Self Development Family

In this easy-to-listen-to, eye-opening how-to guide, best-selling author and self-care coach Jody Agard delivers "fun-sized" chapters packed with inspiring stories, practical exercises, and wise advice for modern-day busy moms.

Conventional wisdom teaches us to put our children's needs above our own. Our worth as parents is often judged by how much we sacrifice for the good of our children rather than how happy and well-adjusted they are. In Go Take a Bath!, licensed psychotherapist and parenting coach Robin Kevles-Necowitz suggests that we invert this modern-day standard. She advises us to make parents, not children, our top priority, in much the same way that flight attendants instruct us to put on our own oxygen masks before assisting others.

Are you living a life based on who you really are or one built on outdated messages from your past? Is your past negatively influencing your present and potentially derailing your future? What if you could shift your perspective from limiting to liberating?

The pressures faced by children and adolescents today are unprecedented and the corresponding statistics around poor mental health deeply alarming. Behind every mental health issue, from addiction to ADHD, lies a host of underlying problems that need addressing, but as a worried parent it's hard to know where to focus. What do you do if your child struggles with anxiety? Is self-harming? Has developed an unhealthy relationship with eating, exercise, technology or alcohol?

It can seem like your baby needs so much gear and so many toys! But when it comes to their health and development, less is more. In Retro Baby, pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist Anne H. Zachry, PhD, OTR/L, shows you how bouncers, swings, and other baby holders, as well as electronic toys and screen time, can hinder your baby's development and delay milestones. Retro Baby will help you cultivate a back-to-basics parenting approach.

Unspoken Wounds: Healing Childhood Trauma Through the Lens of Culture, Identity & Belonging is a powerful, affirming book for listeners who never saw themselves represented in traditional healing narratives. Written for people whose trauma was shaped by cultural silence, family loyalty, systemic oppression, or generational pain, this book offers a deeply compassionate path toward healing. If you grew up in a home where emotions weren’t safe, where love had conditions, or where survival came before softness, this book will speak to your soul.

What if the Bully Is Inside You delves into the often-overlooked realm of self-directed bullying. This insightful book explores how internal negative self-talk and self-sabotaging behaviors can hinder personal growth and happiness. Through relatable anecdotes and practical strategies, listeners are empowered to recognize their inner critic, understand its origins, and develop healthier self-perceptions. Ideal for individuals seeking personal development and mental well-being, this book offers a compassionate approach to overcoming internal obstacles and fostering self-compassion.

Don’t go through all the feels alone! Take care of your emotional health and embrace motherhood without losing yourself. An amazing resource for postpartum health that guides you to stay centered and grounded, while you care for your precious little one. Manage your new identity without the overwhelm or guilt, and feel peace instead of pressure.

Inside A Mother’s Metamorphosis, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of how to juggle self-empowerment alongside the responsibilities of motherhood.

Pathbreaker Parenting challenges conventional wisdom and reveals how following a one-size-fits-all “path” to successful adulthood is failing today’s teenagers. The author deconstructs these expectations, exposing the flaws in an outdated system. The book is divided into five sections: In the first section, the author delves into the life experiences that shaped his own beliefs and convictions about education, achievement, and happiness.

If you experience a yearning to make peace with your history and a desire to create a compassionate and loving relationship with all of your inner ages, this book will gently lead you along a path of inner healing with rewards beyond imagination or expectations! Using various writing exercises, you will tap into the wisdom, strengths, and clarity you need to become the loving parental support and guide all your inner selves have yearned for and deserve.

Twins Talk is an ethnographic study of identical twins in the United States, a study unique in that it considers what twins have to say about themselves, instead of what researchers have written about them. It presents, in the first person, the grounded and practical experiences of twins as they engage, both individually and together, the "who am I" and "who are we" questions of life. Here, the twins themselves are the stars.

The way children cope with the small things in life builds a foundation for dealing with the bigger problems later on. In ‘Everyday Resilience’, you can learn how to help kids deal with increasing challenges of friendship issues, academic pressure and self-doubt. With rising mental health issues amongst children and young people, it has never been more important to nurture resilience. acked with every day scenarios and practical steps, ‘Everyday Resilience’ provides every parent with tools to nurture strength in young lives.

Positive Self-Parenting Solutions is made for teenagers struggling and dealing with depression. It begins by emphasizing the importance of mindfulness and healing the post-traumatic stress in one's life and the numerous benefits.

Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) affects nearly one in ten children. Yet, many parents do not recognize the symptoms in their child and continue to struggle with managing their child. Other parents have had their child diagnosed with ADHD but are unsure what they can do to help. If you are like this, there's a new book that can dramatically change your life.

Becoming a mother is an amazing and fulfilling experience, but it is also a time of immense change, worry, and doubt. You don't have to let those negative thoughts and feelings linger, though. Take control and bring out your positive mindset while you navigate those first few years. Heal your body and your mind. Maintain a positive relationship with yourself and your baby. Improve your sleep. If you ever feel lost or overwhelmed as a new mother, you are not alone. Take charge and create your success by repeating these positive affirmations as part of your self-care routine.

This book is a roadmap for making sure the 30,000 words you use each day count and the impact they make is positive instead of negative, inspiring rather than hurting, and bringing light rather than darkness.

There are plenty of books and resources about how to properly care for your new baby, but what about caring for yourself? Maria Lianos-Carbone, founder of AMotherWorld.com, outlines the proper care and feeding of mothers during their baby's first year. From the physical and emotional changes a new mom will undergo to rekindling intimacy with her partner, Oh Baby! A Mom's Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year keeps the focus on moms.

Ever wonder about the wisdom of every day sayings? For instance, “If you want something done right, do it yourself” or “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” These sayings have been with us for years, sometimes centuries and yet, we never give them much thought. This is a book about those sayings broken down into simple explanations that will allow anyone to apply these teachings. This particular “Pearl” focuses on the relationship to self with sayings that you’ll find familiar and some unfamiliar as they were created by Tracey and inspired by clients.

Martha Alicia Chávez give us the best method to recognize truth as a fundamental part in our maturation process and personal growth. In Honor of Truth is a book about authenticity, congruency, and the healing power of truth. The author shows us different ways of deceiving ourselves when we talk about our children, our romantic relationships, our money, and other social situations.