Erin Leyba

Joy Fixes for Weary Parents (eBook, ePUB)

101 Quick, Research-Based Ideas for Overcoming Stress and Building a Life You Love

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Modern parenting presents fresh challenges, including unrelenting time pressures, lack of support systems, and work demands, that often leave parents drained and worn-out. Erin Leyba, the mother of three young children, has been counseling parents on these issues for almost twenty years. She has developed techniques that help parents not only cope but also feel joy - in their parenting and in their relationships with their partners. Leyba draws from the latest research about child development, attachment, successful marriages, and mindfulness to create effective, doable solutions for balancing, simplifying, and communicating. She presents powerful tools that parents can use right away to de-stress, stay energized, and create more warmth and passion with loved ones. Whether new, veteran, overwhelmed, exhausted, or just interested in doing better than they are, parents will find proven help here.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New World Library
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781608684748
• Artikelnr.: 47905979

Autorenporträt

Erin Leyba, PhD, an individual and marriage counselor, specializes in helping parents of young children. In addition to her popular blogs, she speaks often to parenting and childcare groups. Leyba lives in the Chicago area.

Inhaltsangabe

SAMPLE STRATEGIES FOR JOY PARENTS WILL LEARN FROM THIS BOOK
1. How to surprise your partner and keep the fire going
2. How to use your intuition to make good decisions for you or your child
3. How to appreciate what you do have, even when you’re really struggling
4. How to make special time with a young child truly special
5. How to shift your environment or ecology” to improve your mood
6. How to honor and work in down time” for yourself or your children
7. How to confront comparisons if they are making you feel bad about
yourself
8. How to be kind yet assertive when something upsets you
9. How to avoid drifting apart from your partner after having a baby
together
10. How to alleviate guilt
11. How to talk with grandparents about their involvement in your child’s
life
12. How to process the changes that occur in friendships after having kids