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Becoming a mother is one of the biggest transitions a woman will face in her lifetime. As she births new life, she also births a whole new identity. In rediscovering who she is, she often loses herself completely in the service of others. This can leave mothers feeling lost, alone and overwhelmed. Motherhood Diaries inspires mothers everywhere to beautifully serve themselves just as they serve others. It reminds moms that self-love is as vital as the oxygen they breathe, is the gateway to their inner brilliance and the biggest gift they can give their children. It will empower mothers to make self-love a priority, so that they are much more able to navigate the beautiful and messy journey of motherhood.Mothers, whether expecting, new, or seasoned want to be the best possible mother, raising incredible human beings that make a positive difference in the world. This book inspires mothers to raise their children to be their brightest light in this world, by being that themselves.In Motherhood Diaries, mothers will learn practical strategies for:¿ implementing self-love practices and affirmations into busy mom life¿ showing themselves compassion, becoming more present, resilient and connected within¿ loving and accepting all the healed and unhealed parts of themselves ¿ surrendering in faith over fear to become a magnet for miraclesEleven mothers share their powerful stories of how they turned their pain into purpose and broke open to their own light through learning to love and care for themselves. In serving from a place of completion rather than depletion, these mothers have become a force of deep love, peace, joy and compassion. It is their deepest hope that in sharing their truth, mothers will find their way back home to their own. A message for mothers:"You are beautiful and complete, just as you are. You are already doing an incredible job as you are innately led by love. Remember that no matter how sleep-deprived, messy, or challenging things may seem, the pure LOVE that exists in your heart is the compass to your soul. As you connect more deeply to your inner voice, it will guide you at every turn. It will give you the answers you need to navigate the adventure of motherhood."

This colourful memory baby book contains all the pages common to Canadian baby books and several special pages that weave in elements of Sikhism and Punjabi culture. It is written all in English, but some pages also include Punjabi text to help connect our children to our roots, as our family trees flourish.

Aunt, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is the beloved and cherished gift that collects and protects your Mom's most cherished recipes.Your Aunt's recipes are more than just directions on how to cook the dishes you remember and love. They connect you to your memories, transporting you to the kitchens and dinner tables of your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They also give you a way to share your childhood with your children and one day, maybe your grandchildren.Aunt, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is more than just another collection of recipes.The gift of Aunt, I Want to Learn Your Recipes includes the added bonus of giving your Mother a place to share the secrets and stories behind each of her recipes. Aunt, I Want to Learn Your Recipes protects and preserves your family recipes and the memories and emotion they contain.Newly released by Hear Your Story®, the trusted and best-selling publisher of family history guided journals, Aunt, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is the gift that will be a cherished and forever memoir of your Mother, the food she cooks, and the memories you share.Give your Aunt the gift that preserves and passes on her cherished recipes and your family traditions.

This book explores the love that a mother has for her daughter and the joys that they experience on a daily basis. It is undeniable that a child can change your life significantly and they can certainly give you a deeper meaning to your life. The bond that forms between a mother and daughter grows each day and the memories are forever etched in that parent's heart.

Revelations of a Millennial Mom is a book of unspoken musings of a present-day mother. A millennial woman has been raised just like her male counterparts in all aspects. Still, when it comes to motherhood she gets to see the double standards of society's façade. This book is for anyone who has found herself off guard when embarking on a journey of motherhood as if stepping into unknown territory. This story will resonate with women vacillating between their careers and family. Mothers who took time to bond with their babies unlike falling in love instantaneously like those shown on screen. This book is a memoir, a story told by the author but relatable to most millennial parents - both male and female. It entails the metamorphosing of a girl into a mother and the myriad of changes taking place in and around her life. Comprising light-hearted anecdotal comparisons and biases around motherhood. The importance of self-care, me time, and a lot more. It is about discovering your own self away from motherhood. _________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shabeena Zaidi is a mother of two action-packed princesses - seven and three years each. She lives with her husband and kids in her apartment overlooking the corniche in the U.A.E. She is an environmental engineer, blogger, and public speaker. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, and journaling. The Millennial mom has marked her debut as an author. "More power to the musings that are interrogations around the ideas of perfection in motherhood." Pooja Pande, writer, Momspeak: The Funny, Bittersweet Story of Motherhood in India. "An insightful journey through the phenomenon of modern-day motherhood, its perks, and quirks, with the grace of beautiful storytelling. We need a voice and this book gives us that" Dr. Hamna Labeeb, Author - The Storyteller, Sandcastles

An inspirational book highlighting the joys of becoming a mother. Every child will benefit hearing how much they are loved from the person that carried and nurtured them, to the person they are and or will become.

