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Modern motherhood is insane. We’re expected to parent perfectly, bounce back, enjoy every moment, forge ahead at work and keep smiling through all the endless expectations – all whilst forgetting about ourselves.

They are everywhere on social media. Images of perfect, pleasant women with perfect, pretty children in perfect, tidy homes—the epitome of “good” moms. But this model of motherhood is an illusion that far too many women either measure themselves against or simply cannot relate to in the first place. Enter Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson: if you are sex-positive, cannabis-friendly, and love sharing NSFW stories with your fellow mom friends, you’re not doing anything wrong and you are definitely not a bad mother. And Jamilah and Erica are your tribe.

Anne Lamott meets Elizabeth Gilbert in this inspirational, side-splittingly funny exploration of the power of living with love, forgiveness, and honesty. Glennon Melton became a sensation when her personal essays started going viral. Giving language to our universal (yet often secret) experiences, her hilarious and poignant observations were read by millions, shared among friends, discussed at water coolers, quoted in The New York Times, and have inspired a social movement.

When Erika Simpson was growing up, her mother loomed large, almost biblical in her life. A daughter of sharecroppers, middle child of ten, her origin story served as a Genesis. Her departure from home and a cheating husband, pursuing higher education along the way a kind of Exodus. Her rules for survival, often repeated like the Ten Commandments, guided Erika’s own journey into adulthood. And the most important rule? Throughout her life, Sallie Carol preached the power of a testimony—which often proved useful in talking her way out of a bind with bill collectors.

A mother of four sons herself, Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience - and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker - to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys. Maggie shares her five key secrets that every mum needs to know, and uses the voices of men she has worked with and surveyed to reveal what really matters in a boy’s relationship with his mother and other mother figures.

Mother of Change is a God-guided road map for warrior moms. This book is an invitation to engage in the battle for the transformation of your entire household. Emmasara believes the future of our nation rests upon the shoulders of mothers. A hopeful future is only possible when a mother of change steps into her power. As a result, households become stronger, kids become leaders and a Godly society can be restored. The Mother of Change Strategy will unlock the secret to protect your kids from a nation of degraded values and overwhelm. She will teach you how to raise them to be world changers...

A comprehensive and judgement-free pregnancy companion: Nurture is the only all-in-one pregnancy and birthing book for modern mothers-to-be and their partners who want a more integrative approach. Author Erica Chidi Cohen has assisted countless births and helped hundreds of families ease into their new roles through her work as a doula. Nurture covers everything from the beginning months of pregnancy to the baby's first weeks.

In her trademark gentle, supportive and reassuring style, best-selling author Sarah Ockwell-Smith shows that while we all lose it at times, everyone can become a calmer parent. Based on her many years' experience working with parents, Sarah provides research, advice and practical exercises that will set you on the path to calmer parenting that will benefit both you and your child.

Michael C. Reichert draws on his 30 years of experience researching the process by which boys become men to provide a road map for parents and educators who hope to help the boys they love and care about grow into strong, emotionally intelligent, and compassionate men.

Greta Eskridge, mom of four and unlikely porn fighter, knows that it's not easy for parents to start a frank conversation about porn. The fear of saying the "wrong" thing or worry about how to answer uncomfortable questions can prevent them from connecting with their kids, but avoidance isn't the solution. In It's Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, Greta will help you understand how essential it is to push through the awkwardness and shows you how to create a safe space for conversation while tackling the toughest topics with confidence.

¿Sabías que el miedo al parto es un miedo aprendido y se puede desaprender durante el embarzo? Vivir tu embarazo con seguridad, confianza y sin miedos es posible. Mantener la calma y sentirte segura es imprescindible para que el parto progrese de manera natural y para tomar decisiones desde la calma y no el miedo o la pasividad. Gana confianza en tu capacidad de dar a luz y reemplaza tu miedo y ansiedad sobre el parto por confianza y seguridad. Este audiolibro es para ti si deseas darle el mejor comienzo a tu bebé y tener el mejor inicio a la ma-paternidad en cualquier escenario.

Get the honest and real talk you want about pregnancy, birth, body image, and newborn days from the chart-topping singer-songwriter behind “All About That Bass” and “Dear Future Husband,” Meghan Trainor—also known as Riley’s mom.

If you're like many Christian moms today, you've been reading the headlines and watching the rapid-fire changes in our culture with frustration and fear. Let's face it: Moms today are facing questions that previous generations didn't even see coming, and even our right to determine what is best for our own children is under fire. Popular speaker and blogger Heidi St. John ("The Busy Mom") believes that today's mothers need a special kind of strength. We need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

This modern hypnobirthing book shows you how you can incorporate hypnobirthing techniques into every stage of your pregnancy, creating a safe space for you and your baby to return to time and again.

Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East Side mothers in a brilliantly original and witty memoir about her adventures assimilating into that most secretive and elite tribe. After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that lens, and suddenly things fell into place.

En este manual para las futuras madres se habla de los nueve meses de embarazo, el parto y el posparto desde la evidencia científica y, a la vez, con una perspectiva absolutamente respetuosa con el bebé y la mamá, escuchando sus necesidades, resolviendo dudas y abarcando todas las opciones sin tendencias, para dar tranquilidad, serenidad y confianza. Cada mujer debe escoger qué es lo mejor para ella y su bebé.

Tres mujeres enfrentadas a la maternidad. Tres maneras de afrontarla. Una intensa y deslumbrante novela sobre la familia en el mundo actual. Poco después de cumplir los ocho meses de embarazo, a Alina le anuncian que su hija no podrá sobrevivir al nacimiento. Ella y su compañero emprenden entonces un doloroso pero también sorprendente proceso de aceptación y duelo. Ese último mes de gestación se convierte para ellos en una extraña oportunidad para conocer a esa hija a la que tanto trabajo les cuesta renunciar.

Are you mom enough? The cover of a popular magazine asked this haunting question in bold red letters that hung over the startling image of a young mother nursing her four-year-old. When the issue hit newsstands, it re-ignited a longstanding mommy war in American culture.

Combining modern research, personal stories, professional experience, and real-life examples, Jeannie Cunnion shows parents how to embrace God's grace and let go of the pressures - external and internal - that come with raising children. We moms are told that we have to get it all right so our kids turn out right. These impossible standards leave us stuck in worry, anger, guilt, comparison, and shame. And in Mom Set Free she reveals how the Good News of the Gospel empowers us to live - and parent - in the freedom for which Christ has set us free.

Moms, do you feel tired? Overwhelmed? Have you continually put off the things you need to do for you? Do you feel like it's all worth it because your kids are happy? Are you "over" being a mother? If you answered yes to these questions, you're not alone. Parents today want to create the ideal childhood for their children. Women strive to be the picture-perfect Pinterest mother that looks amazing, hosts the best birthday parties in town, posts the most "liked" photos, and serves delicious, nutritious home-cooked meals in her neat, organized home after ferrying the kids to school.