Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships

by Rick Hanson, Jan Hansen, Ricki Pollycove

The first book to teach stressed-out new mothers how to heal themselves. Women raising young children in the twenty-first century face relentless, often overwhelming stress. Today's mothers juggle more tasks, work longer hours, and sleep less than their own mothers did. Mother Nurture is the first book to address these issues with a comprehensive program of physical, psychological, and interpersonal care methods for a mother during the first three to four years of her child's life.

Genres: Parenting, Psychology, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 33 languages and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. He's the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well podcast – which has been downloaded 23 million times. His free newsletters have 260,000 subscribers, and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He and his wife live in northern California and have two adult children. He loves the wilderness and taking a break from emails.

Reviews

[EowynRN · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a nursing student, soon to be nurse, and mother I think this book is great. It gives a lot of information about how to de-stress, solve problems in your life, the right foods to eat, activities to participate in, communication with your partner and other. It really runs the gambit of mother issues, but it does it in bullet points, and easy to read snip-its where you could pick the book up and read for one minute and get something. You can really start reading anywhere in the book, which is why I love this for mothers of young children.

[Melissa McCrackin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm having a hard time with the star rating on this book. I think it was well written and the information valuable. It's a lot of common sense info. I do understand that when you're in the thick of it with little tiny kids your common sense goes out the window a bit. The best thing is this book give you permission to take care of yourself - mind and body and the blueprint on exactly how to do that. felt a little overwhelmed by it. The info is given in a very compassionate way with a lot of empathy.