers an in-depth engagement with these different programmes, emphasising not only the theory and research but also the practice. Exercises and activities are provided to enable the reader to first understand the programme and then experience its unique approach and benefits. Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes will enrich your knowledge and experience of mindfulness practice, whether you are a practitioner, researcher or simply interested in the application of mindfulness.

Self-Help That Works

Author: John C. Norcross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199915156
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 611

Book Description
Previously published under title: Authoritative guide to self-help resources in mental health.

Sleep Solutions

Author: Rachel Waddilove
Publisher: Lion Books
ISBN: 0745957609
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
One issue dominates the lives of many new parents, sleep. Why won't their baby sleep? What is the best position to put him down in, and is swaddling the answer? Are monitors or even dummies a good idea? What about the mother's need for sleep or the father, and the rest of the family? And how does the situation change when the baby is older, say three to six months, or coming up for a year? What are the sleep needs of a toddler, or an older child? And how should parents manage when the whole routine is thrown into the air, because the baby is teething, or has been ill? In this accessible and practical book, Rachel Waddilove gives the answers. In a clear, no-nonsense and straightforward way, she shows parents how to take back control. Babies need to sleep: adults need to sleep as well. Her advice will ensure peaceful nights for the entire family.

After the Stork

Author: Sara Rosenquist
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1572248645
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
A New Parent's Guide to Taking Charge of Postpartum Depression Having a baby is one of the most dramatic transitions you will ever make, both opening you to the greatest love you can experience and setting in motion a rollercoaster of emotions you never before thought possible. These feelings are affected significantly by psychological and social factors-in fact, studies reveal that nearly as many new fathers as new mothers exhibit symptoms of postpartum depression. Written by a clinical psychologist specializing in postpartum depression, After the Stork clearly explains this often misunderstood condition and offers a revolutionary approach to stopping depression in its tracks. You'll discover powerful tools for addressing the sleep deprivation, financial tensions, and stress that can cause depression to take hold, and finally be able to make more room for experiencing the joy of welcoming a new child into your life. You'll learn how to: Develop depression-busting habits of thought Reconnect to your family, friends, and community Reignite an intimate relationship with your partner Move past guilt and shame and step into your new role as a great parent

Mindfulness in the PreK-5 Classroom: Helping Students Stress Less and Learn More (SEL SOLUTIONS SERIES)

Author: Patricia A. Jennings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393713989
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Tips and tools for promoting calm and focused attention in the classroom. This volume from the editor of the SEL Solutions Series provides a concise introduction to mindfulness for teachers and others who work in preschool and elementary-school settings. Each chapter includes simple, research- tested, practical activities that can be integrated into the school day to help kids calm down and pay attention.