Motherhood category: 1477 books
Mindful Birthing
Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
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...
Hands Free Mama
A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Discover the power, joy, and love of living "hands free" from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford. Hands Free Mama is the digital society's answer to finding balance in a media-saturated, perfection-obsessed world.
If technology is the new addiction, then multi-tasking...
Lifesaving Lessons
Notes from an Accidental Mother
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
New York Times–bestselling author Linda Greenlaw tells of her greatest challenge: adopting a teenage daughter
The only female swordfish boat captain in the country and a survivor of the real Perfect Storm, Linda Greenlaw was not a woman to shy away from a challenge. Then came fifteen-year-old...
Positive Parenting
An Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
"This is a must-read for every family that yearns to create peace and harmony.”
--Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent
Tired of yelling and nagging? True family connection is possible--and this essential guide shows us how.
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Profesión mamá: adolescencia
La maestría
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 20, 2016
¿Qué hago con la pasividad y el desgano de mis hijos? ¿Puedo controlar su acceso a Internet? ¿Podrán rechazar el consumo de drogas? ¿Cómo sé que van por buen camino? ¿Cómo hablamos de sexualidad? ¿Cómo puedo ayudarles a controlar su impulsividad? Hacerse una y otra vez estas preguntas,...
by Henci Goer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
As an intelligent woman, you are probably used to learning as much as you can before making major decisions. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions of your life--how you will give birth-it is hard to gather accurate, unbiased information. Surprisingly, much of the research does not...
Mother-Daughter Duet
Getting to the Relationship You Want with Your Adult Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
A harmonious relationship is possible
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When your daughter was born, you had a thousand hopes and dreams for her. . .including that one day you'd be best friends.
But as life unfolds, even the best intentions go awry. There are so many challenges on the journey to adult friendship that the...
Planting Dandelions
Field Notes From a Semi-Domesticated Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Introducing a writer with a keen eye, a wicked tongue, and an appealing take on family.
In the family of Jen Lancaster and Elizabeth Gilbert, Kyran Pittman is the laid-back middle sister: warm and witty and confiding, with an addictively smart and genuine voice-but married with three kids and...
Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves
Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Every parent would happily give up ever scolding, punishing or threatening if she only knew how to ensure that her toddler/child/teen would thrive and act responsibly without such painful measures. Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves is the answer to this universal wish. It is not about gentle ways...
The Danish Way of Parenting
What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
As seen in The Wall Street Journal--from free play to cozy together time, discover the parenting secrets of the happiest people in the world
What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and how do Danish parents raise happy, confident, successful kids, year after year? This upbeat...
You're Wearing That?
Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Timesbestseller You Just Don’t Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of women’s lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It...
by Ruth Reichl
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life-and gives voice to the unarticulated truths of a generation of exceptional women
A former New York Times restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet, and the author of three bestselling memoirs, Ruth Reichl is a beloved cultural figure...
The Essential C-Section Guide
Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Childbirth is a life-altering experience for any woman, but a Cesarean delivery can be overwhelming, whether it’s unexpected or planned. Despite the fact that roughly one in four babies in the United States is delivered by c-section, very little information about the experience is included in typical...
The Anti-Romantic Child
A Story of Unexpected Joy
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
“The Anti-Romantic Child is remarkable. This haunting and lyrical memoir will be an invaluable and heartening guide to all who find themselves in similar situations and indeed anyone confronting an unforeseen challenge.”—Marie Brenner, writer for Vanity Fair and author of Apples and Oranges
With...