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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Mothers aren't supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mom: exhausted by hard, thankless full-time parenting work and feeling her career slip away from her, she would find herself screaming at her child or exploding in anger at her husband. Despite the pressure she felt to suffer in silence, Minna chose to talk publicly about her experiences, kicking off an international conversation about a rage that, it turns out, nearly every mother...
Author
Series
Carter Island trilogy volume 3
Publisher
catebeauman.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Aussie billionaire businessman and pilot Cade Paxton has struggled to put his life back together after suffering a tragic loss. With his purchase of Carter Island Air and recent move to the small Massachusetts island, he sees his chance for a fresh start. Cade's sole focus is on growing his investment and avoiding romantic entanglements at all costs. But then he hires Rebecca Carter Interiors' new assistant designer to help him update the aging airport....
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Publisher
Union Square & Co
Description
"Enough already with all those guides solely focused on caring for a screaming, crying, pooping infant! New moms deserve better. Writer Becky Vieira wants to help them unapologetically prioritize self-care, create healthy boundaries, and stay sane in our newborn-obsessed culture. Drawing on her own experiences as well as interviews with both moms and experts, she gets to the bottom of the toughest and most taboo topics--including how to manage nosy...
4) Discovering the inner mother: a guide to healing the mother wound and claiming your personal power
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Why do women keep themselves small and quiet? Why do they hold back professionally and personally? What fuels the uncertainty and lack of confidence so many women often feel? In this paradigm-shifting book, leading feminist thinker Bethany Webster identifies the source of women's trauma. She calls it the Mother Wound, the systemic disenfranchisement of women by the patriarchy, and reveals how this cycle is perpetuated by wounded mothers who unconsciously...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"Moms enter the world of motherhood with no sense of the impact that entry will have upon them. They need orientation and guidance to get through this bewildering maze--and 'The ABCs of Being Mom,' with its abundance of wisdom acquired directly from the trenches of motherhood struggles, is that road map. In this instructive guide, Karen Bongiorno addresses the changes parenthood brings and how to manage them, the importance of being part of a supportive...
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Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions, doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. There, she lets her hands tell her what to cook, listening to her intuition and adding a little something magical every time, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she's always dreamed of working in a kitchen...
Author
Publisher
Rutledge Hill Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Make your children feel special by teaching them a "secret" their friends don't know. Cool moms go straight to the heart of whatever problem a child might encounter to solve it quickly and effectively, no nonsense, no fuss. And at the same time the child is learning a handy new skill, he or she is also learning a deeper life lesson about perseverance, patience, honesty, or courage.
Using Cool Mom secrets, you can teach a child . . .
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Mothers are pulled in a million different directions while trying to give their kids fulfilling, productive, joyful childhoods. They mistake activity for happiness, and fill their kids' heads with information when they ought to be feeding their souls instead. This is a book for mothers who yearn to find a balance in their own and their children's lives. Through stories and suggestions, Katrina Kenison shares her insights into how to celebrate life's...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Are you weary? Stressed? Depressed, anxious, and annoyed? And, to top it all off, do you feel guilty for feeling bad? Rachel Norman gets you, mama. She knows how much you love your kids. And how, day after day, you put your family’s needs first, which means your own needs come last. Or don’t come at all. Rachel used to be a mom who spent her days weary, anxious, and guilt laden. She had five kids in five years, lived on three different continents,...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Sarah LaChance Adams gives a compelling account of maternal ambivalence. Taking the mother's conflicting needs and desires to nurture, on the one hand, and to be independent and free of care-taking responsibilities, on the other, as a model for the ethical relationship, she argues that all human relationships are ambivalent. Moreover, it is this ambivalence that makes them ethical. She shows how the conflict between care and independence is at...
Author
Publisher
Muffy Mendoza
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"The Brown Mama Mindset is a blueprint for Black moms on life, love and home. Single moms and married moms alike will find a set of parenting principles that will guide African-American moms on a journey to: Efficiently manifest your life's purpose on a timeline that is conducive to raising happy, healthy and well-rounded children. Engage in productive relationships from a place of self-love and abundance, rather than control and lack. View your home...
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A collection of 101 stories by and about mothers who stay at home or work from home, describing the decision they made to do this, their lives as moms who are at home, the ups and downs of raising their children, the benefits of staying home or working from home. Also includes stories of appreciation from husbands and children.
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Written by three mothers in diverse working situations, the book challenges the notion that good parents should be selfless and shares hundreds of insights on how many moms have used time-out sessions, stress-busters, and other ingenious techniques to become happier people and better mothers.
Author
Publisher
A Tarcher Perigee Book
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"When Emma Johnson's marriage ended she found herself broke, pregnant, and alone with a toddler. Searching for the advice she needed to navigate her new life as a single professional woman and parent, she discovered there was very little sage wisdom available. In response, Johnson launched the popular blog Wealthysinglemommy.com to speak to other women who, like herself, wanted to not just survive but thrive as single moms. Now, in this complete guide...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Bethany Webster explora las implicaciones personales, culturales y globales del trauma intergeneracional creado por el patriarcado, cómo se transmite de madres a hijas y cómo podemos romper este ciclo destructivo.
Bethany Webster explores the personal, cultural, and global implications of intergenerational trauma created by patriarchy, how it is passed down from mothers to daughters, and how we can break this destructive cycle.
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