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Every parent knows that the experience of raising children changes us profoundly, in ways often unforeseen. And yet never before has a book examined how and why the stages of our children's development affect us so deeply, altering not only our jobs, our lifestyles, and our relationships with our spouses and parents, but the very essence of how we think of ourselves as individuals and adults. Parenting is simultaneously heart-opening and heart-wrenching, humbling and humorous, joyful and overwhelming. But this small and indispensable book will help you alleviate stress and answer some of the biggest questions you'll want to address before your baby arrives.

The poems contained in this book will take you through the challenges and excitement of pregnancy, through birth and the whirlwind of the first year with a baby. Touching also on the pain of pregnancy loss, post-natal depression and anxiety, these poems reflect the feelings and experiences that new parents can face.

Most women expect to have a typical pregnancy, especially when they are told that everything is going well. This was the case for Karen up until a night when all which seemed certain was suddenly replaced with questions, including the fate of her child. Realizations about pregnancy, birth, infancy and future children shove previous visions of how life will be to the background to make permanent space for new, difficult truths. Karen provides a raw guide to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a place experienced by many parents but rarely explored narratively. Twenty-three Weeks is a love story between mother and child. It is a reflection on grief and compassion. It is a first person account of our human potential to withstand suffering and find honest acceptance.

Parenting children with disabilities and other diagnoses can be challenging. In this book, Lynda candidly shares her experiences raising three children who have various disabilities and diagnoses, including Down syndrome, diabetes, ADD, dyslexia, life threatening allergies, mood disorder, severe behaviors, anxiety and eating disorder. She shares how to let go of stress, find the lessons, laugh and most importantly, learn to love through it all. Since Lynda has worked for over 20 years assisting individuals with disabilities find employment, she also provides tips to help our children be more employable. She covers all sorts of other topics too that we deal with as parents, including talking to our kids about sex, spirituality and even money. The most important thing she hopes you get from the book is to know that you are not alone in what you go through and that you can do this job called 'parenting', maybe not perfectly, but you can do it with love!

The Motherless Mother's Pregnancy Journal offers the best of a thoughtful pregnancy log while considering the unique journey of a motherless daughter.With space to: Answer a mix of practical and contemplative prompts organized by trimester, such as: What I have learned about my local birth options: My intentions for pregnancy are: The kind of mother I want to be is: Write notes to your growing baby such as: Places I look forward to taking you: Practice pregnancy and birth affirmations such as: My baby and my body know exactly what to do My mom and my ancestors are surrounding and supporting me Write to mom, with prompts such as: The ways you inspired me to become a mom are: The ways I am inviting you into my birth & motherhood journey (meaningful object, affirmation, photo, etc.): Curate deeper rituals and practices to make your motherhood journey sacred, such as: Breath work, mindfulness, and spiritual exercises Record your baby's birth, write your unique birth story, and document your postpartum journey Spanning all of pregnancy and early postpartum, the Motherless Mother's Pregnancy Journal is a balm for the tender new mom who carries grief alongside a blossoming new love. Because your mother is not absent from your parenting journey, no matter how long she's been gone. She's here because she lives within every part of you; let this journal conjure that connection and remind you of your own power during a precious part of your life.

The author has met many monsters in her life. Some monsters she was able to escape from without looking back, and some still haunt her dreams today, even knowing that they can never hurt her, her family, or those she cares about ever again. Like many who have dealt with real-life monsters, she has found herself suspicious of everyone who enters her life. She is very cautious about who she lets in, and the moment she finds the slightest sign of something being off, she detaches herself from others and never looks back. When she second-guessed her choices at one point in life, she quickly realized that her first instincts were spot on and learned to move on instead of second-guessing things again. Katie Sexton's biography tells a powerful true story of survival and resilience. As she shares her nightmares, she finds that she is stronger than many expected. In the end, she can't be broken.

