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Mindfulness is the powerful meditative practice of cultivating moment-to-moment awareness to bring wisdom, understanding, and a greater sense of meaning and purpose into our daily living. Now, parents can enrich their lives and the lives of their children through mindful parenting -- that is, by honoring the fullness of the present moment, and within it, the inner potential and beauty that reside in both our children and ourselves. Provides a powerful new way of looking at and facing the challenges of parenthood, illuminating how a lack of awareness fosters patterns that damage both parent and child, and how mindfulness can bring healing and transformation to this relationship.
Reviews
"Reading this book could be a life-changing event." --Marian Wright Edelman, President, The Children's Defense Fund"At last an emotionally intelligent guide for parents." --Daniel Goleman
"Everyday Blessings shows a way for parents to recognize who their children really are and, in doing so, nourish their children's lives and their own." --Benjamin Spock
"This book can help us turn all the relationships in our lives into everyday blessings . . . should be given to every parent . . ." --Rachel Naomi Remen "This is a wonderfully knowing and touching witness to what it means for us to be mothers and fathers." --Robert Coles, M.D., author of The Moral Intelligence of Children
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