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Love, Magic, and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference
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"Love, Magic and Mudpies is an extraordinary book. Read Dr. Siegel's very practical advice on how to raise conscious children and you will be participating in creating a better world. -- Deepak Chopra, MD, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents

"Dr. Bernie Siegel has been my mentor and friend for many years. His wisdom has been a beacon of healing and humor. Love, Magic and Mudpies is as funny, wise, and practical as its magical author. Every parent needs this book." -- Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom

"Love, Magic and Mudpies is a wonderful, wise and very funny antidote to the No-Parent-Is-Perfect-Enough school of parenting. Bernie Seigel's delightful new book could only have been written by a seasoned father and grandfather who is also a pioneer of holistic medicine." - Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

For years, Dr. Bernie Siegel has taught adults how to be healthier. Now he turns his attention to how to raise kids who are physically, mentally, and spiritually balanced. Instead of jargon and expert-ese, Dr. Siegel employs humor, creativity, and rare common sense. In Love, Magic and Mudpies, Siegel emerges as the Erma Bombeck of childrearing." -- Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things

"Dr. Bernie Siegel is a living demonstration of the healing power of commitment, compassion and love. What he offers the world in Love, Magic and Mudpies is a testimony of his wisdom. No matter what ails you, a dose of Bernie Siegel and his work is sure to work magic in your soul." -- Iyanla Vanzant, author of One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

Parenting From the Inside Out
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How many parents have found themselves thinking: I can't believe I just said to my child the very thing my parents used to say to me! Am I just destined to repeat the mistakes of my parents? In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences actually do shape the way we parent. Drawing upon stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children. Born out of a series of parents' workshops that combined Siegel's cutting-edge research on how communication impacts brain development with Hartzell's thirty years of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, Parenting from the Inside Out guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.
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The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the REAL Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally.
by Vicki Glembocki
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In the spirit of Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions, a reality check for new moms.
I want to walk out of Target and leave Blair there, wailing.... Nice people work at Target. Surely someone would take her home and care for her and buy her pretty things.
So begins Vicki Glembocki's brutally honest yet hilarious memoir of her agonizing transition into motherhood. Why agonizing? Because no one told her how tough it would be. Finally, Glembocki lays out the truth about those first months with baby: the certainty that you're doing everything wrong; the desire to kill your husband, your mother, your dog; the struggle to balance who you were with whom you've become--a mother. Unlike any other book on motherhood, Glembocki breaks the New Mother Code of Silence, proving that "maternal bliss" is not innate, but learned. Funny and wise, she connects with new moms on a shockingly intimate level, letting them know that they are not alone.
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ScreamFree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool (Screamfree Living)
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Start Revolution In Your Family...Tonite! Every kid wants to have cool parents. This does not mean parents hip to the latest styles, nor parents with no rules whatsoever. What every kid really wants are parents who are able to keep their cool no matter what. Kids want parents who are far less anxious and far more levelheaded than they are. Your kids want you to remain unflappable, even when they flip out. Turns out, that’s exactly what they need. Screamfree Parenting is the principle-based relationship approach that’s inspiring parents everywhere to truly revolutionize their families. Throwing away many of the child-centered technique-based approaches, the ScreamFree way compels you to instead focus on yourself, grow yourself up and calm yourself down. By calming down and still remaining connected to your kids, you begin to operate less out of your deepest fears and more out of your highest principles, transforming your relationships in the process.
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