Mindful Motherhood : Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child's First Year.

In Mindful Motherhood, a psychologist specializing in mood disorders who is also a mother herself presents a mindfulness training program developed at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. Clinical studies showed that this program was effective in helping new mothers parent their children and manage changes in mood, stress levels, and behavior.

Section 1; MindfulMotherhoodBasics; introduction: riding the waves of motherhood; foreword; acknowledgements; 1; mindful motherhood:you can do it; 2; mindful awareness of breathing; 3; the ever-changing riverof experience; 4; mindful motherhoodyoga series; 5; the three elementsof experience; 6; the observing self; 7; the balloon in the breadbox; 8; the train of thought; Section 2; The Qualities ofMindfulMotherhood; 9; how is mindfulness different?; 10; acceptance: meeting motherhood as it is; 11; the ocean of mindful awareness; 12; nonstriving; 13; the curious mom; 14.

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