Regan Figg sees motherhood not as a place where you lose yourself, but a place of opportunity. As a former exercise physiologist, yoga and meditation teacher, and health and wellness coach, Regan unexpectedly experienced postnatal depression and anxiety after the birth of her first son. She began to investigate the common challenges women face in a society that fails to value mothers.In A Mother's Pleasure, Regan shares how she was able to break free from societal conditioning and expectation, and craft a life for herself and her family that's synonymous with pleasure, joy, fulfilment and contentment. Inside, you'll find practices and prompts that will support you to: ¿Rediscover and embody who you truly are¿Weave self-care into your life effortlessly ¿Honour your desires and let them guide your life path¿Use pleasure as a tool for transformation and personal growth¿Say yes to receiving (without the mama guilt)¿Develop deep reverence for your body¿Achieve greater ease and pleasure in your days¿Be the mum you want to be (not the one society thinks you should be)¿Help create a more supportive culture for future mothersA Mother's Pleasure is your modern guide to summoning your sensuality, connecting with your goddess energy, and weaving pleasure into the very fabric of your life.

'Her story is intimate and revealing about what it is to smile and what it means when you can't' Cynthia Nixon<BR><BR>The extraordinary story of one woman's ten-year odyssey that brought her physical, creative, emotional, and spiritual healing.<BR><BR>With a play opening on Broadway, and every reason to smile, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy when she discovers the left side of her face is completely paralyzed. She is assured that 90 percent of Bell's palsy patients experience a full recovery, like her own mother. But Sarah is in the unlucky ten percent. And for a woman, wife, mother, and artist working in theatre, the paralysis and the disconnect between the interior and exterior brings significant and specific challenges. So she begins an intense decade-long search for a cure while simultaneously grappling with the reality of her new face - one that, while recognisably her own, is incapable of accurately communicating feelings or intentions.<BR><BR>Smile is Ruhl's piercing, witty, lucid chronicle of her journey. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the story of a marriage, being a playwright and working mother to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of illness.<BR><BR>Brimming with insight, humility, warmth and humour, Smile is a triumph: an intimate examination of loss and reconciliation, and above all else, the importance of perseverance and hope in the face of adversity.

Welcome to the jungle...When you've grown up thinking your twenties are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not to get pregnant, life comes at you fast when you go from hump to bump.So you thought adulthood would mean a high-flying career and a luxury lifestyle, but instead have ended up with a Lycra-based wardrobe and a deep fear of what lies at the bottom of the ball-pit in soft play?Join comedian Sophie McCartney as she voyages deep into the uncharted territories of mating, birthing, feral offspring, mums overdoing it at the watering hole, and the perilous viper's nest of the school WhatsApp group.With laugh out loud humour and eye-watering honesty, Sophie shows how whether you've had a day full of whining or a night full of wine, there's joy to be had in the perfectly imperfect wild ride into parenthood.

Mom, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is the beloved and cherished gift that collects and protects your Mom's most cherished recipes.Your Mother's recipes are more than just directions on how to cook the dishes you remember and love. They connect you to your memories, transporting you to the kitchens and dinner tables of your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They also give you a way to share your childhood with your children and one day, maybe your grandchildren.Mom, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is more than just another collection of recipes.The gift of Mom, I Want to Learn Your Recipes includes the added bonus of giving your Mother a place to share the secrets and stories behind each of her recipes. Mom, I Want to Learn Your Recipes protects and preserves your family recipes and the memories and emotion they contain.Newly released by Hear Your Story®, the trusted and best-selling publisher of family history guided journals, Mom, I Want to Learn Your Recipes is the gift that will be a cherished and forever memoir of your Mother, the food she cooks, and the memories you share.Give your Mom the gift that preserves and passes on her cherished recipes and your family traditions.

Parenting can be hard, and it can be lonely. You are not on this journey alone; I am with you every step of the way. I am a mother, an experienced teacher of over twenty years, a therapist, and a life coach.I wrote this book for every parent, every child and everyone who wants to feel happier. If you want your child to be happy, and you want simple steps to help you achieve that goal, then read this book.It is the last book you will ever need to read about keeping your child happy. It does not matter if they are four years old or twenty-four years young; this book is for you and them.It will change their future and change your life.Enjoy, have fun, and you will be amazed at how much your life can change.

The Motherless Mother's Guided Journal offers a place to record memories of Mom, acknowledge important milestones and tender parenting moments, and also a space to write any other messages that you long to share with only her.