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zzzhgghhh...oh whoops..that was me falling asleep to a book that spends hundreds of pages telling parents how to be mindful. Maybe it is just me but I understood mindfulness prior to reading the book and this book just droned on and on and on explaining it in lots of fluttery therapist language. Get Leggi tutto

This is not just a book. You owe yourself so much more than to just read it. This is a way of thinking. A way of BEING. A way of living. This text brings many concepts, thoughts,and ideas to the forefront of our minds, and though many of us may be keenly aware of them, we often forget or set aside t Leggi tutto

I've generally been a good parent, but the mistakes that I most regret have come from periods where I was "too busy" and not present in the process of parenting. Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting , by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn, is their book on parenting, building on their work on Leggi tutto

I love this book. it keeps me grounded when i'm feeling a little tiny bit overwhelmed with the babe. i just read a page and i feel like "yes, i can do this. yes, i want to do this!" the authors a husband and wife, parents to a son and a daughter, and Zen Buddhists have written a book together that r Leggi tutto

Il y a, de toutes évidences quand on est familière avec la pleine conscience et sa pratique quotidienne formelle et informelle, des longueurs dans ce livre. La lecture m’a par contre fait tellement de bien et je dois dire qu’il était rafraîchissant de lire un livre sur ce sujet avec des auteur(e)s a Leggi tutto

Forgive the rambling. Am writing when too tired and after a glass of wine and beer. This is a set of topical chapters/mini-essays on various facets of parenting and how one might apply the concept of mindfulness to the parent/child relationship. I found some essays to be very powerful (the one on bi Leggi tutto