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Parenting with Peace and Presence: Ten Powerful Practices to Help You Manage the Challenges and Cherish the Joys of Parenting
"Parenting continually asks us for more stamina, more patience, more wisdom."
In Parenting with Peace and Presence, long-time yoga practitioner Nicole St. Arnaud offers practical, supportive skills to help parents manage the challenges of parenting with ease and grace.
As a parent who is also experiencing the disabling symptoms of Juvenile Parkinson's disease, Nicole had to find additional resources to supplement her strength and stamina. In this book, she describes the ten powerful practices that enabled her to manage the challenges and be present for the gifts of the early years of parenting.
Through anecdotes, explanation and simple exercises, she guides the way for other parents to use techniques such as conscious breathing, present moment awareness, concentration, and energy management to support themselves in their everyday life as a parent.
In these pages, parents will learn
- Stay calm during times of distress,
- Make up for lost sleep,
- Get more done in less time,
- Be present for precious moments,
- Make sound decisions,
- Prioritize self-care,
- Conserve energy,
- Use speech wisely,
- See the light in all things,
- Connect with their children, and
- Be the parent they want to be
If you want to parent with presence, awareness, peace, and joy, then this is the book for you.
In Parenting with Peace and Presence, long-time yoga practitioner Nicole St. Arnaud offers practical, supportive skills to help parents manage the challenges of parenting with ease and grace.
As a parent who is also experiencing the disabling symptoms of Juvenile Parkinson's disease, Nicole had to find additional resources to supplement her strength and stamina. In this book, she describes the ten powerful practices that enabled her to manage the challenges and be present for the gifts of the early years of parenting.
Through anecdotes, explanation and simple exercises, she guides the way for other parents to use techniques such as conscious breathing, present moment awareness, concentration, and energy management to support themselves in their everyday life as a parent.
In these pages, parents will learn
- Stay calm during times of distress,
- Make up for lost sleep,
- Get more done in less time,
- Be present for precious moments,
- Make sound decisions,
- Prioritize self-care,
- Conserve energy,
- Use speech wisely,
- See the light in all things,
- Connect with their children, and
- Be the parent they want to be
If you want to parent with presence, awareness, peace, and joy, then this is the book for you.
120 pages, Hardcover
Published May 26, 2022
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December 20, 2022
As a counsellor I am always on the look out for resources that will support my clients. Nicole's book shares real-life lived experiences and provides specific, easily applied exercises. The entire book has an air of self-compassion and self-kindness that every parent needs reminders of. My only criticism is the lack of discussion of parenting through the ages. These tools seem obvious to the new parent struggling to find their groove, but are equally applicable to parents of multiple children, and especially teenagers. I look forward to an eventual sequel on these topics.
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