Finding Your Inner Mama Women Reflect on the Challenges and Rewards of Motherhood

Name: Finding Your Inner Mama Women Reflect on the Challenges and Rewards of Motherhood
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ISBN: 9781590304235

ISBN-10: 1590304233

ISBN-13: 9781590304235

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eden Steinberg

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Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman's life. While there are many books that offer the "do's and don'ts" of effective parenting, few offer guidance on navigating the tumultuous inner experience of being a mother, with all its joy, pain, change, and uncertainty. This collection of writing by psychologists, poets, novelists, spiritual teachers, and everyday moms explores the rich, transformative journey of motherhood. Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich captures the sheer wonder and awe of early motherhood. Self-described "hip momma" Ariel Gore reflects on the challenges of dealing with her daughter's adolescent rebellion. Journalist Joan Peters…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 7.99" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Reality of Being a Mother


Writings from a Birth Year



A Crash Course in Vulnerability and Other Lessons



Anger and Tenderness



Giving Birth to Ambivalence



My Daughter at Fourteen



The Way I Dreamed It



One Week until College




The Inner Work of Motherhood


Dawn



Children as Spiritual Teachers



Responding to "Bad" Behavior



Parenting with Mindful Awareness



Recognizing Our Hidden Wounds



The Sacred Chaos of Parenthood



"Exceptional" Mothering in a "Normal" World




Why Is Being a Mother So Hard?


Guilt-What It Does to Us



The New Momism



Power Moms and the Problem of Overparenting



Claiming the Joy




Finding Balance


Tell Your Secrets



Simplicity



I'm Breathing, Are You?



Good-bye Herd



Time-Out for Parents



Sitting in Happy



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