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Morgenstern views parenting as the ultimate time-management challenge-- and shares concrete ways for you to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Finding a healthy balance between raising a human and being a human often feels impossible, but you can learn to harness your own strengths and weaknesses. She shows readers how to separate parenting responsibilities into actionable, manageable tasks; presents simple strategies for staying...
3) How to stop losing your sh*t with your kids: a practical guide to becoming a calmer, happier parent
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"Drawing on evidence-based practices, here is an insight-packed and tip-filled plan for how to stop the parental meltdowns. Its compassionate, pragmatic approach will help readers feel less ashamed and more empowered to get their shit together, instead of losing it." --
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"A 30-day guide that includes 100 alternatives to yelling, simple daily steps to follow, honest stories to inspire."--Cover.
The Orange Rhino: A person that parents with warmth and determination and who doesn't charge with words when angry, impatient, or simply in a bad mood. McCraith provides practical, simple solutions to keep you focused on loving more and yelling less, no matter what the circumstance.
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"A roadmap for parents who want to feel less pressure and more joy during the intense early years of childrearing. Why is it that research suggests people who don't have kids are happier than people who do? Olivia Scobie provides practical solutions for parents who find themselves pushing beyond their capacity to meet impossible standards, and challenges parents to shift their thinking from child-centred to family-centred. By naming today's unrealistic...
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"How can you prepare for and prevent your kids' inevitable meltdowns? Ready, Set, Breathe will show you and your child how to focus, calm down, and live in the present moment. Being a parent is stressful, and when your child has a meltdown, it can be difficult to keep cool-let alone help your child to calm down. Ready, Set, Breathe offers real solutions to help you both deal with stress using everyday mindfulness games, activities, rituals, and habits....
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"Find calm amid the tornado of toddlerhood. Life can be a chaotic adventure when you're raising toddlers, full of hilarious moments--and plenty that make you want to pull out your hair. This guide can help you keep your cool and reduce stress by turning to mindfulness. It's filled with easy 5-minute exercises designed to generate positivity and peace of mind. Principles of mindfulness: Discover how tools like breathwork and visualization can keep...
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"Research has shown that strong, adaptive, and supportive parents are the best at insulating their children from all but the biggest catastrophes. Exposure to "toxic stress" in childhood can cause depression, alcoholism, obesity, violent behaviour, heart disease, and even cancer in adulthood. Parents who are less sensitive, less attentive, or who regularly misinterpret their children's needs can let too much stress trickle through, or even cause it...
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If You Could Do One Thing to Dramatically Strengthen Your Family In Just a Few Hours, Would You Do it.
Join thousands of parents worldwide using this powerful strategy to:
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In a lifesaving guide for parents, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz shows how to use the most basic tool at your disposal, conversation, to give children real help in dealing with the worries, stress, and other negative emotions caused by problems in the world, from active shooter drills to climate change.
But it's not just how to talk to your kids, it's also what to say: The heart of When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a series of conversation scripts—with...
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Do you want to know how to leverage time? Do you find yourself taking two steps forward and one step back? Are you seeking alternatives to the "school of hard knocks? Then you have found your source! "A Sailor's Advice on Life" is a sailor's lessons learned for the journey called life.
So, whether you are starting out, starting over, looking for the North Star, or trying to figure where you are, this book is for you! I am a strong believer in critical...
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Written in a non-apologetic voice, 8 Strategies for Successful Step-Parenting present strong and specific direction for handling common problems. This book will empower readers to take up their new challenge of step-parenting with common sense, firmness and compassion; but most of all, with greater self-knowledge – the best strategy for success in any important task.
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In a perfectionistic parenting culture that tells you that you are never enough no matter how much you do for your kids, this unique approach empowers you with a simple parenting technique to gain confidence, remain grounded, and connect positively with your children.
t ten years exploring ways to equip parents to meet their children's needs. She has experienced first-hand the culture of criticism and anxiety that drains parental joy and leaves parents...
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“The Mother's Book of Well-Being” carries a mother through the first year of motherhood and beyond. Divided into fifty-two short chapters (read between changings!) - one for each week of the year - Lisa Groen Braner provides wise advice for new mothers and experienced mothers alike. Learn to take time for yourself and claim a few moments of peace, survive sleep deprivation, make room for romance with your partner, and tune into your "maternal...
15) Anger Management for Stressed-Out Parents: Skills to Help You Cope Better With Your Child: Parenting
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Are you tired of feeling drained, confused, and unsure of yourself in your relationships? Are you constantly second-guessing your own thoughts and feelings? If so, then "Toxic Relationships: Navigating the Emotional Landmines of Toxic Relationships" is the book for you.
This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about recognizing and dealing with toxic relationships. From the warning signs of dysfunctional love and gaslighting to...
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¿Te encuentras gritando constantemente a tus hijos, pero todavía no escuchan?¿Siempre sientes que estás al límite?¿Le gustaría poder mejorar su relación con su hijo para acercarlos más?Si respondiste afirmativamente a alguna de estas preguntas, querrás seguir leyendo...Ser padre no es facil, y cualquiera que te diga que lo es está mintiendo o negándolo. Ser padre puede ponerse realmente difícil. Si bien es realmente gratificante y pasará...
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Do you feel overwhelmed? Are you swamped and exhausted by all you strive to do, ending most days feeling unsatisfied and unsuccessful? Are you struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? If you think everything is going wrong and want to change it… If you want to be loved, successful and less stressed… then keep reading... Not so long ago I was depressed, distant from my older daughter, convinced I was failing my baby, and on...
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Learn to manage your anger with effective strategies and exercises
Cultivate skills for coping with your anger to better express yourself, maintain healthy relationships, and improve your overall quality of life. From identifying unhelpful thoughts to exploring triggers, discover ways to handle your anger and find healthier outlets for it. In this workbook, you'll learn effective strategies for better dealing with your emotions, staying calm in...
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Daniel Stevenson, a lackluster literature teacher, has lived his life as though he has no secrets. The monotony in his life is broken when he gets into a fist fight that he cannot win. The fight is over a young woman, Lydia Perez, who only claims to love Daniel... She was the one who proposed marriage to him after all.
Mary Woods, is the weird Goth girl who is known to carry her toddler in a beach bag and lives in a burnt down house. When Daniel...
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Ooops is the book that finally, endorses mistakes as events to be, celebrated and shared. It's hard to believe that all these mistakes and adventures were, authored by the same person, but it's true. Kent Sterling shares many of the embarrassing and hilarious moments that shaped him as a son, husband, dad, and boss. These episodes might be a little more outrageous than those you lived through and benefitted from, but they affirm the necessity of mistakes...
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