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Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst Practical Compassion in Parenting ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE "THE FOURFOLD YOU" EXERCISE AS A PRINTABLE PDF FILE. Find support in your journey toward compassionate parenting with an exercise from Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst! The path of
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The Fourth Trimester Cards ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE YOUR 10 FREE CARDS FROM THE FOURTH TRIMESTER CARD DECK. Help new mothers thrive with The Fourth Trimester Cards! The postpartum time can be one of bonding, restoration, and health, yet many new mothers feel isolated and lonely as they learn to care for a new
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Supporting Our Children's Full Range of Emotions By Wendy O'Leary, author of Breathing Makes It Better When it comes to wishes for our children, "may you be happy" tops the list. But what does that mean and what can we do to support our children’s happiness? If you have children you know the feeling; the
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Sutra 5 An Excerpt from The Mama Sutra I’m speeding down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on a glorious fall day, running through yellow lights, completely stressed out, trying to get to the meditation hall on time. I’m teaching the daily yoga classes at a women’s meditation retreat at Spirit Rock, a Buddhist retreat center in
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Mindful Games Activity Cards: 55 Fun Ways to Share Mindfulness with Kids and Teens ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE 10 FREE ACTIVITY CARDS AS A PRINTABLE PDF. Bring mindfulness to your daily routine with Mindful Games Activity Cards, developed and tested over many years of working with children and their caregivers. This download includes the
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A Mother’s Five Necessities | A Printable Excerpt from The Fourth Trimester
Remembering to care for yourself as a mother can sometimes be the most difficult thing about your postpartum time. Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of The Fourth Trimester, has compiled a list of the five basic necessities every mother needs in order to be healthy, happy, and ready to care for a new child. Below you
John Spalding & Kimberly Ann Johnson What made you to decide to write The Fourth Trimester? I didn’t set out to write a book, but I have been a harbinger of a message that is to speak about the unspeakable, and I realized that this information had to become common knowledge. When I was a
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