Parenting Essentials

An examination of how we live in a mononormative paradigm and how nonmonogamous people can defy the status quo.

After all the build-up and focus on pregnancy and birth, the fourth trimester is often swept aside. But as every new mum knows, the first twelve weeks after birth are possibly the most challenging and important part of becoming a mum. Amelia Lamont's book ensures you don't have to go through...

In today's tech-saturated world, parenting is more challenging than ever. Aliza Payne's "Parenting Glow Kids" offers a concise and practical guide to navigating the digital landscape and raising well-rounded, tech-savvy children. This essential resource equips parents with the tools and knowledge needed to foster healthy relationships with technology, ensuring their children grow into responsible and resilient individuals.

What Color Is Your Parachute? meets I Will Teach You To Be Rich for twentysomethings. Raffi Grinberg, who created and taught the ever-oversubscribed college course "Adulting 101," offers a practical guide to adult life's greatest mysteries that were never taught in school, including how to launch your career, find your purpose (for right now), invest your money, and much more.

This audiobook is all about the wonderful world of the mind and its subconscious. We all find ourselves living in a highly competitive world. There’s always someone else just around the corner trying to take what we have or do what we do better and more efficiently. People are always looking for that "cure-all" or "magic bullet" which will put them one step ahead. But the real truth is...we already possess it!

The Motivational Interviewing Path to Personal Change combines forty years of research-proven strategies along with skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you get started on the path to positive change.

A practical examination of teaching while nonmonogamous, and how parents and administrators can support polyamorous educators.

The key to winning arguments, owning debates, and becoming the most influential in the room! No matter how confident you are or whether you even consider yourself a leader or not. You see, we all know somebody who is able to speak the right words in the right moments. Whether they want something done or somehow are able to charm every person they meet. Luke Warren knows the power logical thinking has, affecting the outcome of even the most stressful situations, and how you can unlock that power.

More people suffer from a lack of self-compassion than many of us would like to admit. Always putting others above themselves, people who fail to give themselves enough love and value can easily feel emotionally drained, tired, and unhappy. In this complete guide, we’re sharing all the information you need to know to help you climb out of that seemingly bottomless pit to achieve a greater sense of self-worth and importance to fuel an eagerness to love yourself more.

Essential Life Skills Every 8 Year Old Needs to Know helps boys and girls ages 8-10 build real world confidence through essential life skills for kids. This practical life skills book prepares children early for independence, responsibility, and strong decision making. Packed with relatable lessons and hands-on activities, it makes teaching life skills simple and effective.

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.

Struggling with trauma, anxiety, or chronic stress? You’re not alone—and healing is possible. This all-in-one guide helps you release emotional and physical pain using the power of somatic therapy. It combines five proven methods: Somatic Experiencing, Vagus Nerve Reset, Body-Based Practices, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and Breathwork—all designed to help you reconnect with your body, calm your mind, and restore balance.

Get in the driver's seat of the rest of your life. A practical, step-by-step guide to letting go of the past, getting over a breakup, and being your best self, more quickly than you thought possible. Written by a man who made all the mistakes following his own separation and eventual divorce, you will find everything you need in this one book to allow you to lead a more exciting and fulfilled life after a long-term relationship breakup.

In the ever-changing and relentless world of modern-day society, success is something that seems harder and harder to achieve. This is particularly true for the average man who is striving to find the perfect job, the perfect spouse, and, ultimately, the perfect life. While some men seem born into the coveted role of Alpha Male, most have to develop the skills and qualities to reach that level.

Success starts with effective habits and rituals that need to be performed on a consistent basis. Successful people think differently from others. They prepare their minds for the day and set out with specific goals to achieve. Success doesn't just happen overnight. Learn how you can be highly motivated to achieve your goals and create success for yourself by modeling the habits and rituals of highly successful people.

In Life Skills for Autistic Teens, two parents who’ve been on the same turbulent and challenging journey share insights and strategies to help you find hope again and regain your confidence. We have raised a beautiful child with ASD, and have turned our experiences and hard-learned lessons into a practical blueprint for independence. Through mindset changes, comprehensive systems, and practical strategies, we show how persistency and dedication can lead to life-changing results no matter your starting point.

Most professionals agree that children between ages 8 and 10 shouldn’t be home alone for more than a couple of hours. Ages 11 to 12 can be home longer but should not be left alone late at night. Kids 13 to 15 can be alone at night, but not all night long. Between 16 and 17 years of age, being left overnight for a couple of nights is okay. But, keep in mind that your decisions should be made based on the law in your area and the maturity of your child. In this audiobook, you will learn the essential guide on how to properly train and raise your kids to be smart and independent.

Combining evidence-based approaches including positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and skills for regulating stress, The Resilience Workbook will show you how to bounce back and thrive in any difficult situation. You'll learn how to harness the power of your brain's natural neuroplasticity; manage strong, distressing emotions; and improve mood and overall well-being.

A reflection on the many manifestations of broken trust in nonmonogamous relationships, and how to heal from them.

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe firsthand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering.